The application of process intensification goes further than an efficiency increase in existing production processes. It consists of concepts aiming at productivity increase and sustainable separation, while preserving and improving selectivity and product quality. VITO applies membrane technology for the direct coupling with chemical and biological conversion processes and as alternative for the energy-intensive distillation techniques.

Projects

INNOMEM: Open INNOvation Test Bed for nano-enabled MEMbranes

Development and characterization of Silicon Carbide (SiC) membranes for innovative applications

EASiCHEM: Efficient Affinity Separations for Chemical Applications

Valorization of citric acid side streams to high value coproducts

Sustainable membrane technology-based solutions for solvent-rich wastewater treatment

Implementation of Solvent Recovery in edible Oil industry

Solvent tolerant nanofiltration

Publications

Data on ion-exchange membrane fouling by humic acid during electrodialysis
Year: 
2020
Journal: 
DATA IN BRIEF
De Jaegher, B; Larumbe, E; De Schepper, W; Verliefde, A; Nopens, I
Synthesis - properties correlation and the unexpected role of the titania support on the Grignard surface modification
Year: 
2020
Journal: 
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Van Dijck, JG; Mampuys, P; Ching, HYV; Krishnan, D; Baert, K; Hauffman, T; Verbeeck, J; Van Doorslaer, S; Maes, BUW; Dorbec, M; Buekenhoudt, A; Meynen, V
Straightforward access to chalcogenoureas derived from N-heterocyclic carbenes and their coordination chemistry
Year: 
2020
Journal: 
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
Saab, M; Nelson, DJ; Tzouras, NV; Bayrakdar, TACA; Nolan, SP; Nahra, F; Van Hecke, K
Dinuclear Gold(I) Complexes Bearing Alkyl-Bridged Bis(N-heterocyclic carbene) Ligands as Catalysts for Carboxylative Cyclization of Propargylamine: Synthesis, Structure, and Kinetic and Mechanistic Comparison to the Mononuclear Complex [Au(IPr)CI]
Year: 
2020
Journal: 
ORGANOMETALLICS
Bayrakdar, TACA; Nahra, F; Davis, JV; Gamage, MM; Captain, B; Temprado, M; Marazzi, M; Saab, M; Van Hecke, K; Ormerod, D; Hoff, CD; Nolan, SP
Reactive extraction for in-situ carboxylate recovery from mixed culture fermentation
Year: 
2020
Journal: 
BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Kaur, G; Garcia-Gonzalez, L; Elst, K; Truzzi, F; Bertin, L; Kaushik, A; Balakrishnan, M; De Wever, H

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