Chemical Micro Process Engineering

Volker Hessel, born 1964, was appointed Vice Director R&D and Head of the Chemical Process Technology Department at the Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH (IMM) in 2002. His department focuses on mixing, fine chemistry, and energy generation by fuel processing using microstructured reactors. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Mainz on organic chemistry in 1993, investigating structure-property relations of supramolecular structures. After having been appointed Group Leader for Microreaction Technology at the IMM in 1996, he became Head of the newly founded Department of Microreaction Technology in 1999. He is author of more than 90 peer-reviewed publications in the field of organic chemistry and chemical micro process engineering, 200 papers in total, 3 books and 15 patents. Holger Löwe, born in 1953, was appointed as Professor for Chemical Micro Process Technology at the Chemistry, Pharmaceutics and Earth Sciences Department of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in 2005. He studied chemistry at the University of Leipzig and obtained his Ph.D. on alkylation of phenols in 1984 after working as Research Group Leader at the Filmfabrik Wolffen from 1977 to 1984. The same year, he moved to the Faculty of Electrochemistry at the Technical University in Ilmenau, where he was Head of the Chemistry Section at the internal college. He joined the IMM in 1991. After becoming Leader of the Electrochemistry Group and subsequently, Head of the Chemistry/Microreaction Technology Department, he was appointed Director of R&D in 1999. He is author of more than 280 publications and 30 patents. Andreas Müller has been working as manager of the Application Technology Department of KIEFEL Extrusion GmbH since 2004. He graduated from the Technical University of Darmstadt in mechanical and process engineering in 1993, then joined Lurgi-Zimmer AG as a process engineer and worked later as a R&D manager for the development of fiber extrusion plants. In 1999, he changed to the IMM, where he finished his Ph.D. in 2003. From 2001 to 2004, he was a group leader in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the same institute. He holds several patents, has published more than 20 contributions in refereed journals and conference proceedings, and is co-author of a book about catalyst screening. Gunther Kolb, born 1963, was appointed Leader for Heterogeneous Catalysis and Process Engineering Group at the IMM in 2001. The group's activities are focused on fuel processing for fuel cells. He studied chemical engineering and obtained his Ph.D. in reaction engineering at the University of Erlangen in 1993, after which he joined the Federal Export Office in Eschborn to work on the implementation of the Chemical Weapon Convention. In 1995, he joined GRACE Davison Europe in Worms working as professional in the Catalyst Evaluation and Catalyst Development departments. He is the author of more than 20 publications in the fields of zeolite catalysis, supercritical fluids and fuel processing in microstructured devices.

MIXING OF MISCIBLE FLUIDS
Mixing in Micro Spaces - Drivers, Principles, Designs and Uses
Active Mixing
Passive Mixing
MICRO STRUCTURED FUEL PROCESSORS FOR ENERGY GENERATION
Outline and Definitions
factors Affecting the Competitiveness of Fuel Processors
Design Concepts of Micro Structured Reactors for Fuel Processing Applications
Micro Structured Test Reactors for Fuel Processing
Combustion in Micro Channels as Energy Source for Fuel Processors
Micro Structured Reactors for Gas Purification (CO Clean-up)
Integrated Micro Structured Reactor Fuel Processing Concepts
Comparison of Micro Structured Fuel Processor Systems with Conventional Technologies
Fabrication Techniques for Micro Structured Energy Generation Systems
Catalyst Coating Techniques for Micro Structures and Their Application in Fuel Processing
CATALYST SCREENING
Introduction
Catalyst Preparation Methodology
Parallel Batch Screening Reactors
Screening Reactors for Steady Continuous Operation
Reactors for Transient/Dynamic Operation
Computational Evaluation Methods
MICRO STRUCTURED REACTOR PLANT CONCEPTS
Micro Reactor or Micro Structured Reactor Plant (MRP)
Applicable Principles for MRP Design
Process Conception and Economics
Early Concepts for MRP Design
Fluidic and Electrical Interconnects - Device-to-Device and Device-to-World
Table-top Laboratory-scale Plants
Hybrid Plants
Mobile Plants
Production Plants
Plant Installations and Supplier-specific Assemblies
Process Management
Process Engineering
New Processes for Cost-efficient Reactor Manufacturing

"Alles in allem bietet das vorliegende Werk anwendungsorientierten Wissenschaftlern aus Hochschule, Forschungsinstituten und Industrie eine hervorragende, da umfassende Darstellung des Status Quo für den Einsatz mikrostrukturierter Komponenten in Prozessen und Anlagen. Es lädt ein, sich von den Anwendungsbeispielen inspirieren zu lassen und liefert damit einen wesentlichen Beitrag, die Eintrittsbarriere für diese Technik zu senken. Das Buch sollte daher im Bücherregal eines jeden technisch orientierten Chemikers, Chemieingenieurs oder Verfahrenstechnikers stehen."
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Aus Rezensionen zum Projektvorschlag:
'Dr. Hessel zählt zu den drei internationalen Top-Experten auf diesem Gebiet.'
(Ronald S. Besser, Louisiana Tech University, USA)
'... Mir ist kein Buch mit so starker Ausrichtung in Ingenieurbereiche bekannt. Alle Autoren sind international angesehen für ihre Arbeiten ...'
(S.J. Haswell, University of Hull, UK)

'Die Autoren sind führend auf diesem Gebiet und haben einen hervorragenden internationalen Ruf.'
(Dr. Handa, BP Chemicals, UK)

'Das Renommee der Autoren ist sehr hoch, sie sind führend auf dem Gebiet der Mikrotechnologie.'
(Dr. Bayer, Siemens Axiva, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland)

'Die Autoren sind anerkannte und kompetente Fachleute auf dem Gebiet der Mikrotechnologie.'
(Prof. Hönicke, TU Chemnitz, Deutschland)

"Forschern, Chemikern und Ingenieuren, aber auch Managern, die an der Anwendung von Mikroapparaturen interessiert sind, bietet dieses Buch eine Vielzahl wertvoller Hinweise. Es ist eine ideale Ergänzung des ersten Bandes aus dem Jahre 2004,...Insgesamt liegt hier jedoch ein wertvolles Nachschlagewerk mit höchst informativem Inhalt, detaillierten Auswertungen der einschlägigen Literatur und sachkundigen Beurteilungen erhältlicher Mikrosysteme vor." Angewandte Chemie

Aus Rezensionen zum Projektvorschlag:

'Dr. Hessel zählt zu den drei internationalen Top-Experten auf diesem Gebiet.'
(Ronald S. Besser, Louisiana Tech University, USA)

'... Mir ist kein Buch mit so starker Ausrichtung in Ingenieurbereiche bekannt. Alle Autoren sind international angesehen für ihre Arbeiten ...'
(S.J. Haswell, University of Hull, UK)

'Die Autoren sind führend auf diesem Gebiet und haben einen hervorragenden internationalen Ruf.'
(Dr. Handa, BP Chemicals, UK)

'Das Renommee der Autoren ist sehr hoch, sie sind führend auf dem Gebiet der Mikrotechnologie.'
(Dr. Bayer, Siemens Axiva, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland)

'Die Autoren sind anerkannte und kompetente Fachleute auf dem Gebiet der Mikrotechnologie.'
(Prof. Hönicke, TU Chemnitz, Deutschland)

From reviews to the project proposal:

'Dr. Hessel is regarded as one of the top three international experts in this field.'
(Ronald S. Besser, Louisiana Tech University, USA)

'... There is no book with such a strong engineering focus on the market. All authors the are internationally known for their work ...'
(S.J. Haswell, University of Hull, UK)

'The authors are leading in this field and have an outstanding international reputation.'
(Dr. Handa, BP Chemicals, UK)

'The reputation of the authors is very high, they are leading experts in the area of microtechnology.'
(Dr. Bayer, Siemens Axiva, Frankfurt/M., Germany)

'The authors are recognized and competent experts on the topic of microtechnology.'
(Prof. Hönicke, TU Chemnitz, Germany)