Institut für Feststoffverfahrenstechnik und Partikeltechnologie, Technische Universität Hamburg

🌟 We were delighted to welcome Prof. Haigang Wang and two of his team members from the Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences to our institute yesterday! Prof. Wang delivered an excellent talk titled "Investigation of Fluidized Bed Drying and Coating Process Based on Multi-Modalities Process Tomography", providing fascinating insights into his research. 🧑🏫 📊 During his visit, we had fruitful discussions about potential collaborations and had the pleasure of showcasing our laboratories and research activities. 🔍 His expertise and ideas have sparked exciting possibilities for joint projects. We are excited to build on this exchange and work towards future collaborative endeavors. 🤝 #ParticleTechnology #FluidizedBed #Collaboration #TUHH

🎉 Exciting news! The RTG Climate-Informed Engineering has been approved by the DFG, and we are thrilled to be part of this groundbreaking initiative in Research Area B4: "Climate-dependency of food powder storage and processing." 🌍📊 We extend our heartfelt thanks to Nima Shokri (Speaker) and irina smirnova (Deputy Speaker) for their outstanding effort in successfully submitting the proposal. Your dedication has paved the way for innovative research at the intersection of climate and engineering. 🙏 We look forward to the official project launch and the collaborative opportunities it will bring! 🚀 Here's to advancing knowledge and driving impactful solutions together. 💡🔗

🌟 Exciting Project Meeting! 🌟 Last Friday, we had a productive project meeting as part of our DFG-funded trilateral transfer project "Development of an intelligent Digital Twin for prediction and control of the process behavior via transient flowsheet simulation using the example of fluidized bed spray granulation", jointly conducted by Fraunhofer IFF, PERGANDE Group, and our team. 📊 💻 🧑🔬 👷Special thanks to our PhD students Robert Kräuter and Xiye Zhou for their excellent presentations and the promising results they shared during the project meeting! 🙌 The day was filled with insightful discussions, valuable exchanges of ideas, and a fascinating guided tour of the facilities of PERGANDE Group. Thank you Hon.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mirko Peglow for inviting us. 🙏 We’re grateful for the opportunity to work together and are already looking forward to potential future projects with this amazing team. 🤝 #ParticleTechnoloy #FluidizedBedSprayGranulation #TrilateralTransferProject

🔬 Exciting New Research Alert! 📄 We are thrilled to share our latest publication in Powder Technology, focusing on innovations in granular mixing - vital for the pharmaceutical industry. Our study includes DEM simulations of a mixing process and introduces a novel calculation method to measure mixing quality, examining factors such as stirrer design, rotational speed, particle density, and deflector configurations. 📊 Key findings include the enhanced mixing quality at variable speeds and the significant impact of deflectors on cohesive powders. This advancement supports a more efficient, stable mixing process! Special thanks to our external PhD candidate from company Syntegon, Nizar Salloum, and the co-authors Thomas Brinz and Aitor Atxutegi for their fantastic contributions to this work! 🙏 Read more: https://lnkd.in/dkKp8zWZ #ParticleTechnology #granularmixing #DEM #NewPublication

🚀 What an incredible week at the 16th Professional Course on Fluidization Technology in Hamburg! 🙌 From deep dives into fluid-mechanical principles, heat, and mass transfer to hands-on demonstrations in fluidized bed spray granulation, each session offered valuable insights. Special thanks to all participants (in Hamburg and online) for making this event vibrant with your engagement and thoughtful contributions. Your questions and discussions brought each topic to life! 🌟 A huge thank you to our esteemed external speakers, including Prof. Evangelos Tsostas, Sankaran Sundaresan, Hon.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mirko Peglow, Lennart Fries, Michael Jacob, Sören Lehmann, Prof. Dr. Frank Kleine Jaeger and Paul Kieckhefen, who shared their expertise with passion and clarity. In addition, we would like to extend our sincere thanks to Stefan Dietrich from Parsum GmbH and Dr. Udo Schlemm from TEWS Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG for the outstanding demonstration of their inline sensors at this year’s course. 🙏 Our time outside the classroom was equally memorable. We enjoyed lively evenings in restaurants, where conversations continued over delicious meals, forging connections and sharing experiences beyond the academic setting. 🍻 Looking forward to our course next year! Don't miss to register. ✍ #FluidizationTechnology #ProfessionalCourse #ParticleTechnology #ThankYou

🌟 Exciting New Publication from Our Institute Reveals Key Advances in Biomass Pelletization! 🌟 We are happy to announce our new open-access publication “Impact of press channel diameter-to-length ratio on the mechanical properties of biomass pellets during storage” in the journal Fuel Processing Technology: https://lnkd.in/eUVy9qxh In our previous studies, we have already shown to what extent the structure and stability of biomass pellets are negatively influenced by varying humidity levels during storage. https://lnkd.in/eCZknqHQ https://lnkd.in/erYvs8N4 The resulting undesirably higher proportion of fines can lead to poorer handling of the pellet bulk, product loss and lower combustion efficiency. However, controlling environmental conditions such as temperature and humidity during storage in order to keep the quality of biomass pellets constant is both difficult and ecologically unreasonable. Therefore, our new study demonstrate that specific adjustments in the pelletizing process, particularly extending the press channel length, can enhance the structural integrity of biomass pellets during storage. Here, we employed µCT analysis and image processing to gain novel insights into the radial porosity distribution of biomass pellets as affected by varying press channel length. Speacial thanks to our phd student Abdullah Sadeq, chief engineer Swantje Pietsch-Braune and Professor Stefan Heinrich for their outstanding work on this topic!

👋 We are looking forward to welcoming this year's participants in Hamburg and online next week. 🎉

On October 17th and 18th, we had the pleasure of attending the annual conference of the Collaborative Research Center "Smart Reactors". 🧑🏫 It was a wonderfully organized event with outstanding contributions from all participating researchers. Our PhD students, Maike Orth and Shaik Asif delivered excellent presentations and engaged actively in discussions during the poster session. 🤝 Beyond the exceptional scientific exchange, a special highlight was Thursday evening’s boat trip, where we enjoyed great food and lively conversations in a relaxed atmosphere. 🛳️ A big thank you to everyone involved (especially irina smirnova, Michael Schlüter and Monika Johannsen) for making this such a memorable gathering! 🙏 #SMARTreactors #AnnualConference #ParticleTechnology #FluidizedBed

✨ Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting Prof. Daniele Marchisio from Politecnico di Torino at our institute. We had the opportunity to present our research activities and laboratories and to explore potential collaborations. 🤝 Prof. Marchisio's research focuses on computational fluid dynamics, particularly in multiphase flows and population balance models, which are key areas of interest for us. 💻 During his visit, he also delivered a fascinating keynote lecture at the annual conference of the Collaborative Research Center CRC1615 "Smart Reactors" here in Hamburg, providing deep insights into his cutting-edge work. 👏 #SMARTreactors #PopulationBalanceModeling #ParticleTechnology #Collaborations

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 We are thrilled to welcome Katharina Mohrdieck as a new member of our institute! 🎉 Katharina will be contributing to an important IGF project titled: "Identification, Detection, and Modeling of Process Anomalies in Fluidized Bed Spray Agglomeration to Ensure Product Quality." This project holds significant industrial relevance and combines experimental approaches with cutting-edge machine learning methods. 🤖🔬 We are excited about the potential impact of this research and look forward to collaborating closely with the project advisory committee. Welcome, Katharina Mohrdieck! We are excited to work together on this innovative journey and are happy to have you in our team. 🚀 #WelcomeToTheTeam #FluidizedBed #Agglomeration #Research