M.Sc. Lucas Briest

Research Associate

M.Sc. Lucas Briest

Institute of Process Engineering
Chair of Thermal Process Engineering

Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, G15-115

Experience

since 04/2021	Seminar Lecturer Thermal Process Engineering, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
since 01/2020	Research Associate Thermal Process Engineering, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
08/2020 – 07/2021	Senator Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Education

10/2018 – 12/2019	M. Sc. Process Engineering Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg Master thesis: Investigation of the drying behavior of wet roof tiles in a microwave apparatus on a pilot plant scale
10/2014 – 08/2018	B. Sc. Process Engineering Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg Bachelor thesis: Studies on the adhesive suitability of high-strength steel materials in automotive engineering

10/2018 – 12/2019

M. Sc. Process Engineering
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Master thesis: Investigation of the drying behavior of wet roof tiles in a microwave apparatus on a pilot plant scale

10/2014 – 08/2018

B. Sc. Process Engineering
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Bachelor thesis: Studies on the adhesive suitability of high-strength steel materials in automotive engineering

2025

Peer-reviewed journal article

[39]

Dernbecher, A., Bhaskaran, S., Vorhauer-Huget, N., Seidenbecher, J., Gopalkrishna, S., Briest, L., & Dieguez-Alonso, A. (2025). Investigation on the intra-particle anisotropic transport properties of a beech wood particle during pyrolysis. Particuology, 98, 172 – 190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.partic.2025.01.006

Conference proceedings

[38]	Briest, L., Wagner, R., Tretau, A., Ganß, M., , ., Tsotsas, E., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2025). In-situ temperature monitoring during microwave heating using fiber-optic sensors. 2nd international workshop on reacting particle-gas systems: modelling and experimental characterization of reactive particle-gas systems. https://doi.org/10.25673/118928
[37]	Ujjani Narasimhaiah, A., Schmidt, A., Briest, L., Tretau, A., Wagner, R., Tsotsas, E., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2025). Modelling of a lab-scale microwave dryer for thermally thick materials. 2nd international workshop on reacting particle-gas systems: modelling and experimental characterization of reactive particle-gas systems. https://doi.org/10.25673/118928

Conference presentations

[36]	Schmidt, A., Wagner, R., Ujjani Narasimhaiah, A., Briest, L., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2025, September 15 – 18). Multi-physical modelling of microwave-based drying of moist porous media [Conference presentation]. XX International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Applications (AMPERE 2025), Bari, Italy.
[35]	Briest, L., Ujjani Narasimhaiah, A., Szameitat, V., Magdowski, M., Wagner, R., Tretau, A., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2025, September 15 – 18). Measurement of electromagnetic field distribution in pilot scale microwave dryer [Conference presentation]. XX International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Applications (AMPERE 2025), Bari, Italy.
[34]	Briest, L., Wagner, R., Tretau, A., Ganß, M., Narasimhaiah, A., Tsotsas, E., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2025, June 17 – 18). In-situ temperature monitoring during microwave heating using fiber-optic sensors [Poster]. 2nd International Workshop on Reacting Particle-Gas Systems, Magdeburg, Germany.
[33]	Ujjani Narasimhaiah, A., Schmidt, A., Briest, L., Tretau, A., Wagner, R., Tsotsas, E., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2025, June 17 – 18). Modelling of a lab-scale microwave dryer for thermally thick materials [Conference presentation]. 2nd International Workshop on Reacting Particle-Gas Systems, Magdeburg, Germany.
[32]	Ujjani Narasimhaiah, A., Schmidt, A., Briest, L., Tretau, A., Tsotsas, E., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2025, May 19 – 23). Modelling of electromagnetic field distribution in the digital twin of a laboratory-scale microwave drier for clay tiles and bricks [Conference presentation]. 15th International Conference on Computational Heat & Mass Transfer (ICCHMT 2025), Antalya, Turkey.
[31]	Dernbecher, A., Bhaskaran, S., Vorhauer-Huget, N., Gopalkrishna, S., Seidenbecher, J., Briest, L., & Dieguez-Alonso, A. (2025, April 7 – 10). Pore resolved simulation of flow through a partially pyrolyzed beech wood particle with immersed boundary method [Conference presentation]. 12th European Combustion Meeting, Edinghburg, United Kingdom.
[30]	Briest, L., Ujjani Narasimhaiah, A., Tretau, A., Wagner, R., Schmidt, A., Tsotsas, E., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2025, April 1 – 3). Experimentelle und simulative Untersuchung zur Mikrowellentrocknung von thermisch dicken Ziegelprodukten [Conference presentation]. Jahrestreffen 2025 der DECHEMA/VDI-Fachgruppen "Agglomerations- und Schüttguttechnik" (AGG) und "Trocknungstechnik" (TRO), Friedrichshafen, Deutschland.
[29]	Ujjani Narasimhaiah, A., Schmidt, A., Briest, L., Tretau, A., Tsotsas, E., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2025, March 10 – 12). Simulation of electromagnetic field distribution of lab-scale microwave dryer [Poster]. Jahrestreffen 2025 der DECHEMA/VDI-Fachgruppe "Wärme- und Stoffübertragung" (WSUE), Stuttgart, Deutschland.

2024

Peer-reviewed journal article

[28]

Vorhauer-Huget, N., Seidenbecher, J., Bhaskaran, S., Schenkel, F., Briest, L., Gopalkrishna, S., Barowski, J., Dernbecher, A., Hilfert, L., Rolfes, I., & Dieguez-Alonso, A. (2024). Dielectric and physico-chemical behavior of single thermally thick wood blocks under microwave assisted pyrolysis. Particuology, 86, 291 – 303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.partic.2023.07.004

Conference proceeding

[27]

Dernbecher, A., Bhaskaran, S., Vorhauer-Huget, N., Seidenbecher, J., Gopalkrishna, S., Briest, L., Dieguez-Alonso, A., Benim, A.C., Bennacer, R., Mohamad, A.A., Ocłoń, P., Suh, S., & Taler, J. (2024). Evaluation of Convective Heat Transfer Inside the Pores of Pyrolyzed Wood using a µ-CT Based Realistic Geometry. Advances in Computational Heat and Mass Transfer: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer (ICCHMT 2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66609-4_36

2023

[26]	Govindarasu, V., Wagner, R., Ganß, M., Tretau, A., Vorhauer-Huget, N., & Briest, L. (2023). Analysis of the power input for crack-free drying of green bricks. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Microwave and High-Frequency Applications (AMPERE 2023). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10159426
[25]	Ganß, M., Wagner, R., Tretau, A., Vorhauer-Huget, N., Briest, L., & Tsotsas, E. (2023). Measuring of process-dependent temperature distribution in bricks during drying with intermittent microwaves using distributed fibre-optical sensors. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Microwave and High-Frequency Applications (AMPERE 2023). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10159426
[24]	Briest, L., Dharmananda, P., Tretau, A., Wagner, R., Tsotsas, E., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2023). Microwave heating as a possible route for the defossilization of green brick drying. Proceedings of the 8th European Drying Conference (EuroDrying 2023).

Conference presentations

[23]	Briest, L., Wagner, R., Tretau, A., Tsotsas, E., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2023, December 5 – 7). Prozessorientierte Mikrowellentechnologie für die Ziegelherstellung [Conference presentation]. 60. Würzburger Ziegellehrgang, Würzburg, Germany.
[22]	Dieguez-Alonso, A., Seidenbecher, J., Gopalkrishna, S., Briest, L., Hilfert, L., Vorhauer-Huget, N., Kulak, N., & de la Rosa, J.M. (2023, September 17 – 21). Investigation on the pyrolysis mechanisms of plastics for the development of robust and sustainable processes for chemical recycling [Vortrag]. 14th European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE 2023) and 7th European Congress of Applied Biotechnology (ECAB 2023), Berlin, Germany.
[21]	Ganß, M., Wagner, R., Tretau, A., Vorhauer-Huget, N., Briest, L., & Tsotsas, E. (2023, September 11 – 14). Measuring of process-dependent temperature distribution in bricks during drying with intermittent microwaves using distributed fibre-optical sensors [Poster]. 19th International Conference on Microwave and High-Frequency Applications (AMPERE 2023), Cardiff, Wales, UK.
[20]	Govindarasu, V., Wagner, R., Ganß, M., Tretau, A., Vorhauer-Huget, N., & Briest, L. (2023, September 11 – 14). Analysis of the power input for crack-free drying of green bricks [Conference presentation]. XIX International Conference on Microwave and High-Frequency Applications (AMPERE 2023), Cardiff, United Kingdom.
[19]	Dharmananda, P., Briest, L., Tsotsas, E., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2023, September 4 – 8). Simulation of energy dissipation and heat transfer in wet clay materials using COMSOL multiphysics [Conference presentation]. 14th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer (ICCHMT), Düsseldorf, Germany.
[18]	Dernbecher, A., Bhaskaran, S., Vorhauer-Huget, N., Seidenbecher, J., Gopalkrishna, S., Briest, L., & Dieguez-Alonso, A. (2023, September 4 – 8). Evaluation of convective heat transfer inside the pores of pyrolyzed wood using a µ-CT based realistic geometry [Conference presentation]. 14th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer (ICCHMT), Düsseldorf, Germany.
[17]	Briest, L., Dharmananda, P., Tretau, A., Wagner, R., Thomik, M., Tsotsas, E., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2023, July 4 – 7). Microwave heating as a possible route for the defossilization of green brick drying [Conference presentation]. 8th European Drying Conference (EuroDrying 2023), Łódź, Poland.
[16]	Vorhauer-Huget, N., Briest, L., Pharasher, A., & Magdowski, M. (2023, July 3 – 6). Simulation of the scattering parameters of a rectangular waveguide filled with different dielectric samples [Conference presentation]. PhotonIcs and Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS 2023), Prague, Czech Republic.
[15]	Briest, L., Wagner, R., Tretau, A., Tsotsas, E., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2023, March 6 – 8). Trocknung Von Ziegelrohlingen: Experimentelle Untersuchung und Simulation mit COMSOL [Conference presentation]. Jahrestreffen 2023 der DECHEMA/VDI-Fachgruppen „Computational Fluid Dynamics“ (CFD) und „Wärme- und Stoffübertragung“ (WSUE), Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
[14]	Briest, L., Wagner, R., Tretau, A., Tsotsas, E., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2023, March 6 – 7). Simulation und Validierung der Mikrowellentrocknung von Hochlochziegeln in COMSOL [Conference presentation]. Jahrestreffen 2023 der DECHEMA/VDI-Fachgruppen "Abfallbehandlung und Wertstoffrückgewinnung/Rohstoffe” (AuW/ROH) und "Trocknungstechnik" (TRO), Dresden, Germany.

2022

Peer-reviewed journal articles

[13]	Briest, L., Wagner, R., Tretau, A., Tsotsas, E., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2022). Microwave-assisted drying of clay roof tiles. Drying Technology, 40(9), 1804–1818. https://doi.org/10.1080/07373937.2021.1878369
[12]	Vorhauer-Huget, N., Briest, L., Wagner, R., Tretau, A., Rahimi, A., & Tsotsas, E. (2022). Using microwave heating for electrification of the drying of green heavy clay products. Brick and Tile Industry International, 2022(03). zi-online.info

Conference proceeding

[11]

Thomik, M., Briest, L., Vorhauer, N., Gruber, S., Petra, F., Schuchmann, H., & Tsotsas, E. (2022). Evaluation of methods to represent the structure in tomographic images of freeze-dried porous media. Proceedings of the 22nd International Drying Symposium on Drying Technology - IDS '22. https://doi.org/10.55900/ldswiytv

Conference presentations

[10]	Briest, L., Wagner, R., Tretau, A., Tsotsas, E., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2022, November 29 – 30). Effiziente Ziegeltrocknung durch die Kombination von intermittierender Mikrowelle und Konvektion [Conference presentation]. Würzburger Ziegellehrgang, Würzburg, Germany.
[9]	Briest, L. (2022, October 18 – 18). Experimentelle Untersuchungen von Hochlochziegeln und Riemchen [Conference presentation]. AIF Workshop, Weimar, Germany.
[8]	Müller, D., Briest, L., Bück, A., & Tsotsas, E. (2022, June 26 – 29). A two-zone continuum model of sprayed Wurster fluidization [Conference presentation]. IDS 2022, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
[7]	Briest, L., Vorhauer-Huget, N., Tretau, A., Wagner, R., & Tsotsas, E. (2022, June 26 – 29). Microwave drying of wet clay in pilot-scale plant [Conference presentation]. 22nd International Drying Symposium (IDS22), Illinois, USA.
[6]	Vorhauer-Huget, N., Seidenbecher, J., Bhaskaran, S., Schenkel, F., Briest, L., Barowski, J., & Dieguez-Alonso, A. (2022, June 8 – 9). Dielectrical and structural properties of pyrolized biomass [Poster]. 1st International Workshop on Reacting Particle-Gas Systems, Bochum, Germany.
[5]	Briest, L., Wagner, R., Tretau, A., Rahimi, A., Tsotsas, E., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2022, March 10 – 11). Simulation der Mikrowellentrocknung von Tonziegelrohlingen in COMSOL [Conference presentation]. FALVT/FATT, Frankfurt, Germany.

2021

Peer-reviewed journal article

[4]	Briest, L., Tsotsas, E., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2021). Experimentelle Untersuchung der Mikrowellentrocknung von Sanitärkeramiken. Keramische Zeitschrift, 73(2), 36 – 43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42410-021-0472-5

Conference presentations

[3]	Briest, L., Vorhauer-Huget, N., Wagner, R., Tretau, A., Rahimi, A., & Tsotsas, E. (2021, September 23 – 23). Sustainable processing of clay products by the application of microwave drying [Conference presentation]. 13th European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE), Online.
[2]	Briest, L., Vorhauer-Huget, N., Wagner, R., Tretau, A., Rahimi, A., & Tsotsas, E. (2021, March 15). Mikrowellentrocknung von Tonpflasterziegelrohlingen und deren Wechselwirkung mit dem elektromagnetischen Feld [Conference presentation]. DECHEMA/VDI Jahrestreffen Fachgruppe Trocknungstechnik (TRO) 2021, Online.

2020

[1]

Vorhauer, N., Briest, L., Tretau, A., Wagner, R., & Tsotsas, E. (2020, March 12 – 13). Energieeffiziente Gestaltung der Ziegeltrocknung mit intermittierender Mikrowellenleistung [Conference presentation]. DECHEMA/VDI Jahrestreffen Fachgruppe Wärme- und Stoffübertragung (WSUE) 2020, Erfurt, Germany.

Efficient drying by microwave radiation of clay building materials such as roof tiles, clinker bricks and ceramics.

Experimental investigations are carried out with a microwave dryer, which has a power of 2 kW and where many process parameters are determined online.

Simulations of microwave heating are realized by coupling the electromagnetic field with the heat transport and validated by experiments.