Projects
UpHeat-INES: Upgraded High Temperature Heat Integration in Energy Intensive Sectors Catalisti
Driving up to temperature
In energy-intensive industries, residual heat from production processes is often reused to drive other low- or mid-temperature processes. Upgrading this residual heat for use in high-temperature processes in the range of 160-200°C is, however, uncommon. ...
Upgraded High Temperature Heat in Energy Intensive Sectors Ghent University
The Upheat-INES project wants to develop a very high temperature heat pump (VHT-HP) technology to upgrade low-grade waste heat (50°C-100°C) to mid-grade waste heat (150°-200°) that can be valorized and used within (petro)chemical processes or in other downstream energy intensive clusters. In a realistic scenario, the valorisation trajectory is of relevance for 2623 GWh of heat demand, with chemistry, refineries and food being responsible for ...
UPHEAT-INES-2: Upgraded high temperature heat in energy intensive sectors 2.0 CatalistiCatalisti, University of Gent, Catholic University of LouvainHeat pumps are a key technology (electrification, decreasing dependency on gas) for the European Commission (Green Deal, Fit-for 55, RepowerEU). Flanders has two mayor critical assets for a successful roll out of very high temperature heat pumps (VHT-HP): a geographically concentrated sales market and representative companies ...
Stability of enzymes to temperature and high hydrostatic pressure. KU Leuven
Transfer of compression heat during HP processing results in temperature gradients and thus possibly to an inhomogeneous process impact on temperature sensitive products. The current temperature sensors do not allow this temperature distribution to be detected easily. Specific wireless sensors, presssure temperature time indicators (pTTIs) could offer a solution in this matter. Based on the pressure-temperature sensitivity of their inactivation, ... innovative High tEmperAture ThErmal stoRage for iNdustrial AppLications Ghent University
Industrial processes in the EU released 351 Mtons CO2e in 2020, 8% less than in 2019. In many cases, continuous, high-temperature heat is needed for these processes, and no viable decarbonization solution exists today. Viable, short-term thermal energy storage (up-to 48-hours) would enable the replacement of fossil fuels by industrial waste-heat and renewable electricity.
HEATERNAL unites 4 public research teams specialized in ...
Development of a high temperature SSF reactor for the production of bio-ethanol from lignocellulose. KU Leuven
Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M²S), Centre for Food and Microbial Technology, Bioengineering Technology, Ghent and Aalst Technology CampusesLignocellulosic materials will be an important feedstock for the production of bio-ethanol in the future. Using the current technologies, this components are more difficult to convert into ethanol than the classicalfeedstock. The purpose of this project is to develop a cost-effective production process which can convert lignocellulose to ethanol with the aid of enzymes and fermentation. To realize this, the different production steps like ... From non-reactive to reactive wetting at high temperature KU Leuven
Sustainable Materials Processing and Recycling (SeMPeR), Structural Composites and Alloys, Integrity and Nondestructive Testing (SCALINT)The Multiple Material Additive Manufacturing (MMAM) technology can produce multi metallic material parts that have high performance and desired properties in important locations. This research mainly aims to achieve additive manufacturing of multiple metallic materials through modified selective laser melting system. In the research, a hybrid system combining the traditional powder bed delivery mechanism, an ultrasonic assisted powder ...
Prokaryote proteomics at high temperature for single cells Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Department of Bio-engineering Sciences, Basic (bio-) Medical Sciences, Chemistry, Informatics and Applied Informatics, Artificial Intelligence, Structural Biology Brussels, R&D ResearchA sustainable climate and an ecosystem-friendly economy demands novel ‘cell factories’, in which organisms convert renewable
biomass into various biomaterials that would otherwise be derived from fossil fuels or (harsh) chemistry. Especially promising is the
use of thermophilic bacteria and archaea that operate at high temperatures, as this can enable more efficient production processes.
However, we currently know very ... Influence of high surface contact temperature on the friction and wear of ultra hard electrically conductive ceramic composites Ghent University
The project aims at developing new geometric wear models to establish wear curves of spehrical-plane contacts of ultrahard ceramic materials such as WC, ZrO2, ZrB2, SiC, TiB2, and B4. Oxidation and chemical processes and their influence on friction and wear of those materials in high temperature environment (>600°) will be investigated by means of high temperature pin-on-disk tribotesting and surface analysis.
Heat pumps are a key technology (electrification, decreasing dependency on gas) for the European Commission (Green Deal, Fit-for 55, RepowerEU). Flanders has two mayor critical assets for a successful roll out of very high temperature heat pumps (VHT-HP): a geographically concentrated sales market and representative companies ...
Stability of enzymes to temperature and high hydrostatic pressure. KU Leuven
innovative High tEmperAture ThErmal stoRage for iNdustrial AppLications Ghent University
Industrial processes in the EU released 351 Mtons CO2e in 2020, 8% less than in 2019. In many cases, continuous, high-temperature heat is needed for these processes, and no viable decarbonization solution exists today. Viable, short-term thermal energy storage (up-to 48-hours) would enable the replacement of fossil fuels by industrial waste-heat and renewable electricity.
HEATERNAL unites 4 public research teams specialized in ...
Development of a high temperature SSF reactor for the production of bio-ethanol from lignocellulose. KU Leuven
From non-reactive to reactive wetting at high temperature KU Leuven
The Multiple Material Additive Manufacturing (MMAM) technology can produce multi metallic material parts that have high performance and desired properties in important locations. This research mainly aims to achieve additive manufacturing of multiple metallic materials through modified selective laser melting system. In the research, a hybrid system combining the traditional powder bed delivery mechanism, an ultrasonic assisted powder ...
Prokaryote proteomics at high temperature for single cells Vrije Universiteit Brussel
biomass into various biomaterials that would otherwise be derived from fossil fuels or (harsh) chemistry. Especially promising is the
use of thermophilic bacteria and archaea that operate at high temperatures, as this can enable more efficient production processes.
However, we currently know very ...
Influence of high surface contact temperature on the friction and wear of ultra hard electrically conductive ceramic composites Ghent University
The project aims at developing new geometric wear models to establish wear curves of spehrical-plane contacts of ultrahard ceramic materials such as WC, ZrO2, ZrB2, SiC, TiB2, and B4. Oxidation and chemical processes and their influence on friction and wear of those materials in high temperature environment (>600°) will be investigated by means of high temperature pin-on-disk tribotesting and surface analysis.