Dr.-Ing. Marie-Christine Lührmann

The SMekT project, which is part of the ENPRO research initiative (“ENergy efficiency and PROcess acceleration in the chemical industry”), aims to reduce the time span between product development and final process (time-to-process) on the one hand and market entry on the other hand (time-to-market).

These goals shall be achieved by applying a module-based plant design using approaches like “batch to conti”, “scalable conditions” and “process intensification” meaning that process conditions on lab scale are already similar to those of the final production process. Within the SMekT-project (“Smart miniplants for energy efficient and continuous separation processes”) the research focuses on establishing analysis tools and evaluation methods for energy and material consumption of different unit operations, in particular crystallization processes. Thereby, a benchmarking of different separation technologies in terms of energy and resource efficiency can be achieved.

The theoretical studies shall be supplemented by an experimental set-up.

Dissertation

• M.-C. Lührmann
  A Contribution to the Design and Operation of an MSMPR Cascade for Cooling Crystallizatio
  TU Dortmund, 2019, Verlag Dr. Hut, München ISBN 978-3-8439-4267-63

Paper

• Marie-Christine Lührmann, Jan Timmermann, Gerhard Schembecker, Kerstin Wohlgemuth
  Enhanced Product Quality Control through Separation of Crystallization Phenomena in a Four-Stage MSMPR Cascade
  Crystal Growth & Design 18 (2018) 7323-7334, doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00941
   
• Marie-Christine Lührmann, Maren Termühlen, Jan Timmermann, Gerhard Schembecker, Kerstin Wohlgemuth
  Induced nucleation by gassing and its monitoring for the design and operation of an MSMPR cascade
  Chemical Engineering Science 192 (2018) 840-849, doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2018.08.007
   
• Marie-Christine Lührmann, Maren Termühlen, Gerhard Schembecker, Kerstin Wohlgemuth
  Growth Rate Measurements of Organic Crystals in a Cone-Shaped Fluidized-Bed Cell
  Chemical Engineering and Technology 41 (2018) 1165-1172, doi.org/10.1002/ceat.201700683

Conference Proceedings

• M.-C. Ostermann, M. Termühlen, J. Timmermann, G. Schembecker, K. Wohlgemuth
  Nucleation and Growth Kinetic Measurements for the Design of a Novel MSMPR Cascade with Separated Zones of Crystallization Phenomena
  Proceedings of the 24th International Workshop on Industrial Crystallization “BIWIC” (2017) 155-160
  Verlag Dr. Hut, ISBN 978-3-8439-3247-9
   
• M.-C. Ostermann, S. Schlüter, G. Schembecker, K. Wohlgemuth, C. Bramsiepe
  Energy Efficiency Analysis Towards Early Decision-Making in Downstream Process Development
  Chemie Ingenieur Technik 88 (11) (2016) 1223

Oral presentations

• M.-C. Ostermann, K. Wohlgemuth
  From Batch to Continuous Crystallization - New Process Concepts
  MT Kristallisations-Symposium, Basel, Switzerland (2017)
   
• M.-C. Ostermann, M. Termühlen, J. Timmermann, G. Schembecker, K. Wohlgemuth
  Enhanced product quality control through a novel MSMPR cascade with separated zones of crystallization phenomena
  20th International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization “ISIC”, Dublin, Ireland (2017)
   
• M.-C. Ostermann, M. Termühlen, G. Schembecker, K. Wohlgemuth
  A Novel MSMPR Cascade Concept with Separated Nucleation and Growth Zone
  Jahrestreffen der ProcessNet-Fachgruppe “Kristallisation”, Köln, DE (2017)
   
• M.-C. Ostermann, S. Schlüter, C. Bramsiepe, G. Schembecker, K. Wohlgemuth
  Energieeffizienzanalyse in der Prozesssynthese – Methode zur frühzeitigen Auswahl eines thermischen Trennverfahrens
  Jahrestreffen der ProcessNet-Fachgemeinschaft "Prozess-, Apparate- und Anlagentechnik" (PAAT), Karlsruhe, DE (2016)
   
• M.-C. Ostermann, A. Sunderhaus, G. Schembecker, K. Wohlgemuth
  Design of a novel MSMPR cascade for the separate control of crystallization phenomena – First step: Measurements of crystal growth rates in a fluidized bed
  Jahrestreffen der ProcessNet-Fachgruppe “Kristallisation”, Frankfurt a. M., DE (2016)

Poster presentations

• M.-C. Ostermann, M. Termühlen, J. Timmermann, G. Schembecker, K. Wohlgemuth
  Nucleation and Growth Kinetic Measurements for the Design of a Novel MSMPR Cascade with Separated Zones of Crystallization Phenomena
  24th International Workshop on Industrial Crystallization “BIWIC”, Dortmund, DE (2017)
   
• M.-C. Ostermann, M. Termühlen, G. Schembecker, K. Wohlgemuth
  First Step Towards a Novel Cascade Design of Continuous MSMPR crystallizers – Crystal Growth Measurements 
  23rd International Workshop on Industrial Crystallization “BIWIC”, Magdeburg, DE (2016)
   
• M.-C. Ostermann, A. Sunderhaus, G. Schembecker, K. Wohlgemuth
  Design of a novel MSMPR cascade for the separate control of crystallization phenomena – First step: Measurements of crystal growth rates in a fluidized bed
  Himmelfahrtstagung: “New Frontiers for Biotech Processes”, Koblenz, DE (2016)
   
• M.-C. Ostermann, O. Scholl, G. Schembecker, K. Wohlgemuth, C. Bramsiepe
  Energy Demand Evaluation of Thermal Separation Processes in Early Stages of Process Development Using the Example of Cooling Crystallization with Preceding Evaporation
  Jahrestreffen der ProcessNet-Fachgruppe “Kristallisation”, Frankfurt a. M., DE (2016)
   
• M.-C. Ostermann, O. Scholl, G. Schembecker, K. Wohlgemuth, C. Bramsiepe
  Energy Demand Evaluation of Thermal Separation Processes in Early Stages of Process Develompemt Using the Example of Cooling Crystallization with Preceding Evaporation
  Jahrestreffen der ProcessNet-Fachgemeinschaft "Prozess-, Apparate- und Anlagentechnik" (PAAT), Bruchsal, DE (2015)