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ECO: Electrically Driven, Chemical-free Operations
The ECO project explores how electricity can replace chemical processing aids in water treatment, cleaning and separation processes.
Completed
Cell-U-Value
Cell-U-Value developed and utilized the capabilities of tertiary cellulose as a feedstock for biobased and sustainable chemicals to its fullest potential.
Completed
COLFILM – Collapsing Films in Emulsions
In this project computer simulations are used to reveal the impact of a crucial underlying phenomenon: little waves on the surface of droplets that can suddenly grow and thus accelerate...
Completed
IMPACCT – Improved process performance by process intensification in centrifugal contactors
Centrifugal contactors, such as RPBs, could provide significant improvement of separation processes in the chemical industry. This technology seems potentially suitable for replacing or debottlenecking current unit operations which suffer...
Completed
INSPEC – Integrating sensor based process monitoring and advanced process control
INSPEC quantitatively integrates information from state-of-the-art Process Analytical Technology, process measurements and dynamic process models (data driven or physics-based) into Advanced Process Control. This will induce a step-change with respect to...
Fingerprint 2 Footprint
Fingerprint 2 Footprint translates chemical fingerprint measurements inside and near chemical processes to reduce environmental footprints, while retaining or improving process economy and consistency.
ReValue – Recovery of Valuable minerals with hybrid ceramic membrane crystallization
The ReValue project explores the potential of membrane crystallization, a promising technology to recover valuable compounds from aqueous streams.
Completed
E3C – Electrons to Close the Carbon Cycle
Development and evaluation of tubular and flat porous electrodes for the electrochemical conversion of gasses at ambient temperature. Motivation Renewable electricity (RE) generation is currently growing at a rapid pace....
Completed
IMPROVISE – Improved process operation via rigorous simulation models
Improved daily operations of important chemical processes in the Dutch chemical industry through operation technology based on detailed physical models. Incentive Being able to anticipate what a chemical process is...
Recircanol: Circular recovery of ethanol from alkaline-ethanol media at high pH using membrane technology
This project develops nanofiltration membranes and membrane modules for alkaline-alcohol media at high pH for the purification of ethanol and caustic.
Aramazing
Aramids hold untapped potential in the journey towards sustainability. We can transform these once-disposed materials into a circular value chain, reducing waste, and striving for CO2 neutrality.
ECONEXT – Enabling protein CONcentrates for EXTrusion
ECONEXT paves the way for a sustainable shift in protein production—one that’s not just better for the planet, but also economically viable and locally rooted.
Completed
Provides
The Provides initiative aims to make the paper industry more sustainable by developing Deep Eutectic Solvents (DES).
Completed
Ammonia Pipeline Safety
The Clean Ammonia Platform is doing a study on safety design and risk impact of ammonia pipelines to explore ways to safely transport large volumes of ammonia by pipeline in...
Completed
CIRCPET – Circular PET trays for perishable food applications
PET trays are currently difficult to recycle. How can we create a fully circular PET tray solution that meets market demands while minimizing environmental impact?
GAMBA – Green Alloys Modelling Better Approaches
The GAMBA project seeks to reduce the carbon footprint of the iron and steel industry by transitioning from natural gas to hydrogen-based direct reduction (DRI) processes.
DRAGONS Egg – Increasing energy efficiency by steering DRoplet AGglomeratiON in Spray dryers
The DRAGONS Egg-project aims to unravel the dynamics of atomisation behaviour in drying and agglomeration of the droplet.
Completed
LEMPLAR – Losses & Emissions in Plastic Recycling
The plastic recycling process today has losses and emissions, such as microplastics, inks and incorrectly sorted plastics. This prevents us of closing the plastic cycle.
Completed
Next Level Solid Oxide Electrolysis
Solid Oxide Electrolysis is a technology with great potential for large-scale green hydrogen production by water electrolysis. This project explores the upscaling potential of SOEC.
FLEXSTEAM – Development of heat storage for industrial steam
The FLEXSTEAM project aims to improve the way we can store and re-use thermal energy by using so called ‘Phase Changing Materials’ (PCMs). To achieve a fully circular economy we...
Ammonia to Power
The Ammonia to Power project explores the techno-economic potential of ammonia powered electricity generation.
Completed
Demonstration Polymer Heat Exchanger
The goal of this project is to demonstrate the innovative technologies as developed by HeatMatrix in the industrial process in the BioMCN factories. On the one hand this would result...
Completed
H2-Safety2 – Safety Standardisation of Green Hydrogen Electrolyser Systems
This hydrogen safety project aimed to develop recommendations for standardisation, meeting process safety requirements for large scale water electrolysis. This is an important step to enable a safe, integrated hydrogen-based...
Completed
Steam and condensate quality
This project focuses on requiering better insights into the distribution and behaviour of conditioning chemicals that is used in their steam-water cycles and condensate polishing. Process industries strive for more...