Sustainable Catalysis and Engineering (CSCE) KU Leuven
Research activities encompass the design of heterogeneous catalysts for the future challenges in industrial organic and environmental catalysis.
Research activities encompass the design of heterogeneous catalysts for the future challenges in industrial organic and environmental catalysis.
Research activities encompass the design of heterogeneous catalysts for the future challenges in industrial organic and environmental catalysis.
The research in the Department of Chemical Engineering aims at developing creative solutions to challenging problems in the field of separation technology and catalysis by exploiting the new possibilities in materials engineering and nanotechnology. Key to this development process is a thorough understanding of the fundamental events, from the molecular scale to the real life application level. In our group, advanced experimental techniques ...
Research topics from this unit are :
Sustainable and Clean Chemistry
Renewable Raw Materials for the Production of Chemicals and Energy
Supercritical Solvents
Catalysis: Heterogeneous
Immobilization of homogeneous catalysis and biocatalysis
Synthesis of catalysts (Layered Double Hydroxides, Zeolites, Mixed Oxides, Carbon Nanotubes)
Surface Analayse: Spectroscopy and Microscopy
Real Time Characterization ...
In recent years Quantum Chemistry (i.e. the application of quantum mechanics to chemical problems such as structure, stability and properties of molecules and their behaviour during reactions) has made enormous progress via the so called Density Functional Theory (DFT). In this approach the electron density in each point is considered as the basic property of an atomic or molecular system from which all properties are derived. The main ...
The Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering (MTM: Metaalkunde en Toegepaste Materiaalkunde) is dedicated to both fundamental and application-oriented research in metals, ceramics, polymers, and in composite materials. Its strength lies in the multi-method approach at the levels of elaboration and processing, of characterization, and of evaluation of the functional behavior of materials. The aim is, starting from fundamental ...
The Process Engineering for Sustainable Systems (ProcESS) section is dedicated to contribute to sustainable chemical processing by
Process intensification and integration are key to the overall approach of our research as we aim at the design of new unit processes as well as their ...