Scaling-up multiphase microchemical reactors

Projektinformationen

MicroToMilli

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 614975

Projekt abgeschlossen

Startdatum 1 Oktober 2013

Enddatum 25 Oktober 2017

Finanziert unter

• Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Gesamtkosten € 100 000,00

EU-Beitrag € 100 000,00

Koordiniert durch

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
Belgium

Ziel

The aim of chemical engineering and its unit operations is to transform raw materials into products (e.g. commodity and specialty chemicals like pharmaceuticals). However, motivated by the awareness of the world’s finite resources, it is desirable that these products are obtained in a sustainable, efficient and environmentally acceptable fashion, which means minimising waste and energy use, and make increasingly use of renewable raw materials. Novel efficient manufacturing technologies, flexible chemical plants, integrated process development, and innovative design approaches will provide the solutions to this important challenge.
To reach these goals further research efforts in process intensification are needed, and there is also the demand for novel concepts for continuous reaction systems. Furthermore, many of the relevant chemical transformations involve multiphase flow, either gas-liquid, immiscible liquids, or solid-liquid. Thus, to successfully design these novel continuous reaction systems a detailed understanding of multiphase flow systems and the underlying physics of the transport processes associated with the various length scales is needed.
Therefore, the aim of the proposed research is to understand interfacial transport processes and the scale-up of the involved transport coefficients in more detail. This is accomplished by identifying the physical mechanisms of heat and mass transfer on the micro- and milli-scale using non-invasive, laser-optical measurement techniques, and to use these experimental results to develop predictive multiphase flow models for computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The obtained results will bridge the gap between the micro- and milli-scale, and will directly impact the efforts in process intensification and sustainable advanced manufacturing.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• medical and health sciences › basic medicine › pharmacology and pharmacy › pharmaceutical drugs
• natural sciences › physical sciences › classical mechanics › fluid mechanics › fluid dynamics › computational fluid dynamics
• engineering and technology › chemical engineering

Programm/Programme

• FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Thema/Themen

• FP7-PEOPLE-2013-CIG - Marie-Curie Action: "Career Integration Grants"

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

FP7-PEOPLE-2013-CIG
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Finanzierungsplan

MC-CIG - Support for training and career development of researcher (CIG)

Koordinator

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN

Kontakt Verwaltung

Stijn Delaure (Dr.)

• EU-Beitrag: € 81 250,00
• Adresse: OUDE MARKT 13 ; 3000 Leuven ; Belgien
• Region: Vlaams Gewest › Prov. Vlaams-Brabant › Arr. Leuven
• Aktivitätstyp: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Gesamtkosten: Keine Daten

Beteiligte (1)

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

Beteiligung beendet

Kontakt Verwaltung

Giles Machell (Mr.)

• EU-Beitrag: € 18 750,00
• Adresse: GOWER STREET ; WC1E 6BT LONDON
• Aktivitätstyp: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Gesamtkosten: Keine Daten