Testing facilities

Within the framework of many former and ongoing projects, testing facilities have been developed at the Institute for Energy Systems, that are available to students and scientific staff for research purposes:

BabiTER	Atmospheric entrained flow gasification, investigation of reaction kinetics.
BoCTeR	Combustion of (pretreated) biomass.
BOOSTER	Biomass entrained flow gasifier
Cooling Line	Investigation of the condensation behavior during hot gas purification.
Entrained Flow Reactor	The entrained flow reactor is used for fundamental combustion investigations of solid fuels under exactly defined conditions. This is reached through electric heating elements, which can heat the combustion tube to up to 1600 °C.
Hector	Hector is a pilot-scale reactor for the pre-treatment by hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of low grade biomass that improves the fuel quality. Larger amounts of HTC treated biomass are produced for in-house pilot-scale combustion and gasification test rigs.
High Pressure TGA	The high pressure TGA serves the investigation of the alkali behavior and reaction kinetics of solid fuels.
HIPER	High pressure evaporation rig for the investigation of steady-state and transient heat transfer phenomena of evaporators in the near-critical region
ORC Test Tig	Organic Rankine Cycle, or ORC, is a term used to describe steam power processes which use organic fuels as a working medium.
PiTER	Pressurized entrained flow reactor for the investigation of gasification kinetics and the release of trace elements under near-industrial conditions.
SNG Test Rig	The SNG pilot plant is used to investigate the production of synthetic natural gas (SNG) from biomass.
SOFC Single Cell Test Rig	Investigation on the degradation of SOFCs.
SOFC StaTe	Investigation on the degradation of SOFCs.
Wire Mesh Reactor	The wire mesh reactor allows for small-scale pyrolysis and gasification of solids under circumstances comparable to those in industrial facilities.