Draft:Ulrich Krause

Ulrich Krause, 2021

Ulrich Krause (born 2 January 1959) is a Process Safety Engineer and university professor. He is currently a full professor and the chair of Institute of Apparatus and Environmental Technology (IAUT) at Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg. Additionally, Ulrich co-leads the EU GREEN – WP3 Research initiative (EU GREEN Cluster 3)

Education and career

After completing primary and high school, Ulrich pursued studies in fluid mechanics and technical thermodynamics at the TU Dresden from 1980 to 1985. Following his graduation, he served as a scientific assistant at the same institution from 1985 to 1989 and earned his doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) in 1989 with his dissertation on "Investigations on the one-dimensional non-equilibrium two-phase flow".

From 1990 to 1991, he worked as a researcher at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Research Center for Mechanization and Energy Application. Subsequently, he joined the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), where he served as a senior researcher and project manager from 1991 to 2005. During this tenure, he completed his Habilitation at TU Dresden on the topic of "Heat and mass transport processes in safety-related investigation procedures for dust fires and dust explosions."

In 2005, Ulrich was appointed head of the working group "Combustible Bulk Materials and Dusts, Solid Fuels" at BAM, followed by his role as head of Section 7.3 "Fire Engineering" from 2006 to 2011. In 2011, he became a full professor of plant design and process safety and has since chaired the Institute of Apparatus and Environmental Technology.

In addition to his academic work, Ulrich is an active process safety consultant and the editor of the textbook Fires in Silos.

Research interest

• Process and plant safety
• Fire protection
• Explosion protection
• Simulation of reactive systems
• Thermal engineering
• Self-ignition of porous materials

Selected publications

Ulrich has author or co-author over 188 publications. Below is a selection of his most influential works:

• R. Zinke et al., 'Uncertainty consideration in CFD-models via response surface modeling: Application on realistic dense and light gas dispersion simulations', Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, vol. 75, p. 104710, Feb. 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.jlp.2021.104710.
• K. O. A. Amano, S.-K. Hahn, R. Tschirschwitz, T. Rappsilber, and U. Krause, 'An Experimental Investigation of Thermal Runaway and Gas Release of NMC Lithium-Ion Pouch Batteries Depending on the State of Charge Level', Batteries, vol. 8, no. 5, p. 41, May 2022, doi: 10.3390/batteries8050041.
• E. Villacorta et al., 'Onset of smoldering fires in storage silos: Susceptibility to design, scenario, and material parameters, Fuel, vol. 284, p. 118964, Jan. 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2020.118964.
• E. K. Addai, D. Gabel, and U. Krause, 'Experimental investigations of the minimum ignition energy and the minimum ignition temperature of inert and combustible dust cloud mixtures', Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 307, pp. 302–311, 2016, doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.01.018.
• E. K. Addai, D. Gabel, M. Kamal, and U. Krause, 'Minimum ignition energy of hybrid mixtures of combustible dusts and gases, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, vol. 102, pp. 503–512, 2016, doi: 10.1016/j.psep.2016.05.005.
• E. K. Addai, D. Gabel, and U. Krause, 'Models to estimate the minimum ignition temperature of dusts and hybrid mixtures, Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 304, pp. 73–83, 2016, doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.10.015.
• E. K. Addai, D. Gabel, and U. Krause, 'Experimental investigation on the minimum ignition temperature of hybrid mixtures of dusts and gases or solvents, Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 301, pp. 314–326, 2016, doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.09.006.
• E. K. Addai, D. Gabel, and U. Krause, 'Lower explosion limit of hybrid mixtures of burnable gas and dust, Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, vol. 36, pp. 497–504, 2015, doi: 10.1016/j.jlp.2015.02.014.
• E. K. Addai, D. Gabel, and U. Krause, 'Explosion characteristics of three component hybrid mixtures, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, vol. 98, pp. 72–81, 2015, doi: 10.1016/j.psep.2015.06.013.
• M. Werrel, J. H. Deubel, S. Krüger, A. Hofmann, and U. Krause, 'The calculation of the heat release rate by oxygen consumption in a controlled-atmosphere cone calorimeter, Fire and Materials, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 204–226, 2014, doi: 10.1002/fam.2175.
• U. Krause, W., Grosshandler, and L. Gritzo, 'The International FORUM of Fire Research Directors: A position paper on sustainability and fire safety, Fire Safety Journal, vol. 49, pp. 79–81, Apr. 2012, doi: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2012.01.003.
• S. Krüger, A. Berger, and U. Krause, 'Chemical–analytical investigation of fire products in intermediate storages of recycling materials, Fire and Materials, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 165–175, 2012, doi: 10.1002/fam.1098.

Official website

Website of the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Publications by Ulrich Krause at Researchgate

Website of the Forschungsportal Sachsen-Anhalt