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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12/16/2025

linke Rotor, rechts ein Balkendiagramm mit Auswertungsdaten

Centrifugal Partition Chromatography (CPC) is a separation technique based on Liquid-Liquid Chromatography (LLC) using two immiscible liquids as mobile and stationary phases.

Jan Hohlmann , Antonia Göring , Fabian Rhein , Felix Buthmann , Gerhard Schembecker

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021967325009240

Phase retention control in preparative centrifugal partition chromatography

Centrifugal Partition Chromatography (CPC) is a separation technique based on Liquid-Liquid Chromatography (LLC) using two immiscible liquids as mobile and stationary phases. The latter is immobilized in separation chambers by the application of a centrifugal field. However, due to non-ideal coalescence in the chambers, the stationary phase gradually leaves the rotor over time, a phenomenon known as bleeding. The amount of stationary phase in the rotor, also referred to as retention, plays a key role in the separation performance of CPC applications. In this study, we have developed an online measurement tool that allows quick and easy measurement of retention using a coalescence chamber (CC) and image analysis. The coalescence chamber is connected downstream of the CPC, enabling its use with non-transparent rotors, which is a major advantage over recently proposed methods that need transparent rotors. It now allows to measure the retention inside the rotor during operation and to use this information for its closed loop-loop control via redosing of stationary phase. This results in maintaining the separation performance over prolonged operating times, which is shown by separating salicylic acid and D(+)-carvone over a period of approximately 8 h using a preparative rotor. At the same time, the specific solvent consumption can be decreased by approximately 53 %, when redosing of stationary phase is applied. Moreover, it is shown that the concept can be applied in both ascending and descending mode and for different rotor volumes. Finally, the advantage of redosing during separation is highlighted for systems in which severe bleeding occurs, as demonstrated by the separation of vanillin and couma