Conference contributions
Process sustainability and feasibility optimization
Larrain. M, Van Passel. S, Thomassen. G, Billen. P. Economic performance of thermochemical recycling of mixed plastic waste: Open-loop vs closed loop. Paper presented at SDEWES 2019: 14th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Larrain. M, Van Passel. S, Billen. P. Towards Circular Plastics: An Integrated Sustainability Assessment Approach. Poster presented at eFFECT2: Resources for a succesful bio and chemical indusry, Antwerp, Belgium 2019.
Circular polymeric materials (chemical recycling)
Billen. P, Spatari. S, Tavernier. S. Biodegradation of polyethylene by macro-organisms such as mealworms and greater wax moth larvae: new findings and technological application potential. Paper presented at HERAKLION 2019: 7th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management Crete Island, Greece.
Pazdur. L, Vande Velde. L, Billen. P. A new process scheme for 100% chemical recycling of polyurethanes. Paper presented at HERAKLION 2019: 7th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management Crete Island, Greece.
Designer solvents (NADES)
Kovacs. A*, Wijnants. M, Cornet.I, Billen. P. Enzymatic conversion of mannosylerythritol lipids in natural deep eutectic solvents. Presented in EUCBE 2019: European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Libon, Portugal.
Kovacs. A, Wijnants. M, Neyts. E, Cornet.I, Billen. P. Enzymatic Conversion Of Mannosylerythritol Lipids In Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents. Poster presented at IMDES 2019: 1st International Meeting on Deep Eutectic Systems, Lisbon, Portugal.
Kovacs. A, Wijnants. M, Cornet.I, Billen. P. The green solvents of tomorrow: Natural deep eutectic solvents in biocatalytic reactions. Poster presented at eFFECT2 2019: Resources for a succesful bio and chemical indusry, Antwerp, Belgium.
Paper recycling and recovery of chemicals from wastewater
Tofani. G, de Nys. J, Tavernier. S. Heterogeneous catalyst optimisation by particle size determination. Poster presented at eFFECT2: Resources for a succesful bio and chemical indusry, Antwerp, Belgium 2019.
Tofani. G, Cornet. I, Tavernier. S. Study on the hydrogen peroxide in paper fibre bleaching: model construction and verification. Poster presented at 4th EuCheMS Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Tarragona, Spain.
Tofani. G, Cornet. I, Wille. P, Gistelinck. M, Tavernier. S. Lignin-based aromatics and hydrocarbons from recycled paper waste stream. Poster presented at RRB 2019: 15th International Conference on Renewable Resources & Biorefineries, Tolouse, France.
Tofani. G, Cornet. I, Tavernier. S. Alternative approach in the filler recovery from recycled paper waste stream. Poster presented at XXI Congresso Divisione Chimica Industriale, Salerno, Italy 2019.
Other topics
Kar. S, Billen. P*, Katz.B, Yang. S, Volk. T.A, Spatari. S, Quantifying temporal effects of various GHG abatement strategies for conventional and district heating. Paper presented at WasteEng 2018: 7th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Mass Valorisation, Prague, Czech Republic.