Welcome
I'm a research associate and PhD candidate at the Institute of Future Fuels at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). I focus on mathematical modelling and simulation of energy conversion technologies for the production of fuels and chemicals.
If your work in energy engineering involves modeling and simulation please feel free to reach out to me: david.brust@dlr.de
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5797-2394
For an overview of current projects see
github.com/DavidBrust
Previous experience includes the continuum-scale simulation of catalytic reactors and electrochemical devices.
Of particular interest to me are modelling problems involving:
heat and mass transfer of multi-component mixtures
chemical conversion/catalysis
transport in porous media.
Publications
Articles
Transport of heat and mass for reactive gas mixtures in porous media: Modeling and application
D. Brust & K. Hopf & J. Fuhrmann & A. Cheilytko & M. Wullenkord & C. Sattler
(Chemical Engineering Journal 516, 2025)
[doi],[preprint]
Experimental investigation of photo-thermal catalytic reactor for the reverse water gas shift reaction under concentrated irradiation
D. Brust & M. Wullenkord & H. G. Gómez & J. Albero & C. Sattler
(Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 12, 5, 2024)
[doi]
Effective matrix designs for COVID-19 group testing
D. Brust & J.J. Brust (BMC Bioinformatics 24, 26, 2023)
[doi],[medRxiv]
Presentations
Modelling Study of a Photo-Thermal Catalytic Reactor for rWGS Reaction Under Concentrated Irradiation
D. Brust (WIAS Numerical Mathematics Seminars, 2023)
[abstract]
Reactor and system modelling for solar production of ethylene from H₂O and CO₂
D. Brust (presenter), M. Wullenkord (3rd SFERA-III Doctoral Colloquium, 2022)
[abstract]
Posters
Modelling Study of a Photo-Thermal Catalytic Reactor for rWGS Reaction Under Concentrated Irradiation
D. Brust, et al. (8th International Conference on Semiconductor Photochemistry SP8, 2023)
[elib],[pdf]
Student Theses
Modeling of Solar Reforming Reactors for the Production of Syngas Suitable for Methanol Synthesis
D. Brust (M.Sc. Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, 2019)
[elib]
Development of a one-dimensional numerical model for catalytic reactors
D. Brust (B.Sc. Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, 2017)
[pdf]
Awards
Student Travel Award (SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Data Science, 2022)
[MDS22]