{"title":"A Process Systems Engineering Approach to Decision-Making in the Chemical Industry","authors":"Roderich Wallrath","doi":"10.1002/cite.202400118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202400118","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A variety of optimization tools are used in the chemical industry, but they are often embedded in inflexible, isolated, manual, and complex decision-making processes. This work proposes a decision-making framework that integrates models, data, and decision-makers into data-connected decision cells, organized within a decision graph. The framework formalizes decision processes and enables systematic and adaptive workflows across decision layers. The framework can be applied to various use cases, including supply chain optimization and process design, to address the evolving challenges of the chemical industry. It enables a shift from component-level optimizations toward system-wide optimization strategies that account for the interconnected nature of complex production systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":9912,"journal":{"name":"Chemie Ingenieur Technik","volume":"97 4","pages":"344-354"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cite.202400118","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143793639","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}
Lu Zheng, Prof. Hongdan Wu, Prof. Zhihui Zhou, Xianyuan Fan
{"title":"Distillation-Pervaporation Hybrid Process for Ethanol Dehydration: Process Optimization and Economic Evaluation","authors":"Lu Zheng, Prof. Hongdan Wu, Prof. Zhihui Zhou, Xianyuan Fan","doi":"10.1002/cite.202400126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202400126","url":null,"abstract":"<p>To achieve energy-efficient ethanol-water separation, a hybrid distillation-pervaporation process was investigated. First, a mathematical model was developed in Aspen Custom Modeler. Then, four energy-saving configurations were designed: distillation-pervaporation (D-PV), heat pump-assisted distillation-pervaporation (HPD-PV), heat pump-heat integration-assisted distillation-pervaporation (HPD-HENs-PV), and modified ethanol mass fraction distillation-pervaporation (ZHPD-HENs-PV). A multiobjective genetic algorithm was applied for optimization. The results demonstrated that compared to azeotropic distillation (AD), the total energy consumption (TEC) of these processes was significantly reduced, while the total annual cost (TAC) was also substantially decreased.</p>","PeriodicalId":9912,"journal":{"name":"Chemie Ingenieur Technik","volume":"97 4","pages":"311-323"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143793888","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}
Christian Schmidt, Dr. Hendrik Wollmerstädt, Prof. Sven Kureti
{"title":"CO2-Based Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Toward Aviation Fuel Components Using a Na-Promoted Fe Catalyst","authors":"Christian Schmidt, Dr. Hendrik Wollmerstädt, Prof. Sven Kureti","doi":"10.1002/cite.202400160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202400160","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The CO<sub>2</sub>-based Fischer-Tropsch synthesis toward liquid hydrocarbons was investigated using a Na-promoted Fe catalyst recently engineered for a high carbon chain growth. As a result of a systematic variation of operation parameters, it was shown that a maximal yield of liquid hydrocarbons (13 wt %) with a high chain growth probability (0.75) was achieved at a temperature of 350 °C and a molar H<sub>2</sub>/CO<sub>2</sub> ratio of 3. High-molecular products such as waxes were not formed. The required high reaction temperature was associated with the endothermic reverse water gas shift, which provides CO as reactive intermediate. Moreover, it was found that 49 wt % of the liquid hydrocarbons met the boiling curve specifications of aviation turbine fuel, while the remaining organic liquid might be useful as naphtha.</p>","PeriodicalId":9912,"journal":{"name":"Chemie Ingenieur Technik","volume":"97 5","pages":"508-517"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cite.202400160","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143909516","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":"Modeling the Entire Filtration Process from Depth Filtration to Surface Filtration with a Multilayer Construction and an Offset for Dust Cake Growth","authors":"Dr.-Ing. habil. Qian Zhang","doi":"10.1002/cite.202400154","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202400154","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Until now, there has been no coherent model for a holistic view of the entire filtration process. While the filtration kinetics of a depth filter can be investigated using various model approaches (dendrite growth model or fiber growth model) to describe particle separation in the clogging phase, it is not yet possible to transition to surface filtration by continuing the same model calculation. A new modeling approach with a multilayer construction and an offset for the growth of the dust cake is presented, which enables the description of particle separation by using analytical models throughout the entire filtration process without a separate add-on model for the change between depth and surface filtration. The continuous evaluation of the locally resolved structural changes, i.e., in the individual sub-layers, as well as the associated changes in the separation efficiency of the single-collectors in the growing two-component filtering system provide insightful information about the filtration kinetics during the entire filtration process and about the process of dust cake formation.<sup>1)</sup></p>","PeriodicalId":9912,"journal":{"name":"Chemie Ingenieur Technik","volume":"97 4","pages":"334-343"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cite.202400154","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143793924","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}
Marc Bresser, Katharina Wiegers, Dr. Andreas Schulz, Dr. Matthias Walker, Prof. Dr. Günter E. M. Tovar
{"title":"CO Generation from CO2 Using an Atmospheric Microwave Plasma Process","authors":"Marc Bresser, Katharina Wiegers, Dr. Andreas Schulz, Dr. Matthias Walker, Prof. Dr. Günter E. M. Tovar","doi":"10.1002/cite.202400157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202400157","url":null,"abstract":"<p>With rising CO₂ levels and climate change, finding alternatives to fossil fuels is essential. One attractive option is converting CO₂ into CO and O₂ via an atmospheric microwave plasma process. This study evaluates conversion and energy efficiency by increasing microwave power and CO₂ flow. Power and CO₂ flow were varied, with conversion measured using Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and gas analysis. A maximum conversion of 21.1 % was achieved at a specific energy input of 1.1 eV molecule<sup>−1</sup>, highlighting the potential of this approach for efficient CO₂ utilization.</p>","PeriodicalId":9912,"journal":{"name":"Chemie Ingenieur Technik","volume":"97 5","pages":"479-486"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cite.202400157","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143909674","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. Manfred Weber, Dr. Andreas G. Thomé, Dr. Mark Hapke, Dr. Aike Meier zu Greffen
{"title":"Stirrerless Mixing of Liquids in Large Containers and Vessels","authors":"Dr. Manfred Weber, Dr. Andreas G. Thomé, Dr. Mark Hapke, Dr. Aike Meier zu Greffen","doi":"10.1002/cite.202400162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202400162","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Jet mixing or gravity-driven mixing by rising gas bubbles can be applied for homogenization of liquids in tanks (→ concentration or temperature) or for shortstopping of reactions (injecting an inhibitor or a cooling/diluting liquid). Whereas the mixing efficiency of gas bubbles in large bubble column reactors at superficial gas velocities above 2 cm s<sup>−1</sup> is well-known, less information is available for significantly lower gas flow rates below 1 mm s<sup>−1</sup> (→ bubble plumes). This can be applied to enhance heat transfer for cooling down a stagnant liquid in a reactor after a shutdown. These mixing processes are reviewed and demonstrated by large-scale field tests. The application of the axial dispersion model to evaluate mixing times is discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":9912,"journal":{"name":"Chemie Ingenieur Technik","volume":"97 4","pages":"261-268"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143793832","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}
{"title":"Pretreatment of Ru/TiO2 Catalysts Influences Activity and Selectivity in CO2 Hydrogenation","authors":"Göran Baade, Prof. Robert Güttel","doi":"10.1002/cite.202400139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202400139","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The need for a pretreatment strategy for CO and CO<sub>2</sub> hydrogenation is already known for Fe- and Co-based Fischer-Tropsch catalysts but is unexplored for Ru-based catalysts. The aim of this work was to establish a starting point from which to systematically develop pretreatment strategies to maximize the activity, selectivity, and stability of the catalyst. The results show that all pretreatment strategies tested here are equal or better than no pretreatment for the conversion of CO<sub>2</sub>. The pretreatment with CO/H<sub>2</sub> synthesis gas can double the activity, but the advantage is diminished over 80 h of experiment. In contrast, the use of dilute O<sub>2</sub> significantly increases the selectivity towards methane while pure CO<sub>2</sub> significantly increases the selectivity to higher hydrocarbons.</p>","PeriodicalId":9912,"journal":{"name":"Chemie Ingenieur Technik","volume":"97 5","pages":"549-553"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cite.202400139","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143909636","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}
Henrik Spitzenpfeil, Marius Neumann, Nick Hausen, Prof. Dr. Regina Palkovits, Dr. Stefan Palkovits
{"title":"Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Experimental Optimization of Water Oxidation Catalysts","authors":"Henrik Spitzenpfeil, Marius Neumann, Nick Hausen, Prof. Dr. Regina Palkovits, Dr. Stefan Palkovits","doi":"10.1002/cite.202400156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202400156","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) methods are very often used to make predictions for datasets that were created externally in arbitrary experiments or on already literature known datasets. In this work, we try to make use of active learning techniques to search for an optimal strategy for the startup-phase of bulk nickel electrodes in the oxygen evolution reaction. The data collected was afterwards reduced in dimensions and used to extract additional information that were learned via an artificial neural network (ANN) on the dataset, respectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":9912,"journal":{"name":"Chemie Ingenieur Technik","volume":"97 5","pages":"472-478"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cite.202400156","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143909665","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}
Dipl.-Chem. Bastian Hansel, Dipl.-Chem. Konrad Burkmann, Dipl.-Nat. Bianca Störr, Dr. rer. nat. Carsten Pätzold, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Florian Mertens, Martin Bertau
{"title":"Identification of Electrolyte Salts in Lithium-Ion Battery Black Mass","authors":"Dipl.-Chem. Bastian Hansel, Dipl.-Chem. Konrad Burkmann, Dipl.-Nat. Bianca Störr, Dr. rer. nat. Carsten Pätzold, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Florian Mertens, Martin Bertau","doi":"10.1002/cite.202400121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202400121","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Based on ion chromatographic and thermal analyses, it was demonstrated that the assumption that the presence of PF<sub>6</sub><sup>–</sup> ions in lithium-ion battery (LIB) black mass is due to LiPF<sub>6</sub> residues is incorrect. In the industrial samples investigated, PF<sub>6</sub><sup>–</sup>-containing residues were present in the case of low temperature-pretreated LIB black mass. Based on thermal analysis, a significant proportion of the PF<sub>6</sub><sup>–</sup> species was found to originate from NaPF<sub>6</sub>. The presence of NaPF<sub>6</sub> is due to the use of tap water in the commercial workup process. Due to the transformation of the PF<sub>6</sub><sup>–</sup> species and the associated changes in degradation and hydrolysis behavior, appropriate recycling routes need to be adapted regarding the handling of the conducting salt.</p>","PeriodicalId":9912,"journal":{"name":"Chemie Ingenieur Technik","volume":"97 4","pages":"299-310"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cite.202400121","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143793482","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":"So kann Science Outreach gelingen! – Transferprozess zwischen universitärer Forschung und Schulen\u0000 This is how Science Outreach Can Succeed! – Transfer Process between University and Schools","authors":"Lena Geuer, Prof. Dr. Roland Ulber","doi":"10.1002/cite.202400152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202400152","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Daily, science creates new findings that are of fundamental importance for socially relevant topics. These often remain ‘black boxes’ for the society, because the scientific background remains unexplained. Subject-didactic transfer processes are intended to close these gaps by creating educational opportunities from the cooperation of subject didacticians and subject scientists. The Department of Bioprocess Engineering at the RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau has been involved in science outreach projects for 20 years. In this time, a transfer process has been established that builds a bridge between scientific research and schools. A study is now showing the effect that immersive digital media, such as augmented reality (AR), has on the necessary didactic reconstruction of research-oriented topics.</p>","PeriodicalId":9912,"journal":{"name":"Chemie Ingenieur Technik","volume":"97 4","pages":"324-333"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cite.202400152","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143793870","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}