Projects
Integrated optimization approaches for municipal solid waste collection routing and processing facility location KU Leuven
Waste management or rather materials management is an important policy subject. Residents, legislators and planners are confronted with ever increasing targets for reused or recycled material flows. In this thesis, the focus is on the design of collection schemes for recyclable municipal solid waste. The toolbox offered by the field of combinatorial optimization is used to find optimal or near-optimal solutions for these waste collection ...
Valorization of Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Bottom Ash by Microwave Irradiation and Alkali Activation KU Leuven
Municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash (BA) is a waste that results from the incineration of municipal solid waste, for which valorization has proved to be challenging. In the current research, BA was subjected to a purification technique through microwave vitrification, in order to be used as a precursor for alkali activated materials. Prior to realising a microwave process, the ability of the material to absorb microwave energy was ...
Exploring sustainable geopolymer based concrete via synergistically using solid waste materials KU Leuven
Integrated optimization approaches for municipal solid waste collection routing and processing facility location in Flanders. KU Leuven
Product safety and quality assurance of bioproducts from the organic fraction of solid municipal waste Ghent University
Development of an innovative wash technique for the the purification of solid waste streams. NoWasTe. KU Leuven
This project aims to further develop and optimize the combination of ultrasonic waves and additives on real waste streams to assess both technical and economic feasibility.
Development of competitive, next generation biofuels from municipal solid waste’ — ‘BioRen’ Flanders Institute for Biotechnology
Computational fluid dynamic modelling of municipal solid waste incinerator processes and reactions. KU Leuven
Benchmarking waste management performance and optimizing waste collection systems in the Brussels Capital Region KU Leuven
The question of how to maintain our current level of welfare, while staying within the boundaries of our planet has finally obtained a more prominent place in policy-making, legislation and the academic literature. Achieving this balance will require a systematic change of the economy in which the current linear model (produce - consume - dispose) is replaced by a circular model. The recovery of materials at the end of a product’s life and ...