ACHEMA is a trend-setting technology summit for process engineering and biotechnology which attracts around 180,000 participants

ACHEMA: Past and Present

Optimization of Leather Unhairing
Safe enzymatic preparation can replace the toxic chemicals commonly used in unhairing of hides

Process Simplification through Process Integration
New approach for process intensification based on reducing the number of processing steps for grassroots and retrofit designs

Online Monitoring of Vinyl Chloride Polymerization
Novel capillary-based microfluidic device allows investigating the vinyl polymerization reaction under difficult conditions

Michael Schütze on the Future of DECHEMA's Research
M. Schütze, Director DECHEMA Research Institute, talks about what the DECHEMA's reorganization means for the Research Institute

Thomas Scheuring on Organizing the ACHEMA Exhibition
T. Scheuring, CEO of DECHEMA Ausstellungs-GmbH, talks about what DECHEMA's reorganization means for the upcoming ACHEMA

Tailored Prismatic Spouted Beds
Simulations to study the influence of gas flow rate, frictional particle properties, geometry basis angle on spouting stability and solids mobility

Alfred Oberholz (1952 – 2012)
Alfred Oberholz, former Chairman of DECHEMA and Member of the Board of Evonik AG, has passed away

Solar Cooling Technologies
Overview on development and progress in solar cooling technologies with sorption systems

Chemical Compounds for Energy Storage
Ferdi Schüth discusses different storage compounds and their advantages and compares drawbacks