Forschung:

• Untersuchung von Verbrennungseigenschaften und der Rußbildung von neuartigen Bio-Hybrid-Kraftstoffen im Rahmen des Excellenzclusters "The Fuel Science Center"
  • Anwendung der Gaschromatographie mit Massenspektrometrie-Kopplung (GC-MS) zur Identifikation und Quantifikation von Rußvorläufern
  • Einsatz eines Scanning Mobility Particle Sizers (SMPS) zur Bestimmung der Partikelgrößenverteilung
  • Experimentelle Messung von Zündverzugszeiten in einem laminaren Strömungsreaktor gekoppelt mit einem GC-MS zur Speziesanalyse

• Grundlagenforschung im Bereich der Ionenstromdetektion in Gas-Brennwert-Geräten

Lehre:

• Thermodynamik I (CES)

2023

• M. Hellmuth, B. Chen, C. Bariki, L. Cai, F. Cameron, A. Wildenberg, C. Huang, S. Faller, Y. Ren, J. Beeckmann, K. Leonhard, K. A. Heufer, N. Hansen and H. Pitsch. A Comparative Study on the Combustion Chemistry of Two Biohybrid Fuels: 1,3-Dioxane and 1,3-Dioxolane. The Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 127, pages 286-299, 2023.

2022

• Maximilian Hellmuth, Florence Cameron, Sebastian Faller, Leona Schmückert, Bingjie Chen, Yihua Ren and Heinz Pitsch. Synergistic effect on PAH and soot formation in ethylene counterflow diffusion flames by the addition of 1,3-dioxolane - a bio-hybrid fuel. Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, 2022.

2021

• A. Wildenberg, M. Döntgen, I. Roy, M. Hellmuth, C. Bariki, C. Huang, K. Leonhard, J. Beeckmann, H. Pitsch and K. A. Heufer. New insights in the combustion behavior of 1,3-Dioxolane. In 9th International Conference “Fuel Science – From Production to Propulsion”, June 22-24, Aachen (Germany), 2021.
• J. Hinrichs, M. Hellmuth, F. Meyer, S. Kruse, M. Plümke and H. Pitsch. Investigation of nitric oxide formation in methane, methane/propane, and methane/hydrogen flames under condensing gas boiler conditions. Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, vol. 5, page 100014, 2021.
• B. Chen, M. Hellmuth, S. Faller, L. May, P. Liu, W. Roberts and H. Pitsch. Exploring the combustion chemistry of anisole in laminar counterflow diffusion-flames under oxy-fuel conditions. In 30. Deutscher Flammentag, September 28-29, Hannover (Germany) / Online, 2021.
• M. Hellmuth, J. Hinrichs, F. Meyer, S. Kruse, M. Plümke and H. Pitsch. Investigation of nitric oxide formation in methane, methane/propane, and methane/hydrogen flames under condensing gas boiler conditions. In 30. Deutscher Flammentag, September 28-29, Hannover (Germany) / Online, 2021.
• M. Hellmuth, R. Langer, B. Chen, M. Plümke and H. Pitsch. Impact factors on ion current for premixed laminar CH4-fuel blends. In Proceedings of the 10th European Combustion Meeting, April 14-15, Naples (Italy) / Online, 2021.

2020

• M. Hellmuth, A. Wildenberg, C. Huang, L. Cai, B. Chen, S. Kruse, C. Bariki, J. Beeckmann, K. Leonhard, K.A. Heufer, N. Hansen and H. Pitsch. Exploring the combustion chemistry of 1,3-dioxane and 1,3-dioxolane - future generation bio-hybrid fuels. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference “Fuel Science – From Production to Propulsion", June 23-25, Aachen, Germany, 2020.

2019

• M. Hellmuth, S. Kruse, Y. Ren, J. Hinrichs, M. Plümke, J. Beeckmann and H. Pitsch. Investigation of NOx emission for different laminar premixed CH4-fuel blends stabilized on a flat-flame burner. In Proceedings of the 9th European Combustion Meeting, April 14-17, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019.