Sonication and Microwave Processing of Material Feedstock 

Project Information

SIMPLIFY

Grant agreement ID: 820716

DOI

10.3030/820716

Project closed

EC signature date 3 August 2018

Start date 1 November 2018

End date 30 April 2023

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Advanced manufacturing and processing

Total cost

€ 10 289 013,30

EU contribution

€ 8 521 826,25

Coordinated by

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
Belgium

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Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

Web platform
Report on the outreach activities to the industries

Documents, reports (3)

Training concept and courses outline
Communication and dissemination strategy
Report on feasibility studies of implementation of the SIMPLIFY solutions in different sectors

Publications

Book chapters (3)

Application of Real-Time Optimization with Modifier Adaptation to the Reactive Extrusion of Hydrophobically Modified Ethoxylated Urethanes

Author(s): Maximilian Cegla; Sebastian Engell
Published in: Computer Aided Chemical Engineering ISBN: 9780323958790, Issue 2, 2022
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-95879-0.50199-5

Process as a battery: Electricity price based optimal operation of zeolite crystallization in a COBR

Author(s): Robin Semrau; Jiadi Yang; Sebastian Engell
Published in: Computer Aided Chemical Engineering ISBN: 9780323958790, Issue 2, 2022
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-95879-0.50195-8

Optimal operation of an evaporator for the controlled production of titania nanoparticles

Author(s): Filippo Tamagnini; Sebastian Engell
Published in: Computer Aided Chemical Engineering ISBN: 9780323958790, Issue 2, 2022
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-95879-0.50084-9

Peer reviewed articles (17)

A Multi-Physic Modelling Insight into the Differences between Microwave and Conventional Heating for the Synthesis of TiO2 Nanoparticles

Author(s): Giulia Poppi, Elena Colombini, Diego Salvatori, Alessio Balestri, Giovanni Baldi, Cristina Leonelli, Paolo Veronesi
Published in: Processes, Issue Volume 10, Issue 4, 2022, ISSN 2227-9717
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pr10040697

Intensification of solventless production of hydrophobically-modified ethoxylated urethanes (HEURs) by microwave heating

Author(s): Tzortzi I., Xiouras C., Tserpes V., Tzani A., Detsi A., Van Gerven T., Stefanidis G.D
Published in: Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, 2023, ISSN 0255-2701
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2023.109315

Optimal design and operation of reactive extrusion processes: Modeling, model validation, and optimization algorithm

Author(s): Maximilian Cegla, Sebastian Engell
Published in: Polymer Engineering & Science, 2023, Page(s) 1–21, ISSN 0032-3888
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/pen.26515

On the use of microwaves during combustion/calcination of N-doped TiO2 precursor: an EMW absorption study combined with TGA-DSC-FTIR results

Author(s): Enrico Paradisi, Pedro J. Plaza-Gonzalez, Giovanni Baldi, José M. Catalá-Civera, Cristina Leonelli (MOD, COLOR)
Published in: Materials Letters, 2023, ISSN 1873-4979
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2023.133975

Process as a battery: Electricity price aware optimal operation of zeolite crystallization in a continuous oscillatory baffled reactor

Author(s): Robin Semrau, Sebastian Engell
Published in: Computers and Chemical Engineering, Issue Volume 171, 2023, ISSN 0098-1354
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2023.108143

Flexible process operation for electrified chemical plants

Author(s): Maximilian Cegla, Robin Semrau, Filippo Tamagnini, Sebastian Engell
Published in: Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, Issue Volume 39, March 2023, 100898, 2023, ISSN 2211-3398
Publisher: Elsevier BV

Application of Model Predictive Control to the reactive extrusion of e-Caprolactone in a twin-screw extruder

Author(s): Maximilian Cegla, Sebastian Engell
Published in: IFAC-PapersOnLine, Issue 54/3, 2021, Page(s) 225-230, ISSN 2405-8963
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.08.246

Procedure to generate a selection chart for microwave sol-gel synthesis of nanoparticles

Author(s): Paolo Veronesi; Elena Colombini; Özgür Sevgi Canarslan; Giovanni Baldi; Cristina Leonelli
Published in: Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, 2023, ISSN 1873-3204
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2023.109383

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Ultrasound on the Growth Kinetics of Zeolite A

Author(s): Ruben M. Dewes, Heidy Ramirez Mendoza, Mafalda Valdez Lancinha Pereira, Cecile Lutz, Tom Van Gerven
Published in: Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Issue Volume 82, 2022, ISSN 1350-4177
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2022.105909

Microwave-Assisted Vaccum Synthesis of TiO2 Nanocrystalline Powders in One-Pot, One-Step Procedure

Author(s): Enrico Paradisi, Roberto Rosa, Giovanni Baldi, Valentina Dami, Andrea Cioni, Giada Lorenzi and Cristina Leonelli
Published in: Nanomaterials, Issue Volume 12, Issue 1 (2022), 2022, ISSN 2079-4991
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano12010149

Effect of isopropanol co-product on the long-term stability of TiO2 nanoparticle suspensions produced by microwave-assisted synthesis

Author(s): Enrico Paradisi, Roberto Rosa, Giovanni Baldi, Valentina Dami, Andrea Cioni, Giada Lorenzi, Cristina Leonelli
Published in: Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, Issue 159, 2021, Page(s) 108242, ISSN 0255-2701
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2020.108242

Optimal continuous industrial production of paint thickeners

Author(s): Maximilian Cegla, Sebastian Engell
Published in: Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2022, ISSN 2283-9216
Publisher: AIDIC
DOI: 10.3303/cet2296006

Flexible process operation for electrified chemical plants

Author(s): Maximilian Cegla, Robin Semrau, Filippo Tamagnini, Sebastian Engell
Published in: Chemical Engineering, Thematic issue “Electrification of the chemical industry and its chemical engineering aspects”.  , Issue Volume 39, 2023, ISSN 2305-7084
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2023.100898

Optimal design and operation of reactive extrusion processes: Application to the production and scale-up of polyurethane rheology modifiers for paints

Author(s): Maximilian Cegla, Aleksandra Fage, Simon Kemmerling, Sebastian Engell
Published in: Polymer Engineering & Science, 2023, Page(s) 1-16, ISSN 0032-3888
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Insight into solventless production of Hydrophobically-Modified Ethoxylated Urethanes (HEURs): the role of moisture content, reaction temperature and mixing efficiency

Author(s): Ariana Bampouli, Ioanna Tzortzi, Anthony de Schutter, Konstantina Xenou, Guillaume Michaud, Georgios D. Stefanidis, Tom Van Gerven
Published in: ACS Omega, 2022, ISSN 2470-1343
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c04530

Application to a Batch Evaporator for the Synthesis of TiO2 Nanoparticles

Author(s): Filippo Tamagnini, Sebastian Engell (TUDO)
Published in: Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2022, ISSN 2283-9216
Publisher: AIDIC
DOI: 10.3303/cet2296007

Optimal operation of a continuous zeolite crystallization plant

Author(s): Robin Semrau, Sebastian Engell
Published in: Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2022, ISSN 2283-9216
Publisher: AIDIC
DOI: 10.3303/cet2296011