Dr.-Ing. Björn Dreisewerd
Curriculum Vitae
| Born | October 18th, 1985 in Gelsenkirchen (Germany) |
| 1996-2005 | Ratsgymnasium Gladbeck, Gladbeck (Germany) |
| 2005-2006 | Civilian service, Eduard-Michelis-Haus, Gladbeck (Germany) |
| 2006-2011 | Biochemical Engineering Studies, TU Dortmund University, Diploma thesis: Experiment-based Modeling and Simulation of Process Alternatives for the Recovery of Artemisinin from Artemisia annua |
| 2011-2014 | PhD at the Laboratory of Plant and Process Design, TU Dortmund University, Field of research: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Phytoextraction for the Design of Processes for the Production of Natural Products from Plants |
Field of Research
Natural products from plants are widely used within the food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industry. A major step for the recovery of these metabolites is the phytoextraction, which is a kind of solid-liquid extraction. This process step is influenced by many process parameters, like e.g. extraction temperature, liquid to solid ratio, type of solvent or particle size. Due to the fact that the steps of mass transfer and phase equilibria influencing the phytoextraction are still not fully understood, the process design for natural products from plants is often based on heuristics or a high amount of experiments is needed.
The aim of this study is to increase the understanding of these mass transfer steps and phase equilibria, to improve the design of the extraction step and the overall process design. This is done by experimental investigations and mathematical modeling of the kinetics of extraction and of the phase equilibria.
Publications
Dissertation
- B. Dreisewerd
A Contiribution to Simulation- Based Process Design of Phytoextractions
TU Dortmund, 2016, erlag Dr. Hut, München ISBN 978-3-8439-3017-8
Paper
- B. Dreisewerd, J. Merz, and G. Schembecker
Modeling the Quasi-Equilibrium of Multistage Phytoextractions
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 55 (2016) 1808–1812, (doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.5b04506) -
B. Dreisewerd, J. Merz, G. Schembecker
Determining the Solute-Solid Interactions in Phytoextraction
Chemical Engineering Science, 134 (2015) 287-296, (doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2015.04.025)
Oral presentations
- B. Dreisewerd, J. Merz, L. M. Schmidt, G. Schembecker,
Extraction of artemisinin from Artemisia annua – New process alternatives in comparison to conventional processes,
Annual Meeting of the ProcessNet subject division “Plant based Extracts - Products and Processes”, Avignon, France (2013)
- B. Dreisewerd, W. Nelißen, K. Sulzbacher, G. Schembecker,
Experimentell gestützte Modellierung der Phytoextraktion zur ganzheitlichen Prozesssimulation,
Jahrestreffen der ProcessNet-Fachgruppe Extraktion und des Fachausschusses Phytoextrakte - Produkte und Prozesse, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany (2012)
Poster presenations
- B. Dreisewerd, W. Nelißen, K. Sulzbacher, G. Schembecker,
Gewinnung von pflanzlichen Sekundärmetaboliten am Beispiel des Pharmazeutikums Artemisinin aus Artemisia annua,
GVC/DECHEMA Vortrags- und Diskussionstagung: Biopharmazeutische Produktion, Freiburg, Germany (2012)