ITC

For the ‘eternity chemical’ PFAS one can say:

‘Yes. Dr Hans-Joachim Gehrmann explains and discusses questions about the distribution, handling and degradation of these chemical substances with Dr Stefan Fuchs in an interview on Campus Report.’

Only in German available.

Markus Breig, KIT

In the Carbon Cycle Lab at KIT, the chemical recycling of plastic waste is among other things being investigated and transferred to a pilot scale. The aim is to integrate previosly unusuable waste back into the material cycle.

ITC

From November, 17 till Decem-ber 7, 2024, 20 tons of plastic-based pyrolysis oil were successfully converted to synthesis gas in the high-pressure entrained flow gasifier within the Carbon Cycle Lab. This demonstrated the function of an important process chain mandatory for a sustainable carbon cycle.

KIT

Researchers at the ITC, together with international partners, have investigated in the BRENDA incineration plant what contribution the waste incineration of polymers, especially fluoropolymers, has to the release of low-molecular-weight, fluorinated compounds. The fluoropolymers were almost completely degraded.