Research Partners
and principal investigators

The Clean Circles project teams up 22 principal investigators from the Technical University of Darmstadt, the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, the University of Mainz, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the DLR Institute of Low-Carbon Industrial Processes in Cottbus.

Principal investigators

  Name Clean Circles project Contact
Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Böhm		Iron and iron oxide particle clouds
+49 6151 16-28913
L6|01 103
Prof. Dr. Dieter Bothe		Scale-reduced modeling and heterogeneous kinetics
+49 6151 16-21463
L2|06 400
Prof. Dr. Andreas Dreizler
Speaker
Iron particle oxidation in laminar and turbulent flows
+49 6151 16-28920
L6|01 101
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Epple		Thermochemical reduction/oxidation in fluidized beds
+49 6151 16-23001
L1|01 347
Prof. Dr. Bastian J. M. Etzold		Dissolution and electrochemistry of iron oxides
+49 6151 16-29984
L2|04 D108
Dr.-Ing. Federica Ferraro		Simulations of nanoparticle formation during iron particle oxidation
+49 6151 16-24152
L1|01 285
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Hasse
Speaker
Numerical investigation of iron dust/air combustion
+49 6151 16-24142
L1|01 281
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jeanette Hussong		Metallic microparticles in ionic shear flows
+49 6151 16-64277
L2|06 417
Prof. Dr. Michèle Knodt		Governance of sector coupling
+49 6151 16-57353
S4|23 205
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Kramm		Influence of oxidation/reduction conditions on iron by Mössbauer
+49 6151 16-20356
L1|08 301
Prof. Dr. Marc Pfetsch 		Optimization of energy and logistics networks
+49 6151 16-23440
S4|10 144
Dr.-Ing. Arne Scholtissek		Single particle models of thermochemical oxidation/reduction
+49 6151 16-24143
L1|01 294
apl. Prof. Dr. Kai Schulze		Junior Research Group Integrated Systems Analysis
+49 6151 16-57340
S4|22 209
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Stephan		Multi-criteria systems analysis
+49 6151 16-22260
L2|06 200
Prof. Dr. Stefan Ulbrich		Mixed-integer nonlinear optimization under uncertainty
+49 6151 16-23430
  Name Clean Circles project Contact
Prof. Dr. Olaf Deutschmann		Kinetic model of thermochemical reduction/oxidation
+49 721 608-43064
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dimosthenis Trimis		Laminar combustion wave velocity and structure investigation
+49 721 608-42570
40.13 008
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Wolf Fichtner		Energy System Analysis
+49 721 608-44460
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bettina Frohnapfel		DNS analysis of clustering and combustion of iron particles in homogeneous isotropic turbulence
+49 721 608 4 2368
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Hermann Nirschl		Structure-property relationships of iron particles and its oxides
+49 721 608 42404
Prof. Dr. Ingrid Ott		Innovation economics
+49 721 608-45257
01.87 5. OG
Prof. Dr. Oliver Stein		Evaluation of iron particle combustion in shear-driven turbulence using carrier-phase DNS
+49 721 608-46837
CS 40.13 011
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Nikolaos Zarzalis		Influence of turbulence on flame propagation
+49 721 608-44231
40.13 011
  Name Clean Circles project Contact
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Geyer		Diagnostics of thermochemical iron particle reduction/oxidation
+49 6151 16-38573
C15
Dr.-Ing. Sandra Hartl		Scale-reduced modeling and heterogeneous kinetics
+49 6151 16-38573
D22 01.13
  Name Clean Circles project Contact
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Arne Niemann		External governance of sector coupling
+49 6131 3925486
Georg-Forster-Gebäude 04-316
  Name Clean Circles project Contact
Prof. Dr. Jale Tosun		Inter- and transnational governance initiatives for clean energy
+49 6221 54-3726
  Name Clean Circles project Contact
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dierk Raabe		Phase-field modeling of phase transformation, intra-particle diffusion, microstructure evolution of iron oxide
+49 211 6792-340
  Name Clean Circles project Contact
Prof. Dr. Uwe Riedel		Kinetics of thermo-chemical processes and iron firing simulations
+49 355 3556450 1

Research partners

Technical University of Darmstadt

The Technical University of Darmstadt TU Darmstadt incorporates diverse science cultures to create its characteristic profile. Thanks to its administrative autonomy, the university can act flexible and make decisions faster. One of TU Darmstadt's main research fields is dedicated to energy and sustainability. Clean Circles involves researchers from mechanical engineering, mathematics, chemistry and political science.

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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Being “The Research University in the Helmholtz Association”, KIT creates and imparts knowledge for the society and the environment. It is the objective to make significant contributions to global challenges in the fields of energy, mobility, and information. Clean Circles involves researchers from economics, chemistry and process engineering.

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Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (h_da)

The three primary research priorities of the h_da are all related to problems of sustainable development: Intelligent technologies for the digital economy and society, mobility and energy, as well as sustainable process design. Clean Circles involves researchers from the lab for optical diagnostics and renewable energies (ODEE).

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Johannes Gutenberg University

With around 32,000 students from over 120 nations, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) is one of the largest and most diverse universities in Germany. Clean Circles involves researchers from the Department of Political Science.

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Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg

The Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg is one of the oldest European universities. It is a successful University of Excellence in the Excellence Strategy since 2007 and ranks among the top internationally. Clean Circles involves researchers from the Department of Political Science.

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Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials

The Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials (MPI SusMat) conducts cutting-edge materials research in the field of metallic materials and semiconductors. The institute is renowed for application-oriented and interdisciplinary basic research. Clean Circles involves researchers of the MPI SusMat on the topic of microstructure physics.

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German Aerospace Center (DLR)

DLR is the national center for aerospace, energy and transportation research of Germany. The main areas are research and development in aviation, aerospace, energy and transportation, security and digitization. Clean Circles involves researchers of the DLR Institute of Low-Carbon Industrial Processes.

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Clean Circles is funded by the Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts

The state government supports top-class research in Hesse for the period of four years. As of April 2021, six projects of the universities in Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Gießen and Marburg and other universities and non-university research institutions will be supported by the state-funded research programme "Clusterprojekte".

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