Completed Projects
This page lists the projects in which the CMT has been involved, in alphabetical order.
200%E
The BMBF-funded project 200%E aimed to establish a novel value-added chain for the industrial production of food additives based on cellulosic biomass. For this purpose, the disaccharide cellobiose was converted electrochemically. In order to use of the energy invested in the electrochemical process optimally, the starting material cellobiose was processed into valuable chemical products at both electrodes simultaneously. Subject of the exploratory phase were the feasibility of the chemical conversion technology, the planning of the process control and optimization as well as the preparation of a first market analysis.
As part of the exploratory phase, CMT was particularly involved in preparation of the feasibility phase proposal.
ACal-IRES
The IRES program Training Next Generation US Researchers in Advanced Magnetic Resonance at the Chemistry-Industry Interfaces enabled doctoral students from UCSB, UCB and UCLA in California to conduct research as IRES fellows at RWTH Aachen University. The program was coordinated by the University of California in Santa Barbara.
The CMT assisted in the preparation of the visits and accompanies the cohorts during their stay in Aachen. A varied program of workshops, excursions and cultural activities was organized by us.
BioSorp
The focus of the EU Horizon 2020 SPIRE project Carbon4Pur was the conversion of CO2/CO-containing flue gas streams of the energy-intensive industry into higher-value intermediates for market-oriented consumer goods. Thus, a significant contribution could be made to the defossilation of the processing industry and to the reduction of greenhouse gases.
The CMT was involved in preparing the application for the project and served as the central contact point on the part of RWTH Aachen University.
Carbon4PUR
The focus of the EU Horizon 2020 SPIRE project Carbon4Pur was the conversion of CO2/CO-containing flue gas streams of the energy-intensive industry into higher-value intermediates for market-oriented consumer goods. Thus, a significant contribution could be made to the defossilation of the processing industry and to the reduction of greenhouse gases.
The CMT was involved in preparing the application for the project and served as the central contact point on the part of RWTH Aachen University.
Cluster 4 Plastics Recycling
The PrepFund project Cluster 4 Plastics Recycling bundled cross-faculty supplementary expertise of the RWTH Aachen. The central goal was to identify cross-technology synergies and application potentials, including renewable energies and carbon sources, for the development of an economically and ecologically viable multidimensional circular economy for synthetic polymers. The results are used for review articles and follow-up proposals. In the long term, the Cluster 4 Plastics Recycling serves as a nucleus for the further networking of the relevant disciplines and, thus, makes a contribution to sustainable economic growth in the region's polymer sector and its future competitiveness.
CMT was centrally involved in the project, entrusted with the tasks of coordination, SWOT analysis as well as preparation of proposals for follow-up projects.
GreenSolRes
The EU HORIZON 2020 BBI PPP project GreenSolRes aimed at a demonstration of the competitiveness of the levulinic acid value chain in terms of cost, environmental impact and technical performance. It targeted to optimize the process design of all process components to allow for commercialization of the process.
The CMT was involved in the application of the project. The central administration of reports of the RWTH was in the hands of our center. Since 2019, we strongly supported the new project coordinator, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Klankermayer.
Kopernikus Project Power-to-X
Power-to-X (P2X) was one of the large-scale Kopernikus projects of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, in which numerous partners from all over Germany investigated the future of the energy transition. On September 1, 2019, the second project phase of P2X started.
Different ways of restoring electricity from renewables were the subject of P2X research. The X in Power-to-X can be liquids – e.g. fuels –, gases or chemicals, i.e. valuables. These different paths were be evaluated in order to find the most suitable technology for the future or the best combination.
The CMT was centrally involved in the preparation of the RWTH parts of the proposal. Our center was responsible for the coordination of the project on the part of RWTH Aachen University.
NAMOSYN
The acronym NAMOSYN stands for sustainable mobility through synthetic fuels. NAMOSYN's goal was to quickly establish the foundations for the introduction of synthetic fuels that can be sustainably produced under ecological, economic and social criteria. For this purpose, extensive research and development work was be carried out for different fuel alternatives for different applications – with a focus on road vehicles, off-road vehicles and mobile work machines.
Partners at the RWTH were Professor Regina Palkovits, Professor Jürgen Klankermayer, Professor Andreas Jupke, Professor Alexander Mitsos and Professor André Bardow. The project work started on April 1st, 2019.
The CMT was instrumental in the preparation and submission of applications. We coordinated deadlines, meetings and reports.
SINCHEM
SINCHEM Sustainable Industrial Chemistry was an Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Program that promoted doctoral students of five cohorts. Each of the fellows performed their research at two universities as well as another partner institution or a partner company. After the three years fellowship, a fellow was jointly awarded a doctorate by the two supervising universities. The project topics focused on the development of innovative catalysts and catalytic processes, novel green solvents, renewable energies and raw materials as well as microreactors and membranes.
The CMT was the central interface between the participating chairs, the central university administration and the project partners. It was responsible for financial reporting and communication with the coordinator. In addition, we took care of close guidance of the fellows who had RWTH Aachen University as the HOME or HOST university.