Events / News
12/2011: LTP Christmas dinner 2011
The LTP Christmas dinner 2011 took place in the starred gourmet restaurant Apicius at the lake Zwischenahner Meer. An exquisite 5-course meal, finally ended in 8 courses and 4 hours, enchanted us (see below for examples of the courses). After a busy year the team had a festive start in the pre-Christmas period.
09/2011: New Textbook 'Chemical Thermodynamics for Process Simulation'
The new textbook 'Chemical Thermodynamics for Process Simulation' will appear shortly (January 2012). The book covers a wide variety of topics required for the application of thermodynamics for process development, design and simulation. Especially typical pitfalls and ranges of applicability and reliability of the commonly used model are discussed and demonstrated with the help of numerous examples.
More complicated problems are solved using e.g. the software MathCad or the free DDBSP Explorer Edition.
For further details and inquires please visit the page of Wiley-VCH.
06/2011: LTP Works Outing 2010 in 2011: Up In The Air
Windy and rainy weather hindered the LTP stuff to balloon end of 2010. Therefore the event was delayed to 2011. Beginning of June 2011 the LTP staff ballooned on a nice slightly windy afternoon into the sky over the countryside of Oldenburg. It was again a nice LTP event and an awesome experience for all participants. Unfortunately, the ballooning time was too short…
02/2011: LTP is a NineSigma Contract Winner
LTP is a NineSigma Contract Winner for a thermodynamic research project on working fluid properties.
01/2011: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gmehling resigned from managing director position at LTP
In the course of his retirement as professor at the University of Oldenburg Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gmehling has resigned as managing director at the end of 2010. He was co-founder and for more than a decade leader and co-leader of LTP. Prof. Gmehling will still be active for LTP in the advisory board for scientific, technical, and business issues. As managing directors of LTP Dr. Andreas Grybat, Dr. Sven Horstmann, and Dr. Christian Ihmels are active since 2008. Therefore, there will be no change of the operative business at LTP.
12/2010: LTP invests in new equipment to broaden its experimental facilities.
In 2009 a magnetic suspension balance for vapor-liquid density measurements with optional direct GC sampling was developed. Between 2008 and 2010 six new static-synthetic devices were assembled, especially to cover the increasing demand for gas solubility measurements.
In 2010 LTP bought a Setaram C 80 calorimeter for temperatures up to 300 °C, an Anton Paar rotation viscometer RheolabQC for viscosity and rheology measurements and a flow calorimeter for enthalpy of mixing and absorption measurements. Also some new analytic devices like a Agilent GC-MS system and a photometer were purchased in 2010.
11/2010: Gmelin-Beilstein Denkmünze (Medal)
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gmehling, managing director and co-owner of the LTP GmbH, has received the Gmelin-Beilstein Denkmünze (Medal) from Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh), the German Chemical Society. See the homepage of his university work group and also an article in the Hunte Report newspaper.