Vision

Membrane technology has a high potential to make numerous industrial processes more environmentally friendly and resource saving. A crucial prerequisite for successful entry into industrial application is the provision of the new materials and technologies in sufficient order of magnitude and their testing under realistic operating conditions.

What works well on a laboratory scale should also be used successfully in industrial applications. That will be driven along in the Polymer Technology Centre by upscaling of the methods for polymerisation, characterisation, processing and piloting of polymers and the membranes produced therefrom. Based on tailor-made modelling and simulation activities, the upscaling goals can be achieved easily and sustainably. Based on tailored modelling and simulation activities, the upscaling goals can be achieved easily and sustainably.

The expertise of the Institute of Membrane Research in membrane development and membrane technology for gases (e.g. carbon dioxide, oxygen, hydrogen, methane) and liquids (e.g. water, organic solvents) is also made available to external users from industry, universities and research institutes via the Polymer Technology Centre.

To work out together appropriate solutions for separation processes up to application readiness, is the main aim of the Polymer Technology Centre.