Sustainable Energy Conversion Processes

The improvement of combustion processes, one of the major energy conversion technologies, is particularly important in order to mitigate climate change. For a hydrocarbon energy carrier - fossil or renewable - the improvement of thermal efficiency directly reduces the the emission of green house gases. Sustainable energy conversion processes that allow for example to capture and store or even utilize CO2 (Carbon Capture and Storage, Carbon Capture and Utilization) are promising technologies to reduce global warming. At the ITV, fundamental investigations are carried out to develop understand and model clean and efficient combustion processes for sustainable energy conversion in the future.