Presentation of the Vienna University of Technology Institute of Chemical Engineering 1060 Vienna Getreidemarkt 9.

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1 Presentation of the Vienna University of Technology Institute of Chemical Engineering 1060 Vienna Getreidemarkt 9 Wilhelm Höflinger Tempus Starting Meeting in Gent March 2010

2 Content Information Town of Vienna and University of Technology Vienna Information - Institute of Chemical Engineering Introduction - Research Fields/Areas of Institute

3 Vienna

4 Vienna, town of music Opera house Mozart

5 Vienna Univ. of Technology. Location - Study in the heart of the city

6 Institute of Chemical Engineering Library of the University

7 History 1815: founded as k. k. polytechnisches Institut (being the first University of Technology in todays German-speaking geographical area) 1865: first reform (restructuring, implementation of faculties, concentration on technical disciplines) 1872: renamed to k.k. Technische Hochschule (TH) (new organisational statute, lasts until 1945) 1902: first doctorates awarded (promotion right awarded in 1901) 1919: admission for women 1975: renamed to Technische Universität (TU) 1999: implementation of University Act : autonomy through University Act 02

8 VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY STAFF 412 (full) professors ~ 1800 academic ~ 850 non-academic STUDENTS ~ 20,000 students ~ 950 graduates ~ 200 PhD FACULTIES Architecture and Planning Civil Engineering Informatics Technical Chemistry Mathemathics and Geoinformation Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Physics Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

9 Beginners (bachelor programmes, winter term 2008/09) Architecture and Regional Planning faculty absolute % Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Informatics Mechanical Engineering and Business Science Mathematics and Geo-Information Physics Technical Chemistry Total ,251 students in total (22,485 enrolments, WS 08/09) source:

10 Institute of Chemical Engineering 5 full Prof. 10 associate Prof. 13 Assistant Prof. appr. 97 Research Assistants 20 Nonscientific Staff

11 Student laboratory at the Institute of Chemical Engineering

12 About 145 employes

13 166_3 Chemical Process Engineering and Fluidization CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Chemical Looping Combustion inherent CO 2 separation in natural gas combustion Biomass Gasification successful demonstration of power and heat production from biomass Synthetic Biofuels High-quality bio-fuel production from biomass

14 166_2 Thermal Process Engineering and Simulation Process Simulation Process Optimization Integrated Processes Heat Integration (Pinch Technology) Applications Bio-Hydrogen Bioethanol, ABE Biogas Drinking Water Flue Gas Cleaning Separation Processes Pervaporation Gas & Vapour Permeation MF, UF, NF Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Flow Optimization Complex Flows: Multiphase Flows Reactive Flows Heat Transfer FE-CFD Coupling Flow Measurement Separations Membrane Processes Gas Permeation NF, RO Electrodialysis Applications Biogas Upgrading Biorefinery Chemometrics Property Prediction Model Development Engineering Applications (e.g. Bioethanol process) Multivariat Data Analyses Combination with Analytical Techniques Near Infrared Mass Spectrometry

15 166_4 Biochemical Engineering Red Biotechnology Recombinant Proteins Specific rates and yields in Real Time Metabolic Modelling Design Space Determination Integrated Quality by Design Control Strategies Dynamics in Filamentous Fungi Quantified Metabolic Dynamics CO2 Fixation and Renewable Energy Process Development at the Thermodynamic Minimum Biohydrogen and Biomethane Production from Waste Morphology Proteomics IR Spectroscopy of Wood Decay Straw Biorefinery Straw VOC in Wood Composites A B C Lignin Fibres Biogas Low Temp. pre-treatment Xylanase Cellulase Chemicals Ethanol Multivariate image analysis of hyperspectral FT-IR microscopy images of bio-degraded spruce wood. Enzymat. hydrolysis Xylose Glucose Tracing structural changes on wood polymers caused by white and brown rot fungi using advanced FT-NIR and FT-MIR methods ANNIKKI Process - Development of a low temperature delignification process for the production of secondgeneration biofuels and chemicals. Biodegradation of lipophilic wood extractives to reduce VOC (volatile organic compound) emissions from wood composites

16 166_1 Mechanical Process Engineering and Clean Air Technology Head: Wilhelm Hoeflinger 12 scientific employes 2 Working groups: Mechanical Separation Techniques and Particle Technology Head: Univ. Prof. Dr. W. Hoeflinger Dr. G. Mauschitz, DI T. Laminger, DI J. Faschingleitner, DI J. Schuberth, DI. F Lebl, A. Purgar Fibre Technology: Head: Univ. Prof. Dr. I. Marini Dr. A. Bartl, Dr. B. Mihalyi, DI. D. Pico, Sebnam Haner

17 166_1 Mechanical Process Engineering and Clean Air Technology Mechanic. Sep. Techn. and Particle Technology Solid/ gas, droplet/gas and solid/liquid separation Fine dust (below 1 micron) and aerosol separation techniques Development of new technologies for Aerosol separation (Hybrid filters) Development of new design methods Fugitive dust emission minimization Bulk solids mechanics and powder handling processes Particle size measurement techniques

18 Particle size measurement devices

19 Particle size measurement methods SMPS 13 nm 1000nm Scattered light particle sensor 0,25-40µm Laser defraction spetrometer 0,3 800 µm

20 Lectures: Particle size measurement techniques Aerosol and fine dust particle separation techniques Mechanical process Engineering techniques Bulk solids mechanics

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22 WFC11 Topics

23 Thank you for your attention