Projects
Quantification of convective heat and mass transfer of night ventilation to predict the energy performance. KU Leuven
Towards mechanistic understanding of biofilms: understanding the transport phenomena, kinetics and rheology of biofilm formation and morphology. KU Leuven
Biofilms are bacterial communities of cells enclosed in a self-produced matrix of extracellular polymeric substances. From an engineering perspective, it is intriguing how the bacterial colonies shape their surroundings to provide protection from external influences (mechanical/chemical stress). On the other hand, the biofilm needs to be structured in such way that bacteria can move during its formation and nutrients can reach the bacteria. ...
Multi-scale process intensification and functionality control for reactive extrusion towards sustainable polymer synthesis and recycling. Ghent University
Extruders are the working horse in the polymer processing industry to manufacture final polymeric materials. More recently the interest to employ them as chemical reactors has grown. Reactive extrusion (REX) is already successfully applied for bulk polymerization, and polymer modification such as radical grafting, crosslinking and controlled degradation. The main advantages are (i) the ability to cover highly viscous reaction media both for ...
An accurate gas-dosing system for an advanced micro-imaging exploration at the single-crystal scale of the molecular uptake by nanoporous materials and the surface barrier phenomenon Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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A tomographic Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) system for velocity measurement in fluid flows. KU Leuven
Experimental fluid mechanics is currently still needed to
study a variety of fluid flows and associated heat and mass
transfer phenomena. Very accurate numerical modelling for
most of these fluid flows is still to computationally
expensive, especially for 3D turbulent (two phase) flows,
which are experienced in many application fields (ranging
from (aero)acoustics, combustion (engines), (wind)
aerodynamics ...
Battery Modelling of Lithium Chemistries Based on an Eclectic Approach Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Next generation membrane platform for ultra-fast purification in bioprocessing KU Leuven
The purification of biopharmaceuticals is an essential step in the
biomedical applications such as therapeutics, immunodiagnostics
and vaccine development. The large market demand pushes above
10-fold increase in upstream production, shifting the manufacturing
bottleneck to downstream processing. Resin columns are currently
dominant but face major hurdles in scale-up due to high material
cost, ultra-high pressure ...
A multiscale experimental/modeling approach for the study of porous electrodes in lithium-ion batteries (MAPBAT) Hasselt University
Putting CO2 to use: CFD-DEM modeling of super-dry reforming reactors using detailed kinetic models Ghent University
Intensification of existing gas-solid processes such as steam reforming and fluid catalytic cracking, and the development of novel Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) technologies will be of tremendous importance for the chemical industry to become CO2 neutral. Fundamental multiscale modeling will be a key ingredient to optimize existing reactor configurations, develop novel reactor concepts and eventually to scale-up these processes. ...