Researcher
Tom Tytgat
- Research Expertise:- Benchmarking and testing of innovative sensor technology (eg eNoses). - Research with regards to residential wood combustion
- Keywords:VOC-EMISSIONS, AIR POLLUTION, PARTICULATE MATTER, NO2, Applied biological sciences, biotechnology
- Disciplines:Environmental impact and risk assessment, Environmental monitoring, Air pollution and control, Environmental technologies
- Research techniques:- Fully automated gas testing setup with realtime and online gas detection. - Detection of PM, NOx, VOC pollution in (outdoor)air
- Users of research expertise:Companies Goverment
Affiliations
- Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL) (Research group)
Member
From1 Oct 2008 → Today
Projects
1 - 9 of 9
- Combined ESP/photocatalysis for air purification in underground parking garages: a study based on experimental analysis and CFD modelling.From1 Nov 2020 → 31 Oct 2021Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Combined technologies for simultaneous abatement of air pollutants.From1 Oct 2020 → TodayFunding: IOF - technology concept exploration
- Photocatalytic Asphalt Pavements for the Port of Antwerp (PAPPoA): a feasibility study (Port of the future).From1 Mar 2020 → 30 Dec 2021Funding: IOF - technology concept exploration
- Pilot project air treatment car parks ZuiderdokkenFrom1 Oct 2019 → 30 Sep 2020Funding: Cities and Municipalities
- AirTech'byDesign: Injecting Technology into Urban Design in the battle against Street Canyon Pollution.From1 Oct 2018 → 30 Sep 2022Funding: BOF - Doctoral projects
- Study on exhaust emissions of wood stoves and PM reducing technologies.From12 Oct 2017 → 30 Nov 2017Funding: VMM (Public Environmental Agency of Flanders)
- Development of a continuous soot flow inside a laboratory setup.From1 Feb 2015 → 31 Dec 2015Funding: BOF - Other initiatives
- Research and development of Au/TiO2 foams for removal of NOx and VOCs from ambient air.From1 Jan 2011 → 31 Dec 2012Funding: IWT personal funding - strategic basic research grants
- Research and development of Au/TiO2 foams for removal of NOx and VOCs from ambient air.From1 Jan 2009 → 31 Dec 2010Funding: IWT personal funding - specialisation scholarships
Publications
1 - 10 of 27
- Design to breathe(2023)
Authors: Dimitri Voordeckers, Maarten Van Acker, Tom Tytgat, Pieter Billen
Number of pages: 303 - Numerical study on the impact of traffic lane adjustments and low boundary walls on pedestrian exposure to NO2 in street canyons(2023)
Authors: Dimitri Voordeckers, Donja Baetens, Tess Ysebaert, Siegfried Denys, Pieter Billen, Tom Tytgat, Maarten Van Acker
Pages: 1 - 13 - Assessing the potential of application of titanium dioxide for photocatalytic degradation of deposited soot on asphalt pavement surfaces(2022)
Authors: Seyed Reza Omranian, Michiel Geluykens, Myrthe Van Hal, Navid Hasheminejad, Iran Rocha Segundo, Georgios Pipintakos, Siegfried Denys, Tom Tytgat, Elisabete Fraga Freitas, Joaquim Carneiro, et al.
Pages: 1 - 13 - Guidelines for passive control of traffic-related air pollution in street canyons(2021)
Authors: Dimitri Voordeckers, Siegfried Denys, Pieter Billen, Tom Tytgat, Maarten Van Acker
Pages: 1 - 20 - The impact of street canyon morphology and traffic volume on NO₂ values in the street canyons of Antwerp(2021)
Authors: Dimitri Voordeckers, Filip Meysman, Pieter Billen, Tom Tytgat, Maarten Van Acker
Pages: 1 - 10 - Physicochemical and rheological properties of a transparent asphalt binder modified with nano-TiO₂(2020)
Authors: Iran Rocha Segundo, Salmon Landi Jr., Alexandros Margaritis, Georgios Pipintakos, Elisabete Freitas, Cedric Vuye, Johan Blom, Tom Tytgat, Siegfried Denys, Joaquim Carneiro
- Return-sludge treatment with endogenous free nitrous acid limits nitrate production and N₂O emission for mainstream partial nitritation/anammox(2020)
Authors: Lai Peng, Wannes Van Beeck, Michiel Van Tendeloo, Tom Tytgat, Sarah Lebeer, Siegfried Vlaeminck
Pages: 5822 - 5831 - Combining $CO_{2}$ conversion and $N_{2}$ fixation in a gliding arc plasmatron(2019)
Authors: Marleen Ramakers, Stijn Heijkers, Tom Tytgat, Silvia Lenaerts, Annemie Bogaerts
Pages: 121 - 130 - Image analysis and in situ FTIR as complementary detection tools for photocatalytic soot oxidation(2019)
Authors: Myrthe Van Hal, Sammy Verbruggen, Xiao-Yu Yang, Silvia Lenaerts, Tom Tytgat
Pages: 269 - 277 - Ultrafast screening of commercial sorbent materials for VOC adsorption using real-time FTIR spectroscopy(2018)
Authors: Natan Blommaerts, Fons Dingenen, Vesna Middelkoop, Jan Savelkouls, Marcel Goemans, Tom Tytgat, Sammy Verbruggen, Silvia Lenaerts
Pages: 284 - 290
Patents
1 - 2 of 2
- Frustule foams (Inventor)
- Frustule foams (Inventor)