Biomimicry is learning from nature
Biomimicry is learning from nature. Strong materials can be made by studying the composition of scobweb and bones. Cobweb is 5 times stronger than steel and bones are strong, yet hollow. Coral uses carbon...
Harmsen Consultancy Sustainable Process Innovation
Waste Wood Upgrading by Low Cost Solvent Process
Waste wood can be upgraded by a low cost ionic liquid lignin solvent process. Jason Hallett, co-founder of Chrysalix technologies, held a presentation at at the European Congress on Chemical Engineering, Florence, Italy 15-19th...
Flame-retardant from waste water
Flame-retardant from waste water is what SusPhos, a start-up company led by Marissa de Boer, is making. The fundamentals have been laid by the University of Amsterdam and a pilot plant is now built...
NEW: Advanced Course Industrial Process and Unit Operations Scale-up
New from Harmsen Consultancy BV: Advanced Course Industrial Process and Unit Operations Scale-up. This is a 2-day Advanced Course. It takes place on the 5th and 6th of November 2019 in Capelle aan den IJssel, The...
Coffee residue converted to ink
Maayke Damen of Excess Materials Exchange presented converting coffee drab into ink as a result of their dating site for secondary materials. She presented this at the MVO Summer Event in Bussum, on the...
Industrial Process Scale-up 2nd Edition
A Practical Innovation Guide from Idea to Commercial Implementation My latest book has been published: Industrial Process Scale-up: A Practical Innovation Guide from Idea to Commercial Implementation, Second Edition. This second edition helps industrial...
Lignin for aromatic platform chemicals and fuels
Lignin can be depolymerised by Laccace enzyme catalysis and oxygen from air, resulting in aromatic components. Dr. Tim Devlamynck of BBEU (Bio Base Europe Pilot plant), Belgium, reported the latest results at the workshop...
Latest Battery Technology Innovations
These presentations were made in a well-attended mini-symposium, The latest in Battery Technology, at TU Delft, May 9, 2019, organised by KIVI section Dutch Process Technologists and Technologisch Gezelschap, student study association of TU...
Quickscan Duurzame Energie
Met de QuickScan Duurzame Energie voor de Industrie kun je snel een eerste indruk krijgen welke van de duurzame energieopties geschikt zijn voor je eigen bedrijf. De technieken die meegenomen worden zijn onder andere:...
Advantages of pricing carbon dioxide emissions
Many large enterprises use internal pricing of carbon dioxide emissions for investment decisions. Two important advantages of pricing carbon dioxide emission are: Pricing carbon dioxide emissions makes investments robust to future government taxation on...