Fraunhofer Chemistry AllianceThe Fraunhofer Chemistry Alliance pools the central expertise of its member institutes in the fields of chemistry, chemical engineering and biotechnology, as well as automation and digitization. Complementary collaboration is achieved with expertise at the molecular, process engineering and data levels. All alliance institutes have many years of experience in R&D business with the chemical industry and have very good industry knowledge and networks.
Areas of competence of the Fraunhofer Chemistry Alliance
Chemical and biotechnological synthesis and reaction engineering
- Development and optimization of synthesis processes
- Coupling of chemical and biological synthesis processes
- Electrochemistry
- Catalysis technology
Chemical and process engineering
- Continous process engineering, flow chemistry and modular plant engineering
- Modules & Unit Operations
- Safety and manufacturing engineering
- Prototype Plants
Production systems and plant engineering
- Product qualification and process validation in pilot and demo plants
- Control and regulation techniques
- Process automation
Formulation technology and materials
- Material development and product design
- Product formulation and formulation development
- Material characterization
Modeling, simulation and digitization
- New sensor, process analysis and instrumentation concepts
- Simulation, assistance systems, AI
- Digital twins
- Predictive Maintenance
Safety, regulation and evaluation
- Process safety
- LCA and system analyses
- Pre-regulatory screenings
- Ecotoxicological risk assessment
- Safety analyses and assessment of regulatory issues (e.g. REACh)