This time, the CBI project planning course was given a global topic by the industrial partner BASF SE: in the course of three weeks, the students were to demonstrate how the chemical industry in Germany can be transformed into a CO2-neutral industry. For this purpose, the need for renewable energies...
In a joint publication between the groups of Peter Wasserscheid (CRT) and Matthias Thommes (TVT), we were able to showcase the performance of supported catalytically active liquid metal solutions (SCALMS) for isobutane dehydrogenation. The focus of the work, published in the high-ranked Chemical Eng...
Everyone knows it, everyone uses it and everyone knows it somehow comes from trees. Paper!. How are papers made? They're made in a paper mill. But how exactly such a factory works, that's where it stops for most people. At the beginning of the year, a few students from the CBI Department asked thems...
The directed production of propene by dehydrogenation of propane (PDH) is carried out industrially in large-scale plants with > 500000 tons annual production capacities. Due to harsh conditions, catalysts deactivate, making the processes complex. The concept of supported catalytically active liqu...
