Metal Fuels as dense CO2-free Energy Carriers
This theme is concerned with a novel type of fuels: metal powders that have a tremendously high energy density and can act as a major CO2-free energy carrier for the long term.

This theme is concerned with a novel type of fuels: metal powders that have a tremendously high energy density and can act as a major CO2-free energy carrier for the long term. Within the group we develop the combustion technology of metal powder, solid handling including separation and regeneration through chemical reduction with renewable hydrogen.
This theme is concerned with a novel type of fuels: metal powders that have a tremendously high energy density and can act as a major CO2-free energy carrier for the long term. Within the group we develop the combustion technology of metal powder, solid handling including separation and regeneration through chemical reduction with renewable hydrogen.
Research projects
Energy from Mild Cyclonic Combustion (E=MC2)
REGENERATION OF METAL POWDER: closing the metal fuel cycle
TSE Feasibility Study Metal Power Value Chain
Reduction of Combusted Iron using Hydrogen
Living Lab Metal Power
Center of Excellence in Combustion
Lighthouse - Metal Energy Carrier
Sustainable PrOcess heaTing (SPOT)
Towards a full multi-scale understanding of zero-carbon metal fuel combustion
Electrochemical Reduction of Combusted Iron
Topical Team: Dust Cumbustion
Metal-to-Power
Towards implementation of metal powders as CO2-free fuels, development of experimental and numerical tools
Metal Power Lighthouse
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