RFS – Radio Frequent Sterilization
Heating with Radio Frequent Sterilization (RFS) has large advantages for the product quality.
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....
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.
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...
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...
Novel Process Routes – Reduction of energy use by novel process routes for food
Several partners, each representing a different part of the food chain, are working towards a 50% energy reduction by developing novel process routes in food processing. Industrial partners of our...
PTTP – Process Technology Talent Program
PTTP is a talent program for promising HBO students who want to drive sustainability in the process technology.
Biorefinery Program
Biorefinery enables the production of healthy ingredients and the recovery of valuable components (i.e. proteins) out of process streams.
Probiotics – Low energy living bacterial food formulations
Research towards a novel and generic strategy for probiotics in low energy living bacterial food formulations
Nanofiltration (EAMS) – Hybrid membranes for organic solvent nanofiltration
Polymers find a wide application in the membrane field. However, in extreme environments, such as high temperature (>300°C), extreme pH and harsh organic solvents, polymeric membranes are often unstable. Current...
EAMS – Energy efficient Affinity-driven Molecular Separation
The aim of the EAMS project is to: Develop a general understanding of affinity scales based on molecular properties Design affinity separation processes for energy efficient separation of close...
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...
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.
CMF – Controlling Multiphase Flow
This Industrial Partnership Programme aims at understanding the rheology of complex emulsions and their stability under flow. While there is much empirical knowledge about emulsion rheology and stability, the microscopic...
Green Hydrogen Inherent Safety Practices on large industrial scale
This project will develop a uniform safety approach and increase awareness of safety for industrial scale electrolysis plants.
PoSiMem – Periodic organosilica nanofiltration membranes
This project aims to develop robust, reproducible and easy to scale-up approaches for the production of novel nanofiltration (NF) membranes.
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...
GRIP on Drying
This project investigates how inline sensors can help improving product quality and efficiency.
Cell-U-Value
Cell-U-Value aims to develop and utilize the capabilities of tertiary cellulose as a feedstock for biobased and sustainable chemicals to its fullest potential, and also to tackle and overcome the...
ERGO – Energy Reduction by Condition-based Monitoring
Using SAM4 to detect energy-inefficiencies and realize energy reduction. Semiotic Labs’ SAM4 provides a novel and unique approach to condition monitoring for critical AC motors and rotating equipment such as...
W2T – Waste2Taste
Waste to Taste is a project about closing the circle in food waste streams using vegetable waste for the production of fully natural food ingredients.