The Energy and Process Systems Engineering (EPSE) Group focuses on sustainable energy systems and chemical production processes. Our research topics span across multiple dimensions from molecules and processes to energy and process systems, from sustainability to profits:

To develop solutions for sustainable energy and chemical processes, we start on a molecular scale, where we combine computer-​aided molecular and process design to optimize molecules and processes simultaneously. We transfer our expertise in modeling and thermodynamics to optimize sustainable energy and chemical process systems on industrial to national scales. To holistically evaluate the environmental impacts of chemicals and energy systems, we develop predictive methods for Life Cycle Assessment. Along with Life Cycle Assessments for evaluating the environmental impacts of systems, we also consider economic costs. Our technological focus currently lies in Power-​to-X & sector coupling, sustainable carbon feedstock, and carbon capture, utilization & storage.

Our research is organized in two dimensions: by scale and by technology covered. On the system, process, and molecular scale, we are developing computational and experimental methods to enable rapid design of sustainable energy & chemicals. These methods link the different scales to achieve multi-​scale solutions:

• Systems Design: From supply chains to environment and economy
• Process Design: From processes to supply chains
• Molecular Design: From molecules to processes

The technological focus works across the scales. We apply the developed multi-​scale solution approaches to advance the following technologies from the molecular to the systems scale:

• Carbon Capture and Storage
• Circular Carbon
• Sector Coupling