„Omniscient”-Reactors

The team is developing the concept of an “omniscient reactor,” i.e., a reaction apparatus that provides measurement data with high temporal and spatial resolution, thus enabling a detailed picture of key mass and heat transport phenomena in the reactor. The studies are based on high-resolution (temporal and spatial) and high-precision temperature measurements using fiber Bragg gratings. The latter can provide temperature information from the reactor in operation via hundreds of measuring points without significantly disturbing the reactant flow fields. These data will be used for modeling, analyzing evaporation and heat transport processes. Moreover, these data enable the development of data-driven optimization methodologies for predicting the most suitable operation parameters under dynamic process conditions. In addition to the precise measurement of temperature fields in the reactor, methods for high-resolution concentration measurement of the main components in the reactor will be developed using in-line spectroscopic methods. Moreover, the measurement of the phase behavior in the reactor will be studied using tomographic methods.