| Main research areas of the staff |
Research areas of the Mass and Heat Transfer Process Laboratory can be divided under four major themes:
I. Physical, chemical and biochemical phenomena in multiphase- and multicomponent systems
II. Process development and design
III. Sustainable products and processes
IV. Treatment and utilisation of industrial by-products and waste streams |
| Below, from the more detailed list of research subjects under these themes, the links lead to projects conducted under the subject headings. |
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I. Physical, chemical and biochemical phenomena in multiphase- and multicomponent systems
- Fluid mechanics, dynamics and thermodynamic simulations
- Separation of multicomponent systems
- Heterogeneous catalysis
- Surface studies (surface phenomena, catalyst deactivation, characterisation techniques)
II. Process development and design
- Mass and heat transfer studies
- Separation processes
- Catalytic processes, kinetics and reactor design
- Food process engineering
III. Sustainable products and processes
- Theories and concepts of sustainable development (Industrial Ecology, Green Chemistry and Engineering, Waste Management Theory, resources use optimisation)
- Catalysts in environmental technology
- Membrane separation for environmental protection
- Sustainable energy, biofuels
IV. Treatment and utilisation of industrial by-products and waste streams
- Air pollution abatement technologies
- Exhaust gas catalysis
- Carbon dioxide utilisation
- Waste and by-product recovery
- Industrial waste water treatment methods
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| Competence pyramid of the Laboratory |
The technology pyramid describes the Laboratory's key expertise areas.
- Spearhead - International level research, where we had doctoral dissertations and other international publications published, have international connections and projects on.
- Cutting edge technologies - National scale intensity, where our unit has a nationally significant input, addressing the needs of national and multinational companies. This includes also rising new areas, what we have chosen as focus areas (such as microreactors and nanomaterials).
- Key technologies - are our "traditional" strong expertise areas. A strong command of these basic technologies also drives research of cutting edge and spearhead levels.
- Related technologies - Due to growing multidisciplinarity of research, we rely on and draw from the expertise of our partners in these areas.
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