News

News from the fields of hydrogen and power-to-X

The project SynergyFuels to develop an integrated refinery concept for the production of renewable fuels from biogenic residues started in January 2023. The kickoff meeting took place at the TUM Campus for Biotechnology and Sustainability in April.

New publication of the Chair I of Technical Chemistry on 3D printing of Pt-based catalysts for hydrogen release from liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHC).

New publication in Bioresource Technology by the Chair of Urban Water Management on the topic of biological methanation.

The Chair for Sustainable Future Mobility (Prof. Jocher) is researching various aspects of the operational safety of today's staged aircraft engine combustion chambers with hydrogen as part of a large research network.

Large-bore engines are widely used in marine shipping and on-shore power generation. Methane as a fuel with reduced carbon footprint has been replacing heavy fuel oil (HFO) for the past years and engines have been retrofitted to accept gaseous fuels. With the expectedly increasing supply of green hydrogen, however, come new chances and challenges for engine development.

In the future, research will be conducted in the Bavarian chemical triangle on the climate-neutral transformation of the entire chemical industry in Germany. The main focus will be on the use of hydrogen as an energy carrier and starting material for important basic chemicals. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the "Burghausen H2 Reallaboratory" joint project…

LTF launched a joint project with SBES GmbH and AYED-ENGINEERING GmbH in February 2023 for direct hydrogen combustion in the Allison 250-C20B helicopter engine.

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.

Press releases

Europe Stores Electricity in Gas Pipes

Article in the Scientific American, April 2019 [LINK]

How power-to-gas technology can be green and profitable

TUM News release, February 2019 [LINK]

On the road to a clean combustion engine

TUM News release, October 2018 [LINK]

Events

KickOff event Green Fuel Center
of the TUM at the Straubing Campus

Online via Zoom: https://tum-conf.zoom.us/j/69449109916
Meeting-ID: 694 4910 9916
Code: 822055

Date & Time: June 10, 2021, 9-11 a.m.

Program

Remain up to date with the MSE colloquia

The Munich School of Engineering (MSE) organises a colloquium every year to bring together the diverse activities on energy research at Bavarian universities. PhD students and researchers from different faculties and universities present their work for this purpose. External guests from science and industry provide insights into their areas of expertise. The next colloquium will take place in July 2021. [MORE]