Emil Kirschbaum

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Emil Kirschbaum (born July 25, 1900 in Grötzingen (Karlsruhe) , † August 12, 1970 ) was a German process engineer .

life and work

Kirschbaum studied mechanical engineering in Vienna and Braunschweig , where he received his doctorate in 1925. After three years in industry, in 1928 he took over the Institute for Apparatus and Process Engineering (today Institute for Thermal Process Engineering) in Karlsruhe as a lecturer in order to develop the chemical engineering course.

After completing his habilitation at the Institute for Refrigeration Technology, he was appointed associate professor for apparatus engineering at the TH Karlsruhe in 1934.

Through the work of Kirschbaum, process engineering developed into an independent science in Germany. The focus of the basic course was on engineering training, while the main course included additional training in physical, technical and organic chemistry.

Kirschbaum has received numerous prizes and awards. He was u. a. awarded the DECHEMA medal .

In 1991 the Emil Kirschbaum Medal was donated by the German Association for Chemical and Process Engineering (DVCV) in honor of Kirschbaum . It is awarded for services to the further development of thermal process engineering.

Fonts

  • Berthold Koch, Emil Kirschbaum: Basics of heat exchange . Beucke, 1950, 134 pp.
  • Emil Kirschbaum: Distillation and rectification technology . Springer-Verlag, 4th edition 1969, ISBN 3-540-04580-5 , 494 pp.

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personal data
SURNAME Kirschbaum, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German process engineer
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Grötzingen
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 1970