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Institute of Wood Research (TI-HF)
Institution
Section overview
Description
Research activities of the institute aim at the improvement of conventional processes and the development of innovative technologies for utilization of wood and other lignocellulosic materials with the objectives to increase the efficiency of their conversion to chemical feedstocks and energy. Moreover, the formation of pollutants and waste materials would be reduced. For process optimization, new analysis techniques are developed using chemical and biochemical procedures and modern spectroscopic and chromatographic methods. Among the materials Eucalyptus is investigated. A cooperative project is carried out with Brazil.
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
Coordinated projects
- Ablative Fast Pyrolysis plus Upgrading: AFP+UP
- Adaptation and adaptability of beech provenances (Fagus sylvatica) on climate
- Adaption strategies in forestry under global climate change impact
- Berbion - The city of the futureA demand-driven zero-waste biorefinery
- Biological and chemical investigations on American Maple assortments (Acer spp.) in order to assess their quality
- Biological and chemical investigations on avoidance of discolorations in Black Cher-ry (Prunus serotina Borkh.)
- Climate benefits of material substitution by forest biomass and harvested wood products: Perspective 2030
- Collaborative Project: Genetic modification of glumes of spring oat (Avena sativa) and their recycling as a renewable resource; Sub-project 3: Analysis of of the structural substance and their extraction.
- Collaborative project: Influence of growth conditions on the quality of Douglas fir stand from the experimental fields in Baden-Württemberg , subproject 1: characterization and identification of juvenile and adult heartwood
- Comparison of the German and Polish social security systems in agriculture: Impacts on social security, financing systems and financial development, distributional impacts
- Development and investigation of hydrophobic and coloured wood for decorative outdoor applications
- Development of a combined process for pyrolysis oil upgrading using bio-ethanol and hydrogen. Subproject 2
- Development of a method for determining the kick resistance of horse stable infill planks and development of alternatives to currently used infill plank materials
- Development of a software for image-analytical recognition and measurement of wood fibres for the production of MDF
- Development of an environmentally friendly process for obtaining reinforcing fibers for recovered paper based packaging papers
- Development of automated (digital) image recognition systems for wood species identification using artificial intelligence
- Development of lightweight wood-based panels by means of particles with defined orientation and morphology. Subproject 1
- Development of methods for analysing adhesives
- Development of new applications and uses for the renewable raw material wood and bark
- Development of processes to convert chemical pulps into dissolving pulps
- Environmental impacts of Land use,Land-use change and Forestry (LULUCF) under a future climate regime
- Environmental impacts of Land use,Land-use change and Forestry (LULUCF) under a future climate regime
- ERA-IB: Production and processing of 2,3-butanediol from biomass (PUBB), sub-projects 5: Fermentation raw materials
- ERA-WoodWisdom: Liquid fuels from lignin through hydrothermal liquefaction and deoxygenation. Part 1: Optimization of hydrodeoxygenation and CLC processes
- Estimating and monitoring of net-emissions from carbon storage in Harvested Wood Products (HWP), including GHG-inventory
- Estimating net-emissions from carbon storage in Harvested Wood Products
- Evaluation of direct weathered timber constructions treated with wood preservatives without soil contact
- Impact of storage conditions of paper wood on fiber quality considering economicl and ecological aspects
- Impact of wood-based panel moisture content on the gas analysis value
- Investigation of relevant factors for modelling the durability and service life of wood in construction use by field tests and monitoring in service
- Investigation of the long term course of wood moisture content in the pedestrian bridge in Essing
- Investigations on the suitability of different pulps for the production of tissue papers
- Joint project: Investigation on the influence of the production process on the development of VOC emissions from medium density fibreboard (MDF), Subproject 1: Basic experiments
- Life Cycle Assessment of Furniture
- Lignocellulose Biorefinery
- Lignocellulose Biorefinery – pulping of lignocellulosic raw materials and complete material utilisation of all components (LCB II);Subproject 2: Pilot plant, pulping, component separation and lignin utilisation
- Material and process development for the production of wood-biopolymer sandwich panels based on renewable resources. Subproject 1
- Modification and adaption of technical lignins as adhesives for wood composites
- Monitoring of new activities concerning the development of wood adhesives from renewable resources
- Predicitng impacts in northern ecotones
- Preparation of a HTLM-Version of the database CITESwoodID - Update 2013/2014
- Production and upgrading of 2,3-butandiole from biomass
- ProLignin – High value products from lignin side-streams of modern biorafineries
- Quality of Black Locust wood (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) and conclusions for wood-working and product quality
- Reactive distillation
- Regulation and control of the formation of wood and cell walls in trees under climatic stress and in the tropics as well as in genetically modified trees
- Strategies for the production of high value timbers
- Strategies for the production of high value timbers
- Sustainable Supply with Raw Materials and Energy
- TreeForJoules - Improving eucalypt and poplar wood properties for bioenergy
- Wooden Building Products in the context of Sustainable Building
Involved in research projects
- Assessment of the sustainability of different forest management and timber use scenarios, with emphasis on climate protection and biodiversity conservation
- Careers in Sustainability Execellence. Work package R3: Sustainable Companies and Products
- Development and implementation of a species identification and timber tracking system in Africa with DNA fingerprints and stable isotopes
- Development of alternative methods for substitution of the use of methyl bromide for the control of quarantine relevant nematodes in trade wood including wood packaging (e.g. pine wood nematode)
- Greenhouse gas balancing of wooden buildings - realization of new requirements for life cycle assessments and determination of empirical substitution factors
- INNOVAWOOD - An innovation strategy to integrate industry needs and research capability in the European forestry-wood chain
- Joint research project 'Organic soils': Improvement and operationalisation of quality assurance and uncertainty analysis for the emission reporting for the sector Agriculture and LULUCF
- Roof project to identify the origin of wood and wood products
- Sustainability assessment of alternative forest management and wood use scenarios with special consideration of climate and biodiversity protection
Contact
Institute of Wood Research
(TI-HF)
Leuschnerstr. 91
21031 Hamburg
Hamburg
Germany
Phone: +49 40 73962 601
Fax: +49 - 40 - 73962-599
Email: hf(@)thuenen.de
