Researcher
Kim Ragaert
- Keywords:structure-property relationships in polymers, design for/from recycling, mechanical recycling of polymers
- Disciplines:Polymer processing, Materials processing, Polymer recycling, Materials recycling and valorisation, Polymers and plastics
Affiliations
- Department of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering (Department)
Member
From1 Feb 2017 → 18 Sep 2021 - Department of Industrial Technology and Construction (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2013 → 31 May 2015 - Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Department)
Member
From1 Dec 2006 → 31 Jan 2017
Projects
1 - 10 of 11
- Circular Packaging for Direct Food Contact ApplicationsFrom1 Jun 2021 → TodayFunding: H2020 - Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials
- Quality of (recycled) plastics in film blowingFrom1 Apr 2021 → 30 Mar 2023Funding: IOF - technology validation in lab
- Solvent-resistant nano- and ultrafiltration: opening new perspectives in plastic recyclingFrom1 Mar 2021 → 31 Aug 2022Funding: Flanders Industry Innovation Moonshot Strategic Basic Research for clusters (cSBO)
- Circular Plastics Network for TrainingFrom1 Jan 2020 → TodayFunding: H2020-EU.1.3.- EXCELLEN SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
- CIRCOPACK - Safe and efficient food packaging within the circular economyFrom1 Apr 2019 → 30 Jun 2022Funding: VLAIO - Flanders' FOOD - COOCK
- ReDESign: Recyclable, Sustainable and Effective SignalingFrom1 Dec 2017 → 31 Dec 2018Funding: OVAM (Public Waste Agency of Flanders)
- mechanical recycling of multi-layer packaging wasteFrom1 Nov 2017 → 31 Oct 2019Funding: IWT / VLAIO - TETRA fund
- Circularity in and with New MaterialsFrom1 May 2017 → 30 Apr 2020Funding: Other EU initiatives out of framework
- Re2cycling of polymer blends: retained functionality of compatibilizing agents in continued recycling of contaminated polyolefin-based blendsFrom1 Jan 2017 → 31 Oct 2021Funding: BOF - Doctoral projects
- Design from recyclingFrom1 Nov 2015 → 31 Oct 2017Funding: IWT / VLAIO - TETRA fund
Publications
11 - 20 of 145
- Towards high-quality petrochemical feedstocks from mixed plastic packaging waste via advanced recycling : the past, present and future(2022)
Authors: Marvin Kusenberg, Andreas Eschenbacher, Laurens Delva, Steven De Meester, Evangelos Delikonstantis, Georgios Stefanidis, Kim Ragaert, Kevin Van Geem
- Expanding the collection portfolio of plastic packaging : impact on quantity and quality of sorted plastic waste fractions(2022)
Authors: Martijn Roosen, Nicolas Mys, Kerstin Kleinhans, Irdanto Saputra Lase, Sophie Huysveld, Marieke Brouwer, Eggo U. Thoden van Velzen, Kevin Van Geem, Jo Dewulf, Kim Ragaert, et al.
- Recent advances in pre-treatment of plastic packaging waste(2022)
Authors: Rita Duarte Kol de Carvalho, Martijn Roosen, Sibel Ügdüler, Kevin Van Geem, Kim Ragaert, Dimitris S. Achilias
Number of pages: 1 - A recycler’s perspective on the implications of REACH and food contact material (FCM) regulations for the mechanical recycling of FCM plastics(2021)
Authors: Ellen De Tandt, Elke Van Asbroeck, Hiram Moerman, Nicolas Mys, Gianni Vyncke, An Vermeulen, Kim Ragaert
Pages: 315 - 329 - PolyCE : design for and from recycling : practical guidelines for designers(2021)
Authors: Thijs Feenstra, Joop Onnekink, Harm Peters, Arno Wolters, Anton Berwald, Gergana Dimitrova, Kim Ragaert, Gianni Vyncke, Mark-Olof Dirksen, Mark Hester, et al.
- Addressing the complex challenge of understanding and quantifying substitutability for recycled plastics(2021)
Authors: Ruben Demets, Karen Van Kets, Sophie Huysveld, Jo Dewulf, Steven De Meester, Kim Ragaert
- Development and application of a predictive modelling approach for household packaging waste flows in sorting facilities(2021)
Authors: Kerstin Kleinhans, Michelle Hallemans, Gwenny Thomassen, Kim Ragaert, Kevin Van Geem, Martijn Roosen, Nicolas Mys, Jo Dewulf
Pages: 290 - 302 - Towards a better understanding of odor removal from post-consumer plastic film waste : a kinetic study on deodorization efficiencies with different washing media(2021)
Authors: Martijn Roosen, Tobias De Somer, Ruben Demets, Sibel Ügdüler, Valérie Meesseman, Bart Van Gorp, Kim Ragaert, Kevin Van Geem, Christophe Walgraeve
Pages: 564 - 575 - The feasibility of using the MFC concept to upcycle mixed recycled plastics(2021)
Authors: Maja Kuzmanović, Ludwig Cardon, Kim Ragaert
- A review of technological solutions to prevent or reduce marine plastic litter in developing countries(2021)
Authors: Andrea Winterstetter, Marie Grodent, Venkatesh Kini, Kim Ragaert, Karl C. Vrancken
Patents
1 - 2 of 2
- An extruder with axial displacement (Inventor)
- An extruder with axial displacement (Inventor)