High pressure entrained flow gasification is one of the key technologies to close the anthropogenic carbon cycle.

The research activities of the Department Gasification Technology focus on the conversion of biogenic and anthropogenic feedstock applying the thermo-chemical process of gasification. The sub processes atomization, flame stabilization, fuel conversion, slagging and heat release are investigated applying R&D facilities from lab to pilot-scale. The experimental data are the basis for physical models of the sub processes, which are implemented into numerical and flowsheet simulation tools. These simulation tools can be used for optimization of reactor design and of the process conditions and are the basis for scale-up and thus technology transfer to industrial application. 

Research is carried out in close cooperation with the research group Thermochemical Fuel Conversion at Engler-Bunte-Institut, Fuel Technology, EBI ceb. 

The work is funded by the Helmholtz program MTET (Materials and Technologies for the Energy Transition) in the subtopic Anthropogenic Carbon Cycle, Topic 5 (Resource and Energy Efficiency).