Centre of Expertise Sustainable Chemistry ...€¦ · Main research topics 1. Valorisation of...
15
Centre of Expertise Sustainable Chemistry www.kdg.be/sustainable-chemistry
Transcript of Centre of Expertise Sustainable Chemistry ...€¦ · Main research topics 1. Valorisation of...
Centre of ExpertiseSustainable Chemistry
www.kdg.be/sustainable-chemistry
Main research topics
1. Valorisation of organic compounds from waste streams (e.g. agriculture, food, waste water treatment)
2. Artificial intellegence to optimize chemical processes/products
Examples of research projects
DemoVaSA project
➢ Pilot plant (100 L scale) for extraction of EPS from wastewatersludge
➢ Industrial applications for extracted EPS
DemoVaSA project
Examples of projects
SUSSOL project
Development of software for solvent substitution/selection
https://www.kdg.be/en/research-and-expertise/sustainable-chemistry/sussol-sustainable-solvents
SUSSOL project
Examples of projects
SUCCeSS project
Valorisation of fatty acid distillate (by-product Cargill)
Examples of projects
ExtReMo project
Extraction, refinement and modification of specialty oils, application in food and non-food industries
ExtReMo project
Research on non-bulk oils, e.g. oils of viper’s bugloss (echium), camelina sativa, oil flax, crambe, marigold, …
High-value minor compounds in oils
Tocopherol
ExtReMo project
Examples of projects
Growing a green future project
Case studies for a biobased economy
→ Our research centre is involved in WP4 (Specialty oils) and
WP5 (Natural biocides)
Examples of projects
LOGAN and Biocolor projects
Waste streams (from agriculture and food industry) and localcrops as a source for natural biocides or colorants
Examples of projects
CrysCo project
Optimisation of crystallisation processes using artificialintelligence (deep learing)
Online imaging
T
Concentration
Mean Feretdiameter
Mean Circularity
Mean Aspect Ratio
Shape evolutionCrystal growth monitoring
Expertise
• Valorisation of by-products and waste streams
• (Waste) biomass to chemicals
• Extraction (ASE, supercritical CO2)
• Analysis (HPLC, GC-FID, GC-MS, FTIR, GPC, GFC, AAS, IC, NMR)
• Chemometrics (DoE and RSM)
• Artificial intelligence in chemical applications
