Researcher
Kim Ragaert
- Keywords:structure-property relationships in polymers, design for/from recycling, mechanical recycling of polymers
- Disciplines:Polymer processing, Materials processing, Polymer recycling, Materials recycling and valorisation, Polymers and plastics
Affiliations
- Department of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering (Department)
Member
From1 Feb 2017 → 18 Sep 2021 - Department of Industrial Technology and Construction (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2013 → 31 May 2015 - Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Department)
Member
From1 Dec 2006 → 31 Jan 2017
Projects
1 - 10 of 11
- Circular Packaging for Direct Food Contact ApplicationsFrom1 Jun 2021 → TodayFunding: H2020-EU.3.5.- SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials
- Quality of (recycled) plastics in film blowingFrom1 Apr 2021 → 30 Mar 2023Funding: IOF - technology validation in lab
- Solvent-resistant nano- and ultrafiltration: opening new perspectives in plastic recyclingFrom1 Mar 2021 → 31 Aug 2022Funding: Flanders Industry Innovation Moonshot Strategic Basic Research for clusters (cSBO)
- Circular Plastics Network for TrainingFrom1 Jan 2020 → 31 May 2024Funding: BOF - projects, H2020-EU.1.3.- EXCELLEN SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
- CIRCOPACK - Safe and efficient food packaging within the circular economyFrom1 Apr 2019 → 30 Jun 2022Funding: VLAIO - Flanders' FOOD - COOCK
- ReDESign: Recyclable, Sustainable and Effective SignalingFrom1 Dec 2017 → 31 Dec 2018Funding: OVAM (Public Waste Agency of Flanders)
- mechanical recycling of multi-layer packaging wasteFrom1 Nov 2017 → 31 Oct 2019Funding: IWT / VLAIO - TETRA fund
- Circularity in and with New MaterialsFrom1 May 2017 → 30 Apr 2020Funding: Other EU initiatives out of framework
- Re2cycling of polymer blends: retained functionality of compatibilizing agents in continued recycling of contaminated polyolefin-based blendsFrom1 Jan 2017 → 31 Oct 2021Funding: BOF - Doctoral projects
- Design from recyclingFrom1 Nov 2015 → 31 Oct 2017Funding: IWT / VLAIO - TETRA fund
Publications
1 - 10 of 151
- The interplay between macromolecular structure, rheology, processing condition, and morphology for (linear) low density polyethylenes in film blowing(2024)
Authors: Amir Bashirgonbadi, Laurens Delva, Elise Caron, Flavio Marchesini de Oliveira, Kevin Van Geem, Kim Ragaert
- Accurate determination of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) content in polyolefin blends using machine learning-assisted differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis(2024)
Authors: Amir Bashirgonbadi, Yannick Ureel, Laurens Delva, Rudinei Fiorio, Kevin Van Geem, Kim Ragaert
- Advanced characterization and thermomechanical modeling of PP/PE blends for innovations in recycled composites(2024)Volume: 2
Authors: Pei Hao, Charmayne Siebers, Kim Ragaert, Francisco Antonio Gilabert Villegas, Cristophe Binetruy, Frédéric Jacquemin
Pages: 576 - 582 - Artificial intelligence driven determination of the composition of recycled plastic blends(2023)
Authors: Amir Bashirgonbadi, Yannick Ureel, Laurens Delva, Kevin Van Geem, Kim Ragaert
Number of pages: 1 - Materialen : basis materiaalkunde voor ingenieurs(2023)
Authors: Kim Ragaert, Willem Van De Steene, Laurens Delva, Geert De Clercq
- Determination of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) content in post-consumer recycled flexible plastics using machine learning assisted differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)(2023)
Authors: Amir Bashirgonbadi, Laurens Delva, Yannick Ureel, Kevin Van Geem, Kim Ragaert
Pages: 361 - 361 - Recent advances in pre-treatment of plastic packaging waste(2022)
Authors: Rita Duarte Kol de Carvalho, Martijn Roosen, Sibel Ügdüler, Kevin Van Geem, Kim Ragaert, Dimitris S. Achilias, Steven De Meester
Number of pages: 1 - Influence of the rheological behavior of polymer solutions on solvent-based recycling(2022)
Authors: Rita Duarte Kol de Carvalho, Tobias De Somer, Dagmar D'hooge, fabian knappich, Kim Ragaert, Dimitri Achillias, Steven De Meester
Number of pages: 1 - The effect of polyethylene on the properties of talc-filled recycled polypropylene(2022)
Authors: Gianni Vyncke, Rudinei Fiorio, Ludwig Cardon, Kim Ragaert
Pages: 118 - 125 - Technical and market substitutability of recycled materials : calculating the environmental benefits of mechanical and chemical recycling of plastic packaging waste(2022)
Authors: Sophie Huysveld, Kim Ragaert, Ruben Demets, Thuy Trang Nhu, Didem Civancik Uslu, Marvin Kusenberg, Kevin Van Geem, Steven De Meester, Jo Dewulf
Pages: 69 - 79
Patents
1 - 2 of 2
- An extruder with axial displacement (Inventor)
- An extruder with axial displacement (Inventor)