Topics for Theses

The depart­ment offers topics for Bache­lor’s and Mas­ter’s the­ses as well as stu­dent rese­arch pro­jects. If noted in the respec­ti­ve exami­na­ti­on regu­la­ti­ons, the the­sis can be writ­ten in eit­her Ger­man or Eng­lish in agree­ment with the examiner.

Numerical investigation of honeycomb heating elements for the heating of process gas

Mas­ter the­sis | Cont­act per­son: Domi­nik Büsch­ge­ns | Start: as of now

Elec­tric hea­ting can be imple­men­ted into an indus­tri­al fur­nace by the use of elec­tric resis­tance hea­ters. The­re are many opti­ons regar­ding ope­ra­ting prin­ci­ple, geo­me­try and available power. A fare­ly new opti­on is the Honey­Comb hea­ting ele­ment by Sin­tex used for the hea­ting of pro­cess gases. The­se hea­ting ele­ments are based on metal pow­der extru­si­on using high-tem­pe­ra­tu­re alloys. The aim of this work is to inves­ti­ga­te the hea­ting ele­ments with regard to heat trans­fer and flu­id flow. The­r­e­fo­re, a nume­ri­cal model is to be deve­lo­ped which should pro­vi­de insights into the local and inte­gral heat trans­fer coef­fi­ci­ents, local tem­pe­ra­tu­re dis­tri­bu­ti­on of the hea­ting ele­ments and gas, and the pres­su­re drop cau­sed by the hea­ting element.