Research projects

Eurotechnica has a strong team in scientific research putting a great effort in being present in the first line and pushing technical limits towards new dimensions. In various individual and joint research projects, Eurotechnica has contributed and is contributing to development of innovative processes and methods. In this way, we can guarantee our clients to provide them with the latest state of the art in our services and equipment.

A selection of current research projects is presented here:

  1. Multiscale Modelling of Multiphase Reactors (Multi-Phase)

BMBF-collaborative project (FKZ: 033RC1102), 2011 – 2015

  1. Scaleable HPC-Software for MD Simulations in Chemical Industry – SkaSim

BMBF-collaborative project (FKZ: 01IH13005J), 2013 – 2016

  1. Effect of Minor Compounds in CO2-Flows Separated from Diverse Emittents of a Regional
    Cluster on Transport, Injection and Storage – CLUSTER

BMWi-collaborative project (FKZ: 03ET7031G), 2015 – 2018

Ska Sim

Scalable HPC software for molecular simulation in chemical industries

Objectives covered by Eurotechnica:

  • provide experimental data on thermophysical properties at elevated pressures for scaling of force fields and validation of molecular dynamic modelling

Properties: Phase diagrams, interfacial tension, density and diffusivities.

Fluid systems: ionic liquids, CO2, CH4

Application: separation of CO2 from natural gases

Funding

“Scalable HPC software for molecular simulations in the chemical industry (SkaSim)”, Ref.-No. 01IH13005J, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Cluster

Influence of impurities in CO2 rich flue gases from different emittents of a regional CLUSTER on transport, injection and storage

Objectives covered by Eurotechnica:

  • Experimental determination of hydrate formation in CO2-rich streams
  • Diffusion coefficients of impurities in CO2
  • Diffusion of brine in CO2 rich streams
  • Sorption and diffusion of minor components
  • experimental determination of pH at elevated pressures

Funding

“Impacts of impurities in CO2 streams captured from different emitters in a regional cluster on transport, injection and storage (Cluster)”, Ref.-No. 03ET7031G, funded by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWI)

Le, Quynh Hoa; Baessler, Ralph; Knauer, Sandra; Jaeger, Philip; Kratzig, Andreas; Bettge, Dirk; Kranzmann, Axel: Droplet corrosion of CO2 transport pipeline steels in simulated oxyfuel flue gas.

In: Corrosion 2018.

Knauer, Sandra; Le, Quynh Hoa; Baessler, Ralph; Jaeger, Philip: Contact angle and corrosion of a water-CO2 system on X70 and S41500 at 278 K and pressures up to 20 MPa. Under Revision in: Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control.

H2 Mixprop

Thermophysical Properties of Gas Mixtures Containing Hydrogen
dtec.bw-joint project with Helmut Schmidt University (HSU), Hamburg,
and Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Berlin, 2021 – 2024

References

Wang, J., Samara, H., Jaeger, P., Ko, V., Rodgers, D., Ryan, D., 2022. Investigation for CO2 Adsorption and Wettability of Reservoir Rocks. Energy Fuels 36 (2022) 1626–1634. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c03366.

R. A. Villablanca-Ahues, M. Paul, P. T. Jaeger, N. R. Perozo: Interfacial properties of H2/CO2 mixtures affecting safe operations of underground storage, EEK 137, (2021) 10, 31-34. https://doi.org/10.19225/211003

Samara, H., Ostrowski, T.V., Jaeger, P., 2024. Interfacial and transport properties of supercritical hydrogen and carbon dioxide in unconventional formations. The Journal of Supercritical Fluids 205, 106124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.supflu.2023.106124

Multi Phase

Chemical Processes: Multiscale Modeling of multiphase reactors (multi-phase)

The “Multi-Phase” project aimed at energetic optimization of multiphase reactors, especially bubble columns. Eurotechnica contributed in supply of material data such as interfacial tension and adaptation of online optical detection systems to non-atmospheric operating conditions. Different optical methods, e.g. for detecting pH, particle size and concentrations, were tested and validated using eurotechnica equipment. An equipment from Eurotechnica was used to measure the rising velocity of bubbles and mass transfer in a counter-current flow

Funding:

“Chemical Processes: Multiscale Modeling of multiphase reactors (multi-phase)”, Ref.-No. 033RC1102, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

C-Image

C-Image – Investigation on offshore oil spills

Eurotechnica contributes to a global joint research network by providing thermophysical properties of the three-phase system “sea water – crude oil – methane” including also dispersants commonly applied in oil spills. The main focus is on investigating fluid dynamic details of the catastrophe of the deep water horizon in 2010. Properties like interfacial tension, diffusivity, mixture density and viscosity are decisive to be known under the real conditions of pressure and temperature.

An equipment from Eurotechnica is used to investigate behaviour of rising drops of live oil in sea water.

In another equipment, nucleation of methane in gas saturated oil drops is observed:

Reference:

S. Pesch, P. Jaeger, A. Jaggi, K. Malone, M. Hoffmann, D. Krause, T.B.P. Oldenburg, M. Schlüter: Rise Velocity of Live-Oil Droplets in Deep-Sea Oil Spills, Environm. Eng. Sci. 35 (2018) 4, 289-299.

Evaporation-induced foam

The aim of the project is to develop a foam analysis apparatus as a robust measuring device that can be used for technically representative conditions to investigate evaporation-induced foams.This is intended to meet the existing demand for characterizing the foaming capacity of systems under boiling conditions and the foams that are generated outside the production facilities in order to derive measures for controlling and destroying undesirable foams in thermal processes in the
material-converting industry.