prof.dr.ing. M.B. Franke (Meik)

Full Professor
TNW-CE-SPT
Horst Complex ME223
m.b.franke@utwente.nl
+31534893188
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I studied Chemical Engineering from 1996 to 2001 at the Technical University (TU) Dortmund in Germany and obtained my PhD at the Laboratory of Fluid Separations of Professor Andrzej Górak at the same university.

I worked for over 15 years at Bayer and LANXESS in Germany and China in various positions. During this time, I was involved in process development and investment projects for isocyanate production units as process engineer and project manager. I was responsible as technical plant manager for the maintenance and investments projects of an amine phosgenation unit and as global technology manager for the process improvement of an agrochemical activate ingredient. In my last assignment at Bayer, I was heading the Process Modeling and Design group, which is part of the digital transformation activities providing the Digital Twins for the productions plants of Bayer.

I have been appointed in January 2021 as professor for Process Design and Optimization at the Sustainable Process Technology (SPT) Group at the Faculty of Science and Technology (TNW). My research interest is in the area of advanced process design and optimization including mixed-integer optimization, process optimization under uncertainties, and scheduling of chemical batch plants.

Expertise

  • Engineering

    • Optimization
    • Distillation
    • Models
    • Hybrid
    • Biodiesel

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

    • Algae
    • Design

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • Model

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Publications

2024
Dissociation extraction: Theoretical foundations and applications, Article 127888. Franke, M. B. & Schuur, B.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2024.127888Development of a superstructure optimization framework with heat integration for the production of biodiesel, 359-380. Huynh, T. A., Franke, M. B. & Zondervan, E.https://doi.org/10.1515/cppm-2023-0071Intrinsic Continuous Process Safeguarding Revisited for Batch Reactions, 229-237. van ’t Land, K., Franke, M., Kersten, S. & Nijmeijer, A.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chas.3c00095Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel through Biomass: Experimental and Simulation approach. University of Twente. Shehab, M. G. A. M.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036560795
2023
A time-bucket MILP formulation for optimal lot-sizing and scheduling of real-world chemical batch plants, Article 108341. Wallrath, R., Seeanner, F., Lampe, M. & Franke, M. B.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2023.108341Valuable bioproducts from microalgae: A superstructure optimization approach, Article 103259. Raeisi, M., Huang, J., Franke, M. B. & Zondervan, E.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2023.103259An Educational Workshop for Effective PSE Course DevelopmentIn 33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (pp. 3495-3500). Elsevier. Lewin, D. R., Zondervan, E., Franke, M., Kiss, A. A., Krämer, S., Pérez-Fortes, M., Schweidtmann, A. M., (Ellen) Slegers, P. M., Somoza-Tornos, A., Swinkels, P. L. J. & Wentink, B.https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-15274-0.50558-8A new time-bucket MILP formulation for optimal lot-sizing and scheduling of an industrial make-and-fill processIn 33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (pp. 1853-1859). Elsevier. Wallrath, R., Seanner, F., Lampe, M. & Franke, M.https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-15274-0.50294-8Analysis of the Potential of Meeting the EU’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Targets in 2030 and 2050, Article 9266. Shehab, M., Moshammer, K., Franke, M. & Zondervan, E.https://doi.org/10.3390/su15129266Sustainable production pathways for added-value products from microalgae: A superstructure optimization approach. University of Twente. Raeisi, M.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036555692

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University of Twente

Horst Complex (building no. 20), room ME223
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands

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