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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.
Online Brine Platform Boosts Circular Economy Solutions for Process Industries
ZERO BRINE service offers ‘disruptive’ opportunity in resource management The ZERO BRINE project, which aims to advance circular economy business models by redesigning the value and supply chain of water...
World Economic Forum welcomes Tata-Steel to its community of “Lighthouses”
ISPT Partner Tata-Steel in IJmuiden has been elected to become part of it’s so called “lighthouse community”. These are manufacturing factories that are leaders in the technologies in Industry 4.0. The...
ELS Cluster congratulates PhD Kristianne Tempelman
The ELS cluster proudly congratulates Kristianne Tempelman on receiving her PhD with a dissertation on the Swelling of Thin Polymer Films. The project was a joint NWO/ISPT project and it...
Hydrohub tests sustainable hydrogen technology for industry
Joining forces to get sustainable production of hydrogen off the ground quickly Producing large-scale and CO2-free hydrogen for industrial use in a competitive manner before 2030, that is the mission...
The MFFF-cluster congratulates PhD’s
Concerns several MFFF projects.
ISPT joined in discussion with European social partners about digital transformation in the European chemical industry
Preliminary research results show that job transformations are more likely than job reductions for the chemical, pharmaceutical, rubber and plastics industry. While workforce in some company divisions is at risk...
From wasting valuable resources to a ‘zero discharge’ closed waste water cycle
The Eurydice Project The ‘waste’ in ‘wastewater’ actually contains quite a few valuable resources. Domestic wastewater streams are already treated to recover components like Phosphorus, Nitrogen and cellulose. From drinking...
Towards more sustainable pulping with Deep Eutectic Solvents
Today, at a special conference organised as part of the Paper and Beyond 2018 event in Brussels, the first phase of the PROVIDES project was officially completed. PROVIDES, which stands...
Fine Biofuels: biomass-efficiency by regional pellets from residue streams
This project saves energy for bio-energy boilers because of the increased quality of burned biomass.