Technology Platform Alcohols and Ethers

This department develops and designs processes and equipment for carbon-based hydrogen carriers. The focus molecules are methanol (MeOH), dimethyl ether (DME) and synthetic natural gas (SNG). The technologies investigated range from load-flexible carrier synthesis from CO₂ or biogenic sources over transport and storage aspects to the use case integration in industrial context and the existing energy infrastructure. To address these challenges, the department brings together expertise in process simulation, carbon capture, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and the modeling of thermophysical properties.

Head of Department (interim) Technology Platform: Alcohols and Ethers

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Peschel

Institutsdirektor

• Institute for a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy (INW)

Building Brainergy-Park-Jülich /
Room 0

+49 2461/61-84176

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Teams

Technology Development

The team “Technology Development” develops flexible CO₂-based processes for the synthesis of methanol (MeOH), dimethyl ether (DME), and synthetic natural gas (SNG), focusing on catalyst stability, load flexibility, and process optimization using biogenic and waste-derived carbon sources for decentralized applications.

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System Integration

The team “System Integration” couples hydrogen and energy supply based on methanol (MEOH), dimethyl ether (DME) and synthetic natural gas (SNG) with industrial processes, supporting technology development to demonstration scale, while developing models and methods to link detailed unit simulations with process-level analysis.

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