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MPPS – Multipurpose Plastic Sorting

This project focuses on radically innovating the way we address mechanical sorting of plastic waste.

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ELSA - Electrically Switchable Adsorption membranes

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.

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Converting the methane to ethylene in the pulsed compression reactor poses a more cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternative compared to conventional ethylene production.
Completed

COMPACT – Pulsed Compression II

The goal of this project was to produce ethylene from methane using pulsed compression technology and to determine the feasibility for industrial applications.

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Sustainable PrOcess

SPOT: Sustainable PrOcess heaTing

SPOT (Sustainable PrOcess) aims to reduce the use of fossil energy use for industrial heat with at least 100 PJ/year in 2030.

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Large scale electrolysis
Completed

Hydrohub GigaWatt Scale Electrolyser

We are an important step further towards a Dutch hydrogen economy: the design for an advanced green hydrogen plant at large scale.

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Next Level Solid Oxide Electrolysis
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.

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Nanofiltration membranes
Completed

CALMEM – Ceramic atomic layer deposited Nanofiltration membranes for separation of challenging industrial streams

Calmem concerns nano manufactured ceramic membranes that can supersede distillation columns for energy saving in the Netherlands.

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e-missi0n MOOI
Completed

e-Missi0n MOOI

e-Missi0n developed two technological routes for the emission free production of low-carbon olefins.

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Veldboon in bloei

EPRoTrans – Energy reduction technologies enabling PRotein Transition

Project Energy Efficient Protein Transition (EProTrans) investigates the processing of several mixed plant-based streams to produce plant-based proteins.

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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...

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High Flux 2D Nanosheet membranes
Completed

HF2N – High Flux 2D Nanosheet membranes

High Flux 2D Nanosheet membranes to demonstrate and validate the high potential of a new class of inorganic high flux 2D Nanosheet membranes on a practical scale

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DISCO: lower the material use and increase the energy-efficiency
Completed

DISCO – Downstream ISolation of high-value COmponents

The Downstream ISolation of high-value Components (DISCO) aims to lower the material use and increase the energy-efficiency.

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Completed

VERA – Accelerating Energy Transition Realization Approach

The Vera project aims to further develop and implement industrial heat pumps in the Netherlands.

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GAMBA - Green Alloys Modelling Better Approaches

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.

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ELSA - Renewable energy

ELSA – Electrically Switchable Affinity Separation Processes

Exploring the advantages of Electrically Switchable Adsorption (ELSA) membranes in the industrial separation process.

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DES-20-01
Completed

Provides

The Provides initiative aims to make the paper industry more sustainable by developing Deep Eutectic Solvents (DES).

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FOMM - Forward Osmosis Membrane and Module development
Completed

FOMM – Forward Osmosis Membrane and Module development

Forward osmosis (FO) is a technology recently developed on academic level, with very few example applications in the market, despite its strong benefits. FO is an energy efficient and effective...

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Batteries

LiSa – Lithium refining via Salt-Assisted Crystallization  

The LiSa project is developing a smart and energy-efficient method for refining and recycling lithium.

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Methanol, the LOGIC Choice!
Completed

Methanol, the LOGIC Choice!

The LOGIC project scales-up the Liquid-Out Gas-In Concept reactor for methanol synthesis from CO2 and sustainable hydrogen.

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GRIP On drying
Completed

GRIP on Drying

This project investigates how inline sensors can help improving product quality and efficiency.

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PolarASol – Polar Aqueous Solvents recycling

PolarASol develops a practical decision framework to help industry recycle polar solvents efficiently, even in the most complex aqueous streams.

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AutoPlastic: Shaping the Future of Automotive and Plastic Recycling

As the automotive industry faces new recycling legislation, the AutoPlastic project leads the way in boosting car plastic recycling. It helps the Dutch automotive sector stay ahead by developing solutions...

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COLFILM - Collapsing Films in Emulsions
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...

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LESSON – Oil free compressor for ammonia based high temperature heat pumps

Wet compression allows for close to isothermal conditions during compression resulting in higher compression isentropic efficiencies. It further prevents operation in the superheating zone of the working fluids of heat...

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