Contact
E-Mail:
sophia.volperttu-dortmundde
Phone:
(+49)231 755-6772
Consultation hours:
via Email
Adress
Laboratory of Plant and Process Design
Emil-Figge-Str. 70
Geschossbau 2
44227 Dortmund
Deutschland
Room G2-R3.16
Curriculum Vitae
| Born | June 10th, 1997 in Olpe (Germany) |
| 2007 - 2015 | St. Franziskus-Gymnasium, Olpe (Germany) |
| 2015 - 2019 | B.Sc. Biochemical Engineering Studies, TU Dortmund University Bachelor thesis: Messung und Modellierung der Löslichkeit von Dipeptiden in wässrigen und nicht-wässrigen Lösungen |
| 2019 - 2021 | M.Sc. Biochemical Engineering Studies, TU Dortmund University Master Thesis: Simulation of Hydrodynamics within Centrifugal Partition Chromatography using Computational Fluid Dynamics |
| Since 2022 | PhD at the Laboratory of Plant and Process Design, TU Dortmund University Field of Research: Continuous Centrifugal Extraction |
Field of Research
The application of unstable phase systems (like aqueous two-phase systems) in conventional extraction processes is challenging due to poor phase separation and resulting long phase settling times. The development of the continuous centrifugal extraction (CCE), which is based on the technology of centrifugal partition chromatography (CPC), provides a benefit, as the use of centrifugal forces enhances phase separation and additionally supports phase mixing. Both liquid phases are pumped continuously in counter-current direction through a chamber cascade inside a rotor. A third stream containing the sample to be separated can continuously be fed somewhere in the middle of the chamber cascade.This transfer from a batch process (CPC) to a continuous one (CCE) leads to a significant increase in overall productivity.
Publications
Paper
- Buthmann, Hohlmann, Volpert, Neuwald, Hamza, Schembecker
Counteracting Bleeding in Centrifugal Partition Chromatography: Redosing of the Stationary Phase
Separations (2024), 11(4), 98 doi.org/10.3390/separations11040098
- Buthmann, Volpert, Koop, Schembecker
Prediction of Bleeding via Simulation of Hydrodynamics in Centrifugal Partition Chromatography
Separations (2024) doi.org/10.3390/separations11010016
Oral presentations
- Volpert, Nordhausen, Alfsmann, Schembecker
Continuous Centrifugal Extraction: Optimization of Hydrodynamics based on Computational Fluid Dynamics and Additive Manufacturing
Himmelfahrtstagung on Bioprocess Engineering (2023), Weimar
- Volpert, Nordhausen, Alfsmann, Schembecker
Continuous Centrifugal Extraction: Optimization of Hydrodynamics and Construction of a Modular Rotor
ECCE/ECAB (2023), Berlin
Poster presentations
- Volpert, Nordhausen, Alfsmann, Schembecker
Continuous Centrifugal Extraction: Hydrodynamics in Separation Chambers with simultaneous Mixing and Settling
Fachausschusstagung Extraktion (2023), Frankfurt
- Volpert, Buthmann, Koop, Schembecker
Towards Analysis of Hydrodynamics within Continuous Centrifugal Extraction using Computational Fluid Dynamics
Himmelfahrtstagung on Bioprocess Engineering (2022), Mainz
- Volpert, Koop, Schembecker
Continuous Centrifugal Extraction: Technical Challenges and their Solutions
(Bio)Process Engineering/ProcessNet (2022), Aachen