A5040998762- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Extraction and Separation Processes
- Process Optimization and Integration
- Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis
- Advanced oxidation water treatment
- Sustainable Industrial Ecology
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Plasma Applications and Diagnostics
- Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
- Odor and Emission Control Technologies
- Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Ghent University
2016-2025
Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières
2023-2024
Joint Research Centre
2014-2023
Ghent University Hospital
2005-2023
ETH Zurich
2007-2021
Bioscience Research
2017
European Commission
2015
Eurogentec (Belgium)
2011
Janssen (Belgium)
2009
KU Leuven
2008
Circular Economy (CE) is a growing topic, especially in the European Union, that promotes responsible and cyclical use of resources possibly contributing to sustainable development. CE an umbrella concept incorporating different meanings. Despite unclear concept, turned into defined action plans supported by specific indicators. To understand what indicators used measure specifically, we propose classification framework categorise according reasoning on (CE strategies) how (measurement...
The objective of the paper is to establish a comprehensive resource-based life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) method which scientifically sound and that enables assess all kinds resources are deprived from natural ecosystem, quantified on one single scale, free weighting factors. based exergy concept. Consistent data fossils, nuclear metal ores, minerals, air, water, land occupation, renewable energy sources were elaborated, with well defined system boundaries. Based these data, quantifies...
New technologies, either renewables-based or not, are confronted with both economic and technical constraints. Their development takes advantage of considering the basic laws economics thermodynamics. With respect to latter, exergy concept pops up. Although its fundamentals, that is, Second Law Thermodynamics, were already established in 1800s, it is only last years has gained a more widespread interest process analysis, typically employed identify inefficiencies. However, analysis today...
Plastic packaging typically consists of a mixture polymers and contains whole range components, such as paper, organic residue, halogens, metals, which pose problems during recycling. Nevertheless, until today, limited detailed data are available on the full polymer composition plastic waste taking into account separable parts present in certain stream, nor their quantitative levels (elemental) impurities. This paper therefore presents an unprecedented in-depth analysis elemental...
Renewable energy has become an important alternative to fossil energy, as it is associated with lower greenhouse gas emissions. However, the intermittent characteristic of renewables urges for storage systems, which play role in matching supply and demand renewable-based electricity. The life cycle these systems results environmental burdens, are investigated this study, focusing on lithium-ion vanadium flow batteries renewable (solar wind) grid applications. impacts assessed through a...
Plastic recycling rate in Europe is low, urging developments technology and strategies to increase circularity.Mechanical (MR) has been the reference for years, but near future chemical (CR) options are expected contribute improve plastic circularity.This study uses a material flow analysis (MFA) at European level provide quantitative estimates of contribution CR technologies recycling.Ten most used polymer types from five sectors selected.A status quo 2018 scenario modelled compared...
Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) is a recognised methodology for analyzing and communicating the sustainability of product systems. However, fragmented analysis environmental, social economic dimensions remains an obstacle to its wider application. In addition, increasing demand raw materials leads resource availability issues that are not necessarily addressed by LCSA, but Criticality Circularity (here called C2s) assessment materials. Based on these methodologies, we propose...
This review focuses on both fundamentals and applicability of heterogeneous photocatalysis as an advanced oxidation technology for degradation volatile organic compounds (VOC) in air, with peer-reviewed literature data published since 1997 being the backbone this article. Four key issues are covered. First, underlying principles outlined using band gap model. Second, a detailed overview is given chlorinated, monocyclic aromatic sulfurous VOC recently selected target lab-scale photocatalytic...
Degradation products formed during ozonation of an aqueous solution the antibiotic ciprofloxacin in a bubble column are analyzed by HPLC-UV high-resolution mass spectrometry. Based on identification reaction products, pathways proposed starting with (1) degradation at piperazinyl substituent, (2) quinolone moiety formation isatin analogues, and (3) anthranilic acid analogues. Unlike H2O2 addition (10 µM), pH (3, 7, 10) strongly affects product ozonation. core is favored 7. Addition...
Raw materials form the basis of Europe's economy to ensure jobs and competitiveness, they are essential for maintaining improving quality life. Although all raw important, some them more concern than others, thus list critical (CRMs) EU, underlying European Commission (EC) criticality assessment methodology, key instruments in context EU policy. For next update CRMs 2017, EC is considering apply overall methodology already used 2011 2014, but with modifications. Keeping same methodological...