"Compact Microstructured Reactors with Palladium-Based Separation for the Dehydrogenation of Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHC)"

Doctoral supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Pfeifer

Project: Kopernikus Project: Power-to-X (FC-B1): Hydrogen Carrier

Funding: BMBF

Topics:

• Gas phase dehydrogenation of Perhydro-Benzyltoluene
• Multi phase dehydrogenation of Perhydro-Dibenzyltoluene
• Process simulation and reactor modelling for the dehydrogenation of liquid organic hydrogen carriers

1. A. Wunsch, T. Berg, P. Pfeifer
   Hydrogen Production from the LOHC Perhydro‐Dibenzyl‐Toluene and Purification Using a 5 μm PdAg‐Membrane in a Coupled Microstructured System
   Materials 2020, 13, 277
   DOI: 10.3390/ma13020277
2. A. Wunsch, M. Mohr, P. Pfeifer
   Intensified LOHC-dehydrogenation using multi-stage microstructures and Pd-based membranes
   Membranes 2018, 8, 112
   DOI: 10.3390/membranes8040112
3. A. Wunsch, P. Kant, M. Mohr, K. Haas-Santo, P. Pfeifer, R. Dittmeyer
   Recent Developments in Compact Membrane Reactors with Hydrogen Separation
   Membranes 2018, 8, 107
   DOI: 10.3390/membranes8040107
4. S. M. Raupp, P. G. Kitz. D. K. Siebel, A. Wunsch, L. Merklein, P. Scharfer, W. Schabel
   Modeling of interdiffusion in poly(vinylacetate)-poly(methylmethacrylate)-toluene multicomponent systems
   Journal of Applied Polymer Science 2018, 135, 47092
   DOI: 10.1002/app.47092
5. R. Dittmeyer, T. Boeltken, P. Piermartini, M. Selinsek, M. Loewert, F. Dallmann, H. Kreuder, M. Cholewa, A. Wunsch, M. Belimov, S. Farsi, P. Pfeifer
   Micro and micro membrane reactors for advanced applications in chemical energy conversion
   Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering 2017, 17, 108-125
   DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2017.08.001
6. T. Boeltken, A. Wunsch, T. Gietzelt, P. Pfeifer, R. Dittmeyer
   Ultra-compact microstructured methane steam reformer with integrated Palladium membrane for on-site production of pure hydrogen: Experimental demonstration
   International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2014, 39, 18058-18068
   DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.06.091

1. A. Wunsch, E. Gapp, T. Berg, P. Pfeifer
   Mikrostrukturierte Apparate für die Freisetzung und Aufreinigung von Wasserstoff aus LOHCs (Poster),
   Kopernikus P2X-Tage, 21^th-22^th January 2020, Frankfurt, Germany
2. A. Wunsch, T. Berg, P. Pfeifer
   Combined release and purification of hydrogen from liquid organic hydrogen carriers in microstructured devices (Poster),
   ProcessNet Jahrestreffen Energieverfahrenstechnik, 6^th-7^th March 2019, Frankfurt, Germany
3. A. Wunsch, T. Berg, M. Mohr, P. Pfeifer
   Multi Stage Dehydrogenation of the LOHC Perhydro- Dibenzyltoluene with Intermediate Hydrogen Separation (Poster),
   Kopernikus P2X-Tage, 15^th-16^th January 2019, Karlsruhe, Germany
4. A. Wunsch, T. Berg, M. Mohr, P. Pfeifer
   Multi Stage Dehydrogenation of the LOHC Perhydro- Dibenzyltoluene with Intermediate Hydrogen Separation (Poster),
   International Conference on Micro Reaction Technology (IMRET), 22^th-24^th October 2018, Karlsruhe, Germany
5. A. Wunsch, M. Mohr, P. Pfeifer
   Microstructured Tray-Reactor-Concept for the Release and Purification of Hydrogen from Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (Talk),
   Integration of Sustainable Energy Expo & Conference (iSEnEC), 17^th-18^th July 2018, Nürnberg, Germany
6. A. Wunsch, M. Cholewa, P. Pfeifer
   Microstructured reactors for the dehydrogenation of liquid organic hydrogen carriers (Poster),
   ProcessNet Jahrestreffen Reaktionstechnik, 7^th-9^th May 2018, Würzburg, Germany
7. A. Wunsch, M. Cholewa, P. Pfeifer
   Microstructured reactors for the dehydrogenation of liquid organic hydrogen carriers (Poster),
   ProcessNet Jahrestreffen Energieverfahrenstechnik, 7^th-8^th March 2018, Frankfurt, Germany
8. A. Wunsch, M. Plüm, P. Pfeifer, R. Dittmeyer
   Dehydrogenation of Perhydro-Dibenzyltoluene in a microstructured circular blank reactor (Poster),
   Kopernikus P2X-Tage, 23^th-24^th January 2018, Frankfurt, Germany
9. A. Wunsch, M. Plüm, P. Pfeifer, R. Dittmeyer
   Experimental Investigation of the dehydrogenation of liquid organic hydrogen carriers in mircrostructured reactors (Poster),
   3. Wissenschaftliches SCI-Treffen "System Integration", 11^th-12^th September 2017, Karlsruhe, Germany
10. A. Wunsch, M. Cholewa, P. Pfeifer, R. Dittmeyer
    Characterization of microstructured reactors for dehydrogenation of liquid organic hydrogen carriers (Poster),
    Membrane Reactors for Process Intensification - MR4PI2017, 9^th-10^th March 2017, Verona, Italy
11. S. Raupp, P. Kitz, D. Siebel, A. Wunsch, L. Merklein, P. Scharfer, W. Schabel
    Modellierung der Interdiffusion von flüssig applizierten Polymer-Lösemittel-Doppelschicht-Systemen mit experimenteller Validierung (Talk),
    Jahrestreffen der ProcessNet Fachgruppe Wärme- und Stoffübertragung, 16^th-17^th February 2017, Bruchsal, Germany

Curriculum Vitae

• 08. September 1989

• Academic Education

• Professional Background

Research Interests

• Micorstructured membrane reactors
• Process simulation
• Hydrogen production and in-situ hydrogen purification
• Chemical hydrogen storage