Prof. Dr. Ralf Peters

2019 – Acting Director
Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IET-4: Electrochemical Process Engineering, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH

since 2023: Full Professur at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Chair for Synthetic Fuels, Institute of Thermo- and Fluiddynamics

2006 – 2023 Full Professor for Energy Process Engineering
Department of Energy Technologies, Division Jülich,
Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Jülich, Germany

since 1998: Head of Department Fuel Synthesis and Systems Engineering
Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-14: Electrochemical Process Engineering, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH

1996 – 1998: Post-Doc at Institute of Energy Process Engineering (IEV), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH

1990 – 1996: Research Associate Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Fluid and Thermodynamics, University of Siegen, Germany

Peters, R.; Decker, M.; Breuer, J.L.; Samsun, R.C. ; Stolten, D.: Ramping-Up Electro-Fuel Production, Energies 17 (2024) 1928

Pasel, J.; Häusler, J.; Schmitt, D.; Valencia, H.; Mayer, J.; Peters, R.: Aldol condensation of acetaldehyde for butanol synthesis: A temporal analysis of products study, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 324 (2023), 122286

Peters, R.; Pasel, J.; Samsun, R.C.: Technology transfer from fuel processing for fuel cells to fuel synthesis from hydrogen and carbon dioxide, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2023)

Beltermann N.; Weiske S.; Becka R.; Samsun R.C.; Peters R.; Stolten D.; Muller T.E.: An evaluation of direct dimethyl ether (DME) synthesis from hydrogen and carbon dioxide based on CFD reactor simulations, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2023)

Huang, H.; Guo, Z.; Samsun, R.C.; Baumann, S.; Margaritis, N.; Meulenberg, W.A.; Peters, R.; Stolten, D.: Development of a Multichannel Membrane Reactor with a Solid Oxide Cell Design, Membranes 13:2 (2023)

Peters, R.; Wegener, N.; Samsun, R.C.; Schorn, F.; Riese, J.; Grunewald, M.; Stolten, D.: A Techno-Economic Assessment of Fischer–Tropsch Fuels Based on Syngas from Co-Electrolysis, Processes 10, 4 (2022) 699

Breuer, J.L.; Samsun, R.C.; Stolten, D.; Peters, R.: How to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution caused by light and heavy duty vehicles with battery-electric, fuel cell-electric and catenary trucks, Environment International 152 (2021) 106474

Schorn, F.; Breuer, J.L.; Samsun, R.C.; Schnorbus, T.; Heuser, B.; Peters, R.; Stolten, D.: Methanol as a renewable energy carrier: An assessment of production and transportation costs for selected global locations, Advances in Applied Energy 3 (2021) 100050

Peters, R.; Breuer, J.L.; Decker, M.; Grube, T.; Robinius, M.; Samsun, R.C.; Stolten, D.: Future Power Train Solutions for Long-Haul Trucks, Sustainability 13 (2021) 2225

Eggemann, L.; Escobar, N; Peters, R.; Burauel, P; Stolten, D.: Life cycle assessment of a small-scale methanol production system: A power-to-fuel strategy for biogas plants, Journal of Cleaner Production 271 (2020) 122476

Schemme, S.; Breuer, J.L.; Köller, M.; Meschede, S.; Walman, F.; Samsun, R.C.; Peters, R.; Stolten, D.: H₂-based synthetic fuels: A techno-economic comparison of alcohol, ether and hydrocarbon production, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 45 (2020), 5395-5414

Schemme, S.; Samsun, R.C.; Peters, R.; Stolten, D.: Power-to-fuel as a key to sustainable transport systems – An analysis of diesel fuels produced from CO₂ and renewable electricity, Fuel 205 (2017) 198–221