Reactive Flows and Diagnostics
Welcome to the website of the Institute of Reactive Flows and Diagnostics of the department of Mechanical Engineering at TU Darmstadt
Our research for the energy of tomorrow
At RSM, we focus on the research of clean and sustainable energy conversion relevant to power generation, mobility, and chemical engineering. Using advanced laser diagnostics, we measure the physical and chemical properties of reactive flows in carefully designed experiments. Our data sets provide a deeper understanding of the underlying mechanisms of complex interactions between flow and chemistry. Furthermore, they allow the generation and optimization of models used in numerical simulations.
Prof. Andreas Dreizler,
Head of the institute
We investigate the foundations for the clean energy converters of tomorrow. For this, we apply cutting-edge laser diagnostics to look into the physics and chemistry of engineering applications. Our ultimate goal is to increase the efficiency of technical systems while minimizing pollutant emissions.
Upcoming Events
3rd International Workshop on Oxy-Fuel Combustion
March 4th-5th, 2020, Montabaur, Germany
Darmstadt Engine Workshop (DEW)
October 23th, 2020, Darmstadt, Germany
News from RSM
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ICISS – Summer School 2020 on Near-Wall Reactive Flows
Februar 19, 2020
The collaborative research center SFB/TRR 150 invites interested researchers in participating in the ICISS – Summer School 2020 on Near-Wall Reactive Flows in Bensheim/Germany from June 15th to 19th, 2020 .
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New design for the RSM website
December 19, 2019
Responsive design implemented
The RSM website is now available in the new responsive design of TU Darmstadt. We will inform our visitors from now on about news with regard to our work in our news feed.
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WE Heraeus-Seminar
December 17, 2019
Fuels, processes, and combustion physics in the energy transformation
08 Mar – 12 Mar 2020 / Physikzentrum Bad Honnef / Scientific organizers: Prof. Dr. Andreas Dreizler, TU Darmstadt • Prof. Dr. Heinz Pitsch, RWTH Aachen
Featured Video
Find out more in our collection of videos under Research
Researchers at TU Darmstadt are studying the future of solid fuel power plants which are ready to employ CO2 storage of their fuel gas using the Oxy-fuel combustion method.
In this video, we employ the PIV method to measure the velocity of particles and their surrounding gas phase which helps simulations in need of validation data.