Dr. H.-J. Gehrmann Gehrmann

Dr.-Ing. Hans-Joachim Gehrmann

  • Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
    Institut für Technische Chemie (ITC)
    Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
    76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen

Department Combustion- and Particle Technologies

Main Activities:

  • Material and energy recovery from composite materials such as carbon fibres
  • Development of a carbon fuel cell for carbon fibre waste
  • Characterisation of the combustion behaviour of solid fuels in a fixed bed (KLEAA) under oxyfuel conditions
  • Development and marketing of oscillating combustion for nitrogen oxide reduction 
  • Thermal degradation of PFAS

Scientific CV:

since 11/2018 Head of the Department "Combustion and Particle Technology" at the Institute for Technical Chemistry (ITC), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
since 04/2006 Head of the Working Group "Combustion Technology" at the Institute for Technical Chemistry (ITC), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2015 - 2025 Lecturer at the University of Stuttgart, Institute for Combustion and Power Plant Technology for the "WASTE" degree programme
01/2001 - 12/2005 Doctorate at the Bauhaus University Weimar on the topic of "Mathematical Modelling and Experimental Investigation of Waste Pyrolysis in Rotary Kiln Systems"
12/1995 - 03/2006 Project Engineer in the field of Thermal Process Engineering at Clausthaler Umwelttechnik Institut GmbH
10/1988 - 11/1995 Studies in Process Engineering at the University of Stuttgart / Clauthal University of Technology