Online courses and conferences in sustainable development
As you all well know, a lot of events and conferences have been cancelled due to the outbreak of the virus known as COVID19. In these trying times it’s still very important to keep...
Harmsen Consultancy Sustainable Process Innovation
Summary Industrial Process Scale-up Course 5-6 November 2019
This is a short summary for the Industrial Process Scale-up course, held on 5-6 november by Jan Harmsen in Capelle aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. This 2-day course from Harmsen Consultancy is about how...
Calcium Carbonate Recycled from Paper Waste
Calcium carbonate is recycled from paper waste by Alucha; a recycling technology company. Hans Cool, the company director presented this topic at the Institute of Sustainable Process Technology conference, Amersfoort 19th of November 2019....
Climate Neutral Processing Hardly Affects Final Product Cost
Climate neutral processing hardly affects final product cost Professor Andrea Raminez of TU Delft showed by value chain analysis that the processing cost of cement increases by 70 % with carbon neutral processing, but...
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...
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...