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Reducing the energy requirements of spray drying
EEMS stands for Energy Efficient Milky Sprays. The project aims to helps spray dry milk products using less energy.
Hydrohub MW Test Centre presented at ECCM
25,7 million goes to 4 initiatives on electrochemistry and sustainable hydrogen Today at the conference on Electrochemical Conversion and Materials (ECCM) David Pappie, director Topsectors and Industry Policy at the...
HyChain 2 model evaluates import costs renewable electricity, hydrogen and hydrogen carriers
Hydrogen could play a vital role in future renewable energy systems. In our HyChain projects, part of our Hydrohub Innovation Program, we look at an optimisation of a future renewable hydrogen...
To lower industrial carbon emissions by means of high temperature heat pumps
The COMTA project proposes the thermo-acoustic heat pump as a solution The industry is a large consumer of energy and about two-thirds of the industry’s energy use is represented by...
Developing fundamental insights into deep eutectic mixtures
Research on deep eutectic mixtures can predict the liquid window of 22 new mixtures, which is essential for new designer solvents.
Understanding and improving separation based on affinity
Recent graduate of the EAMS project, Lisette Sprakel looks back on her experience with the Institute for Sustainable Process Technology during her time as a PhD candidate. My name is...
Nanosheets, a possible game changer in Membrane Technology
An important part of creating a circular economy is the recovery and re-use of valuable components. Industrial waste and discharge streams contain many of these components that, if recovered, can...
Invitation: matching brine producers with users of recovered materials
The availability and cost of water is becoming a risk factor for the continuity of industrial plants. This raises the need for circular business models where process water is reused and...
Accelerating the Adoption of Digitalisation
Digitalizing our factories and processes will be an essential part of a sustainable future for the industry. Smart Industry will be able to optimize processes all throughout the value chain....
PRIDES: the next step in sustainable paper pulping
Deep Eutectic Solvents (DES) are a novel class of solvents which offers a green alternative to chemical solvents in the paper industry.
Drying food more efficiently
Thin Film Drying The industrial sector is one of the largest energy consumers now and will remain to be so in the future. Achieving circularity in this sector and moving...
Renewed branding for the Institute for Sustainable Process Technology
ISPT is a trust based network where the industry, SME’s, scientists and governmental bodies work together on break through innovations. Together we work to realize a circular and carbon neutral industry in 2050. We have...
A big welcome to Program Director Kees Roest
Uniting the Water Processing and Efficient Liquid Separation clusters In April we welcomed Kees Roest as the Program Director of our Water Processing and Efficient Liquid Separation clusters. He will...
From sewage sludge to raw materials
Process technology students learn about circularity first hand On Friday April 5th the ISPT Process Technology Talent Program (PTTP) students visited the ‘Energie en Grondstoffenfabriek’ in Amersfoort. One of the...
The next step for industrial compression heat pumps
Heat pumps are important for a sustainable industry. They can upgrade waste heat to process heat, and they can be powered using sustainable energy sources.
Meet your match for salt recovery and reuse
Primary source salts can increasingly be replaced by second generation salts that have just as much value, as shown in the ZERO BRINE project. It’s time to take the hurdles...
Kick-off for designing a gigawatt electrolysis plant
Towards sustainable production of hydrogen on an industrial scale In order to provide the Dutch industry with sustainable hydrogen much needs to be done. Sustainable hydrogen can be generated by...
ArcelorMittal and Dow Benelux start trials separating CO2 and CO from steel gas
March 18, 2019 ISPT partners ArcelorMittal and Dow Benelux will start trials with a new pilot installation built on the ArcelorMittal company site in Ghent that will separate carbon dioxide...
The CirBind-project: Scaling up the bioresin binder GX to replace toxic binders
Many construction materials such as wood panels contain toxic binders. These binders are persistant pollutants and carcinogenic as they are made of the hazardous formaldehyde-based polymer resins. There is a...
Paper waste as building block for the circular economy
Cell-U-Value project shows how industry can become more carbon neutral. ISPT launched a new project to produce valuable chemicals from paper waste. The Cell-U-Value project will run until October 2022...
Artificial Intelligence in the Industry
SAAI project researches social acceptance of AI in Industry Artificial Intelligence and Smart Solutions are already all around us. Systems can work autonomously and more efficient when Intelligent Systems are...
MSc graduate of the water cluster: Wout van Weert
Wout Van Weert is a 24 year-old Belgian graduate student who studies in Environmental Engineering Technology at Ghent University. He always had had a weak spot for the environment, combined...
FLEXSTEAM: Thermal Energy Storage for Industry
The FLEXSTEAM project, that kicked off on the 24th of January at TNO in Petten, aims to improve the way we can store and re-use thermal energy.
Roller drying with Algea 2.0: higher quality at a lower cost
Roller Drying as a drying method is often applied in the process industry, it is also the preferred option for drying wet algea.