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March 14, 2023

STNF introduces new separation processes to recover clean water from wastewater

The STNF project developed promosing membranes for challenging industrial water/solvent separations, indicating that the STNF membranes can be a real alternative to classical energy-intensive water treatment technologies.

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steam-water cycles
August 25, 2022

Towards the improvement of steam-water cycles

How to achieve better insights in the distribution and the behavior of conditioning chemicals in the steam-water cycles?

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young generation at ISPT
June 1, 2022

How our young talents help realizing the energy transition

The energy transition requires well-educated young people to contribute to a sustainable society, such as our trainees. This is their story.

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Sissi de Beer - partner in the picture
May 31, 2022

University of Twente: “Striving for a better world”

What are the opportunities and pitfalls in the energy- and material transition. Our valued partner, University of Twente tells us.

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fo membranes
April 5, 2022

FO membranes offer new market opportunities, especially for food

The FOMM research shows that an improved FO membrane combined with module configuration offers new market opportunities, especially for the food industry.

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Zonnepanelen
March 31, 2022

ISPT-directeur Tjeerd Jongsma over het belang van samenwerken in de energietransitie

Wat zijn de huidige uitdagingen rondom de energietransitie? ISPT-directeur Tjeerd Jogsma spreekt erover in het Financieel Dagblad (FD).

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COSMOS - Organic solvent nanofiltration membranes on low cost ceramic supports
March 29, 2022

COSMOS-project leads to an economic break-through in separation processes

The COSMOS-project found that membrane technology has the potential to replace or supplement current inefficient distillation processes.

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Scissors: processing industrial wet streams
March 10, 2022

Introducing Scissors: Super Critical Industrial Solution for Suspended Organic Residual Streams

The SCISSORS-project aims to research and enable the processing of sustainable Residual Streams through super critical water technology. 

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Condensate Polishing Unit
January 31, 2022

The Steam and Condensate Quality project report is out

The final report from the Steam and Condensate Quality project is now available. This report offers insights into how film-forming amine conditioning chemicals behave. It evaluates what their breakdown products...

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FP-50-05 - PoSiMem - Researcher - Chin Yin Leo
July 9, 2021

I want to develop a novel nanofiltration membrane that offers improved performance

An interview with Chin Yin Leo, whom developed herexpertise in membrane technologies, specialising in Novel nanofiltration membrane.

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COLFILM - Collapsing Films in Emulsions
June 28, 2021

Supporting SMEs who develop technologies that lower the energy use of industrial processes

In the project BEAP we work with SMEs, industry and knowledge institutes to connect the demand from industry with the innovative technology providers.

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ReCoVR
March 10, 2021

Recover valuable substances with ReCoVR

As a result of the growing world population, raw materials are becoming increasingly scarce. That is why we want to have a circular economy in 2050 in which all raw...

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Zonnepanelen
December 16, 2020

Webinars on sustaining the future

Due to covid-19 the Netherlands Process Technology Symposium (NPS) had to be postponed. But since climate change does not wait, we replaced the event by a series of 4 webinars...

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December 16, 2020

NSP17 Water Webinar: a dazzling look at the future

Officially water technology is not a science field yet – except in the Netherlands. Rightly so, because global warming will increasingly cause rising seas, draughts and water shortages. So the...

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Dutch National Growth Fund
November 2, 2020

Dutch National Growth Fund: dare to excel

The Dutch National Growth Fund offers great opportunities for green hydrogen and chemistry.

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April 28, 2020

Turning rain into drinking water

More than 20% of all drinking water is currently used by industry. Annual drinking water consumption equals 2.2% of Dutch surface area. This includes the use of drinking water by...

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December 11, 2019

Expanding the boundaries of ceramic membrane separations

Last month Renaud Merlet successfully defended his PhD dissertation. His research was part of one of ISPT’s projects. Background Renaud Merlet was born in France. He finished his Bachelor of...

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November 21, 2019

Can nanofiltration replace energy intensive distillation?

Within the project ‘Testing and Evaluation of Nanofiltration Membranes in Industrial Processes‘ (TENMIP) it was evaluated if nanofiltration can replace energy intensive distillation. Two industrial partners (Shell and Huntsman) selected...

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October 23, 2019

Development and characterization of Silicon Carbide (SiC) membranes for innovative applications

The separation of oil from stable oil in water emulsions is a challenge. This is especially the case if the limits for oil in water are very low, as is...

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September 3, 2019

A match made in heaven? Workshops series ZERO BRINE matchmaking have started

The ZERO BRINE project is organizing a series of workshops that addresses water re-use and brine stream valorization. The series are aimed at matching brine producers with users of regenerated...

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STNF - Solvent Tolerant Nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes for the purification of industrial aqueous streams
August 27, 2019

Towards nanofiltration membranes for separation of solvent containing aqueous process streams

The STNF project is characterized by combined research of membrane development, application testing and modelling, which in an international perspective is rather unique. Currently halfway, it has already delivered some...

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July 30, 2019

Making the textile industry future proof

Global freshwater availability is under permanent stress. There is a serious need for ‘future-proofing’ the industry with respect to water usage, particularly for the textile industry. After all, dyeing and...

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July 26, 2019

Forward Osmosis expected to significantly reduce the use of energy in dewatering processes

On 9 July, at a progress meeting held in Utrecht, the Netherlands, the first pilot-plant tests of innovative forward osmosis membranes to concentrate diverse industrial feed streams were discussed between...

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July 4, 2019

How best to treat industrial salt waste streams innovatively and economically

The ORPHEUS project compares membrane distillation and freeze-concentration Currently the process industry generates a significant amount of wastewater. These streams often contain (traces of) organic components in addition to salts....

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