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First on-site meeting 2025 of the TUM.Hydrogen and PtX network at the Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering

The first on-site meeting 2025 of the TUM.Hydrogen and PtX network focused on exciting insights into methanation research and a tour of a newly converted plant. The meeting was rounded off with a convivial finale of meatloaf and home-brewed Reuse Brew beer.

The APT at the Annual Meeting of Process Engineering and Materials Technology (PEMT) in Frankfurt am Main

In November 2025, the annual conference of the Dechema/VDI specialist group "Process Engineering and Materials Technology (PAAT/WKL)" took place in Frankfurt am Main. The presentations by the Institute of Plant and Process Technology (APT) focused on load-flexible ammonia synthesis and the production of hydrogen from biogas.

Hydrogen, PEM electrolysis, dynamic modeling

The latest publication from the Institute of Plant and Process Engineering, in collaboration with Linde GmbH, presents a dynamic 1D multi-physics model for PEM electrolysis cells, enabling a detailed analysis of mass transport, voltage dynamics, and heat transfer in real operating scenarios such as start-up and shutdown processes in real time.

New publication on heat and mass transfer phenomena in single pellet string reactors based on the exothermic CO2 methanation.

The Chair I of Technical Chemistry published a new paper on heat and mass transfer limitations in single pellet string reactors. The exothermic CO2 methanation over Ni-Al based catalysts was used as a model reaction. Experimental and simulative techniques were applied for this study.

Towards the commercialization of biomethanation with self-generated hydrogen through electrolysis

The microbiological conversion of CO₂ and H₂ to methane offers great potential for biogas upgrading. In the DemoMeth project, an innovative gas-filled trickle bed reactor was successfully tested, which quickly achieved high methanation rates even after a long downtime. In the follow-up project KomMeth, the system is being further developed and optimized by integrating an electrolyser.

Poster at upcoming 12th International Engine Congress 2025, Baden-Baden (25.-26.02.2025): “Methanol as a measure for indirect powertrain electrification”

The Poster summarizes key findings of experimental investigations with Methanol as a fuel for combustion engines while at the same time describing the overall role methanol can play as an energy carrier to satisfy the needs of the future energy and transport sectors.

Scaling Up Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Chair of Energy Systems at the ‘Fuels of the Future’ Conference

Representatives from the Chair of Energy Systems attended the 22nd International Conference on Renewable Mobility, held on January 20-21, 2025, in Berlin. Under the motto "Into the Future – Driven by Climate Protection," the Fuels of the Future conference brought together decision-makers and experts from around the world to explore new trends and applications in renewable fuels.

Foundation of the TUM.Hydrogen and PtX network

In April 2019, the TUM.Hydrogen and PtX Network was officially launched to pool expertise in the field of power-to-X and hydrogen production at TUM and to facilitate scientific exchange.

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