Separation
technology
Research in separation technology focuses on studying the fundamental mass transport mechanisms involved in the treatment of gaseous and/ or liquid mixtures. The group activity consists on both experimental testing of commercial sorbents and modeling separation at various process conditions; the main goal is to provide the required tools for designing and scaling up of separation units, such as packed towers and membrane contactors.
Chemical reactor engineering
Most encountered design problems in the chemical and energy industry require the determination of the conversion and the efficiency of a chemical reactor at specific process conditions. Kinetic modelling of homogeneous and catalytic reactions is therefore central to our research approach, which also involves experimental testing of lab scale membrane reactors.
Multiphase
flow
Beside the importance of understanding mixing and segregation in many industrial processes, knowledge of the hydrodynamics of two and three phase flow is also fundamental to the recent development of carbon reduction processes in the energy production, such as chemical looping combustion and biomass gasification. We have solid and acknowledged experience in circulating fluidised beds, three phase air lift reactors and sedimentation.
