AT CERE, Applied Thermodynamics – Center for Energy Resources Engineering

At the AT CERE Research Centre it is our objective to meet the challenges of today’s petroleum, chemical, material and biotech industries through deep insights, innovative discoveries and the highest level of international research expertise.

Lab work
Chalk samples. A large part of the oil recovered in Denmark comes from underground chalk reservoirs in the Danish part of the North Sea. In the laboratories of DTU Chemical Engineering, researchers inject brines of different salinity into samples of chalk saturated with oil in order to push out the oil—a method known as ‘smart water flooding’. The progress is then monitored using X-ray computer tomography scanning. Photo by Thorkild Christensen
AT CERE. Foto: Thorkild Christensen
Associate Professor Philip Fosbøl is pouring a sample of oil. The oil used for experiments within the SmartWater project was retrieved from two types of sedimentary rocks, chalk and greensand, which occur in the Danish part of the North Sea. Photo: Thorkild Christensen
AT CERE. Foto: Christian Ove Carlsson
AT CERE. Foto: Thorkild Christensen
A core flooding experiment in a CT scanner to monitor the fluids movement inside the rock sample. By combining the core flooding and the CT scanner we can maximize the information such as local oil saturation, capillary end effects, and influence of heterogeneity in water and/or gas flooding experiments using Danish reservoir rocks. Photo by Thorkild Christensen.
AT CERE. Foto: Thorkild Christensen
Associate Professor Nicolas von Solms standing next to the 10 meter high pilot scale absorption column used in carbon capture studies. Most recently pilot scale studies in this column confirmed that adding the enzyme carbonic anhydrase, supplied by Novozymes, could dramatically improve the efficiency of Carbon capture in real processes. Photo by Thorkild Christensen.

About us

AT CERE stands for Applied Thermodynamics – Center for Energy Resources Engineering. The AT CERE Research Centre, as part of DTU’s Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, is a centre focused in the area of Applied Thermodynamics and Mathematical Modeling.

AT CERE is associated with the DTU interdepartmental activity CERE, which is Denmark’s leading research centre in the areas of Petroleum Engineering, including Enhanced Oil Recovery, flow assurance, CCS and petroleum geoscience. AT CERE and CERE host an industry consortium, which includes around 30 companies from all over the world.

Our research

AT CERE is a dynamic research group with an excellent track record and international reputation in the areas of:

  • Applied thermodynamics
  • Transport processes
  • Mathematical modelling

We are committed to perform high-quality experimental and theoretical research with international impact, in which we often combine the above disciplines in broader projects of interest to chemical and biochemical engineering.

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Our History

AT CERE has, in its various forms, a 30+ years history.

The centre in its original form (first as a centre in applied thermodynamics, and later, since 1987, in the form of an engineering research centre, IVC-SEP) was established in the early 80’s by Professor Aage Fredenslund, who was succeeded in the leadership in 1994 by Professor Erling Stenby.

Since 2009 AT CERE’s activities are connected to DTU’s interdepartmental activity CERE.

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Co-operations

Contact us

We are always interested in discussing new opportunities for future research collaborations, so please feel free to contact Head of AT-CERE, Professor Georgios Kontogeorgis.

Contact

Georgios Kontogeorgis

Georgios Kontogeorgis Professor Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Phone: +45 45252859

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