Courses & Workshops / News 2019
22 Nov, 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...
News 2019 / Process Technology / Sustainability
21 Nov, 2019
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....
News 2019 / Process Technology / Sustainability / Symposium
4 Nov, 2019
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...
News 2019 / Process Technology / Sustainability / Symposium
11 Oct, 2019
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...
Events / News 2019 / Process Technology / Sustainability / Symposium
24 Sep, 2019
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...
energy efficiency / Sustainability
4 Sep, 2019
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...
Courses & Workshops / Events / News 2019 / Process Technology / scale-up / Sustainability
23 Aug, 2019
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...
15 Jul, 2019
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...
News 2019 / Process Technology / Publications / scale-up / Sustainability
5 Jun, 2019
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...
News 2019 / Process Technology
27 May, 2019
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...