Karl Hans Simmrock

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Karl Hans Simmrock (* 29. April 1930 in Darmstadt , † 2. May 2017 ) was a German Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering of the Technical University of Dortmund .

Life

Karl Hans Simmrock was born as the son of Karl and Erna Maria (née Greunig) Simmrock. After graduating from high school, he studied chemistry at what is now the Technical University of Darmstadt , where he became a member of the Corps Franconia Darmstadt in 1951 and graduated in 1958 with a degree in chemistry . In the following year he received his doctorate in natural sciences (Dr. rer. Nat.).

Karl Hans Simmrock also worked as a chemist in the Chemische Werken Hüls AG in Marl in the northern Ruhr area. He then received a professorship at the University of Dortmund in the field of technical chemistry, within the framework of which he worked from 1968 to 1995 on his areas of work in statistics and mathematical modeling of chemical processes, chemical process development, electrochemical processes with ion exchange membranes and cooperating expert systems researched and taught on process synthesis. During his teaching activities, he headed the Institute for Chemical Engineering and also held the Chair of Technical Chemistry (process science). The Faculty of Biological and Chemical Engineering at the University of Dortmund includes him in the list of emeriti.

In the course of his research in these areas, he applied for three patents, which were accepted by the European Patent Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), respectively. These are chemical-technical processes, such as the process for separating diacetyl-containing mixtures of methyl ethyl ketone , ethyl acetate , ethanol , water and optionally toluene and n-hexane (1990), the Method for processing chlorinated hydrocarbon residues (1980) and the Process of producing olefin oxide (1978).

From 1994 to 2011 he was managing director of the Process Design Center GmbH. The PDC continues the development of PROSYN ® by making use of new technologies and equipment.

Scientific work

Since his dissertation, he has focused on the digitized treatment of chemical process development. This led from the optimizing test planning based on statistical methods to the mathematical modeling of individual technological process steps to a general concept for chemical process development (artificial intelligence), which was ultimately also used in industry as an optimizing expert system PROSYN ® . The experimental area of ​​his work mainly included the subject of electrochemistry using coated ion exchange membranes in sodium sulfate, chloralkali and water electrolysis as well as in organic electrochemistry. Numerous other experimental work largely served as a contribution to maintaining the experimental standard at a chair for technical chemistry in the field of process engineering.

Publications

  • with B. Beßling and G. Schembecker: Design of reactive distillation processes with reactive and nonreactive distillation zones. In: Institution of Chemical Engineers Symposium Series. 142, 1997, pp. 675-683.
  • with B. Beßling and G. Schembecker: Design of Processes with Reactive Distillation Line Diagrams. In: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 36, 1997, pp. 3032-3042.
  • with G. Schembecker: Heuristic-Numeric Design of Separation Processes for Azeotropic Mixtures. In: Computers and Chemical Engineering. 21, 1997, pp. 231-236.
  • with G. Schembecker, T. von Trotha, G. Hradetzky, S. Jung, DA Lempe, J. Gmehling, R. Sass and U. Westhaus: Selection of data and calculation methods for pure substances and mixtures with the help of a heuristic-numerical advisory system. In: Chemical engineering technology. 68, 1996, pp. 1307-1311.
  • with G. Schembecker: AZEOPERT - A Heuristic-Numeric System for the Prediction of Azeotrope Formation. In: Computers and Chemical Engineering. 19, 1995 (Suppl.), Pp. 253-258.
  • with G. Schembecker, T. Dröge and U. Westhaus: READPERT - Development, Selection and Design of Chemical Reactors. In: Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intentification. 34, 1995, pp. 317-322.
  • with T. Dröge, G. Schembecker and U. Westhaus: Heuristic-numerical advisory system for reactor selection in process planning. In: Chemical engineering technology. 66, 1994, pp. 1043-1050.
  • with G. Schembecker and A. Wolff: Synthesis of Chemical Process Flowsheets by means of Cooperating Knowledge Integrating Systems. In: Institution of Chemical Engineers Symposium Series. 133, 1994, pp. 333-341.
  • with G. Schembecker and W. Schüttenhelm: Cooperating Knowledge Integrating Systems for the Synthesis of Energy-Integrated Distillation Processes. In: Computers and Chemical Engineering. 18, 1994, (Suppl.), Pp. 131-135
  • with A. Dederichs, P. Fischer and G. Schembecker: ARDPERT, a consultation system for the avoidance, recycling and disposal of inorganic residues. In: LWA materials. No. 9/93, State Office for Water and Waste of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf 1993.
  • with W. Burgard, AB Cremers and G. Schembecker: PROSPERT, a prototypical system based on fuzzy logic for the synthesis of chemical processes. In: K. Goser (Ed.): Technical applications of fuzzy systems . VDE / ITG technical report 1992.
  • with P. Cyris and G. Schembecker: Process for the separation of diacetyl-containing mixtures of methyl ethyl ketone, ethyl acetate, ethanol, water and optionally toluene and n-hexane. European Patent No. 0384458, 08/29/1990
  • with J. Jörissen: Recycling of Sodium Sulphate by Electrochemical Splitting into Caustic Soda and Sulphuric Acid. In: Bulletin of Electrochemistry. 12, 1996, pp. 310-314.
  • with J. Jörissen: Electrochemical Recycling of Caustic Soda and Sulphuric Acid from Sodium Sulphate. In: Trans. SAEST. 29, 1994, p. 253.
  • with J. Jörissen: Integrated environmental protection, organic synthesis free of conductive salts. In: Chemical Industry. No. 11, 117, 1994, pp. 25-27.
  • with J. Jörissen, M. Held and D. Klein: Ion exchange membranes as a solid electrolyte for electro-organic synthesis without conductive salts. In: DECHEMA monographs. 125, 1992, pp. 693-706.
  • with J. Jörissen: Use of gas electrodes in cells for alkali chloride and sodium sulfate electrolysis. In: DECHEMA monographs. 124, 1991, pp. 21-35.
  • with J. Jörissen: The behavior of ion exchange membranes in electrolysis and electrodialysis of sodium sulphate. In: J. Appl. Electrochem. 21, 1991, pp. 869-876.
  • with R. Fabiunke, R. Gregel, J. Jörissen and M. Köhler: Organic electrosynthesis on a cation exchange membrane as a solid electrolyte. In: DECHEMA monographs. 112, 1988, pp. 299-315.
  • with J. Jörissen, R. Fabiunke and R. Gregel: Electro-Organic Syntheses in Solid Polymer Electrolyte Cells. In: Proc.-Electrochem. Soc. 88-2, 1988, pp. 383-396.
  • with T. Bridges and J. Jörissen: Electrolysis with neutralization of the catholyte. In: Chem.-Ind. 109, 1986, pp. 256-258.
  • with R. Bork-Brücken: Differences in the membrane behavior of a chlor-alkali electrolysis with KCl and NaCl solutions. In: Chem.-Ing.-Tech. 58, 1986, pp. 407-409.
  • with E. Giesenbeck, J. Jörissen and R. Rodermund: Use of perfluorinated cation exchanger membranes in electroylysis processes, especially in chlor-alkali electrolysis. In: Chem.-Ing.-Tech. 53, 1981, pp. 10-25.
  • Expert systems for process development. In: Expert systems: development and industrial application. Short version of the lectures on the occasion of the 63rd meeting of the Scientific Council of the Working Group of Industrial Research Associations "Otto von Guericke" e. V. (AiF) on November 26, 1991 in Rahe Castle, Aachen-Laurensberg / AiF, Working Group of Industrial Research Associations "Otto von Guericke" e. V., 1991, DNB 921125844 , p. 31.
  • with Klaus Traube, Albert Kuhlmann, Carl Böhret , Sylvius Hartwig, Rainer Hohlfeld and Christoph Zöpel : Technology control in the risk society . Verlag neue Gesellschaft, Bonn 1988, ISBN 3-87831-463-9 .
  • The manufacturing process for propylene oxide and its electrochemical alternative. In: Chemical Engineer Technology. 48, 1976, pp. 1085-1096.
  • with Axel Gottschalk, Ralf Janowsky, Michael Nemecek, Gerhard Schembecker and Andreas Wolff: Application of HEATPERT for the Energy Integration of Industrial Chemical Processes . 2nd Conference on Process Integration, Modeling and Optimization for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction (PRES 99), May 31 - June 2, 1999, Budapest, Hungary

Specialist lectures

  • with M. Nemecek, A. Gottschalk, R. Janowski, G. Schembecker and A. Wolff: The heuristic-numerical consulting system HEATPERT for the energy-optimized process synthesis - demonstration using an industrial example. Internal working meeting of the GVC technical committee "Process and Plant Technology", the DECHEMA working committee "Computer Applications in the Chemical Industry", the GVC working group "Production Logistics" and the GVC technical committee "Pipeline Technology", October 26/27, 1998, Kleve, 1998 .
  • with A. Gottschalk and G. Schembecker: Heuristic-numerical energy integration of chemical processes. VW Colloquium February 22/23, 1996, Aachen 1996.

literature

  • Kürschner: Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar. 16th edition. 1992. De Gruyter, Berlin p. 3518.
  • Who is who: who is who? The German Who's Who . 35th edition. 1996. Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck p. 1360.
  • Jürgen Falbe, Manfred Regitz: RÖMPP Lexicon Chemistry. Volume 5: Pl - p. 10th edition. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart / New York 1998, ISBN 3-13-735010-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The BCI faculty mourns Prof. Simmrock. In: bci.tu-dortmund.de. May 16, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2017 .
  2. ^ Directory of Weinheimer Corps Students 1990, p. 445.
  3. ↑ Karl Hans Simmrock. In: prabook.com. Retrieved May 25, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Personnel and event directory, summer semester 1971: https://eldorado.tu-dortmund.de/bitstream/2003/29137/1/Vorlesungsverzeichnis_SoSe_1971.pdf
  5. ^ Kirsten Lindner-Schwentick: Emeriti. In: bci.tu-dortmund.de. Retrieved January 9, 2017 .
  6. ↑ European publication server. In: data.epo.org. European Patent Office, accessed on January 10, 2017 .
  7. ^ Karl Hans Simmrock Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search. In: patents.justia.com. Retrieved January 10, 2017 .
  8. ^ Process Design Center GmbH - Dortmund. In: Moneyhouse Germany. Retrieved January 9, 2017 .
  9. ↑ PROSYN® - Process Design Center. Retrieved January 23, 2017 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Simmrock, Karl Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH 2nd May 2017