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Researcher
Karel Van Acker
- Disciplines:Materials recycling and valorisation, Life cycle engineering, Environmental impact and risk assessment, Sustainable development, Agricultural and natural resource economics, environmental and ecological economics
Affiliations
- Sustainable Materials Processing and Recycling (SeMPeR) (Division)
Responsible
From1 Oct 2020 → Today - Sustainable Materials Processing and Recycling (SeMPeR) (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → Today - Sustainable Metals Processing and Recycling (Division)
Member
From1 Jan 2012 → 31 Jul 2020 - Department of Materials Engineering (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2009 → 31 Dec 2011
Projects
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- Sustainability and Economical Assessment of Future Steelmaking RoutesFrom27 Feb 2024 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Integrating environmental SUStainability SYstematically in product development processes (SusSy_IRVA)From1 Jan 2024 → TodayFunding: IWT / VLAIO - Flanders Make - ICON
- Hydrogen Plasma Reduction for Steelmaking and Circular EconomyFrom1 Jan 2024 → TodayFunding: HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space
- C-Farms: Climate-neutral agriculture through sustainable C farmingFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- The adoption of hydrogen metallurgy in the climate-neutral production of steelFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie-actions (MSCA)
- Sustainability strategies for companies and sectors towards regenerative economy for dissipative applicationsFrom11 Sep 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Monitoring the circular economy in Flemish cities and municipalitiesFrom1 Sep 2023 → TodayFunding: VITO (Flemish Institute for Technological Research)
- Belgium Builds Back CircularFrom1 Sep 2023 → TodayFunding: FOD Public Health, Safety of the food chain and the Environment
- Nieuwe synchroonmotoren voor elektrische voertuigenFrom1 Dec 2022 → TodayFunding: Horizon Europe - Climate, Energy and Mobility
- Stock-flow modelling in the circular economyFrom10 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
Publications
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- The conceptualization of societal impacts of landfill mining e A system dynamics approach(2021)
Authors: Karel Van Acker
- Life cycle inventory of samarium-cobalt permanent magnets, compared to neodymium-iron-boron as used in electric vehicles(2021)
Authors: Martina Orefice, Wim Dewulf, Karel Van Acker
- Integrating life cycle assessment (LCA) and quantitative risk assessment (QRA) to address model uncertainties: defining a landfill reference case under varying environmental and engineering conditions(2021)
Authors: Giovanna Sauve, Karel Van Acker
Pages: 591 - 603 - Reductive Catalytic Fractionation: From Waste Wood to Functional Phenolic Oligomers for Attractive, Value-Added Applications(2021)
Authors: Gil Van den Bossche, Thijs Vangeel, Korneel Van Aelst, Wouter Arts, Laura Trullemans, Sander Van den Bosch, Karel Van Acker, Bert Sels
Pages: 37 - 60 - A Materials Bank for Circular Leuven: How to Monitor ‘Messy’ Circular City Transition Projects(2020)
Authors: Julie Marin, Luc Alaerts, Karel Van Acker
Pages: 1 - 23 - Does Car-Sharing Reduce Car-Use? An Impact Evaluation of Car-Sharing in Flanders, Belgium(2020)
Authors: Donald Chapman, Karel Van Acker, Johan Eyckmans
- The environmental impacts of municipal solid waste landfills in Europe: A life cycle assessment of proper reference cases to support decision making(2020)
Authors: Giovanna Sauve, Karel Van Acker
- Conversion of birch bark to biofuels(2020)
Authors: Karel Van Acker
Pages: 2255 - 2263 - Review and new life cycle assessment for rare earth production from bastnasite, ion adsorption clays and lateritic monazite(2020)
Authors: Wim Dewulf, Karel Van Acker
- A sustainable wood biorefinery for low-carbon footprint chemicals production(2020)
Authors: Yuhe Liao, Stef Koelewijn, Gil Van den Bossche, Joost Van Aelst, Sander Van den Bosch, Thomas Nicolaï, Korneel Van Aelst, Johan Thevelein, Karel Van Acker, Bert Lagrain, et al.
Pages: 1385 - 1390