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Dear visitor,

Welcome to the homepage of the Institute of Thermal Separation Processes at the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH).

This web site will provide you a brief overview of our research and education activities involving the research fields of Integrated Biotechnology and Process Engineering as well as Energy and Environmental Engineering. It also introduces our facilities, infrastructure and informs about our collaborations with numerous research groups, industrial partners, and federal institutions, in order to meet our challenges and achieve our goals.

Since the institute was founded in 1982 by Prof. Brunner, high pressure engineering has a long academic tradition in our institute. Our research topics include experimental and theoretical works concerning high-pressure engineering, supercritical fluids, accompanied by the thermodynamics of biological relevant systems and downstream processes. We investigate the production proceses of nano- and mesoporous materials (aerogels) in lab and pilot scale, including sol-gel process, coating and impregnation with active ingredients, providing the aerogels with exceptional properties for a variety of applications. Another area of research is the study of a selective fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass by liquid hot water hydrolysis (LHW), enzymatic biomass degradation and supercritical CO2 extraction. We also develop molecular methods for the design and optimization of separation processes based on micellar systems, especially for life science.

On behalf of all members of our institute, I would like to invite you to explore our research projects and get in contact with us if you are interested.

Sincerely yours,

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Irina Smirnova

 

 

 

Research group of Prof. Smirnova

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24.03.25
Congratulations to Kathrin Eckert on receiving the Best Lecture Award from the DECHEMA/VDI "Fachgruppe Mehrphaseströmungen" for her presentation on Stimuli-Responsive Structures for SMART Reactors. We commend her accomplishment and look ahead with great interest to the future contributions of her work.
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24.03.25
We warmly congratulate Dr. Baldur Schroeter on receiving the prestigious Professor-Siegfried-Peter Prize 2025, awarded during the closing session of the DECHEMA/VDI annual meeting at TUHH. His achievement makes us proud, and we’re excited to see how his research will continue to shape the field.
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24.03.25
Congratulations to Mathis Kirstein on receiving the Best Poster Award from the DECHEMA/VDI Group on High-Pressure Processes for his work “Exploring Biopolymer-Derived Carbon Aerogels as Catalyst Supports: Tailoring Porosity and Deposition Methods for Improved Catalysis.” We’re proud of his achievement and look forward to the continued impact of his research.
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19.03.25
On April 1st at 10:30 a.m., Mansi Aliveli will present the results of her thesis with the title: “Modelling of mass transfer in gel systems: insights from a coarse-grained lattice model”.
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19.12.24
Our TVT family has grown with a new doctor! On December 19 2024, Xihua Hu has successfully defended his doctoral thesis.  Congratulations, Dr. Hu!
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06.12.24
Wir laden herzlich nach Hamburg zum gemeinsamen Jahrestreffen 2025 der DECHEMA/VDI-Fachgruppen „Mischvorgänge“, „Hochdruckverfahrenstechnik“ und "Mehrphasenströmungen" ein und freuen uns auf Beiträge (Vorträge, Poster; deutsch oder englisch) aus Forschungseinrichtungen, Universitäten und der Industrie zu allen relevanten Themen unserer Fachgruppen. Wir erwarten durch die gemeinsame Veranstaltung interessante Impulse und neue Ideen für die Prozessführung, Modellierung, Auslegung und Maßstabsvergrößerung. Für die einführende (Plenar-)Session bitten wir um Beiträge mit Übersichtscharakter zu den neuesten Anwendungen und wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen aus Industrie und Forschung. Mit Blick auf die drei gemeinsam tagenden Fachgruppen freuen wir uns auch über Beiträge, die Mischprozesse in Mehrphasenströmungen unter hohem Druck beschreiben. Neben Vorträgen und fachlichen Diskussionen im Auditorium bieten Postersessions mit einführenden Kurzvorträgen die Möglichkeit, auch Arbeiten im frühen Entwicklungsstadium vorzustellen. Die besten Poster werden wie immer prämiert. Mehr Informationen finden Sie hier.
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16.09.24
We are very proud and happy to welcome Prof. Ioannis Michaloudis at our International Seminar on Aerogels 2024 in Hamburg. Prof. Michaloudis is a visual artist, researcher and academic, internationally acknowledged as a leader in Art&Science, and the first researcher worldwide to apply the ethereal nanomaterial silica aerogel in visual arts and design. Prof. Michaloudis will present his fantastic and inspiring artworks during our Seminar! We are very much looking forward to welcoming him to the exciting event!
30.08.24
Our aerogel-team developed a novel method for the production of transparent cellulose aerogels, which is purely salt induced and allows to tailor the aerogel microstructure to a large extend. The results are now published in Advanced Functional Materials. For details, follow the link. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202407547
29.08.24
On September 6th at 9:30 a.m., Aaron Pfleger will present the results of his Master Thesis with the title: "Structural and functional analysis of an oxidoreductase in hydrophilic and hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents through molecular dynamics simulations".
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29.08.24
On September 3rd at 1 p.m., Bennet Rastar will present the results of his Bachelor Thesis with the title: "Untersuchung der Verweilzeit und Restfeuchte und deren Einfluss auf die Effizienz der kontinuierlichen überkritischen CO2-Trocknung von Aerogelen".
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23.08.24
On September 2nd at 10:30 a.m., Jan Markgraf will present the results of his Bachelor Thesis with the title: "Untersuchung von Skalierungsmethoden und spezifischen Misfit- und Wasserstoffbrückenbindungs-parametern in openCOSMO-RS".
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22.08.24
On September 10th at 10:00 a.m., Kirti Gupta will present the results of her Master Thesis with the title: "Characterization of porous transport layers in AEM Water Electrolysis".
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29.05.24
Our PhD student Preethi Aranala Gurumoorthi won the Jerry King's Poster Award on the 20th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids organized by the International Society for the Advancements of Supercritical Fluids. Her poster was titled "Novel aerogels from alginic acids: Structural transitions in fabrication process". Congratulations!
27.05.24
We are very happy to be part of the world's first United Nations University Hub "Engineering to Face Climate Change" here at the Hamburg University of Technology. The partnership between TU Hamburg and UNU aims to develop sustainable technical solutions to tackle climate change. Through three research areas innovative strategies are being developed to better manage resources, inform the public, and train researchers worldwide. One of two clusters started within this cooperation, “Circular Technologies for Bio-based Materials”, led by Prof. Smirnova, will research innovative technologies for materials made from biomass, focusing on both the production of biomaterials and the circular economy. This work will be central to the corresponding Campus Lab “Circular Economy”. More information about the UNU Hub can be found here.
24.04.24
We are proud to present the launch of the world's largest pilot plant for the production of biopolymer aerogels here at the Institute of Thermal Separation Processes. This plant was developed and constructed in close cooperation with the aerogel-it GmbH (CEO Marc Fricke, Project Leader Alberto Bueno). It is part of the cluster "Beitrag der Aerogele zur Energieeffizienz-Erhöhung in der Industrie" supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.
11.03.24
Our PhD student Kathrin Marina Eckert has the award for the Best Oral Presentation at the "2nd International Seminar on Modelling, Simulation and Machine Learning for the Rapid Development of Porous Materials" in Madrid, Spain. Her talk about the work in our CRC Smart Reactors was entitled "Unveiling the Thermodynamics of Stimuli-Responsive Gels: A COSMO-RS and Molecular Dynamics Study". Congratulations!
11.02.24
We are happy to invite you to our next 7th INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON AEROGELS, which will be held in Germany/Hamburg on 18.09. - 20.09. SEPTEMBER 2024 and invite you to submit an abstract therefore! Abstract submission is welcome in the time-period of 20. February 2024 till 30. March 2024 through the following link: https://www.tuhh.de/v8/links/7th-international-seminar-on-aerogels The program for oral presentations will be finished until 20. April and published on the website then. Last minute poster submissions will be still possible afterwards. My team and I are looking forward to meeting you in Hamburg and to discussing the latest achievements in the aerogel science and technology! Additionally we are glad to say that our conference will be in conjunction with the COST Event "4th International Conference on Aerogels for Biomedical and Environmental Applications", where we will have dedicated sessions.
05.02.24
Our fellow PhD student Dr. Imke Preibisch won the price for the best PhD hat at the TUHH in 2023. Congratulations!
23.01.24
We are happy to announce that Prof. Walter Chapman from the Rice University in Houston, Texas will visit the TUHH in March 2024 as part of the SMART Reactors Collaborative Research Center. We are looking forward to the visit and fruitful discussions about polymers and PC-SAFT.
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14.12.23
We are happy to announce that Prof. Walter Chapman from the Rice University in Houston Texas joins the collaborative research center SMART Reactors at the TUHH. His group at Rice University will be modeling the polymer respond to different reaction conditions in order to understand and fully optimize responsive materials for smart reactors.
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29.08.23
In urban areas, every centimeter is valuable. To renovate buildings, slim facade slim facade constructions are in demand. But exterior wall elements must not only but also have to meet other requirements, such as guaranteeing thermal and acoustic insulation and and sound insulation and be energy-efficient. In the EnOB_HLBhybrid project in cooperation with Prof. Smirnova, Dr. Zetzl and our PhD student Razan Altarabeen, research is being conducted into lightweight wood concrete, which could form the basis for such innovative facade elements. More information can be found here.
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25.08.23
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Irina Smirnova was officially re-elected for the office of Vice President Research at the Hamburg University of Technology. On the proposal of the TUHH President Andreas Timm-Giel, the members of the Academic Senate confirmed the head of the Institute of Thermal Process Engineering for a further three years. Irina Smirnova will thus begin her second term on September 1, 2023. More information can be found here.
21.08.23
The TandeWeixian-Fernweh team from Tsinghua University in Beijing has recently visited the TUHH during their trip through Europe.
28.07.23
Our PhD student Philip Sidney Pein has won the 2nd place oral presentation award on the conference "3rd International Conference on Aerogels for Biomedical and Environmental Applications" for his talk about "Biopolymer-derived carbon aerogels as catalyst support for hydrogen evolution reaction". Congratulations!
26.06.23
We gladly announce our participation in the recently granted Collaborative Research Center "Smart Reactors"! Prof. Irina Smirnova will be Vice-Spokesperson of the CRC and is responsible for two of the twenty projects (A01 & B01). More information about the CRC “Smart Reactors” can be found here. The long-term research goal of the twelve-year CRC concept is to create the scientific basis for a new generation of autonomous reactors for chemical, biochemical and mechanical transformation processes that can operate independently through self-adaptation and convert changing renewable raw materials into valuable products in the most sustainable way considering the fluctuations of the feed quality. The first project TVT is involved in A01 in close collaboration with our partners from University of Hamburg: Stimuli-responsive polymers for self-regulating reactors: From basic phenomena to reactor design. This project focuses on the development of stimuli-responsive materials and their integration in tailored SMART 3D-printed chemical reactors (at lab and, prospectively, pilot-scale) with special focus on inherent control and actuation. Our second project is in close collaboration with our Mercator fellow Prof. Walter Chapman and our Junior-Prof. Pavel Gurikov (B01): Materials for SMART reactors: Thermodynamic and kinetic modelling of responsive materials. This project focuses on the development of molecular thermodynamic and kinetic models describing the behavior of stimuli-responsive materials to provide comprehensive insights for the experimental studies in the CRC and set the groundwork for establishing a digital twin simulator of chemical and biochemical processes.
26.06.23
On Friday, 30.06.2023 we would like to revive old contacts as well as establish new ones. For this reason, we are organizing a meeting of former and current employees of our institute once again after 5 years (including a Corona break !). We are very much looking forward to the reunion! Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
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13.06.23
The "NanoHybrids" project won the Ralf Dahrendorf Prize 2021 for its successful research collaboration at the European level and high-profile science communication. Within the project students in various grades participate in workshops on hydrogel formation and supercritical drying at the Institute of Thermal Process Engineering at Hamburg University of Technology. The project KinderForscher an der TUHH (KIFO) and aerogel researchers at the Institute of Thermal Process Engineering developed a digital learning platform to explain the aerogel manufacturing process in a way everyone can understand.
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13.06.23
Jan Philipp Bittner has won the poster award at the Research Center Biobased Processes and Reactor Technologies Workshop 2023! His poster entitled "Uncovering the Solvent Impact on Alcohol Dehydrogenase Behavior through Molecular Dynamics Simulations" convinced the jury in a selection from 66 contributions. Congratulations!
11.06.23
Our TVT family has grown with a new doctor! On June 9th 2023, Imke Preibisch has successfully defended her doctoral thesis online.  Congratulations, Dr. Preibisch!
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06.06.23
“Be brave!” was the theme of Monday night @ernstdeutschtheater 💪 The latest show of the talk event series “Wahnsinn trifft Methode” dealt with all things courage - whether it be at university, in everday life, in a war zone or in the online dating world.⁠ ⁠ In attendence was our vice president Prof. Dr. Irina Smirnova - who explained why all researchers are brave - as well as singer @annadepenbuschmusik , anxiety and OCD expert Prof. Dr. Anja Riesel, consulting psychologist @parship @piakabitzsch and war reporter Jan Jessen. The night was hosted by @julia_niharika_sen and Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen. 🎤⁠  
25.05.23
The joint publication "Engineering aspects of hydrothermal pretreatment: From batch to continuous operation, scale-up and pilot reactor under biorefinery concept" (https://n9.cl/gnnuz) has won the BIORESTEC 2023 Impactful Review Award from Bioresource Technology, which is given to the top 10 cited papers in 2022. This award was presented during the conference: 4th International Conference for Bioresource Technology for Bioenergy, Bioproducts & Environmental Sustainability in Italy (https://n9.cl/7bjcu). Congratulations!
22.04.23
Have you always wanted to know what aerogels are and how research at the Hamburg University of Technology works? As part of the "Kinderforscher" at TUHH, Lara Gibowsky gave an interview about everyday research at the Institute of Thermal Process Engineering and about the production of aerogels - the lightest solid in the world.
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17.04.23
Kniffelix is a product of KinderForscher at the TUHH and is financed by "Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung", "Ralf-Dahrendorf-Preis", "Merck" and the "Hamburg Open Online University". Visit kniffelix.de for interesting hands-on material about different research topics from everyday life including an interview with Lara Gibowsky (PhD student at the Institute of Thermal Separation Processes). More information can be found in this flyer.
21.02.23
The joined publication "Climate Informed Engineering: An Essential Pillar of Industry 4.0 Transformation" (ACS Eng. Au 2023, 3, 1, 3–6) of the Hamburg University of Technology together with the Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources and the Max -Planck-Institute for Meteorology is published on the front cover of the open access journal ACS Engineering Au.
10.02.23
Our TVT family has grown with a new doctor! On February 10th 2023, Isabella Jung has successfully defended her doctoral thesis online.  Congratulations, Dr. Jung!
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20.01.23
Our TVT family has grown with a new doctor! On January 20th 2023, Marc Conrad has successfully defended his doctoral thesis.  Congratulations, Dr. Conrad!
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16.01.23
Prof. Irina Smirnova recently joind the Board of Directors of the DECHEMA e.V. together with Dr. Cord Landsmann (tyssenkrupp / Uhde and Dr. rer. nat. Beate Müller-Tiemann (Sanofi-Aventis). More information about the new board members of the DECHEMA e.V. can be found here.
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11.01.23
We are delighted to share that our project partners IRES have travelled to Germany in December 2022 to visit the pilot line developed by HTWK Leipzig and the production at Hamburg University of Technology. During the visit in both sites, IRES had the chance to conduct an on-site exposure assessment on the production line of the textile reinforced concrete and an on-site evaluation of the safety aspects and emission potential during the various stages for the aerogel production and handling. For more information about the progress of the iclimabuilt project you can visit our website: https://iclimabuilt.eu/
23.12.22
Recently, our first project meeting of our EU Project took place in Presence at Cálem Wine Cellars in Porto, Portugal. Including our institute, a total of 27 industrial partners and universities participated in the meeting.
29.11.22
On November 24, the first aerogel workshop took place within the framework of our Dahrendorf project on the EU project NanoHybrids (funded by the BMBF, funding code 01DT22001) in cooperation with the KINDERFORSCHER AN DER TUHH. 13 students from grade 11 of the Carl-von-Ossietzky-Gmynasium visited our institute and conducted experiments on the topic of aerogels under the guidance of Gesine Liese, Julia Husung (KINDERFORSCHER AN DER TUHH) and Dr. Baldur Schroeter. Protein gels already produced in the school lessons were dried using various methods like ambient and supercritical drying and different biopolymer hydrogels were produced in our aerogel lab. In addition to the practical part, we conducted also campus and institute tours and gave information about studying at TUHH. The students were accompanied by our former employee Xihua Hu as teacher. We are looking forward to the next workshop!
08.11.22
On November 11th at 11:00 p.m., Finn Baron will present the results of his Bachelor Thesis with the title: "Synthese von Elektrokatalysatoren mittels Deposition von Platinnanopartikeln auf Cellulose Kohlenstoffaerogelen".
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07.11.22
In their yearly overview over the "Top Ten Emerging Technologies in Chemistry", the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) presented the ultra light aerogels as innovative material in thermal insulation, water/air purification and biomedical applications. In particular, the biocompatibility and biodegradability of many aerogels was highlighted and provides greener solutions compared to other available alternatives.
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02.11.22
On November 10th at 1:00 p.m., Kaspar Eucken will present the results of his Bachelor Thesis with the title: "Experimentelle und molekulardynamische Untersuchung des Quellverhaltens stimuli-responsiver Gele in binären Lösungsmittelgemischen am Beispiel von Poly-(N-isopropylacrylamid)".
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20.10.22
"Chemical Engineering Research and Design proudly releases a special issue titled “Women in Chemical Engineering” to recognize and showcase top women researchers across the globe, in different stages of their careers, who are conducting pioneering research in their field of study." - Chemical Engineering Research and Design 187 (2022) 62-68.
06.10.22
Dr. Marc Fricke and Dr. Raman Subrahmanyam of aerogel-it, Osnabrück, Germany, talk with Dr. Vera Koester for ChemistryViews about their 100 % bio-based superinsulating lignin aerogel, their buy-out from BASF, and their different paths from pure science research to entrepreneurship.
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30.09.22
Baldur Schroeter has won the poster award at the 6th International Seminar on Aerogels 2022! His poster entitled "Transparent cellulose aerogels from concentrated salt solutions" convinced the jury in a selection from 64 contributions. Congratulations!
26.09.22
28. bis 30. September 2022 TU Hamburg hostet zum vierten Mal „International Seminar on Aerogels“, welches vom 28. bis 30. September 2022 in Hamburg stattfinden wird. Hier treffen sich Wissenschaftler, Ingenieure, Studenten und Industriepartner, die mit Aerogele arbeiten oder daran interessiert sind, etwas über Aerogele zu lernen und sich auf der fachlichen Ebene auszutauschen. Präsentiert werden Beiträge zu allen Themen rund um Aerogele, einschließlich Synthese, Charakterisierung und Anwendungen in verschiedenen Bereichen. Frau Prof. Smirnova hat das „International Seminar on Aerogels“ gemeinsam mit  “International Society for the Advancement of Supercritical Fluids” (ISASF) in 2012 ins Leben gerufen. Seit dem findet die Konferenz alle 2 Jahren statt. In 2022 werden mehr als 150 Besucher aus der ganzen Welt erwartet. Im Anschluss findet die Fachsitzung der ausgewählten Gruppen der Europäischen COST Action „AERoGELS“. Die COST-Aktion AERoGELS hat zum Ziel, das Wissen über Forschung und Technologie von Aerogele auf europäischer Ebene aus dem akademischen Bereich, der Industrie und von Regulierungsexperten zusammenzuführen. Hintergrund COST Action: https://cost-aerogels.eu/about/about-us/ Aerogele sind eine besondere Klasse mesoporöser Materialien mit sehr hoher Porosität und einstellbaren physikochemischen Eigenschaften. Obwohl einige Arten von Aerogelen bereits auf dem Markt für Baumaterialien und in der Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik eingesetzt werden, muss das volle Potenzial von Aerogelen für andere Sektoren noch weiterentwickelt werden. In dieser COST Action wird der Einsatz von Aerogele speziell für Anwendungen in den Bereichen Umwelt und Life Scince in einem multidisziplinären Ansatz untersucht, um zwei der wichtigsten aktuellen europäischen Herausforderungen zu bewältigen: Kreislaufwirtschaft und aktives Altern.
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18.09.22
Kathrin Eckert has won the award for the Best Presentation at the International Conference on Materials Science, Engineering & Technology (MSI). The conference was held in Singapore, on 7th to 9th September 2022. Her oral presentation was entitled: "Phase Equilibria in Stimuli-Responsive Gels: A PC-SAFT and Molecular Dynamics Study of Smart PNiPAAm Gels”. Congratulations!
15.09.22
On September 19th at 11:15 a.m., Kim Meyer will present the results of her Bachelor Thesis with the title: "Charakterisiertung von Wechselwirkungen zwischen plasmafunktionalisierten Biopolymeraerogelen und aromatischen Verbindungen mittels überkritischer Fluidchromatographie".
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13.09.22
On September 21st at 2 p.m., Konstantin Raudszus will present the results of his Bachelor Thesis with the title: "Integration von COSMOSPACE in UNIFAC und Vergleich mit COSMO-RS".
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07.09.22
iclimabuilt’s goal is to create an open access ecosystem for developing, upscaling and testing innovations in building envelope materials and technical systems via its 9 Pilot Lines (PLs) to reach Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB) balance. Read more in the recent newsletter here.
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11.08.22
On August 15th at 11 a.m., Fabian Reimers will present the results of his Bachelor Thesis with the title: "Methodenentwicklung zur Großtechnischen Aerogelherstellung mittels Vertropfung von Natriumsilikat".
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18.07.22
On July 22nd at 10 a.m., Mimololorun Lucy Aiyelari will present the results of their Master Thesis with the title: "Investigation of the Uniformity of Gel Shrinkage During Aerogel Processing by Imaging Tracer Particles Using X-ray Microtomography". The presentation will be held via zoom.
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16.06.22
On June 27th at 1 p.m., Julian Schilling will present the results of his Bachelor Thesis with the title: "Development of a temperature dependent non-aqueous electrolyte systems database by means of experimental data and Pitzer equations". The presentation will be held via zoom.
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16.06.22
On June 23rd at 10 a.m., Melis Özdemir will present the results of her Master Thesis with the title: "Online Monitoring of distillation processes by NMR Spectroscopy and determination of model parameters based on measured concentration profiles". The presentation will be held via zoom.
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07.06.22
On June 14th at 10:00 a.m., Paula Rossen will present the results of her Bachelor Thesis with the title: "Charakterisierung von unterschiedlich substituierten aromatischen Verbindungen in der überkritischen Fluidchromatographie". The presentation will be held via zoom.
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31.05.22
Our TVT family has grown with a new doctor! On MAy 30th 2022, Oliver Fellechner has successfully defended his doctoral thesis online.  Congratulations, Dr. Fellechner!
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13.05.22
Our TVT family has grown with a new doctor! On May 12th 2022, Sheila Ruiz Barbero has successfully defended her doctoral thesis online.  Congratulations, Dr. Ruiz Barbero!
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09.05.22
On May 13th at 3:30 p.m., Hosein Youssofi will present the results of his Bachelor Thesis with the title: "Adsorptionsvergleich von Koffein auf Aktivkohlepolymeren in nahekritischer CO2-Umgebung". The presentation will be held via zoom.
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03.05.22
On May 5th at 2:00 p.m., Hemanth Appala will present the results of his Project Work with the title: "The effect of cellulose microcrystals and fibers as reinforcing agents on the density and specific surface area of agar aerogels". The presentation will be held via zoom.
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02.05.22
On May 9th at 1 p.m., Sven Holst will present the results of his Bachelor Thesis with the title: "Synthese von Cellulose-Aerogelen aus konzentrierten Salzlösungen". The presentation will be held via zoom.
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19.04.22
On April 22nd at 9:30 a.m., Mónica Elizabeth Cornejo Infante will present the results of her Project Work with the title: "Implementation and refinement of the predictive GCVOL method for density calculation". The presentation will be held via zoom.
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05.04.22
On April 14th at 9:30 a.m., Kevin de la Asunción will present the results of his Master Thesis with the title: "Development of a model for the relative permittivity in organic liquids: A COSMO based approach". The presentation will be held via zoom.
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23.03.22
On March 29th at 11 a.m., Sophie Snoke will present the results of her Master Thesis with the title: "Lignin spray coatings and thin film characterization via GISAXS, GIWAXS and AFM". The presentation will be held via zoom. The thesis was carried out in cooperation between the DESY, the TUHH and the LignoPure GmbH.
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31.01.22
On January 31st at 10 a.m., Thees Wilken will present the results of his Bachelor Thesis with the title: "Machbarkeitsstudie zur Herstellung von Lignin-Aerogelen aus Biertreber". The presentation will be held via zoom.
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22.12.21
On December 22nd at 3 p.m., Abdul Hanan Bhatti will present the results of his Project Work with the title: "Optimization of Polyphenols Extraction from Agro-food industrial By-products, Olive Pomace, Dates Seeds and Coffee Silverskins". The presentation will be held via zoom.
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21.12.21
Our TVT family has grown with a new doctor! On December 21th 2021, Joana Gil has successfully defended her doctoral thesis online via Zoom.  Congratulations, Dr. Gil!
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09.11.21
On 9th of November at 3:30 p.m., Parnpailin Jeansathawong will present the results of her Master Thesis with the title: "Optimization of Hybrid Biopolymer Aerogels for Flame Retardant Applications". The presentation will be held via zoom. 
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E-mail: secretary.tvt@tuhh.de

How to find us

Jahrestreffen 2025 der DECHEMA/VDI-Fachgruppen „Mischvorgänge“, „Hochdruckverfahrenstechnik“ und "Mehrphasenströmungen"

From March 19–21, over 150 participants joined the joint annual meeting of the DECHEMA/VDI working groups on Mixing, High Pressure Processes, and Multiphase Flows, held at Hamburg University of Technology. More information here.

Collaborative Research Center "SMART Reactors"

We gladly announce our participation in the recently granted Collaborative Research Center "SMART Reactors"! Prof. Irina Smirnova will be Vice-Spokesperson of the CRC and is responsible for two of the twenty projects (A01 & B01). More information about the CRC “SMART Reactors” can be found here.

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World's largest pilot plant for the production of bioaerogels

We are proud to present the launch of the world's largest pilot plant for the production of biopolymer aerogels here at the Institute of Thermal Separation Processes, which has been developed in cooperation with the aerogel-it GmbH, the Aerogel-Cluster, and the BMWK.

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