Topics
Materials for energy storage
Coordination of Research Network "PCM Screening" within the 6th Energy Research Program of the Federal Government (BMWi): Systematic studies on the melting and crystallization behavior of phase change materials (PCM) as latent heat storage; Application of thermodynamic modeling to predict the temperature and composition of eutectic mixtures; Use of heat storage for the homogenization of local or temporal temperature gradients and for locally or seasonally differentiated storage of thermal energy.
Scientific instrument engineering
Coordination of the research network "High Temperature Gas Phase Balance" in the central innovation program for mid-size companies (ZIM): Development and optimization of device components for the high-temperature gas phase balance; construction of the measuring apparatus for determining mass changes of a substance in a closed system without releasing toxic, environmentally harmful, harmful or corrosive gaseous reaction products.
Thermochemical behavior
Determination of temperature dependent substance and material properties by DTA, DSC, TGA, measurement of total pressure and mass spectrometry; determination of melting behavior, crystallization, glass formation, evaporation or thermal decomposition of elements, inorganic compounds, ionic liquids, polymers and mixtures.