General Info
Candidate: Dipl.-Ing. David Neuschitzer
Chair: Chair of Nonferrous Metallurgy
Start: 03/2021
End: 02/2024
Candidate profile: PhD candidate in metallurgy and process engineering with industrial internships in metallurgical systems.
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SCoRe A⁺ Research Detail
Technological Process Developments of Molten Metal Reactors for Methane Pyrolysis
Optimisation and upscaling of molten metal bubble-column reactors for methane pyrolysis.
Supervisors / Mentors
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Helmut Antrekowitsch
Chair of Nonferrous Metallurgy, Montanuniversitaet Leoben
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Johannes Schenk
Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy, Montanuniversitaet Leoben
🎯Targets
- Optimise and upscale existing molten metal bubble column reactors.
- Develop continuous carbon discharge and improved gas injection concepts.
- Determine effects of process conditions on product quality.
🏁Milestones
- Influence of carbon cover layers on process behaviour evaluated.
- Influence of liquid metal bath height on methane conversion investigated.
- Input gas preheating and bottom gas injection implemented.
🧩Work Packages
- Optimisation of 0.25 dm3 reactor.
- Upscaling to 1.5 dm3 and experimental studies.
- Upscaling to 3 dm3 and experimental studies.
- FTIR-based product gas analysis.
Context H₂-C
- Contributes to methane pyrolysis scale-up for sustainable hydrogen and carbon production.
- Supports carbon and gas characterisation collaboration across MUL chairs.