Systematic multiscale modelling and design approach for SMART reactors (B06)

• Subject Area: Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering ; Fluid Mechanics
• Term: since 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 503850735

In this project, a systematic approach for multiscale modelling and design of SMART reactors is developed. For this purpose, internal structures of multiphase reactors are analyzed and locally optimized by means of high-resolution validated CFD simulations. In addition, superstructure optimization will be used to derive optimal reactor networks, as well as systemic and compartment models, on the basis of which a systematic optimization-based design of local and global reactor structures will be performed. In the course of the SFB, the flexibility of smart components will be systematically considered by a multistage optimization approach to enable autonomous SMART reactors.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1615: SMART Reactors for Future Process Engineering
• Applicant Institution: Technische Universität Hamburg
• Project Heads: Professor Dr.-Ing. Michael Schlüter; Professor Dr.-Ing. Mirko Skiborowski