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

Solvent-free lipase-catalyzed production of (meth)acrylate monomers: Experimental results and kinetic modeling
Year: 
2019
Journal: 
BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Heeres, A; Vanbroekhoven, K; Van Hecke, W
Synthesis and reactivity of [Au(NHC)(Bpin)] complexes
Year: 
2019
Journal: 
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
Zinser, CM; Nahra, F; Falivene, L; Brill, M; Cordes, DB; Slawin, AMZ; Cavallo, L; Cazin, CSJ; Nolan, SP
Bulky-Yet-Flexible Carbene Ligands and Their Use in Palladium Cross-Coupling
Year: 
2019
Journal: 
INORGANICS
Vanden Broeck, SMP; Nahra, F; Cazin, CSJ
Volume intensified dilution of a ring-closing metathesis in ethyl acetate by means of a membrane-assisted process in solvent recycle
Year: 
2019
Journal: 
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Porto-Carrero, W; Cupani, A; Veenstra, MJ; Dorbec, M; Eykens, L; Ormerod, D
Palladate Precatalysts for the Formation of C-N and C-C Bonds
Year: 
2019
Journal: 
ORGANOMETALLICS
Zinser, CM; Warren, KG; Nahra, F; Al-Majid, A; Barakat, A; Islam, MS; Nolan, SP; Cazin, CSJ

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