Timo Schaerfe

09/2023 – now
Team lead "Process Design and Intensification"

Project coordination "HyScale", "TransHyDE", "SOFC / LOHC Integration"

07/2019 – 09/2023
Research Associate at HI ERN

07/2018 – 06/2019
Scientific Research at Merck KgaA and TU Dresden: „Faster process transfer in the fine-chemical industry through modularization and scalable recipes“

01/2017 – 07/2017
Masterthesis: „Resilience of Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier Based Energy‐Storage Systems”

10/2011 – 12/2017
B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering (CBI) at FAU in Erlangen

Rüde, T.; Lu, Y.; Anschütz, L.; Blasius, M.; Wolf, M.; Preuster, P.; Wasserscheid, P.; Geißelbrecht, M., Performance of continuous hydrogen production from perhydro benzyltoluene by catalytic dis-tillation and heat integration concepts with a fuel cell. Energy Technology, 2022.

Rüde, T.; Dürr, S.; Preuster, P.; Wolf, M.; Wasserscheid, P., Benzyltoluene/perhydro benzyltoluene – Pushing the performance limits of pure hydrocarbon liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) systems. Sustainable Energy & Fuels 2022.

Jander, J. H.; Kerscher, M.; Cui, J.; Wicklein, J.; Rüde, T.; Preuster, P.; Rausch, M. H.; Wasserscheid, P.; Koller, T. M.; Fröba, A. P., Viscosity, surface tension, and density of the liquid organic hydrogen carrier system based on diphenylmethane, biphenyl, and benzophenone. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2022.

Schmidt, P. S.; Kerscher, M.; Klein, T.; Jander, J. H.; Berger-Bioucas, F. E.; Rüde, T.; Li, S.; Stadelmaier, M.; Hanyon, S.; Fathalla, R. R.; Bösmann, A.; Preuster, P.; Wasserscheid, P.; Koller, T. M.; Rausch, M. H.; Fröba, A. P., Effect of the degree of hydrogenation on the viscosity, surface tension, and density of the liquid organic hydrogen carrier system based on diphenylmethane. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2021.

Klose, A.; Merkelbach, S.; Menschner, A.; Hensel, S.; Heinze, S.; Bittorf, L.; Kockmann, N.; Schäfer, C.; Szmais, S.; Eckert, M.; Rüde, T.; Scherwietes, T.; da Silva Santos, P.; Stenger, F.; Holm, T.; Welscher, W.; Krink, N.; Schenk, T.; Stutz, A.; Maurmaier, M.; Stark, K.; Hoernicke, M.; Unland, S.; Erben, S.; Kessler, F.; Apitz, F.; Urbas, L., Orchestration Requirements for Modular Process Plants in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries. Chemical Engineering & Technology 2019, 42 (11), 2282-2291.

Rüde, T.; Bösmann, A.; Preuster, P.; Wasserscheid, P.; Arlt, W.; Müller, K. J. E. T., Resilience of Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier Based Energy‐Storage Systems. Energy Technology 2018, 6 (3), 529-539.