Organization: AK Prof. Dr. Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt

Location: Room 006, Building 11.21

Language: Transparencies in English, upon wish English course language

Time: 2 SWS, 3 ECTS, every Tuesday during the semester, starting on 20.10.2015 at 15.45 h; a new time may be decided during the first time

Registration: not required

Guest lecturers from industry: Will be announced.

Course in WS 2015/2016

Tentative Schedule

20.10.2015: Introduction, from Fundamentals to Application (including wrap up of catalysis, JDG)

27.10.2015: Exhaust gas catalysis – Overview; concepts and exhaust gas aftertreatments in stationary units (MC)

03.11.2015: Exhaust gas catalysis – concepts and exhaust gas aftertreatments in mobile applications (MC)

10.11.2015: Fundamentals in exhaust gas catalysis; CO-removal, oscillations, hydrocarbon removal, Diesel oxidation catalysts (MC, JDG)

17.11.2015: SCR-catalysts; from the atomic structure to application; research opportunities (MC)

24.11.2013: Group work on publications in exhaust gas catalysis

01.12.2015: Industrial exhaust gas catalysis

08.12.2015: Synthesis gas and desulfurization, part I (fundamentals)

15.12.2015: Desulfurization, part II (applications, WK)

12.01.2015: Synthesis gas production from the fundamentals to the application (JDG)

19.01.2014: Methanol and ammonia synthesis, part I (fundamentals)

26.01.2013: Methanol synthesis, Fischer-Tropsch, Methanol-to-Gasoline

02.02.2014: Selective Oxidations, part I (WK)

09.02.2014: Selective oxidations, part II, view on future energy-related catalysis (JDG)

Example of an older Course in 2013/2014

23.10.2013: Introduction, from Fundamentals to Application (wrap up of catalysis course, importance of heterogeneous catalysis, JDG), download file here

Exercise for repitition of lecture "catalysis  "

30.10.2013: Exhaust gas catalysis – Overview (article by Olaf Deutschmann and Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt); concepts and exhaust gas aftertreatments in stationary units (JDG), download file here; review article for stationary units

 
06.11.2013: Exhaust gas catalysis – concepts and exhaust gas aftertreatments in mobile applications, download file here (MC)

 
13.11.2013: Fundamentals in exhaust gas catalysis; CO-removal, oscillations, hydrocarbon removal, Diesel oxidation catalysts, download file here (MC, JDG)

 
20.11.2013: SCR-catalysts; from the atomic structure to application; research opportunities, download file here (MC), in situ spectroscopy, dowload file here (JDG)

 
27.11.2013: Group work on publications in exhaust gas catalysis

Paper to select from are as follows: TWC, methane oxidation, NSR, CO-oxidation, SCR

 
04.12.2013: Synthesis gas and desulfurization, part I, download here (fundamentals, JDG);
Overview article for desulfurizaion

11.12.2013: Desulfurization, part II and here (applications, WK)

 
18.12.2013: Synthesis gas production from the fundamentals to the application: Steam reforming and autothermal reforming plants, fundamentals of high and low temperature water gas shift reaction (JDG); download file here; see following article as overview

08.01.2014: Ammonia oxidation (Martin Votsmeier, Umicore)

 
15.01.2014: Methanol and ammonia synthesis: steam reforming and water gas shift (fundamentals, JDG)

22.01.2013: Methanol synthesis (download), addition slides to process part and Fischer-Tropsch, download (JDG)

 
29.01.2014: Industrial hydrogen production processes (Christoph Kiener, Siemens)

05.02.2014: Selective Oxidations, part I (JDG)

12.02.2014: Selective oxidations, part II (JDG)

Course in 2012/2013

17.10.2012: Introduction, from Fundamentals to Application (wrap up of catalysis course, importance of heterogeneous catalysis, JDG)

24.10.2012: Synthesis gas production, application, steam reforming of natural gas, autothermal reforming and catalytic partial oxidation, fundamentals of steam reforming (JDG), download file here; see following article 

31.10.2012: Steam reforming and autothermal reforming plants, fundamentals of high and low temperature water gas shift reaction (JDG), download file here; see following article 

07.11.2012: Desulfurization, (fundamentals and applications, WK), download file here (fundamentals) and here (application);
see following article 

14.11.2012: Industrial considerations of hydrogen and synthesis gas production, exergy, coal (Dr. Christoph Kiener)

21.11.2012: Methanol synthesis, part I (preparation and fundamentals, JDG), download file here; see following article 

28.11.2012: Methanol synthesis, part II (applications, JDG), download file here;  Process design: Methanol, Fischer-Tropsch and Methanol-to-Gasoline (JDG), download file here

05.12.2012: Selective Oxidations, part I (WK), download file here; see following article 

12.12.2012: Selective oxidations, part II (WK or guest), download file here; see following article 

19.12.2012: Reactions in supercritical carbon dioxide and view on future energy-related catalysis (JDG or guest); download file here

26.12. + 02.01: Christmas/New year

09.01.2013: Exhaust gas catalysis – concepts and exhaust aftertreatments in stationary units (JDG); download file here

16.01.2013: Exhaust gas catalysis – concepts and exhaust aftertreatments in mobile applications  (MC)

23.01.2013: Fundamentals in exhaust gas catalysis (MC, JDG); CO-removal, hydrocarbon removal, Diesel oxidation catalyst; download file here

30.01.2013: From fundamentals to industrial applications in exhaust gas catalysis (guest)

06.02.2013: SCR-catalysts; from the atomic structure to the application; research opportunities (MC)