Project Details
Projekt
Stimuli-responsive polymers for self-regulating reactors: From basic phenomena to reactor design (A01)
Subject Area
Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering
Technical Chemistry
Technical Chemistry
Term
since 2023
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 503850735
This project focuses on the experimental and theoretical development of stimuli-responsive materials and their integration in tailored SMART 3D-printed chemical reactors with special focus on inherent control and actuation. Stimuli response of the materials in different reaction conditions will be studied. Thereby the reversible phase changes of the gels in term of its thermodynamics and kinetics will be described. The investigation will culminate in the fabrication and operation of an autonomous reactor module driven by the progression of the reaction and the shift in polymer-medium affinities in order to establish a proof-of-principle for this novel concept.
DFG Programme
Collaborative Research Centres
Subproject of
SFB 1615:
SMART Reactors for Future Process Engineering
Applicant Institution
Technische Universität Hamburg
