Projects
A Training Network on Designing Novel Bio-based Fibre Products for Targeted Advanced Properties and New Applications KU Leuven
FibreNet will train young fibre-professionals having multidisciplinary view to develop sustainable bio-based fibre products with tailored properties for different application fields in both academic and non-academic sectors. Bio-based fibre products are one of the corner-stones in the European bio-based industry corresponding to 12% of the employment in manufacturing. The industry, including such sectors as packaging, paper, biocomposites and ...
European Network for Durable Reinforcement and Rehabilitation Solutions. Ghent University
The aim of the Network is to train researchers in the use of advanced composites for construction so as to develop and maintain a critical mass of research groups that will address the main scientific challenges in the field, enable the development of advanced material standards and design guidelines, co-ordinate European research, and offer a link between academia and industry.
The Network will strengthen th European Research Area ...
ICOS - Integrated Carbon Observation System. University of Antwerp
ReJuice Ghent University
The main objective within the ReJuice project is to develop at least 3 feasible, sustainable and economically interesting value chains for the processing and reuse of the liquid fraction from green waste streams. Here, ReJuice refers not only to the reuse (Re) of juice streams from green waste streams (Juice), but also to the more efficient use of raw materials (Rejuice = Reduce). Within the project, the focus will be on finding high-quality ...
Spectacular Circular: complex material flows in the value chain (POSteK) KU Leuven
Europe aims to recycle more than half of the plastic waste produced by 2030. Although single-material plastic products are preferred to ensure a high-quality recycling flow, the market demand for multi-material products remains high due to their superior product properties, such as a longer lifespan.
The POSteK project investigates methods to recycle complex plastic flows consisting of multiple plastics, metal parts or fiber-filled ...
Enabling Targeted Fractionation of Ions via Facilitated Transport Membranes KU Leuven
Effective fractionation of ions does not only play a vital role in the functioning of human cell membranes, but also in engineered membranes used to produce drinkable water, extract target minerals and capture energy to address challenges in environmental, resource & energy fields. Nevertheless, most of the state-of-the-art membranes fail to overcome the trade-off between single ion selectivity and throughput. The progress is greatly ...
Molasses provisioning to disrupt the mutualistic association of the biocontrol agent Oecophylla smaragdina weaver ants with honeydew-producing pest insects in pomelo in Thailand KU Leuven
Oecophylla smaragdina weaver ants are important biocontrol agents of fruit crops in Thailand but their mutualistic association with honeydew-producing insect pests can result in an ineffectual crop protection and cause economic harm to farmers. I will take an innovative, application-oriented, and interdisciplinary approach by disrupting the weaver ant-Hemiptera mutualism in Thailand with sugarcane molasses as honeydew and sugar alternative in ...
Smart surface design for efficient ice protection and control KU Leuven
Icing affects the operational safety of much of our transport and general infrastructure. Although in the last decade there have been promising advancements in surface engineering and materials science, to achieve an effective and sustainable anti-icing technology requires that the physical processes involved in icing are better understood and applied to a rational design of anti-icing surfaces and systems. Furthermore, the arrival of hybrid ...
First principles based process concepts for complex mixtures conversion Ghent University
Europe is the second largest global producer of hydrocarbon products. Unavoidably, significant greenhouse gas emissions
occur due to the present process implementations. A proper simulation of these processes is crucial to better understand
them and, hence, to propose solutions for the present challenges in CO2 emissions abatement. The PR1ME simulation
framework for chemical process will combine the fundamental understanding of ...