Research Activities

• PRONG

  To enable the transition to renewable energies and sustainable resources, new technologies for long-term electricity storage are urgently needed. Furthermore, chemical intermediates must be produced renewably to ensure industrial production in Europe. The splitting of water into hydrogen and the conversion of CO2 into syngas and methane are promising electrochemical processes to enable this.

• AktivMAT

  Water and CO2 as sustainable raw materials for the synthesis of green gases (e.g. H2 and syngas) as energy sources and process gas will play an important role in a sustainable economy and society. This brings with it new opportunities for companies, both in the apparatus construction, components and supply industries, as well as for service, network and energy companies. The ActivMAT project focuses on the further development and a fundamental understanding of the active materials and materials of common H2 and CO2 electrolyzers. The focus is on the alkaline water electrolyser (AE) and materials for direct electrochemical CO2 reduction.

• UMCAWE

  The main goal is the electrochemical conversion of CO2 emissions from two different sources (cement production, biogas production). The target product in this case is methane, as it can be used directly on site in both industrial sectors. In cement production, methane can be used as a high-quality fuel for cement kilns. In biogas fermentation, methane is already the target product; converting the by-product CO2 into methane would significantly increase the overall quality of the resulting biogas. In this case, the processed biogas can also be used for purposes other than heating. This could make the entire biogas process more economically profitable.

• Zelos, Zeit- Geschwindigkeitsmesssystem

  The aim of the project is to optimize a developed, universally applicable IoT measuring station. This can be permanently installed at different locations outdoors. Using externally connectable sensors, this station should be able to measure time and speed and count people or points. The product resulting from this project should be able to be used to measure permanently installed sports routes and also for gamification of sports (movement games). The game or the permanent sports route is not evaluated on the device, but centrally in a cloud system. The customer can access his personalized results, which are displayed in a web app, in real time. The aim of the project is to optimize the electronics for the required temperature range. For this purpose, the layout of the circuit is optimized (temperature dissipation) and the control of the LEDs revised and an additional microcontroller may be provided for this purpose.