Welcome to the CVT!
The Institute of Chemical Process Engineering at KIT investigates, teaches and develops new processes to chemically transform substances. In doing so, we focus primarily on chemical reaction engineering. We also develop and use models and CFD simulations so that we better understand how the reaction takes place. Based on this knowledge, we can design reactor internals and catalyst supports in a targeted manner and intensify material conversion processes.
The Computer Aided Reactor Design (CARD) course concludes with a poster presentation. The Best Poster Award 2025 went to M. Brand and T. Kasselmann.
24.02.2025
We are pleased to welcome Alexander Schulz and Maximilian Meyer at the CVT starting in February.
While Alexander Schulz is involved in the MTET program, Maximilian Meyer is working in the SFB 1441 TrackAct.
05.02.2025
We are pleased to announce that we are part of the 2nd funding period of the CRC1441 "Tracking the active site of catalysis". As announced by the DFG, the CRC will be funded for four more years. www.trackact.kit.edu/
19.12.2024
Registration is now open for the new Masters course Computer Aided Reactor Design (CARD). The lecture will cover the theory of numerical modelling of chemical reactors, which will be put into practice by the students in the accompanying training sessions.
14.10.2024
New publication by Philipp Reinold on the influence of the confining walls on flow and heat transport in a single-particle reactor. Based on CFD simulations, a new correlation was derived to correct for the wall effects. Further Information. 07.10.2024
Martin Kutscherauer wins a poster award at the International CataLysis Networking Conference 2024 in Pforzheim with his poster "Influence of the macropore structure on heat and mass transfer inside catalytic washcoats". Further Information. 26.09.2024