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

Enhancing mechanistic models with neural differential equations to predict electrodialysis fouling
Year: 
2021
Journal: 
SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
De Jaegher, B; De Schepper, W; Verliefde, A; Nopens, I
Cost-effective clean ammonia production using membrane-assisted autothermal reforming
Year: 
2021
Journal: 
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Cloete, S; Khan, MN; Nazir, SM; Amini, S
Simultaneous removal of pyridine and denitrification in an integrated bioelectro-photocatalytic system utilizing N-doped graphene/alpha-Fe2O3 modified photoanode
Year: 
2021
Journal: 
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Chen, D; Zhang, XY; Chen, HW; Shi, HF; Jiang, XB; Mu, Y; Pant, D; Han, WQ; Sun, XY; Li, JS; Shen, JY; Wang, LJ
Modeling and optimization strategies towards performance enhancement of microbial fuel cells
Year: 
2021
Journal: 
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Jadhav, DA; Carmona-Martinez, AA; Chendake, AD; Pandit, S; Pant, D
Integration of a photoelectrochemical cell in a flow system for quantification of 4-aminophenol with titanium dioxide
Year: 
2020
Journal: 
ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
Mendonca, CD; Rahemi, V; Hereijgers, J; Breugelmans, T; Machado, SAS; De Wael, K

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