Lukas Wehrle

  • Postal address:
    Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry
    Engesserstr. 20
    Campus South Bldg. 11.21
    76131 Karlsruhe
    Germany

Research Interests

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  • Fuel/Electrolysis Cells, in particular Solid Oxide Cells (SOCs)
  • Electrochemical Multi-Physics and Multi-Scale Modeling
  • Alternative Electrochemical Reactors Concepts and Energy Storage Technologies
  • Process Design and Engineering
  • Optimization and Control Strategies

 

Work History

since 02/2023 Postdoctoral Researcher 
Head of “Electrochemical Modeling” group
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry (ITCP)
04/2022 - 06/2022 Visiting Researcher
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Prof. Dr. Robert J. Braun
06/2019 - 02/2023 Junior Scientist / PhD Candidate
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry (ITCP)

 

Education

06/2019 - 02/2023 Dr. rer. Nat.
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
PhD Thesis: “Multiscale Modeling as a Tool to Optimize the Design and Performance of Solid Oxide Cells for Industrial Applications”
04/2017 - 04/2019 M.Sc. in Chemistry
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Master’s Thesis: “Modeling and numerical simulation of a high-temperature water electrolysis cell for Power-to-gas applications”
10/2013 - 01/2017 B.Sc. in Chemistry
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Bachelor’s Thesis: “Synthesis of Pt/MeOx (Me = Al, Ce, Sn, W) catalysts for application in catalysis and sensing”

 

Publications: 

[6] Benchmarking solid oxide electrolysis cell-stacks for industrial Power-to-Methane systems via hierarchical multi-scale modelling
L. Wehrle, D. Schmider, J. Dailly, A. Banerjee, O. Deutschmann, Appl. Energy 2022, 317, 119143.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119143
[5] Optimizing Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Performance to Re-evaluate Its Role in the Mobility Sector
L. Wehrle, Y. Wang, P. Boldrin, Nigel P. Brandon, O. Deutschmann, A. Banerjee, ACS Environ. Au 2021, 2, 1, 42-64.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenvironau.1c00014
[4] Model-Based Optimization of Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells and Stacks for Power-to-Gas Applications
L. Wehrle, D. Schmider, J. Dailly, A. Banerjee, O. Deutschmann, ECS Trans. 2021, 103(1), 545-554.
https://doi.org/10.1149/10301.0545ecst
[3] Analysis of a biogas-fed SOFC CHP system based on multi-scale hierarchical modeling
Y. Wang, L. Wehrle, A. Banerjee, Y. Shi, O. Deutschmann, Renewable Energy 2021, 163, 78-87.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.08.091
[2] Performance analysis of a reversible solid oxide cell (r-SOC) system based on multi-scale hierarchical SOC modelling
Y. Wang, A. Banerjee, L. Wehrle, Y. Shi, N. P. Brandon, O. Deutschmann, Energy Convers. Manage. 2019, 196, 484–496.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2019.05.099
[1] Dynamic Modeling of Reversible Solid Oxide Cells
L. Wehrle, Y. Wang, A. Banerjee, N. P. Brandon, O. Deutschmann, Chem. Ing. Tech. 2019, 91, 833–842.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.201800188

 

Conferences:

[6] 18th Symposium on Modeling and Experimental Validation of Electrochemical Energy Technologies (MODVAL 18), Hohenkammer, Germany, 2022, oral presentation:
“Optimizing innovative Power-to-Methane plant concepts with integrated SOEC module via multi-scale modelling”
[5] 17th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC-XVII), digital, 2021, oral presentation:
“Model-Based Optimization of Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells and Stacks for Power-to-Gas Applications”
[4] 17th Symposium on Modeling and Experimental Validation of Electrochemical Energy Technologies (MODVAL 17), digital, 2021, oral presentation:
“Optimizing the performance of solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) and stacks for Power-to-Gas applications”
[3] 743. WE-Heraeus-Seminar on Process Integration, Chemical and Thermal Energy Storage for the Energy Transformation, digital, 2021, poster presentation:
“Stack-Scale Modelling of Reversible Solid Oxide Cells (rSOCs)”
[2] 14th European SOFC & SOE Forum (EFCF2020), digital, 2020, poster presentation:
“Analysing the impact of electrode materials and microstructures on SOFC stack and system performance”
[1] DECHEMA, Jahrestreffen Reaktionstechnik gemeinsam mit der Fachgruppe Mehrphasenströmungen,Würzburg, Germany, 2019, oral presentation:
“Dynamic modeling of reversible solid oxide cells (rSOCs)“