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Mandalahalli, M.M. (author)Bubbly flows are ubiquitously found in natural systems and are widely used in (bio)-chemical and energy-producing processes. A variety of design options, ease of maintenance, and a large operability window make bubble columns a commonplace across industries, ranging from oil processing to biotechnology and electrolyzers. Despite their wide...doctoral thesis 2024
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Picanço Castanheira Da Silva, T. (author), Eppink, M.H.M. (author), Ottens, M. (author)The monoclonal antibody (mAb) industry is becoming increasingly digitalized. Digital twins are becoming increasingly important to test or validate processes before manufacturing. High-Throughput Process Development (HTPD) has been progressively used as a tool for process development and innovation. The combination of High-Throughput Screening...journal article 2024
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Zhang, Zhenya (author), Mao, Jia (author), Wei, Houyu (author), Cheng, Chuanxiao (author), Liu, Zhengxuan (author)Proton exchange membrane fuel cells offer promising clean energy solutions for various applications. However, their performance relies heavily on the properties of the microporous layer, which plays a crucial role in transporting and distributing the components in the fuel cell. To date, the potential for optimising the microporous layer...journal article 2024
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Haverkort, J.W. (author)Poor mass transport to or from vertical gas-evolving electrodes can adversely impact energy efficiency and product purity in the production of hydrogen, chlorine, and various metals. A proper description that combines natural convection with micromixing of growing, coalescing, and departing bubbles is presently lacking. This work develops a...journal article 2024
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Perdigão Elisiário, M. (author), Van Hecke, Wouter (author), De Wever, Heleen (author), Noorman, H.J. (author), Straathof, Adrie J.J. (author)Abstract: Syngas fermentation is a leading microbial process for the conversion of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen to valuable biochemicals. Clostridium autoethanogenum stands as a model organism for this process, showcasing its ability to convert syngas into ethanol industrially with simultaneous fixation of carbon and...journal article 2023
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Zhao, Guofeng (author), Moulijn, J.A. (author), Kapteijn, F. (author), Dautzenberg, Frits M. (author), Xu, Bin (author), Lu, Yong (author)Heterogeneous catalysis plays a pivotal role in the current chemical and energy vectors production. Notably, to fully utilize the intrinsic activity and selectivity of a catalyst, the chemical reactor has to be designed and operated optimally to achieve enhanced heat/mass transfer, well-defined contact time of reactants, uniform flow pattern,...journal article 2023
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Zhang, Yuxuan (author), Zhai, Xiaoqiang (author), Zhang, Fengyuan (author), Zhang, Zhongbin (author), Hooman, K. (author), Zhang, Hai (author), Wang, Xiaolin (author)Enhancing gas-liquid mass transfer is key to promote gas hydrate formation kinetics. Encapsulation of CO<sub>2</sub> hydrate is expected to dramatically increase gas-liquid contact to enhance mass transfer. However, gas hydrate encapsulation has never been proposed as the technical issues of gas permeation through capsule shells have never...journal article 2023
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Fluttert, Bob (author)The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) believes that multiple solutions must be deployed simultaneously to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Carbon, Capture & Storage (CCS) is an unavoidable technique within this portfolio as an intermediate solution. CCS requires transport of CO<sub>2</sub> through...master thesis 2022
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Puiman, L. (author), Perdigão Elisiário, M. (author), Crasborn, Lilo M.L. (author), Wagenaar, Liselot E.C.H. (author), Straathof, Adrie J.J. (author), Haringa, C. (author)In gas fermentations (using O2, CO, H2, CH4 or CO2), gas-to-liquid mass transfer is often regarded as one of the limiting processes. However, it is widely known that components in fermentation broths (e.g., salts, biomass, proteins, antifoam, and organic products such as alcohols and acids) have tremendous impact on the volumetric mass transfer...journal article 2022
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Puiman, L. (author), Abrahamson, Britt (author), van der Lans, R.G.J.M. (author), Haringa, C. (author), Noorman, H.J. (author), Picioreanu, C. (author)Mass transfer limitations in syngas fermentation processes are mostly attributed to poor solubility of CO and H<sub>2</sub> in water. Despite these assumed limitations, a syngas fermentation process has recently been commercialized. Using large-sale external-loop gas-lift reactors (EL-GLR), CO-rich off-gases are converted into ethanol, with...journal article 2022
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Ji, Liangzheng (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Zhang, Jing (author), Liu, Pan (author)Micro LED display technology has been spotlighted as the most promising technology compared to LCD and OLED. Its excellent advantages include higher brightness, self-illumination, higher resolution, lower power consumption, faster response, higher integration, higher stability, thinner thickness, longer life, etc. In terms of the unique benefits...conference paper 2022
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Bagemihl, I. (author), Bhatraju, C. (author), van Ommen, J.R. (author), van Steijn, V. (author)Electrochemical reduction of CO<sub>2</sub>using renewable energy is a promising avenue for sustainable production of bulk chemicals. However, CO<sub>2</sub>electrolysis in aqueous systems is severely limited by mass transfer, leading to low reactor performance insufficient for industrial application. This paper shows that structured reactors...journal article 2022
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van Linden, N. (author), Wang, Yundan (author), Sudhölter, Ernst J. R. (author), Spanjers, H. (author), van Lier, J.B. (author)Recovery of ammonia (NH<sub>3</sub>) from residual waters offers various reuse opportunities, such as the production of fertilisers and the generation of electricity and heat. However, simultaneous evaporation of water (H<sub>2</sub>O) during NH<sub>3</sub> stripping under vacuum results in diluted recovered NH<sub>3</sub> gas with high H<sub...journal article 2022
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Simmes, Wout (author)As the world population is increasing and cities grow faster than before, food scarcity becomes a bigger issue. To depend less on import and decrease CO2 footprint, food should be produced nearby its consumers. A good solution for food production is a greenhouse which provides a steady high yield throughout the year. Some of the world's fastest...master thesis 2021
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Krikke, i.r.c. (author)During water electrolysis for the production of hydrogen and oxygen, many bubbles are formed at the electrodes. The presence of these bubbles causes a number of side effects such as a significant increase in the total cell resistance (e.g., electrical circuit resistances, transport related resistances, and electrochemical reaction resistances)....master thesis 2021
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Perdigão Elisiário, M. (author), De Wever, Heleen (author), Van Hecke, Wouter (author), Noorman, H.J. (author), Straathof, Adrie J.J. (author)Syngas fermentation to biofuels and chemicals is an emerging technology in the biobased economy. Mass transfer is usually limiting the syngas fermentation rate, due to the low aqueous solubilities of the gaseous substrates. Membrane bioreactors, as efficient gas–liquid contactors, are a promising configuration for overcoming this gas-to...review 2021
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Hendrix, Emile (author)Ventilation events are the result of masses of air being transported from the water surface along the hull, through the propeller plane. Previous research in literature has shown that ventilation induces large and sudden variations of the load on the propeller. The response of the propulsion system had not been documented before. This is a...master thesis 2020
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Berendsen, Joost (author)Gas-to-gas membrane humidifiers are the preferred option for humidification in automotive fuel cell systems, because they are compact, induce low parasitic losses and require no moving parts or control mechanisms. Understanding the performance of the humidifier as a function of its operating conditions is crucial for the efficiency of the fuel...master thesis 2020
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Romero-Calvo, Álvaro (author), Cano-Gómez, Gabriel (author), Hermans, T.H.J. (author), Parrilla Benítez, Lidia (author), Herrada Gutiérrez, Miguel Ángel (author), Castro-Hernández, Elena (author)The formulation of the total force exerted by magnetic fields on ferrofluids has historically been a subject of intense debate and controversy. Although the theoretical foundations of this problem can now be considered to be well established, significant confusion still remains regarding the implementation of the associated expressions....journal article 2020
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Gernat, D.C. (author), Rozenbroek, Renzo (author), Brouwer, Eric R. (author), van der Wielen, L.A.M. (author), Ottens, M. (author)BACKGROUND: Recently, a new process concept has been proposed to selectively adsorb wort off-flavours, i.e. aldehydes, from alcohol-free beers with hydrophobic zeolites. RESULTS: In this work, we investigated the uptake of a mixture of wort flavour compounds (2-methylpropanal, 2-methylbutanal, 3-methylbutanal, furfural, and methional), from a...journal article 2020