Modern Concepts in Catalysis: From Science to Engineering - The South-West-German Catalysis Course (Südwestdeutscher Katalyse-Lehrverbund)
The next course will take place in Bad Herrenalb from 17.09.2025 - 19.09.2025: The number of course participants is limited. If you are interested in the course, please contact Prof. Dr. Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt or any of the other organizers at TU Darmstadt (Prof. Dr. Marcus Rose), RPTU Kaiserslautern (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kleist) or KIT.
General
Invitation
We invite you to the 7th launch of the South-West-German Catalysis Course. The course deals with different topics and aspects in catalysis using technically relevant examples. These include preparation, high throughput synthesis, modern characterization techniques, modelling & simulation and different reactor concepts. Topical subjects are synthesis chemistry, power-to-X, electrocatalysis, renewable raw materials and current industrial processes. The course is rounded off by insights into practical applications.
Who shall participate?
PhD and master students working or interested in the field of catalysis. The 3 - 5 days „intensive“ course and limited number of participants gives a unique chance to get in touch with other young scientists and industrial representatives within the field of catalysis. Don’t miss the chance to broaden your knowledge beyond your own field of research and to get connected with the catalysis community.
Formalities
Accommodation will be paid by the corresponding institute (in case of master students please contact the responsible of the corresponding institution). All registered participants will receive a questionnaire and exmaple programs of earlier years can be found further below.
Organizers
TU Darmstadt (Prof. Dr. Marcus Rose)
RPTU Kaiserslautern (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kleist)
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Prof. Dr. Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt, Prof. Dr. Felix Studt, Prof. Dr. Gregor Wehinger)
German Catalysis Society (GeCatS)
Detailed Information on the earlier courses
The Southwest German Catalysis Catalysis Course was re-established in 2019 and took place for the first time from September 23-27, 2019 in the Seminarhotel Odenwald in Höchst-Hassenroth. The one-week intensive course with 24 participants and 17 lecturers (6 of them industry representatives) bridged the gap between current highlights in catalysis research with methodological focuses and contemporary industrial applications.
Program 2024
Final program
Monday, September 16
9:30 Arrival / Registration
09:30 - 10:00 Arrival / Registration
10:00 - 10:30 Welcome & Get together
10:30 - 12:00 Catalysis for a Circular Economy (Marcus Rose, TUDa)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Scale brindging catalyst development: From powder to pellet, from batch to conti (Moritz Wolf, KIT)
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee
15:30 - 17:00 Catalysis for Renewables (Erisa Saraci, KIT)
17:00 - 17:30 Break & Poster Session I
18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
19:00 - 20:30 Poster Session II
Tuesday, September 17
8:30 - 10:00 Operando characterization (Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt, KIT)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee
10:30 - 12:00 How to teach an old dog new tricks: Process and Material Innovations in Heterogeneous Catalysis (Martin Kraus, BASF)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Novel synthesis strategies towards catalysts (Michael Türk, KIT)
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee
15:30 - 17:00 Multiscale Modeling in Chemical Reaction Engineering (Gregor Wehinger, KIT)
17:00 - 18:00 Teambuilding
18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
Wednesday, September 18
8:30 - 10:00 Computational Catalysis (Felix Studt, KIT)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee
10:30 - 12:00 Discovery, Invention, Innovation - 40 years in Porous Materials (Ulrich Müller, former BASF)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Renewables / Power-to-X (Wolfgang Kleist, RPTU)
15:00 - 16:00 Coffee and final conclusions
Detailed Information on the earlier course in 2023
Location: Heidelberg Youth Hostel
Tiergartenstr. 5, 69120 Heidelberg
Monday, September 18
10:30 - 12:00 Welcome & Workshop
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Novel synthesis strategies towards catalysts (Michael Türk, KIT)
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee
15:30 - 17:00 Operando vibrational spectroscopies (Christian Hess, TUD)
17:00 - 17:30 Break
17:30 - 19:00 Poster Session
19:00 - 20:30 Dinner
Tuesday, September 19
8:30 - 10:00 Operando characterization (Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt, KIT)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee
10:30 - 12:00 Synthesis and characterization of porous catalysts - A case study on metal-organic frameworks (Wolfgang Kleist, TUK)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Industrial Catalysis on Bio-Renewables (Sebastian Kunz, Südzucker)
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee
15:30 - 17:00 Kinetic/Reaction Modelling & Ostwald process (Martin Votsmeier, Umicore/TUD)
17:00 - 17:30 Break
17:30 - 19:00 Discussion or additional contribution, RDM - experience exchange?
19:00 - 20:30 Dinner extern?
Wednesday, September 20
8:30 - 10:00 Industrial Syngas Chemistry (Nils Bottke & Martin Kraus, BASF)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee
10:30 - 12:00 Catalysis @ Evonik (Nicole Wilde, Evonik)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Scale brindging catalyst development: From powder to pellet, from batch to conti (Moritz Wolf, KIT)
15:00 - 19:00 Team Building Event
19:00 - 20:30 Dinner
Thursday, September 21
8:30 - 10:00 Computational Catalysis (Felix Studt, KIT)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee
10:30 - 12:00 Electrocatalysis / Non-noble electrocatalysts (Ulrike Kramm, TUD)
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:30 Feedback round and summary
Detailed Information on the course in 2022
Location: Youth hostel Pirmasens
Schützenstraße 12-14
(Navigation parking place: Joßstraße 1)
66953 Pirmasens
Telefon: +49 6331 808180
Fax: +49 6331 8081899
Program 2022
12.30 - 14.00 Welcome & Workshop (PDF)
14.30 - 16.00 Kinetic/Reactor modelling & Ostwald process (Martin Votsmeier, Umicore/TUD; PDF)
16.00 - 16.30 Coffee
16.30 - 18.00 Cracking (Stephan Schunk, hte; PDF)
18.15 - 19.00 Discussion
08.30 – 10.00 Industrial Syngas chemistry (Wolfgang Kleist, TUK; PDF)
10.00 - 10.30 Coffee
10.30 – 12.00 Operando vibrational spectroscopies (Christian Hess, TUD; PDF)
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15.00 Preparation of catalysts & zeolites (Silke Behrens, KIT; PDF)
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee
15.30 – 18.00 RDM & discussion (Olaf Deutschmann, KIT; PDF)
18.00 - 19.00 Poster session 1
19.00 - 20.00 Dinner
8.30 – 10.00 Computational Catalysis (Felix Studt, KIT; PDF)
10.00 - 10.30 Coffee
10.30 – 12.00 Electrocatalysis and electrochemical systems (Bastian Etzold, TUD; PDF)
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 15.00 Challenges & opportunities for catalytic biomass conversion (Marcus Rose, TUD; PDF)
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee
17.00 - 18.00 Poster Session 2
8.30 – 10.00 Operando characterization (Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt, KIT; PDF)
10.00 - 10.30 Coffee
10.30 – 12.00 Non-noble electrocatalysts (Ulrike Kramm, TUD; PDF)
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 15.00 Computational catalysis on non-noble metal complexes (Vera Krewald, TUD; PDF)
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee
15.30 – 19.00 Teambuilding
Information on the earlier course in 2021
10.00 - 10.30 Welcome and overview on the course (Download: program pdf, program excel, Introduction slides)
10.30 – 12.00 Porous Catalysts - Synthesis & Characterization (Prof. Wolfgang Kleist, Download)
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15.00 Talks by the participants
14.30 - 15.00 Coffee break
15.30 - 17.00 From Research to Technical Catalysts – Insights into a Black Box (Prof. Marcus Rose; Download)
17.00 - 17.30 Coffee break
17.30 - 19.00 Talks by the participants
19.00 Dinner
Tuesday, September 21
8.30 – 10.00 (Electro)Catalytic Reaction Engineering (Prof. Bastian Etzold; Download)
10.00 - 10.30 Coffee break
10.30 – 12.00 Talks by the participants
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch
13.30 – 18.30 Discussions during a networking event (Hiking tour)
19.00 Dinner
Wednesday, September 22
8.30 – 10.00 Computational Catalysis (Prof. Felix Studt; Download)
10.00 - 10.30 Coffee break
10.30 – 12.00 Talks by the participants
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch
13.00 – 14.30 NFDI4Cat Modul 1&2 (Michael Liebau and Marc Greiner)
14.30 - 15.00 Coffee Break
19.00 Dinner
8.30 – 10.00 In situ and operando Characterization: a spectroscopy and engineering challenge (Prof. Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt; Download)
10.00 - 10.30 Coffee break
10.30 – 12.00 Talks by the participants
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch
13.00 - 14.30 Catalyst Preparation (Michael Türk, Download)
14.30 – 15.00 Feedback round and summary
Information from the course in 2019
Location: Seminarhotel Odenwald
Am Dachsrain 2
64739 Höchst-Hassenroth
Program
11.00 - 12.00 Welcome and overview on the course (download)
13.30 - 15.00 Workshop, Presentation round
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break
15.30 - 17.00 Preparation of catalysts & Zeolites (Silke Behrens)
17.15 - 18.15 Fluid Catalytic Cracking – A never ending challenge (Stephan Wellach, FCC Grace GmbH)
18.15 - 19.15 Discussion
Tuesday, September 24
8.30 – 10.00 Novel synthesis strategies towards catalysts (Michael Türk, download)
10.00 - 10.30 Coffee break
10.30 – 12.00 High throughput synthesis and testing (Stephan Schunk, HTE)
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch
13.00 - 14.00 Industrial Syngas chemistry (Nils Bottke, BASF)
14.00 - 14.30 Coffee break
14.30 – 16.00 Operando characterization (Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt, download)
16.00 - 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 – 18.00 Operando vibrational spectroscopies (Christian Hess, download)
18.00 - 19.00 Discussion
19.00 - 20.00 Dinner
20.00 - 21.00 Poster session
Wednesday, September 25
8.30 – 10.00 Computational Catalysis (Felix Studt, download)
10.00 - 10.30 Coffee break
10.30 – 12.00 Multiscale modelling of catalytic reactors (Olaf Deutschmann, download)
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 15.00 Kinetic/Reactor Modelling & Ostwald process (Martin Votsmeier, Umicore)
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break
15.30 – 17.00 Catalysis for Bio-Renewables (Marcus Rose, download)
17.00 - 18.00 Discussion
Thursday, September 26
8.30 – 10.00 Electrocatalysis and electrochemical systems (Bastian Etzold, download)
10.00 - 10.30 Coffee break
10.30 – 12.00 Non-noble electrocatalysts (Ulrike Kramm)
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 15.00 Power-to-X and micro reaction engineering (Peter Pfeifer)
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break
15.30 – 17.00 Scenarios of Catalyst Development in Industry - A Look through the Keyhole (Dorit Wolf, Evonik)
17.00 - 18.00 Discussion
Friday, September 27
8.30 – 10.00 Synthesis and application of renewable liquid fuels (Jörg Sauer)
10.00 - 10.30 Coffee break
10.30 – 12.00 Industrial Catalysis on Bio-Renewables (Sebastian Kunz, Südzucker)
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch
13.00 – 14.30 Feedback round and summary
Organizational matters
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt
KIT, Chemische Technik und Katalyse
Institut für Technische Chemie und Polymerchemie (ITCP)
Engesserstr. 20, 76131 Karlsruhe
Institut für Katalyseforschung und -technologie (IKFT)
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kleist
Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau
Fachbereich Chemie - Technische Chemie
Erwin-Schrödinger-Straße 54
67663 Kaiserslautern
Prof. Dr. Marcus Rose
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Fachgebiet Technische Chemie II
Alarich-Weiss-Straße 8
64287 Darmstadt
Prof. Dr. Felix Studt
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
KIT, Institut für Katalyseforschung und -technologie (IKFT)
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
Institut für Technische Chemie und Polymerchemie (ITCP)
Engesserstr. 20, 76131 Karlsruhe
Prof. Dr. Gregor Wehinger
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Institut für Chemische Verfahrenstechnik - CVT
Fritz-Haber-Weg 2
76131 Karlsruhe