Research topics
The main research fields and funded projects are presently dealing with the topics below listed hereafter
Bioprocess engineering and bioconversion
- Production of biopolymers (PHA) from waste and industrial wastewater
- Aerobic and anaerobic bioconversion of waste gases, syngas and pollutants to (bio)fuels and platform chemicals
- Optimization of bioreactors for fermentation processes
Wastewater and solid waste treatment
- Treatment, management and recovery of resources from wastewater
- Biological processes for the removal of nitrogen from water
- Management, treatment and valorization of solid waste (anaerobic digestion)
Industrial waste gas treatment and syngas (bio)conversion
- Removal of odours, volatile organic and volatile inorganic compounds (VOC, VIC) in bioreactors
- Non biological processes for the removal of odours, volatile organic and volatile inorganic compounds (VOC, VIC)
- Removal of greenhouse gases (CH4, CO2, NOx)
- Biogas upgrading in bioreactors
- Fermentation of gases