Lutz Gerkensmeier - APT - TU Dortmund

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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Contact

E-Mail:
lutz.gerkensmeiertu-dortmundde

Phone:
(+49)231 755-3427

Consultation hours:
via Email

Adress

Laboratory of Plant and Process Design
Emil-Figge-Str. 70
Geschossbau 2
44227 Dortmund
Deutschland

Room G2-R3.09a

Curriculum Vitae

Born	March 28th, 1998 in Marl (Germany)
2008-2017	Wolfgang-Borchert-Gesamtschule, Recklinghausen (Germany)
2017-2021	Cooperative study programme at Evonik Industries AG Apprenticeship as a Chemical Production Technician B.Eng. Process Engineering Studies, Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola Bochum Bachelor Thesis: Investigations of the mixed-phase thermodynamics of a multicomponent system
2021-2024	M.Sc. Biochemical Engineering Studies, TU Dortmund University Master Thesis: Stabilization of Hydrodynamics in a Continuous Centrifugal Extractor
Since 2024	PhD at the Laboratory of Plant and Process Design, TU Dortmund University Field of Research: "Suspension Melt Crystallization"

Field of Research

With the increasing challenges of high energy prices and climate change, research and industry are looking for energy-saving production and separation processes. Compared to conventional separation processes such as distillation, Suspension Melt Crystallization requires significantly less energy to separate water from aqueous mixtures.

The separation can be carried out continuously and takes place in two steps: a crystallization step and a solid-liquid phase separation. The ice crystals formed during crystallization are suspended in a forced circulation loop before being separated from the concentrate and melted in a wash column. This separates the mixture into pure water and a concentrate containing the dissolved component.

As part of the AUFBRUCH graduate cluster, Suspension Melt Crystallization is used to concentrate ethylene and propylene glycol synthesized from renewable resources. Another research focus is the ecological evaluation of the overall process from a sustainability perspective in the form of life cycle analyses. This aims to maximize the environmental and economic potential of Suspension Melt Crystallization.