Dr.-Ing. Kai Kruber

Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 4 (C)

21073 Hamburg

Building: C - Room: 2.008

eMail: Kai Kruber

Phone:++49 (0)40 42878-3148

Short biography

Kai Kruber studied B.Sc. of Chemical Engineering from 2010 – 2015 and M.Sc. of Chemical Engineering from 2015 – 2016 at TU Dortmund University. From 2016 – 2020, he worked as a Ph.D. student at the Laboratory of Fluid Separations at TU Dortmund University. Since November 2020, he continues his Ph.D. studies at the Institute of Process Systems Engineering.

Field of research

In his research, Kai Kruber focusses on the development of efficient optimization-based methods supporting process synthesis and design. Especially, the optimization of solvent-based separation processes is part of his work.

Publications

2022

  • Kruber, K. and Miroschnitschenko, A. and Skiborowski, M. (2022). ANN-assisted optimization-based design of energy-integrated distillation columns. 51. 1261--1266 [doi]

  • Kruber, K. and Skiborowski, M. (2022). Topology-Based Initialization for the Optimization-Based Design of Heteroazeotropic Distillation Processes. Processes. 10. (8), 1482 [Abstract] [doi] [www]

  • Liu, S. and Li, H. and Kruber, B. and Skiborowski, M. and Gao, X. (2022). Process intensification by integration of distillation and vapor permeation or pervaporation - An academic and industrial perspective. Results in Engineering. 15. 100527 [doi]

  • Majgaonkar, P. and Kruber, K. and Aryan, V. and Hanich, R. and Pico, D. and Skiborowski, M. (2022). Hierarchical Approach for Solvent Selection in Circular Economy. 51. 829--834 [doi]

  • Skiborowski, M. and Kruber, K. and Waltermann, T. (2022). Sustainable Distillation Processes. 88. 431--481 [doi]

2021

  • Kruber, K. F.;Grüters, T.;Skiborowski, M. (2021). Advanced hybrid optimization methods for the design of complex separation processes. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 107257 [doi]

  • Scharzec, B.;Kruber, K. F.;Skiborowski, M. (2021). Model-based evaluation of a membrane-assisted hybrid extraction-distillation process for energy and cost-efficient purification of diluted aqueous streams. Chemical Engineering Science. 240. 116650 [doi]

2020

  • Kruber, K. F.;Qammar, H.;Skiborowski, M. (2020). Optimization-Based Design of Rotating Packed Beds with Zickzack Packings. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 48. 997--1002 [doi] [www]

  • Sasi, T.;Kruber, K.;Ascani, M.;Skiborowski, M. (2020). Automatic Synthesis of Distillation Processes for the Separation of Heterogeneous Azeotropic Multi-component Mixtures. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 48. 1009--1014 [doi] [www]

2019

  • Kruber, K. F.;Grueters, T.;Skiborowski, M. (2019). Efficient design of intensified extractive distillation processes based on a hybrid optimization approach. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 46. 859--864 [doi] [www]

2018

  • Kruber, K. F.;Scheffczyk, J.;Leonhard, K.;Bardow, A.;Skiborowski, M. (2018). A hierarchical approach for solvent selection based on successive model refinement. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 43. 325--330 [doi] [www]

2017

  • Kruber, K. F.;Krapoth, M.;Zeiner, T. (2017). Interfacial mass transfer in ternary liquid-liquid systems. Fluid Phase Equilibria. 440. 54--63 [Abstract] [doi]