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2013|14 Annual Report Fraunhofer IGB

Institute of Interfacial Process Engineering and Plasma Technology IGVP University of Stuttgart c / o Fraunhofer IGB  |  Nobelstrasse 12  |  70569 Stutt- gart  |  ​Germany   |  Fax +49 711 970-4006 www.igvp.uni-stuttgart.de Prof. Dr. Thomas Hirth Director Phone +49 711 970-4400 thomas.hirth@igvp.uni-stuttgart.de Prof. Dr. Günter Tovar Vice Director Phone +49 711 970-4109 guenter.tovar@igvp.uni-stuttgart.de Physical-technical Interfacial Engineering Adsorption / desorption processes for heat storage and dehumidification Drying processes using superheated steam Electrochemically stimulated crystallization and recovery of inorganic nutrients Particle suspensions and emulsions in electric fields Environmental Interfacial Process Engineering Membranes for gas separation and fuel cells Membrane processes for water treatment, cell retention and water hygienization Development of processes for the energetic and material use of biomass Production of valuable products from microalgae in photo­ bioreactors Plasma Technology Design and development of linearly extended and large area plasma sources at low and atmospheric pressure Plasma diagnostic and characterization of plasma Modeling and simulation of plasma Investigations of plasma physical and chemical processes Development of plasma processes for industrial applications Microwave Technology Microwave heating and diagnostics relating to fusion experiments Development of heating systems, complete microwave transmission systems and specialty antennae Testing of components in the microwave excitation spectrum Mode converters for oversized waveguides Millimeter-wave photonic components Simulation of millimeter-wave propagation in fusion plasmas Plasma Dynamics and Diagnostics Magnetic plasma confinement Fundamentals of turbulent plasma dynamics Probe and imaging diagnostics Physics of turbulent transport Flow / turbulence interaction Investigation of wave phenomena Heating mechanisms using microwaves Conversion between different wave types Interfacial Physics Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) Microplasmas Interface characterization Nanoscopic surface functionalization Plasma diagnostics and physical-chemical modeling Development of plasma processes Processes for the dispersion of nanomaterials Contacts 65

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