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© Fraunhofer UMSICHT

Dr.-Ing. Anna Grevé

EXPOALEMANIA 2013. Centro de Convenciones Bicentenario, Quito, Ecuador, 27.09.2013

FRAUNHOFER UMSICHT


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Facts and Data on Fraunhofer UMSICHT

Foundation 1990

Budget 2012 30.5 mio. €

Staff 463 (279 permanent staff)

Spin-offs 12

Institute Branch Sulzbach-Rosenberg since 1/7/2012

Site Oberhausen

Site Sulzbach-Rosenberg


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Our Laboratories – on 1,500 m²

Chemical Laboratory

Biotechnological Laboratory

High-pressure laboratory

ChemLab/ParMa/ SynLab

Energy storage laboratory

Test labs for Redox flow

and Lithium batteries

Catalysis Laboratory

* Ruhr University Bochum As of: 24/4/2013

ENERGY

ENERGY SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

ENERGY SYSTEMS

CHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE

ELECTRICAL, THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE

THINK TANK ENERGY

Waste Heat to Power Compressed Air Energy

Storage

Energy Supply Systems Energy System

Optimization

Thermochemical Storage Catalytic Processes Biogas

Electrochemical Storage Thermal Energy Storage and

Systems

PROCESSES

BIOREFINERY/ BIOFUELS

PROCESS INTENSIVATION

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

PROCESS ENGINEERING

THINK TANK

Bio-based Chemicals Biofuels, Hydrocarbons Thermochemical Conversion Specialty Chemicals,

Formulations

Water Processes Adsorption Processes Active Surfaces

IT-Infrastructure IT-Services Application Development Modelling and Simulation

Environmental Biotechnology Bioprocess Engineering and

Fluid Separation Biomass and Residue

Utilization Membrane and Food Technology

International Projects Urban Production Group Environmental and

Process Technology (RUB*)

PRODUCTS

MATERIAL SYSTEMS

BIO-BASED PLASTICS

LEATHER AND HIGH PRESSURE TECHNOLOGY

RESSOURCES AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT

THINK TANK FUTURE PRODUCTS

Synthesis and Functionalization Processing and Testing Prototype, Design, Interaction

Polymer Chemistry Material Development Processing and Applications Production Scale-Up and Testing

Leather Technology High Pressure Impregnation Product Design by Pressure

(RUB*)

Sustainaiblilty Assessment and Management

Material Flow Systems EU, IPR, Strategy

Additive Manufacturing, FabLab Sustainable Polymer Products

ORGANIZATION

ADMINISTRATION

PUBLIC RELATIONS

UMSICHT ACADEMY

ANALYTICS

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Projects Controlling Human Resources

Adminstration Travel and Central Services

Press and Media Relations Events Internal Communications

Further Academic Education

Human Resources Development

R&D-Workshop Construction and Facility

Management

TECHNICS

LIBRARY

INSTITUTE BRANCH SULZBACH-ROSENBERG

ENERGY SYSTEMS

RECYCLING MANAGEMENT

NEW MATERIALS

INFRASTRUCTURE

Energy from Biomass Thermochemical and

Chemical Storages Thermal Storages Energy Efficiency and

System Analysis

Biogas, Waste Water, Phosphorus

System Analysis Raw Materials and Waste

Corrosion and Wear Protection

Surface Engineering Metallurgical Processes

Administration Public Relations and Marketing Central Technical Services

DIRECTORATE


FRAUNHOFER UMSICHT Division »Energy«


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»Energy Systems Engineering«

Waste Heat to Power

Organic-Rankine-Cycle unit for utilization of waste heat of biogas engines (50-100 kW plants)

Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES)

Technical and economical analysis of CAES focused on adiabatic systems

Development and evaluation of new plant layouts


MD Komp

ND Komp

HD

TES

DLS

HD Exp

ND

TES

ND Exp

HD Komp

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»Electrical, Thermal Energy Storage«

Redox-flow-batteries

Enhanced electrolyte distribution by channels/capillaries along the complete stack width

Improved distribution due to the large cross section of the distributing channels

Thermal Energy Storage

Waste heat to cold – solar cooling

Cold storage systems - PCM


FRAUNHOFER UMSICHT Division »Processes«


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»Biorefinery and Biofuels«

Ethanol based green chemicals and fuels

Catalytic condensation of ethanol/methanol to higher alcohols

Coupling of ABE-fermentation broth (Jet-Fuel blending components)

Fuels and other products from renewable fats & oils

Innovative catalysts for the transesterification of non-food fats and oils

Catalytic cracking of waste fats and oils (gasoline and diesel components)

Process additives for waste water treatment

Separation of certain contaminants by adsorption


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Fraunhofer Innovation Cluster »Wet« biomass and residues as carbon source

for material and energy recovery

Storable and transportable intermediate products

pyrolysis oil

char, fuels

press juice, press cake

Technologies for mobile/decentral conversion

Flash pyrolysis

Hydrothermal Carbonization

Dewatering of biomass

Funded by industry, the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia with funds from the European Fund for Regional Development (EFRE) and by Fraunhofer Gesellschaft.

©UMSICHT

Energy, chemical feedstock, fuels


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Nano enhanced water technologies for purification of drinking water

lower energy consumption, reduced cleaning agents

high efficiency, high degradation rate

Ni-microsieves with nanocoating

Decontamination with LEDs

Microstructured microsieves with

ultrafast pulse laser

»Water Technology«


FRAUNHOFER UMSICHT Division »Products«


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Polymer Chemistry

Polymerisation, Polykondensation

Synthesis of bio-based additives

Natural fibre reinforcement

Material Development

Taylor-made bioplastics

Processing and Applications

Adaption of bio-based plastics to conventional plastics machinery

Development of processing technologies

Market Studies

Production Scale-Up and Testing

Industrial production lines (500 kg/h)

Chemical and mechanical material characterisation

Algae Waste Lactic Acid

Fermentatation

Algal oil

Algae

Biodiesel

Algae derived

PLA

PLA

Compounding

with wasteBiogenic

Packaging

Microalgae cultivation

»Bio-based Plastics«


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»Resources and Innovation Management«

Sustainability Assessment and Management

Eco assessment (life cycle assessment)

Sustainability management/assessment

Climate protection concepts

Spatial balances with geo-information systems (e. g. renewable energy potentials)

Material Flow Systems

Process optimization

Material flow analyses

Recycling strategies

Detection of materials in anthropogenic deposits

EU, IPR, Strategy

Implementation of EU projects

Set up of R&D strategies

Intellectual Property Rights Management

Development of innovation processes

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FRAUNHOFER UMSICHT Branch Sulzbach-Rosenberg


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Utilization of residual materials

Recycling and resource concepts

Sustainability analysis

Resource Management and Recycling

Corrosion and abrasion protection

Functional coatings

Recycling of high-tech metals

Materials for Energy Technology

Furnance technology and development

Combined biom. heat and power and incineration / RDF plants

Filter developement for emissions-reducing

Energy from Biomass and Waste

Institute Branch Sulzbach-Rosenberg


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Latent- and thermochemical storage units

Components of compressed air energy storage

Storage of CHP plants

Thermal storage

Thermochemical conversion (BioPyroEnergy)

Conversion of H2 and CO2

Synthesis of short- and long chain alkanes and alcohols

Chemical storage

Energy

Raw materials

Storage demands

System analysis

Center for Energy Storage - Sulzbach-Rosenberg


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Interdisciplinary Distance Learning Program for Environmental Sciences “infernum“ www.umweltwissenschaften.de

Four semester further education course

Fraunhofer UMSICHT and FernUniversität in Hagen

Part of the Fraunhofer Academy FA

Target group

Academics from all disciplines

Objective

Conveying practical environmental knowledge of their own and other disciplines

Accredited Degree: Master of Science (M.Sc.)

2011: award as a UN-Decade project for the second time

2011- 2015: Development of the blended-learning concept within the joint project »mint-online« funded by the BMBF1

1 Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung – Federal Ministry of Education and Research


FRAUNHOFER UMSICHT

Dr.-Ing. Anna Grevé +49-208-8598-1271 [email protected] Fraunhofer UMSICHT Osterfelder Straße 3 46047 Oberhausen

Sulzbach-Rosenberg

Oberhausen

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