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Institute for Hydromechanics (IfH)
University Karlsruhe

 
   
 
Fundamental research
Fundamental research at the IfH is aimed at an improved understanding of fluid mechanical phenomena in water and air fluid systems. These fluids are investigated in their natural context, in inland and coastal waters, in groundwater, and in the atmosphere as well as in technical systems and structures. Not only the physical aspects of flow behavior are of interest, but also their interactions to chemical, biological and thermal transport processes and associated transformation, and reaction characteristics.

Applied research
Applied research activities at the IfH include consulting and design studies in civil engineering (applications in hydraulic and aerodynamic engineering), in environmental engineering (waste water processes, air and water quality, groundwater remediation technologies), and in industrial process engineering. Such projects are carried out under contracts from state and communal agencies, consulting companies, and industry.

Expertise for desalination
Prediction of environmental impacts from brine discharges from desalination plants
Numerical modeling: Operation and development of the expert system CORMIX (www.cormix.info) for the calculation of concentration distributions from brine discharges and the design of brine outfalls.
Physical modeling: Laboratory studies for the calculation of concentration distributions from brine discharges and the design of brine outfalls.

Contact:
Dipl.-Ing. Tobias Bleninger
Institut fuer Hydromechanik | Universitaet Karlsruhe
Kaiserstr. 12, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
Fon: +49 / (0)721 / 608 - 3687
Fax: +49 / (0)721 / 608 - 2202
E-mail:   bleninger@ifh.uka.de
Internet: www.ifh.uni-karlsruhe.de