Completed
Biorefinery Program
Biorefinery enables the production of healthy ingredients and the recovery of valuable components (i.e. proteins) out of process streams.
Completed
COSMOS – Organic solvent nanofiltration membranes on low cost ceramic supports
The COSMOS-project found that membrane technology has the potential to replace or supplement current inefficient distillation processes.
Completed
TENMIP – Testing and evaluation of nanofiltration membranes in industrial processes
Make very tight, low swelling NF or RO membranes for organic solvents, test them in process mixtures as present in industry and demonstrate / evaluate their economic feasibility on small...
Advanced Carbohydrates Biorefinery: From Waste to Value
Every year, large amounts of tertiary cellulose end up being incinerated. This results in unnecessary CO₂ emissions and loss of valuable material. The ACB project develops an alternative route: one...
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.
ReSolve – Re-use of industrial solvent process streams
Ceramic organic solvent nanofiltration membranes with small pore sizes and high throughputs, as compared to polymeric membranes, will be developed by a novel technology.
Completed
PRIDES: Deep Eutectic Solvents in the Paper Industry
The European project cluster aims to approach 80% CO2 emission reduction in the lignocellulose processing chain.
New
ECO: Electrically Driven, Chemical-free Operations
The ECO project explores how electricity can replace chemical processing aids in water treatment, cleaning and separation processes.
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.
Completed
ZERO BRINE
The ZERO BRINE project combines technologies to recover products of high quality and sufficient purity from brine.
Odysseus
Goal of this project is to develop a library of complementary techniques for concentrating brines beyond reverse osmosis.
Completed
EAMS – Energy efficient Affinity-driven Molecular Separation
The aim of the EAMS project is to: Application New or improved affinity separation options for selected cases: extractive distillation and (reactive) liquid-liquid extraction.
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
STNF – Solvent Tolerant Nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes for the purification of industrial aqueous streams
Many industrial process streams contain water with solvents and other organic components. Such streams need to be purified from these components or need to be treated before further handling. Polymeric...
TREPS – Trace Removal Using Electrically Powered Separations
In a circular economy, traces need to be removed to keep the loop clean. TREPS deals with trace removal using electricity.
Completed
Fine Biofuels
In the Netherlands there is a total quantity of 1 million tons of roadside grass which must be mowed at least twice a year to keep the roadside banks safe....
Completed
Nanofiltration (EAMS) – Hybrid membranes for organic solvent nanofiltration
Nanofiltration (EAMS) is a project that focusses on finding practical and economical viable membrane materials to be commercially applied.
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.
BEAP – Bundled Early Adaptor Project
BEAP helps SMEs make contact with industries, localize and develop their technologies to suite the specific needs of Dutch industrial partners.
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...
Completed
SiC – Silicon Carbide membranes for innovative oil-in-water separations
This project investigates the behavior of silicon carbide membranes in pilot trials. These determine fouling, cleaning options, cleaning frequency and the consequences for the long term performance and economics. Test...
Completed
Preciouspitation
Obtaining process water out of rain from own roof with high energy saving potential compared to current processes. Motivation and Scope Rainwater is already chemically very pure. Only some evaporated...
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.
ReCoVR – Recovery and Circularity of Valuable Resources
ReCoVR designs and develops novel functional materials and technologies to selectively recover high-value molecules.