Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Pfeifer
- Group Leader
- Gas and Multiphase Catalysis
- group: CAT
- room: Campus Nord, Geb. 605, 2. OG, Raum 319
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Institut für Mikroverfahrenstechnik (IMVT)
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)KIT Campus Nord
Gebäude 605Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
Curriculum Vitae
• Born 15th of October 1970
• Academic education
| 1991-1997 | Studies of Chemical Engineering, University of Erlangen |
| 04/1997 | Diploma (Dipl.-Ing.) in Chemical Engineering |
| 05/97-09/97 | Research Assistant at University of Erlangen, Department of Technical Chemistry I |
| since 11/97 | Research Assistant at IMVT / Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (now KIT) |
| since 2000 | Group Leader gas and multi phase catalysis (CAT) at IMVT / Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (now KIT) |
| 07/2003 |
PhD Degree (Dr.-Ing.) in Chemical Engineering, University of Erlangen (Prof. Emig) |
| 12/2014 | Professorship at KIT |
| 01/2015 | Head of Department Chemical Energy Storange at IMVT |
| since 05/2016 | Co-Founder / Co-Partner of INERATEC GmbH |
Memberships
• VDI
• DECHEMA e.V.
Other activities
| since 2014 | Member of the Department of Energy Process Engineering (EVT) of DECHEMA e.V |
Research interests
• Heterogeneously catalyzed processes in microreactors
• Catalytic coating of microreactors
• Integration of membranes in microreactors
• Hydrogen production and in-situ hydrogen purification
• multiphase reactions in microreactors
• Simulation of microreactors and scale-up
• Methanation / SNG generation with microreactors
• Synthesis of liquid fuels and chemicals in microreactors (compact GtL, BtL and PtL systems) via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
• Evaporative cooling in microreactors
• Process analysis for fuel production from renewable energy sources