Projects
Smart process control enabling robust partial nitrtation/anammox for energy-positive sewage treatment. University of Antwerp
Low/cost recovery of reclaimed water from sewage mixed industrial effluents Ghent University
Wastewater treatment is considered as an economic burden on an industrialist, especially for small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) rather than as a business opportunity. This study aims to develop energy efficient, cost effective and biological effluent treatment process package for industrial effluents from SMEs and domestic sewage, which would make this operation a profitable venture.
DeUriNate – Decentral urine conversions for sewer application to maximise resource efficiency and environmental sustainability across the urban wastewater system. University of Antwerp
Environmental sampling as a tool to monitor enteric virus epidemiology KU Leuven
Our knowledge of the epidemiology of enteric viruses widely relies on testing capacity of clinics and clinical characteristics of infections. However, for only a few enteric viruses (e.g., poliovirus) environmental surveillance (soil and wastewater) is being used to track their existence among a population which leads to many important enteric viruses such as norovirus, rotavirus, and astrovirus being overlooked. In our project, we will use ...
MemBreather: Membrane-aerated biotechnology to treat grey and black water for extreme resource efficiency in wastewater management. University of Antwerp
The use of anionic clays (LDH) to recycle P from waste streams KU Leuven
Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient for all organisms and is often the nutrient that limits primary production in aquatic ecosystems and agriculture. Emissions of P to aquatic systems induce water eutrophication with a number of undesirable effects. Phosphorus needs to be removed from wastewaters to limit eutrophication. Wastewater treatments typically use P removal techniques based on the addition of ferric iron (Fe(III)) or aluminium ...
A bacteriophage-based approach to reducing infections caused by antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli. KU Leuven
Insulin and the immune response to critical illness KU Leuven
In order to survive, the human body has to protect itself against the continuous threat of external aggressions, as well as against endogenous stress caused by ageing, dysfunctional, mutated or damaged cells. In conditions of extreme stress, the organism will either recover quickly and survive, or will succumb. Thanks to innovations in intensive care medicine, patients are nowadays able to survive such acute life-threatening conditions. ...
The Flemish contribution to the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ERIC) Ghent University
EMBRC-ERIC, or the European Marine Biological Resource Centre, is a distributed European Research Infrastructure Cluster, which provides and supports large scale and high quality marine science in Europe. It was established to bring together the distributed infrastructures and HR in European marine research groups to answer Europe's challenges related to food, health and global change. With 9 members (Belgium, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, ...