Projects
Ultrasound assisted crystallisation in microreactors KU Leuven
This research project studied the use of ultrasound in cooling crystallization as an alternative seeding and particle engineering technique. To accomplish this goal, the fundamentals of the cavitation phenomena were first studied to identify the operating conditions suitable for crystallization. Next, the implementation, operation and settings of the ultrasonic field during cooling crystallization were optimized. Finally, possible reactor ...
A novel electrochemical microreactor for the synthesis of fine chemicals KU Leuven
Purchase of a flow microreactor - Africa (Syrris) Ghent University
The purchase of a flow microreactor is planned in order to improve the scale up of chemical reactions. Different reaction types renewable resources as well as heterocyclic building blocks will be evaluated using the continuous flow reactor.
Online Monitoring in Microreactor Polymerisatie Reacties Hasselt University
Continuous cooling crystallization of complex organic active pharmaceutical ingredients in a microreactor KU Leuven
Intensification of pharmaceutical manufacturing will enhance the production efficiency, while also improving the utilization of resources, such as space, energy, and raw materials. The pharmaceutical industry still relies heavily on batch-wise production, but the development and application of microfluidic technology has enabled on-demand synthesis of pharmaceutical products using miniaturized continuous platforms. To achieve end-to-end local ...
Improvement of energy and conversion efficiencies of electrochemical and plasma reactors by miniaturization. University of Antwerp
Scaling up multiphase photoreactions utilizing repetitive structures KU Leuven
Photochemistry has many benefits such as high selectivity, mild reaction conditions and access to new reaction pathways. A high selectivity reduces the number of downstream processes required to obtain a product with the desired purity. Furthermore, it is expected that energy costs will increase, making energy-intensive processes, where high temperatures and pressures are used, less feasible. New reaction pathways can reduce the required ...
Development of highly efficient gas/liquid photomicroreactor systems Ghent University
The use of miniaturized reactor systems (microreactors) will be evaluated in photochemical reactions. These are not hampered by low penetration of light, due to the small channels, and can mediate good contact between gaseous and liquid products. Energy efficiency will be improved by taking advantage of recent advances in lighting technology. Energy efficient LED and laser lighting lowers energy demands.
Excited molecules: development of photo- and redox-pathways as tools for green chemistry and bio-resource valorization Ghent University
The research program proposed herein will focus on the study of alternative energy input processes for chemical synthesis, including direct light-induced chemical derivatization, the closely related photo-redox processes and electrochemistry. Leveraged by micro-reactor technology, these alternate mechanistic pathways are evolving into valuable and green chemistry tools. The economic viability of both photo- and electro-chemically induced ...