Dr. Christoph Müller
Phone:
+49-211-45 78-351
Fax:
+49-211-45 78-296
Current research projects
- CEMCAP – CO2 capture from cement production
- Increased use of alternative fuel in the main firing system of rotary cement kilns
- Increasing energy efficiency and substitution rates in the clinker burning process by drying and grinding alternative fuels
- Investigation of separate finest grinding in cement production as a means of improving energy efficiency and cement properties
- Assessment of Portland cement clinker by means of microscopic and mineralogical analysis methods for the evaluation of the clinker burning process
- Concept for retrospective determination of the concrete composition, the grading curve as well as further properties of aggregates or the cements in hardened concrete
- High-performance clinker for blastfurnace cements
- Influences of temperature on interactions between superplasticizers and cements with several main constituents
- Influence of the lowering of melting point and viscosity of the clinker melt by ash of alternative fuels on sintering reactions and coating formation
- Prevention of a deleterious ASR with Portland-fly ash cement – mechanisms in concrete
- Advanced initial testing for air-entrained concrete with superplasticiser considering conditions in construction practice
- Alkali-Silica-Reaction (ASR) of concrete pavements on roads, bus traffic areas and parking spaces in the municipal sector
- Behaviour of different aggregates under accelerating conditions in ASR testing methods
- BetonQuali - information and qualification platform
- CARBON CONCRETE COMPOSITE – C³: Proofs and testing concepts for standards and technical approvals
- Damage mechanisms of concrete exposed to freeze-thaw attack: Impact of cement main constituents on the internal damage
- DURAFOR - Forecast of durability properties of concrete with new clinker based cements
- Knowledge transfer in the building trade (WiTraBau)
- Optimal compaction of concretes with high workability and high robustness
- Optimisation of concrete compositions based on their serviceability limit state: A step towards a further reduction of CO2 emissions of concrete production
- Testing and assessment of effective alkali content in cements
- Transferability of results from laboratory test procedures to determine the frost de-icer resistance of pre-fabricated paving products in practical conditions
