AP-Miniplant is constantly developing its laboratory and pilot systems, either itself or with the help of other manufacturers. To this end, we have set up special test systems in-house and are involved in various research projects as a project partner.

1. Pressure-resistant metal-ceramic flange connections for temperatures up to 1000 °C.
2. Liquid gas dosing without overlay gas under high pressure.
3. Reactor systems for high vacuum in batch melt polymerization reactors under high temperature.
4. Polymerization reactors with solid formation in the gas phase.
5. Automated integration of manufacturer documentation into the overall documentation, including centralized compilation of maintenance and troubleshooting instructions.
6. Quality control in automation projects.
7. Development of a test platform to improve electrochemical synthesis as a basic technology for obtaining platform chemicals (project description).
8. Optimization of alkaline hydrogen electrolysis for higher energy efficiency and consideration of renewable energies (project description).

Research projects 1-3 are funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics as a ZIM project.

Research projects 4-6 are funded by the Thuringian Ministry of Economics, Technology and Labor with funds from the European Social Fund as part of the “Innovative Personnel” funding guideline for an engineer.

Projects 7 and 8 are funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action as part of energy research.