Wolfgang Arlt

Wolfgang Arlt is a German thermodynamicist . Until his retirement in 2018, he was professor at the TU Berlin and since 2004 at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg .

Life

After studying chemistry with a focus on physical chemistry at the University of Dortmund , he became a research assistant for Ulfert Onken at the same university in 1976 in the field of chemical engineering. During his doctorate, he helped set up the Dortmund database . After completing his doctorate as Dr.-Ing. In 1981 he moved to Bayer , where he worked on thermal separation processes. In 1987 he switched to plastics research in-house and worked in a leading position in setting up a production facility for a thermoplastic in Antwerp . After completing this work, he returned to the process engineering department in Leverkusen.

In 1992 he accepted a position as professor for thermodynamics and thermal process engineering at the Technical University of Berlin . During this time he developed, among other things, a recycling process for mixed thermoplastics (e.g. packaging material). He donated part of the proceeds of the corresponding patent in favor of the Philotherm Prize founded by Prof. Knapp, which honors students for special achievements in the subject of thermodynamics. In 2004 he moved to the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg , where he has held the chair for thermal process engineering ever since . In 2009 he founded the Siegfried Peter Prize for High Pressure Technology, which is usually awarded every two years for outstanding research in the field of high pressure process technology.

From 2011 to the beginning of 2017 he was the spokesman for the scientific management of the Energie Campus Nürnberg, which he initiated . In 2018 he received the Emil Kirschbaum Medal for his pioneering developments in fluid process engineering. Together with Peter Wasserscheid and Daniel Teichmann, he was nominated for the German Future Prize 2018 for his work on the development of liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHC) .

Focus of work

His main areas of work are mixed-phase thermodynamics, thermal separation processes such as distillation and chromatography , material data determination, ionic liquids and energy technology. A particular focus of his research in recent years have been so-called liquid organic hydrogen carriers .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Curriculum vitae on the homepage of the Chair of Thermal Process Engineering
2. ↑ Press release of the EnCN on the occasion of the establishment
3. ↑ Prof. Dr. Arlt receives the Emil Kirschbaum Medal. In: tf.fau.de. June 7, 2018, accessed September 15, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Announcement of the nominations for this year's award ceremony. In: deutscher-zukunftspreis.de. Retrieved September 15, 2018 .