Research Projects - Biobased Commodity Chemistry Group
Projects
Conversion
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Selective catalytic transformations of non-edible carbohydrates
Carbohydrates are nature’s main biomass constituent, and have already shown to be suitable starting materials for the production of a wide... -
Aqueous phase reforming of bio-feedstocks
Biomass is a renewable feedstock which holds great potential to satisfy our future need for fuels and chemicals. Noble metal based catalysts have been... -
Biocatalytic Formation of Industrial Nitriles from Biomass
Introduction of functionality into hydrocarbons to produce functional chemicals is energy intensive. This is especially true for nitrogen containing... -
IsoMalto/Malto-Polysaccharides: novel polysaccharides from starch
Starch is a natural polysaccharide that makes up a large part of the human diet. The compound itself is biodegradable and is used in a wide variety of... -
Transition metal carbides and phosphides for the production of alkanes from fatty acids
Lately much attention has been given to the conversion of biomass into biofuel to decrease the crude oil dependency of countries and because of the... -
Combining Chemo- and Bio- electro-catalytic synthesis of chemicals
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the primary contributor to climate change, and there is globally ongoing effort to reduce CO2 emissions. CO2 can be converted... -
Processing of feathers to proteins – from fundamental insight to application
Annually more than 1 million tons of feathers are produced as by-product from European poultry slaughterhouses. The amount of feather as by-product...
Technology
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System Analysis of Algae Biorefinery
The biobased economy is emerging due to undeniable fact of a limited amount of conventional resources of energy and food. Recently, biobased products... -
Redesign and optimization of the milk powder production chain
The food sector is responsible for large energy consumptions, mainly caused by the use of thermal processes. Milk powder production involves many... -
Modelling and Control for a Sustainable Future
Working with various thesis students from different backgrounds and studies made me realize that, as diverse as their subjects may be, modelling (and... -
Sustainable biorefinery design
I study the design of sustainable biorefinery chains. Technical models are developed to simulate the technical feasibility and performance of process...
Systems Theory
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Bioenergy policies for achieving liveable and sustainable cities of the future: An integrated game-model-data approach (E-game)
Three of the challenges we are facing are: first, climate change as a consequence of intensive use of fossil fuels; second, urgent need for energy... -
Modelling aquaculture-hydroponic systems
Current food production systems are unsustainable. About 70% of the fresh water used worldwide is destined to agriculture, largely for animal feed,... -
Real-time accounting and simulation of dynamic energy-water-material balances for achieving liveable and sustainable cities of the future
Many of us envision living in a future where covering our needs for energy, water and food does not result in deteriorating environmental systems.... -
Smart ventilation for safe and sustainable food storage
Most agricultural products are season-dependent. To overcome seasonality of the harvested products and to guarantee a continuous flow of food products... -
Modelling of ammonia volatilisation in fertilised and flooded rice systems
Estimates of ammonia (NH3) volatilisation in fertilised and flooded rice systems range from 2 % to 60 % of total N applied. A reasonable estimation of...