Transport in Porous Media
Welcome to our research group!
Our work generally aims for intrinsic understanding of pore-level transport processes with the goal of intensification and defossilation of industrial processes, which are the most significant and challenging tasks to reach a fully climate neutral industry in near future.
Our work builds on a deep understanding of the relevant physical mechanisms, which is achieved by the development of advanced mathematical models. These models are in most cases aimed to link the macroscopic structure-transport correlations with pore-scale transport phenomena. Examples for this are the drying of porous media, the transport of heat and fluids through porous transport layers that are, e.g., used in water electrolyzers or fuel cells, as well as the transport of nutrients and products through biofilms on solid carriers.
Our projects are embedded into the research alliances
- Research Center Dynamic Systems (CDS),
- IMPRS for Systems and Process Engineering for a Sustainable Chemical Production,
- CRC/TRR 287 BULK-REACTION, and
- Research Cluster SmartProSys.
