Research

Multiscale modeling of heterogeneously catalyzed processes
Automated generation of reaction mechanisms
Transient catalysis
Kinetic measurements

Education/Degrees

November 2016 – August 2021	Ph.D. student, group of Prof. Thomas Turek, Institute of Chemical and Electrochemical Process Engineering, Clausthal University of Technology
October 2014-October 2016	M. Sc. Chemical Engineering, Clausthal University of Technology
October 2011-January 2015	B. Sc. Chemical Engineering, Clausthal University of Technology

Work History

Since August 2021	Scientific Assistant, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry (ITCP)
September 2020-November 2020	Virtual Research Fellowship in the group of Prof. C. Franklin Goldsmith, Brown University (Providence, RI, USA)
August 2019 – November 2019	Visiting Researcher in the group of Prof. C. Franklin Goldsmith, Brown University (Providence, RI, USA)
November 2016-August 2021	Scientific Assistant, Institute of Chemical and Electrochemical Process Engineering, Clausthal University of Technology

Honors

September 2020-November 2020	Virtual research scholarship from the NaWuReT (DECHEMA)
August 2019 – November 2019	DAAD doctoral short-term scholarship

Publications

B. Kreitz, K. Sargsyan, K. Blöndal, E. J. Mazeau, R. H. West, G. D. Wehinger, T. Turek, C. F. Goldsmith. „Quantifying the Impact of Parametric Uncertainty on Automatic Mechanism Generation for CO2 Hydrogenation on Ni(111)”. JACS Au, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.1c00276

B. Kreitz, G. D. Wehinger, C. F. Goldsmith, and T. Turek. “Microkinetic Modeling of the CO2 Desorption from Supported Multifaceted Ni Catalysts”. J. Phys. Chem. C, 125(5), 2021, 2984–3000. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c09985

B. Kreitz, A. Martínez Arias, J. Martin, A. P. Weber, and T. Turek. “Spray-Dried Ni Catalysts with Tailored Properties for CO2 Methanation”. Catalysts, 10(12), 2020, 1410. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10121410

J. Friedland, B. Kreitz, H. Grimm, T. Turek, and R. Güttel. “Measuring Adsorption Capacity of Supported Catalysts with a Novel Quasi–Continuous Pulse Chemisorption Method”. ChemCatChem, 12(17), 2020, 4373–4386. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202000278

B. Kreitz, G. D. Wehinger, C. F. Goldsmith, and T. Turek. “Development of a Microkinetic Model for the CO2 Methanation with an Automated Reaction Mechanism Generator”. 30th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering. Ed. by S. Pierucci, F. Manenti, G. L. Bozzano, and D. Manca. Vol. 48. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. Elsevier, 2020, 529–534. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823377-1.50089-6

B. Kreitz, J. Brauns, G. D. Wehinger, and T. Turek. “Modeling the Dynamic Power–to–Gas Process: Coupling Electrolysis with CO2 Methanation”. Chem. Ing. Tech., 92(12), 2020, 1992–1997. https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202000019

G. D. Wehinger, B. Kreitz, A. Nagy, and T. Turek. “Characterization of a modular Temkin reactor with experiments and computational fluid dynamics simulations”. Chem. Eng. J., 389, 2020, 124342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.124342

B. Kreitz, J. Friedland, R. Güttel, G. D. Wehinger, and T. Turek. “Dynamic Methanation of CO2 - Effect of Concentration Forcing”. Chem. Ing. Tech., 91(5), 2019, 576–582. https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.201800191
B. Kreitz, G. D. Wehinger, and T. Turek. “Dynamic simulation of the CO2 methanation in a micro-structured fixed-bed reactor”. Chem. Eng. Sci., 195, 2019, 541–552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2018.09.053

P. Haug, B. Kreitz, M. Koj, and T. Turek. “Process modelling of an alkaline water electrolyzer”. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 42(24), 2017, 15689–15707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.05.031