Dr. Bastian Welte

Renewable energies in the form of biogas, hydrogen or synthetic methane and their integration are the focus of numerous strategies in a wide range of industries. Due to existing and future decentralized production plants for renewable gases, various secondary products such as H2, CO2, N2, O2 will increasingly influence the gas quality. This calls for the development of an innovative sensor with industrial interfaces for quality assurance in real time.

Together with the company oxytec AG, UMTEC is developing a new type of plasma technology for the sustainable and cost-efficient treatment of polluted industrial exhaust air. The project is funded by the Federal Office for the Environment's environmental technology programme.

Getting around - on foot, by bike or by car - our mobility is closely linked to modern infrastructure, e.g. paths and roads. At UMTEC, in collaboration with our industrial partner, we are developing a new process to make asphalt production sites sustainable and future-proof in terms of exhaust air purification.

Scientific expertise meets industrial practice. As part of a research project, oxytec AG has entered into a strategic partnership with UMTEC. The ultimate goal is to develop more efficient and sustainable all-electric exhaust air solutions and establish them on the market.

Our research team is pursuing the approach of directly reusing CO2 emissions from energy-hungry industries, such as the cement industry, to generate energy. This saves money and causes fewer climate-damaging emissions. To this end, a new type of plasma reactor has been developed that uses waste gases as a recycled fuel and generates energy from them.