Zhengqi Jiao, Dr. Lihong Zhao, Dr. Xu Liang, Dr. Yuanli Jiang, Feidong Xie, Zhenfeng Liu, Jinjun Xie, Jiaomin Cai, Wei Zheng
{"title":"Comparative Simulation of Axial and Radial Fixed-Bed Reactors for Dimethyl Oxalate Synthesis","authors":"Zhengqi Jiao, Dr. Lihong Zhao, Dr. Xu Liang, Dr. Yuanli Jiang, Feidong Xie, Zhenfeng Liu, Jinjun Xie, Jiaomin Cai, Wei Zheng","doi":"10.1002/cite.12008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.12008","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The catalytic co-coupling of carbon monoxide and methyl nitrite to synthesize dimethyl oxalate (DMO) is a crucial step in the conversion of syngas to ethylene glycol. Recent advancements in numerical simulation methodologies substantially enhanced the potential for optimizing chemical production processes, thereby improving cost effectiveness and efficiency. Numerical simulation techniques were applied to model a shell-and-tube reactor and a radial reactor. The distributions of pressure, velocity, reaction, and temperature fields were analyzed for both reactor configurations under similar operating conditions. The findings indicate that the radial reactor has different advantages, including a smaller volume, a more uniform temperature distribution, and a lower pressure drop, highlighting its potential benefits in the DMO synthesis process.</p>","PeriodicalId":9912,"journal":{"name":"Chemie Ingenieur Technik","volume":"97 7","pages":"759-771"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144589874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dr. Mehran Taherkhani, Niels Hanau, Prof. Ralf Ehret
{"title":"Ecologic and Economic Evaluation of Combined Green Methanol Synthesis from CO2 and Biotechnological Upgrading to Value Products, Part 2: Economic Impact","authors":"Dr. Mehran Taherkhani, Niels Hanau, Prof. Ralf Ehret","doi":"10.1002/cite.12010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.12010","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The implementation of a techno-economic assessment on the use of green methanol from carbon dioxide and green hydrogen and the subsequent biotechnological conversion to value products is described. The operational expenditure and the capital expenditure were calculated for this process and compared to existing manufacturing routes, revealing that the process still needs to be optimized from an economic perspective.</p>","PeriodicalId":9912,"journal":{"name":"Chemie Ingenieur Technik","volume":"97 8-9","pages":"797-805"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cite.12010","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145100973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why Engineers Should Read More Novels","authors":"Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. phil. Michael Kuhn","doi":"10.1002/cite.12011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.12011","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Engineering work is much less solid and much airier than often assumed. And precisely for this reason, another rather airy activity is a good training for it: namely the reading of novels. I argue for two benefits of novel reading: first, reading exercises skills central to engineering design, such as imagination and fictionality competence; second, it trains the ethical capabilities of the reader, e.g., the ability of taking over other person's perspectives. These benefits are illustrated by using the examples of different novels in which the focus is laid especially on sustainability topics. Lastly, some uses of novels in engineering education are briefly discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":9912,"journal":{"name":"Chemie Ingenieur Technik","volume":"97 8-9","pages":"852-859"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cite.12011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145100972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Timothy A. Nowak, Janne Reisch, Marc Siodlaczek, Prof. Bernd Epple, Prof. Alfons Drochner, Prof. Bastian Etzold
{"title":"Development and Validation of a Laboratory-Scale Methanol Synthesis Mini-Plant and Digital Twin Simulation","authors":"Timothy A. Nowak, Janne Reisch, Marc Siodlaczek, Prof. Bernd Epple, Prof. Alfons Drochner, Prof. Bastian Etzold","doi":"10.1002/cite.202500045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202500045","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The utilization of CO<sub>2</sub> is becoming increasingly important for replacing fossil resources in the chemical industry. Methanol synthesis from CO<sub>2</sub> and H<sub>2</sub> can play a key role in providing a renewable base chemical. To develop full process concepts, a methanol mini-plant was set up, accompanied by a digital twin to investigate flexible feedstocks and the recycling of unconverted reactants, including product condensation. Experimental results showed good agreement with the digital twin, using recent kinetic models enabling systematic investigation of process parameters and their influence on in-loop gas composition to identify optimal reaction and feed gas conditions. Experiments with syngas from biomass gasification were conducted to assess the feasibility of industrially relevant CO<i><sub>x</sub></i> sources.</p>","PeriodicalId":9912,"journal":{"name":"Chemie Ingenieur Technik","volume":"97 8-9","pages":"834-851"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cite.202500045","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145102203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Isoprene-Styrene Copolymers: Synthesis and Possible Use for Hydrogen Applications","authors":"Maryam Moradi, Dr. Prokopios Georgopanos","doi":"10.1002/cite.12003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.12003","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The application of isoprene-styrene-based copolymers synthesized via surfactant-free controlled radical polymerization in the area of hydrogen research is presented. The polymers were synthesized in the laboratory and on a pilot scale and tested for their gas transport properties in correlation with the already known commercial poly(4-methyl-1-pentene). The results indicated that the new materials could have applications in terms of hydrogen applications due to the comparable permeability of hydrogen and, in some cases, increased selectivity of hydrogen over oxygen. Further future work will indicate how the new polymers will be utilized.</p>","PeriodicalId":9912,"journal":{"name":"Chemie Ingenieur Technik","volume":"97 7","pages":"710-713"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cite.12003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144589965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jörn Viell, Stefan Theis, Ramona Götz, Alexandra Weber-Bernard, Alexander Walter Wilhelm Echtermeyer, Martin Lindmeyer
{"title":"Benefits and Challenges for Decentralized Use of Biomass as Feedstock for Chemicals","authors":"Jörn Viell, Stefan Theis, Ramona Götz, Alexandra Weber-Bernard, Alexander Walter Wilhelm Echtermeyer, Martin Lindmeyer","doi":"10.1002/cite.202500043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202500043","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A systematic analysis of the decentral preconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to a chemical intermediate including technological, legal, and economic aspects is presented. A case study of levulinic acid production from 14 types of biomass shows average variations of +/− 15.5 % in yield obviously due to the properties of the raw materials. As high yield is a key for economic operation, this motivates preprocessing technologies tailored to the specific raw material. Technological, legal, and economic analyses show the prospect to establishing decentral preprocessing units. A comparison with central biorefineries demonstrates that economy of scale can be counterbalanced by cheaper feedstock cost and tailored feeding technology, which paves the way for a distributed sourcing of carbon for chemicals.</p>","PeriodicalId":9912,"journal":{"name":"Chemie Ingenieur Technik","volume":"97 6","pages":"642-651"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cite.202500043","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144256491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dr. Enrico Fuchs, Siegfried Beckmann, Robin Klusch, Dr. Marc Mauermann
{"title":"Effect of NaOH Steam on Swelling and Cleaning of Food Soil Layers","authors":"Dr. Enrico Fuchs, Siegfried Beckmann, Robin Klusch, Dr. Marc Mauermann","doi":"10.1002/cite.202500001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202500001","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In conventional cleaning-in-place (CIP) processes, only a small fraction of cleaning fluids directly contacts soil layers, limiting their effectiveness. Alternatively, steam can be incorporated into CIP procedures, offering advantages such as prolonged contact time, reduced chemical and water consumption, and enhanced wetting of spray shadow areas. This study specifically investigates the effect of steam during the swelling phase of soil layers. Experiments were conducted using steam, NaOH steam, water, and NaOH solution, respectively. Steam demonstrated an over 100 times higher swelling efficiency compared to liquids. Cleaning studies demonstrated that the use of steam achieved similar cleaning times to water-swollen soil layers, while NaOH resulted in shorter times, with steam being twice as resource-efficient.</p>","PeriodicalId":9912,"journal":{"name":"Chemie Ingenieur Technik","volume":"97 8-9","pages":"899-910"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cite.202500001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145102238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Prof. Ulrich Teipel, Sebastian Wolf, Alex Schreiber
{"title":"Einfluss der Partikelgröße auf den Durchgangswiderstand von partikulären Systemen\u0000 Effects of Particle Size on the Volume Resistance of Particular Systems","authors":"Prof. Ulrich Teipel, Sebastian Wolf, Alex Schreiber","doi":"10.1002/cite.12002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.12002","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The electrical properties of particles, in particular the volume resistance of disperse systems, are of special importance in a multitude of process engineering processes, especially in the field of product qualification. Since a disperse system is formed of two different phases and since the transportation of an electrical charge in a fluid is different from that in a solid, the volume resistance of bulk particles heavily depends on the properties of the particles and the fluid. In this work, the dependency of volume resistance on product properties, i.e. particle size and dispersity in air, was investigated in a concentric measuring cell.</p>","PeriodicalId":9912,"journal":{"name":"Chemie Ingenieur Technik","volume":"97 8-9","pages":"882-889"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cite.12002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145101901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}