Location & approach

By Car

The campus of the Technical University of Dortmund is located near the freeway junction Dortmund West, where the Sauerland line A45 crosses the Ruhr expressway B1/A40. The Dortmund-Eichlinghofen exit on the A45 leads to the South Campus, the Dortmund-Dorstfeld exit on the A40 leads to the North Campus. The university is signposted at both exits.

By bus and train

The "Dortmund Universität" S-Bahn station is located directly on the North Campus. From there, the S-Bahn line S1 runs every 15 or 30 minutes to Dortmund main station and in the opposite direction to Düsseldorf main station via Bochum, Essen and Duisburg. In addition, the university can be reached by bus lines 445, 447 and 462. Timetable information can be found on the homepage of the Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association, and DSW21 also offer an interactive route network map.

The H-Bahn

One of the landmarks of the TU Dortmund is the H-Bahn. Line 1 runs every 10 minutes between Dortmund Eichlinghofen and the Technology Center via Campus South and Dortmund University S, while Line 2 commutes every 5 minutes between Campus North and Campus South. It covers this distance in two minutes.

By Airplane

From Dortmund Airport, the AirportExpress takes just over 20 minutes to Dortmund's main train station, and from there, the S-Bahn takes you to the university. A wider range of international flight connections is offered by Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometers away, which can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university's train station.

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Location & approach

By Car

The campus of the Technical University of Dortmund is located near the freeway junction Dortmund West, where the Sauerland line A45 crosses the Ruhr expressway B1/A40. The Dortmund-Eichlinghofen exit on the A45 leads to the South Campus, the Dortmund-Dorstfeld exit on the A40 leads to the North Campus. The university is signposted at both exits.

By bus and train

The "Dortmund Universität" S-Bahn station is located directly on the North Campus. From there, the S-Bahn line S1 runs every 15 or 30 minutes to Dortmund main station and in the opposite direction to Düsseldorf main station via Bochum, Essen and Duisburg. In addition, the university can be reached by bus lines 445, 447 and 462. Timetable information can be found on the homepage of the Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association, and DSW21 also offer an interactive route network map.

The H-Bahn

One of the landmarks of the TU Dortmund is the H-Bahn. Line 1 runs every 10 minutes between Dortmund Eichlinghofen and the Technology Center via Campus South and Dortmund University S, while Line 2 commutes every 5 minutes between Campus North and Campus South. It covers this distance in two minutes.

By Airplane

From Dortmund Airport, the AirportExpress takes just over 20 minutes to Dortmund's main train station, and from there, the S-Bahn takes you to the university. A wider range of international flight connections is offered by Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometers away, which can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university's train station.

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01/16/2026

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Boosting process efficiency through concentrate recycling in suspension melt crystallization

Ronja Heming,L. Grieser,K. Averkamp,Kerstin Wohlgemuth

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2026.136892

Suspension melt crystallization is a low-energy purification technology with growing potential in fields such as water and wastewater treatment. To increase melt (water) yield without compromising purity, we studied the impact of internal concentrate recycling on the performance of an integrated suspension melt crystallization pilot plant combining a scraped cooling crystallizer and a mechanical piston-type wash column. Systematic recycling experiments were conducted for three aqueous model systems NaCl–H₂O, MgSO₄–H₂O, and a mixed NaCl/MgSO₄–H₂O solution under controlled suspension densities and stepwise decreasing operating temperatures. A key observation is that the process concentrate concentration deviates from solid–liquid equilibrium (SLE), primarily due to heat-transfer limitations that limit crystal growth despite near-equilibrium operating temperatures. Additionally, the study identifies challenges related to ice entrainment in the recycle and demonstrates partial mitigation strategies to improve process stability. Overall, concentrate recycling shifts the process trajectory within the SLE diagram, enabling higher concentrate levels and maximizing water yield while maintaining high purification efficiency (>99%) and stable operation. The results further indicate that the developed operating strategies are transferable across systems with both known and unknown phase equilibria. Overall, the study highlights that controlled concentrate recycling can enhance production capacity while preserving purification efficiency.