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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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- Solvometallurgy for battery-grade refining of lithiumFrom1 Oct 2020 → 31 Mar 2022Funding: H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)
- Datafication of the Circular Economy: designing a data exchange platform for upscaling the circular economyFrom1 Oct 2020 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Novel Integrated Biorefinery Concepts for a Carbon Neutral Bio-Economy(NIBCON)From1 Jan 2020 → 30 Jun 2021Funding: VLAIO CATALISTI - Cooperative research project
- LowReeMotors, Rare earth reduction in high-performance permanent magnet electric machinesFrom1 Jan 2020 → 31 Dec 2022Funding: H2020 - European Institute of Innovation and Technology
- Integration of sustainability assessments in a biorefinery digital twinFrom13 Nov 2019 → 13 Nov 2023Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Development of an optimized sustainable waste management system for ArubaFrom6 Nov 2019 → 6 Nov 2023Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Future chemical FActories: Sustainability through Smart Digitalisation (FFASSD)From1 Oct 2019 → 30 Sep 2023Funding: BOF - projects
- Towards circular economy strategies for WEEE flows in Ecuador, based on integrated sustainability assessmentsFrom4 Sep 2019 → 31 Dec 2020Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- REDLED: Recycling EnD-of-life LEDFrom1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2021Funding: H2020 - European Institute of Innovation and Technology
- ELI:European Lithium InstituteFrom1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2020Funding: H2020 - European Institute of Innovation and Technology, Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
Publications
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- SAB: An open-access Python-based integrated platform for fully automated emergent sustainability assessment of biorefineries(2024)
Authors: Ponnapat Watjanatepin, Giovanna Sauve, Karel Van Acker
- Circular Economy’s Potential to Satisfy the EU’s Critical Metals Demand for Green Transition(2023)
Authors: Karel Van Acker, Johan Eyckmans
Pages: 285 - 291 - Preliminary Environmental Assessment of Carbonated Slags as a Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Materials (CCUS)(2023)
Authors: Ponnapat Watjanatepin, Giuseppe Granata, Tom Van Gerven, Karel Van Acker
- Environmental assessment of woven hemp fibre reinforced epoxy composites and potential applications in aerospace and electric scooter industries(2023)
Authors: Ponnapat Watjanatepin, Karel Van Acker
- The Circular Economy as a requirement for smart information system designs(2023)
Authors: René Reich, Luc Alaerts, Karel Van Acker
Pages: 359 - 366 - Use of a fully biobased and non-reprotoxic epoxy polymer and woven hemp fabric to prepare environmentally friendly composite materials with excellent physical properties(2023)
Authors: Ponnapat Watjanatepin, Aart Willem Van Vuure, Karel Van Acker
- Defining the goals of Product Passports by circular product strategies(2023)
Authors: René Reich, Luc Alaerts, Karel Van Acker
Pages: 257 - 262 - How to measure a circular economy: A holistic method compiling policy monitors(2023)
Authors: René Reich, Veerle Vermeyen, Luc Alaerts, Karel Van Acker
- Integrated early-stage environmental and economic assessment of emerging technologies and its applicability to the case of plasma gasification(2023)
Authors: Giovanna Sauve, Karel Van Acker
- Creep behaviour of eco-friendly sandwich composite materials under hygrothermal conditions(2022)
Authors: Ponnapat Watjanatepin, Karel Van Acker