Organisation
Center for Sustainable Catalysis and Engineering
Division
Research activities encompass the design of heterogeneous catalysts for the future challenges in industrial organic and environmental catalysis.
Projects
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- Valorization of condensed tannins through a depolymerization-hydrogenation strategyFrom1 Jan 2021 → 31 Oct 2021Funding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- Exploration of the effect of Al-pairing on the adsorption capabilities of small pore zeolitesFrom19 Aug 2020 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Capturing and utilization of CO2From27 Nov 2019 → 27 Nov 2023Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Integration of sustainability assessments in a biorefinery digital twinFrom13 Nov 2019 → 13 Nov 2023Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- BioCon: biorefining technology for tomorrow's circular bioeconomyFrom1 Aug 2019 → 31 Jul 2021Funding: IWT / VLAIO personal funding - innovation mandates
- Rational valorization of waste plastics by combined reactor and catalyst engineeringFrom1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2021Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Designing Novel Efficient Catalytic Strategies for the Transformation of Lignocellulose into Lignin-derived Chemicals and Valorisable CarbohydratesFrom1 Oct 2017 → 30 Sep 2019Funding: H2020-EU.1.3.- EXCELLEN SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
- Catalytic oxidative fractionation: a novel biorefinery conceptFrom1 Jan 2017 → 31 Dec 2020Funding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Application for a versatile particle size and surface charge analyzerFrom1 Oct 2016 → 30 Sep 2018Funding: Fund Recuperation Fiscal Exemption
- Sustainable manufacture of superior porous zeolitesFrom1 Oct 2016 → 30 Sep 2018Funding: IOF - Industrial Research Fund
Publications
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- Towards biolubricant compatible vegetable oils by pore mouth hydrogenation with shape-selective Pt/ZSM-5 catalysts(2016)
Authors: Joost Van Aelst, Evelyne Bartholomeeusen, Danny Verboekend, Pierre Jacobs, Bert Sels
Pages: 2820 - 2828 - Safety by natural design: benign bisphenols from biomass(2019)
Authors: Stef Koelewijn, Bert Sels
- Influence of Acidic (H3PO4) and Alkaline (NaOH) Additives on the Catalytic Reductive Fractionation of Lignocellulose(2016)
Authors: Tom Renders, Wouter Schutyser, Sander Van den Bosch, Stef Koelewijn, Thijs Vangeel, Christophe Courtin, Bert Sels
Pages: 2055 - 2066 - Integrating lignin valorization and bio-ethanol production: on the role of Ni-Al2O3 catalyst pellets during lignin-first fractionation(2017)
Authors: Sander Van den Bosch, Tom Renders, Stef Koelewijn, Gil Van den Bossche, Thijs Vangeel, Aron Deneyer, Christophe Courtin, Johan Thevelein, Wouter Schutyser, Bert Sels
Pages: 3313 - 3326 - High performing immobilized Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase and glucose dehydrogenase for the synthesis of epsilon-caprolactone derivative(2019)
Authors: Marie AF Delgove, Daniela Valencia, Jordi Sole, Katrien V Bernaerts, Stefaan De Wildeman, Marina Guillen, Gregorio Alvaro
Pages: 134 - 141 - Highly dispersed Mn2O3-Co3O4 nanostructures on carbon matrix as heterogeneous Fenton-like catalyst(2020)
Authors: Sudarsanam Putla
- Chemical cross-linking of xenopericardial biomeshes: A bottom-up study of structural and functional correlations(2019)
Authors: Ekaterina A Grebenik, Leonid P Istranov, Elena V Istranova, Semyon N Churbanov, Boris S Shavkuta, Ruslan I Dmitriev, Nadezhda Veryasova, Svetlana L Kotova, Alexander V Kurkov, Anatoly B Shekhter, et al.
- Unconventional pretreatment of lignocellulose with low-temperature plasma(2017)
Authors: Jens Vanneste, Thijs Ennaert, Bert Sels
Pages: 14 - 31 - Shape selectivity vapor-phase conversion of lignin-derived 4-ethylphenol to phenol and ethylene over acidic aluminosilicates: Impact of acid properties and pore constraint(2018)
Authors: Yuhe Liao, Martin d'Halluin, Ekaterina Makshina, Danny Verboekend, Bert Sels
Pages: 117 - 129 - Aromatics Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass: Shape Selective Dealkylation of Lignin-Derived Phenolics over Hierarchical ZSM-5(2020)
Authors: Yuhe Liao, Martin d'Halluin, Danny Verboekend, Bert Sels
Pages: 8713 - 8722