Professionelle Erfahrung

seit 80/2019

Wissenschaftlicher Assistent und Doktorand an der Freien Universität Berlin, Deutschland

11/2018 - 11/2019

Praktikum und Masterarbeit bei Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung GmbH, Deutschland

Ausbildung

10/2016 - 03/2019

Masterstudent der Materialwissenschaften an der Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Deutschland

Masterarbeit: "Dilatometric studies on the influence of the hot rolling process and cooling on the microstructure of high strength microalloyed steels."

Gutachter: PD Dr.-Ing. Helmut Klein, Dr.-Ing. Ingwer Denks

10/2013 - 10/2016

Bachelorstudent der Materialwissenschaften an der Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Deutschland

Bachelorarbeit: "Texture and microstructure analysis of ferritic steels”

Gutachter: PD Dr.-Ing Helmut Klein, Dr. Heirdun Sowa

Current research interests

With an increasing effort to acquire renewable energy sources, an effort is being made to fuel powerplants with biomass instead of coal. The change of the fuel source, however, presents new challenges to the materials used in the powerplants. Since biofuel contains a significantly larger amount of H₂O and Cl₂ than coal does, different chemical reactions take place, rendering the usually protective Fe-Cr steels ineffective. This causes major degradation of the steel, making frequent replacements necessary.

The goal of my project is to understand the fundamentals of this hot temperature corrosion in wet and/or chloride bearing atmospheres.

Information gained through SEM, XRD and Synchrotron radiation will be used to develop a corrosion model, describing the growth kinetics of the resulting corrosion layers and how the initial chemical composition influences the corrosion.

Aktuelle Förderung

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG): "Degradation and protection phenomena of high alloyed Fe-Cr alloys in hot, multicomponent gas systems"

Kingsbery, P., Stephan-Scherb, C. (2022). Effect of KCl deposits in high-temperature corrosion on chromium-rich steels in SO₂-containing atmosphere. Materials and Corrosion. https://doi.org/10.1002/maco.202112901