Your issue. Our solution.
Some challenges cannot be overcome with standard solutions. That is where we come in. For over 70 years, we have been developing technologies for optimizing thermal units and processes in fluid media. Heat exchangers and their thermodynamic behavior are at the heart of our work – and we are world leaders in this specialized field. Our R&D work delivers measurable benefits, both economically and environmentally. Theory meets practice, right at the interface to real-life operation. What drives us is developing the right solution for each individual task – customized, tested, ready to use. Our laboratory is not a showroom. Here, we replicate, test, and address your specific issue under real-world conditions before a solution goes live. Decades of experience, thousands of plants worldwide, and an R&D team that knows your needs.
What sets us apart as an R&D partner
Our R&D department is not an isolated entity, but rather closely intertwined with Engineering, Sales, Project Management, and Service. This means that each R&D project is based on decades of operational experience, real plant knowledge, and direct customer feedback.
Nothing leaves our premises without being tested. This is not a promise, it is a matter of principle.
We create
- solutions with high integration potential in existing plants,
- designs that take maintenance and operation into account from the very beginning,
- developments that are measured against real-world operating conditions and not based solely on laboratory values.
Cooperation and networks
Good-quality R&D work requires exchange. In addition to our internal expertise, we work closely with customers and scientific institutions both in Germany and abroad. This is how we test new lines of inquiry early on, share experiences, and evolve technical solutions. We bring together engineering expertise, practical experience, and external perspectives.
Key technological areas
Our R&D work focuses on fluid-carrying systems in energy- and process-intensive applications. These key areas arose from specific issues faced by our customers as well as R&D goals and challenges we have set for ourselves.
- Trialing and assessing strategies for treating micro- and macrofouling
- Physical and process-related design models for components in water circuits
- Fluid dynamics models and analyses of water-based systems
- Designing thermal evaporation and vaporization processes
- Analyzing and designing water intake and pretreatment solutions in thermal and membrane-based seawater desalination
- Stoichiometric kinetics in the concentration of salts in aqueous media
- Impact analyses to determine efficiency gains from fuel and CO₂ emission savings
- Water recycling and minimal liquid discharge modeling
- Additive manufacturing methods
- AI in water-related applications
- Technology assessment for Taprogge start-up ventures
When ideas gain momentum
Are you facing a technical challenge for which there is no definitive solution as yet? Your contact persons for development projects are Dr. ir. Marco van Beek and Dr. Mario Arnold together with our R&D team.
