Dept. of Materials Science

Address

Techn. Universität Darmstadt
FB Material- und Geowissenschaften
Petersenstr. 23
64287 Darmstadt

Contact Person

Prof. Dr. Hartmut Fueß
Telephone:	++49-(0)6151-16-22 98
Fax:	++49-(0)6151-16-60-23
e-mail:
Homepage:	http://www.tu-darmstadt.de/f b/ms/fg/sf

Personnel

35

Research Topics

• Structural studies on catalytic materials (approx. 10 people)
• X-Ray diffraction (powder, reflectometry, grazing incidence)
• Transmission electron microscopy (high resolution, simulation, energy dispersive analysis)
• Neutron diffraction
• Synchrotron studies (diffraction, EXAFS, SAXS)

Techniques and Instrumentation

• X-Ray diffraction
• ID500
• STOE STADI 4
• RIGAKU rotating anode
• NONIUS CAD4
• STOE four-circle
• PHILIPS CM 20
• JEOL JEM 3010 FTIR

Keywords

• zeolite X aromatic molecules in zeolites structure and dynamics of host-guest relation in zeolites

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Institute of Chemical Technology

Address

Darmstadt University of Technology
Department of Chemical Engineering
Petersenstr. 20
64287 Darmstadt

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Contact Person

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johann Gaube, em.
Telephone:	++49-(0)6151-16-3665
Fax:	++49-(0)6151-16-4910
e-mail:

Research Topics

• Selective hydrogenations of unsaturated hydrocarbons Monoolefines, Diolefines, Acetylenic compounds, Benzene)
• Effects of mass transfer on selectivity
• Partial oxidations of unsaturated aldehydes

Keywords

• heterogeneous catalysis
• kinetics
• selective hydrogenations
• diolefines
• benzene
• partial oxidations
• unsaturated aldehydes/carboxylic acids

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Contact Person

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Luft
Telephone:	++49-(0)6151-162315
Fax:	++49-(0)6151-164214
e-mail:
Homepage:	http://www.ct.chemie.tu-darmstadt.de/ak_luft/index_en.html

Personnel

15

Research Topics

• Environmental/Safety technology: fuelgas purification, decomposition limits
• Catalysis: carbonylation by use of a solid supported catalyst, development of metallocene catalysts
• Radical reactions
• High-pressure technology: viscosity/phase equilibrium, polymerisation, reactor simulation

Techniques and Instrumentation

• FTIR
• High-temperature gel permeation chromatography
• Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
• HPLC
• BET
• Mercury porosimeter

Keywords

• catalysis, homogeneous and heterogeneous
• environmental technology
• polymerisation
• safety
• high pressure

Last data update: Sep 2001

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Contact Person

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Herbert Vogel
Telephone:	++49-(0)6151-16 21 65
Fax:	++49-(0)6151-16 34 65
E-mail:

Personnel

37

Research Topics

• Kinetics of heterogeneous catalytic oxidation- and hydrogenation processes
• In-situ characterisation of het. cat. by temperature-programmed techniques, DRIFTS and sorption studies
• Catalyst development and reactor design

Techniques and Instrumentation

• Automatically controlled units for kinetic studies and adsorption measurements
• Automatically controlled units for transient response techniques
• DRIFTS
• GC/MS
• TG/DTA
• BET
• HPLC
• UV/VIS

Keywords

• heterogeneous catalysis
• hydrogenation
• partial oxidation
• kinetics
• adsorption
• transient response

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Contact Person

Prof. Dr. Peter Claus
Telephone:	++49-(0)6151-16-5369
Fax:	++49-(0)6151-16-4788
e-mail:	.de
Homepage:	http://www.ct.chemie.tu-darmst adt.de

Personnel

10

Research Topics

• Preparation of Supported Metal Catalysts and Oxides
• Physico-chemical Characterization of Catalysts
• Selective Hydrogenation
• Partial Oxidation
• Chemical Reaction Engineering
• Combinatorial Catalysis
• Microreaction Technology

Techniques and Instrumentation

• Micro-PlugFlow Reactors with on-line Analysis
• Autoclaves
• Multitube- and Multibatch Reactors
• Trickle-Bed Reactor
• GC, MS, HPLC
• TPR/TPO/TPD
• Physi- and Chemisorption
• Adsorptionscalorimetry

Keywords

• Heterogeneous Catalysis
• Kinetics
• Nanoparticles (Au, Ag)
• Selective Hydrogenation
• Partial Oxidation
• Unsaturated Aldehydes
• High-Throughput-Screening
• Microchannel Reactors