MRC Annual Research Mee/ng 2014 • Date: 19 Feb. 2014 • Loca2on: KU Leuven, Thermotechnical Ins2tute. This will be the moment to present the materials research at large at KU Leuven to our academic contacts but also to our industrial contacts. The presenta2on of the annual report of KU Leuven MRC will be preceded by a lecture on the value of academic research for industry and society within the European context, given by prof. Bourguignon, President of the European Research Council Execu2ve Agency (ERC).In the second part of the aQernoon some PhD students or post doctorates briefly present their work. We hope to give a good overview to the outside world of ongoing research. 1
This will be the moment to present the materials research at large at KU Leuven to our academic contacts but also to our industrial contacts. The presenta2on of the annual report of KU Leuven MRC will be preceded by a lecture on the value of academic research for industry and society within the European context, given by prof. Bourguignon, President of the European Research Council Execu2ve Agency (ERC).In the second part of the aQernoon some PhD students or post doctorates briefly present their work. We hope to give a good overview to the outside world of ongoing research.
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Mineral CO2 sequestra/on
Pol Knops KU Leuven \ Innova2on Concepts B.V.
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Process intensifica2on with the Gravity Pressure Vessel
KUL: Chemical Engineering Technologies -‐ Process Intensifica2on -‐ Waste upgrading -‐ Sustainable processes
Exper/se: -‐ Gravity Pressure Vessel -‐ Own patented unique process
Mineral CO2 sequestra/on
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Conven/onal: -‐ Stable end products -‐ Slow, geological process
Accelerated by: -‐ Smaller par2cles -‐ Lower pH
Economics: -‐ CO2: won’t “pay the bill”
Gravity Pressure Vessel -‐ Auto thermal process -‐ Process intensifica2on
