Our team, led by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Kempf, Apl. Prof. Dr. Khadijeh Mohri, and Dr.-Ing. Irenäus Wlokas, develops and tests methods for the simulation, measurement, and optimization of reactive flows, flames, and detonations in facilities such as chemical reactors, gas turbine combustion chambers, hydrogen systems, piston engines, and iron direct reduction plants. Our methods shorten development times, minimize pollutants, and offer deep insights into processes and physics, enabling the development of cost-efficient, flexible, and safe facilities with significantly reduced emissions.

News

16.07.2026 Paper Accepted

A publication on "A monodisperse model for hetero-aggregate formation in mixing aerosol streams“ by Amir Karimi Noughabi shows how the evolution of aerosols from different particles can be simulated very efficiently.

  • A novel hetero-monodisperse model is developed for hetero-aggregates formation.
  • It captures nucleation, coagulation, and condensation in multi-material systems.
  • It is validated against nodal model with strong agreement in particle evolution.
  • The model achieves 3–4 orders of magnitude lower cost than nodal method.
  • The model is suitable for CFD coupling in complex 3D hetero-aggregate simulations.

01-7-2026 Professor Mohri Meets Federal President Steinmeier in Dorsten

We are delighted to share that Professor Morhi recently met the Federal President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and First Lady Elke Büdenbender during their visit to Dorsten. She had the opportunity to briefly introduce the Dorsten Breast Cancer Aid Sponsor Run, a community initiative she founded that has seen remarkable growth over the past four years and continues to raise awareness and support for those affected by breast cancer. 

We congratulate Professor Mohri on this wonderful recognition of her commitment to the community.

 

             

01.7.2026 A Milestone for Research Data Management

Research Data Management (RDM) remains an important focus for our team, and we continue to make steady progress in strengthening good research data practices. A recent milestone was the successful organization of the Data Champion Award by our RDM Manager, Sheeba Babuswamy, in collaboration with the University's Research Data Services (RDS) team as a pilot initiative, the award celebrates and promotes excellence in research data management.

Together with Dr. Stephanie Rehwald and Dr. Anna Köhler, we had the pleasure of presenting this year's Data Champion Award to Luis Felipe, recognizing commitment to good data management.

 

30.06.2026 Towards predicting Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition in smooth channels

In The Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Tom Alzer's study "Towards predicting Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition in Smooth Channels“ by using highly resolved LES is available online now.

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16.07.2026 International Shock Wave Symposium

In a proceedings paper accepted for the International Shock Wave Symposium, Henrik Thomas investigates shock-wave focusing and ignition in hydrogen-air mixtures within three-wall corner geometries

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14.07.2026 The Role of Oxide Layer Thickness in Turbulent Iron Combustion

Our recent paper, "On the role of oxide layer thickness in iron particle cloud ignition: A carrier-phase DNS study," has now been published in Proceedings of the Combustion Institute.

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10.06.2026 Towards high-resolution LES simulations of wildfires: Benchmarks using a generic miniature tree

To further develop physics-based forest fire models, generic pinewood model trees are being studied both experimentally and numerically under controlled conditions.

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06.07.2026 New Simulation Framework Improves Prediction of Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Formation in Spray Flames

Researchers investigated the formation of iron oxide nanoparticles in turbulent spray flames using a novel simulation framework that combines Large-Eddy Simulation (LES), a transported Lagrangian Filtered Density Function (FDF) method, and a sectional particle model.

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