RIC Leoben

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Hydrogen & Carbon

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Reactor and Process Design for Hydrogen Production in Liquid Metal Bubble Columns

Simulation-driven reactor and process-chain design for hydrogen production in liquid metal reactors.

General Info

Candidate: Dipl.-Ing. Hanna Weiss

Chair: Chair of Process Technology and Industrial Environmental Protection

Start: 04/2021

End: 03/2024

Candidate profile: PhD researcher in process technology focused on simulation of reactive bubble flows and scale-up.

Supervisors / Mentors

Ao.Univ.-Prof. Mag. et Dr.rer.nat. Clemens Brand

Chair of Applied Mathematics, Montanuniversitaet Leoben

Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. Markus Lehner

Chair of Process Technology and Industrial Environmental Protection, Montanuniversitaet Leoben

🎯Targets

  • Optimise total methane pyrolysis process in liquid metal baths.
  • Simulate coupled bubble flow and reaction behaviour.
  • Generate fundamental scale-up knowledge for bubble-column reactors.

🏁Milestones

  • Reactor model validated for temperature profile and methane conversion.
  • Upscaling of reactor design and process chain completed.

🧩Work Packages

  • Reactive bubble-flow simulation and literature review.
  • COMSOL model establishment and validation.
  • AspenPlus process-chain simulation for scale-up.
  • Flow-sheet design for integrated process concept.

Context H₂-C

  • Provides simulation support for upscaling and process balancing.
  • Contributes to industrially relevant methane pyrolysis process design.