Projects
Chemical Process Intensification by Multi-scale Computation & Modelling Ghent University
Process intensification (PI) plays an essential role in the new paradigm of chemical engineering, which is characterized by any technology that leads to a substantially smaller, cleaner, and more energy-efficient process with multiscale cognition. However, the development of process intensification technologies, such as reactor development, is a very challenging task because of the inherent complexity in momentum/heat/mass transfer, mixing, ...
Visualization, Modelling and Computation Based Process Intensification of CO2 capture Ghent University
This project focus on the understanding of gas-liquid mass transfer and the development of a gas-liquid vortex unit in the CO2 context. Fundamental experiments combined and numerical simulations can bring its design and efficiency to an unprecedented level. Therefore, advanced visualization technologies and novel numerical simulation methods will be used or developed to reveal and understand the mass transfer process between gas and liquid ...
Process Intensification Strategies for Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Separation Systems KU Leuven
The proposed interdisciplinary research will develop sustainable separation systems for addressing challenges in water & wastewater treatment, resource recovery, zero liquid discharge and sensing applications. Two research programs are proposed to explore multi-scale process intensification strategies: 1) from micro- to milli-level, the roles of transport-limiting factors, materials chemistry and morphological structure associated with ...
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 ...
OPTIMA: PrOcess intensification and innovation in olefin ProducTion by Multiscale Analysis and design Ghent University
New manufacturing techniques such as 3D printing have the potential to drastically transform the chemical industry.
Novel, complex, integrated reactor designs can now be created, that will allow to unlock alternative chemical
routes, such as for methane activation. Driven by process intensification and the power of high performance
computing, this project will enhance heat and mass transfer in advanced chemical ...
Process Intensification in the Reactive Crystallization of Micro- and Nanoparticles KU Leuven
Study of the ultrasound effects on the micro- and nanoparticle synthesis of zeolites at lab scale. For a broad range of temperatures (50-150 °C) and pressures (1-10 bar) US frequency and power are studied for: 1) efficient mixing prior/during crystallization of micro- and nanoparticles, and for 2) de-agglomeration of the crystal aggregates. Micromixing studies are undertaken, as well as the evaluation of meta-stable zone width, induction time ...
Novel mili-scale continuous flow reactors for process intensification. KU Leuven
The aim of this work is to understand interfacial transport processes in porous structures in more detail, and using this knowledge to design milli-scale multiphase flow reactors, in particular using metal foams. This is accomplished by a rational approach, identifying the physical mechanisms of interfacial mass transfer in porous media using non-invasive, laser-optical measurement echniques, and to use these experimental results to validate ...
Process intensification through reactive flow modulation (Pi-Flow) Ghent University
New manufacturing techniques such as three-dimensional (3D) printing have the potential to drastically transform the field of chemical engineering. Novel, complex reactor geometries can be created that were previously impossible or required dedicated facilities to make. Driven by process intensification and in combination with the power of supercomputers, the sky promises to be the limit for chemical reactor and reaction engineering. ...
Process intensification of industrial O3/UV-reactors: experimental approach and modeling. KU Leuven
Eén van de grootste uitdagingen van de 21ste eeuw is het voorzien van drinkwater voor de steeds toenemende populatie op aarde. Een verregaande zuivering van (industrieel) afvalwater gekoppeld aan maximaal hergebruik is dan ook aangewezen. Deze verregaande zuivering kan in een tertiaire zuiveringsstap o.a. met behulp van geavanceerde oxidatietechnieken (AOPs) worden verkregen. De kostprijs van AOPs voor een volledigechemische oxidatie is over ...