Hendrik Kiepfer

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Research and work focus

  • Thermally conductive polymer composites
  • Evaporator fouling on polymer surfaces
  • Design of heat exchangers

Research projects

  • AiF project: Development of compounded polymer heat exchangers
  • QNRF Project: Novel Thermally Enhanced Polymer Heat Exchanger for Multi Effect Distillation (MED) Desalination Plants

Publications

  • Development and thermal performance of a thermoplastic-graphite-composite based plate heat exchanger for use in corrosive media.
    Hendrik Kiepfer, Paul Stannek, Marco Grundler and Hans-Jörg Bart
    Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 236, S. 121581. (2024)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121581
  • The potential of thermally conductive polymer composites regarding crystallization fouling mitigation.
    Hendrik Kiepfer, Paul Stannek, M Kuypers, M Grundler and Hans-Jörg Bart
    Heat and Mass Transfer, (2023)
    DOI: 10.1007/s00231-023-03398-0
  • Thermally conductive polypropylene composites as corrosion–resistant materials for plate heat exchangers.
    Hendrik Kiepfer, Paul Stannek, Marco Grundler and Hans-Jörg Bart
    Polymer Composites, Vol. 44, Nr. 10, S. 7002 - 7016. (2023)
    DOI: 10.1002/pc.27613
  • Investigations on crystallization fouling on PEEK films used as heat transfer surfaces. experimental results.
    Adel Ataki, Hendrik Kiepfer and Hans-Jörg Bart
    Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 56, Nr. 5, S. 1443 - 1452. (2020)
    DOI: 10.1007/s00231-019-02769-w
  • PFG-NMR and MD Simulation Study of Self-Diffusion Coefficients of Binary and Ternary Mixtures Containing Cyclohexane, Ethanol, Acetone, and Toluene.
    Daniel Bellaire, Hendrik Kiepfer, Kerstin Münnemann and Hans Hasse
    Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, Vol. 65, Nr. 2, S. 793 - 803. (2020)
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jced.9b01016
  • Polymer Film Heat Transfer Surfaces in Seawater Desalination. Fouling Layer Formation and Technology.
    Hendrik Kiepfer, Waid Omar, Timo Schröder and Hans-Jörg Bart
    Chemical Engineering & Technology, Vol. 43, Nr. 6, S. 1205 - 1213. (2020)
    DOI: 10.1002/ceat.201900492
  • Thermally Conductive Polyethylene/Expanded Graphite Composites as Heat Transfer Surface. Mechanical, Thermo-Physical and Surface Behavior.
    Patrik Sobolčiak, Asma Abdulgader, Miroslav Mrlik, Anton Popelka, Ahmed A Abdala, Abdelnasser A Aboukhlewa, Mustapha Karkri, Hendrik Kiepfer, Hans-Jörg Bart and Igor Krupa
    Polymers, Vol. 12, Nr. 12, (2020)
    DOI: 10.3390/polym12122863
  • Investigations on crystallization fouling on PEEK films used as heat transfer surfaces. experimental results.
    Adel Ataki, Hendrik Kiepfer and Hans-Jörg Bart
    Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 2020,
    DOI: 10.1007/s00231-019-02769

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