Master Thesis »Performance of catalysts in an ohmic reactor«

at  Environmental Safety and Energy Technology

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The Chemical Energy Storage department is working on tasks relating to catalyst development. Cobalt-carbon catalysts have already been synthesized for thermocatalytic ammonia decomposition and tested in an indirectly (conventionally) heated reactor. As part of a master’s thesis, these catalysts are now also to be tested in a catalyst plate directly heated by an ohmic resistance of the catalysts and the performance is to be compared with that in a conventional reactor.

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Franziska Winter
+49 208 8598-1770
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Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology UMSICHT
Requisition Number: 75600

• Literature research on the topic of catalytic ammonia decomposition and alternative heating methods
• Synthesis, characterization and above all testing of heterogeneous catalysts
• Evaluation of conversion and selectivity data
• Autonomous work in the laboratory and especially in the pilot plant
• Interpretation and presentation of results