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The Laboratory for Chemical Technology (LCT) integrates chemical science and engineering in its research on catalysis, polymerization, kinetics, reactor design and process design. LCT is part of the Department of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering within the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at Ghent University in Belgium and member of the Centre for Sustainable Chemistry (CSC) of Ghent University. LCT aims at research excellence and bottom-up innovation in the framework of technological, industrial, and societal challenges.

Master Thesis Subjects

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This are the subjects for academic year 2023-2024

Master of Science in Chemical Engineering

" Dehydration of bio-based 1,3-butanediol into green 1,3-butadiene: industrial-scale process development and techno-economic assessment"

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut; Jeroen Poissonnier

Coach(es): Pieter Janssens

Funding: Moonshot GREEN-B2B

A basis for functional material development: First-principles study for CO2 conversion by super-dry reforming of methane

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem; Vladimir V. Galvita

Coach(es): Michiel Van Cauwelaert

A binary approach to multi-scale modelling of a super-dry reforming pilot plant for CO2 conversion

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem; Vladimir V. Galvita

Coach(es): Michiel Van Cauwelaert

A combined experimental and kinetic modeling study on pyrolysis and oxidation of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs)

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem; Joris W. Thybaut

Coach(es): Kevin De Ras; Marvin Kusenberg

Active Learning for Prediction of Adsorption Enthalpies in Zeolites

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem; Maarten K. Sabbe

Coach(es): Yannick Ureel

Analyzing Big Data: Modulation-excitation X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Ni-Fe Methane Dry Reforming Catalysts

Supervisor(s): Vladimir V. Galvita; Hilde Poelman

Coach(es): Valentijn De Coster

Application of machine learning potentials for the discovery of stable Fe-based CO2 to jet fuel catalyst

Supervisor(s): Mark Saeys

Coach(es): Konstantijn Rommens

Funding: FWO

Automated parameter estimation approach for predicting the flow behavior of time-evolving materials

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut

Coach(es): Jeroen Poissonnier

Automatic kinetic model generation: a novel modeling approach for liquid-phase processes

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem; Joris W. Thybaut

Coach(es): Kevin De Ras

Catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 to ethanol over high entropy alloys

Supervisor(s): Mark Saeys

Coach(es): Dengxin Yan

Funding: CATCO2RE

CFD simulation of a novel photocatalytic reactor for dilute flow VOC abatement

Supervisor(s): Geraldine J. Heynderickx

Coach(es): Mohammad Rusydi Fatahillah

CFD simulation of a novel pin-to-plate plasma reactor for dilute flow VOC abatement

Supervisor(s): Geraldine J. Heynderickx

Coach(es): Mohammad Rusydi Fatahillah

CFD-DEM study of gas-solid hydrodynamics in a stator-rotor vortex chamber reactor

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem; Yi Ouyang

Coach(es): Siyuan Chen; Geraldine J. Heynderickx

Chemical recycling of solid plastic waste: Kinetic Modeling of Fast Pyrolysis of plastic waste

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem; Paul Van Steenberge

Coach(es): Daniël Withoeck

Funding: ELECTRO

Co-pyrolysis of PVC and PE for synergistic production of fuels and chemicals: Effect of thermal dechlorination

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Qing He

CO2 hydrogenation to methanol: from batch to continuous-flow

Supervisor(s): Mark Saeys

Coach(es): Catarina Martins de Brito Mendes

Funding: MuSE

Coke formation simulation during steam cracking

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Jia Zhang

Coking analysis for catalytic pyrolysis of polyolefins to produce light olefins – from microscale to macroscale

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem; Yi Ouyang

Coach(es): Yihan Wang

Computational investigation of the structure and activity of supported Ni- and Co-based catalysts

Supervisor(s): Mark Saeys

Coach(es): Konstantijn Rommens; Lukas Hiel; Dengxin Yan

Funding: CO2MBS

Conformational Data Augmentation for Machine Learning-Based Molecular Property Predictions with Chemical Accuracy

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem; Maarten K. Sabbe

Coach(es): Maarten Dobbelaere

Creating insights in Ni-Fe hydrotalcites as catalysts for CO2-propane dehydrogenation

Supervisor(s): Vladimir V. Galvita; Hilde Poelman

Coach(es): Lennert D'ooghe

Deciphering high-frequency pressure signals in a gas-solid vortex reactor via machine learning

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem; Yi Ouyang

Coach(es): Xiaojun Lang

Design of high entropy oxide catalysts for oxidative coupling of methane

Supervisor(s): Mark Saeys

Coach(es): Zinat Zanganeh; Dengxin Yan

Funding: FWO

Design of stable OCM catalysts for fluidized bed reactors by encapsulating the active sites in an attrition resistant support

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem; Hilde Poelman

Coach(es): Parviz Yazdani

Funding: Optima

Dynamic Simulations of a Novel CCU Process Through Temperature-Swing Chemical Looping

Supervisor(s): Mark Saeys

Coach(es): Lukas Hiel

Funding: CO2MBS

Dynamic Simulations of an Integrated CCU-Electrolyser System

Supervisor(s): Mark Saeys

Coach(es): Lukas Hiel

Funding: CO2MBS

Experimental and kinetic investigation of lignin solvolysis: a first step in lignin biorefining

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut

Coach(es): Lucas Iván Garbarino

Experimental assessment of the hydroconversion of plastic pyrolysis oil and mixtures with diesel

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut; Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Jeroen Poissonnier; César Pernalete Piña

Experimental investigation of catalytic ozonation of methane using manganese oxide catalyst

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut; Ana Bjelić

Coach(es): Reza Monjezi

Funding: cop-cat

Experimental investigation of ethylene hydroformylation with CO2 using a bifunctional gold/rhodium catalyst

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut; Jeroen Poissonnier

Coach(es): Sébastien Siradze; Maria Herrero Manzano

Experimental study of the Mechanism of High Temperature CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol over ZnZrOx-based Catalysts

Supervisor(s): Mark Saeys

Coach(es): Zinat Zanganeh; Parviz Yazdani

Funding: C2O MOONSHOT

Exploring the design space of Solid Micellar Catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation

Supervisor(s): Mark Saeys

Coach(es): Sara Santos ; Konstantijn Rommens

H2S removal from H2 enriched natural gas: experimental assessment and model simulations

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut; Jeroen Poissonnier

Coach(es): Klaus Jacobs

Heat transfer modelling of electrically heated catalytic methane decomposition

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut

Coach(es): Sébastien Siradze; Klaus Jacobs

Hydrothermal dehydrochlorination of PVC waste in subcritical and supercritical conditions

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Mohammadhossein Havaei

Integrated CO2 capture and conversion to formic acid/methanol via methyl formate

Supervisor(s): Mark Saeys

Coach(es): Catarina Martins de Brito Mendes

Investigating the effect of furnace material and feedstock composition on coke formation in steam cracking reactions

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Hamed Mohamadzadeh Shirazi

Investigating the fouling tendency of different feedstocks in steam cracking reaction

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Hamed Mohamadzadeh Shirazi

Investigation of CO2 Methanation Catalysts with FeOx Promoter

Supervisor(s): Vladimir V. Galvita; Hilde Poelman

Coach(es): Yufei Xie

Investigation of the effect of pyrolysis parameters and feed on production of naphtha grade hydrocarbons from pyrolysis of waste plastics

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Bhargav Baruah

Low-Temperature Aqueous Phase Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuels from Biomass

Supervisor(s): Mark Saeys

Coach(es): Nada Ibrahim Eldesouki Abdelaziz

Funding: COBICAT

Methanation Catalysts for Novel Sorption-Regeneration & Methanation Process

Supervisor(s): Mark Saeys

Coach(es): Lukas Hiel

Funding: CO2MBS

Mitigating PFAS pollution: kinetic study of model compounds

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Ruben Van de Vijver

Modelling of CO2-assisted propane dehydrogenation on different supports

Supervisor(s): Mark Saeys

Coach(es): Sara Santos

Funding: D2M2

Predicting Solvents for Chemical Reactions with Machine Learning

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Maarten Dobbelaere

Funding: FWO

Process intensification of direct air capture

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem; Yi Ouyang

Coach(es): Afroditi Kourou

Pyrolysis of chlorinated hydrocarbons in steam cracking: a combined modelling and experimental study

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem; Ruben Van de Vijver

Coach(es): Jeroen Aerssens

Pyrolysis Of Plastics In A Reactive Gas-Solid Vortex Reactor (RGSVR)

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Sangram Roy

Reactive CFD study of solvent regeneration in a gas-liquid vortex reactor for the CO2 capture

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem; Geraldine J. Heynderickx

Coach(es): Yi Ouyang; Siyuan Chen

Selective conversion of CO2 into light olefins via tandem catalysis

Supervisor(s): Mark Saeys

Coach(es): Zinat Zanganeh; Parviz Yazdani

Funding: C2O MOONSHOT

Single atoms anchored on porous Nitrogen-doped Carbon materials (SAPNC)

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Lingfeng Li ; Hari Sekhar Mitta

Super-dry reforming for CO2 conversion into CO in parallel fixed bed reactors

Supervisor(s): Vladimir V. Galvita; Hilde Poelman

Coach(es): Michiel Van Cauwelaert

Theoretical investigation of the selectivity of CO2 electroreduction on different single atom catalysts (SACs)

Supervisor(s): Mark Saeys

Coach(es): Wenhua Zhang; Dengxin Yan

Funding: CATCO2RE

Master of Science in Chemical Engineering Technology

Beter katalysatorbegrip door interpretatie van IR-spectra met behulp van DFT-berekende vibrationele modes

Supervisor(s): Maarten K. Sabbe; Vladimir V. Galvita

Coach(es): Servaas Lips

DRIFTS-MS operando katalysatorkarakterisering voor dehydratatie en hydrodeoxygenatie

Supervisor(s): Maarten K. Sabbe; Vladimir V. Galvita

Coach(es): Servaas Lips

Experimental and kinetic investigation of lignin solvolysis: a first step in lignin biorefining

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut

Coach(es): Lucas Iván Garbarino

Experimental assessment of the hydroconversion of plastic pyrolysis oil and mixtures with diesel

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut; Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Jeroen Poissonnier; César Pernalete Piña

Experimenteel onderzoek van ethyleen-hydroformylering met CO2 gekatalyseerd door een bifunctionele goud/rhodium-katalysator

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut; Jeroen Poissonnier

Coach(es): Jeroen Poissonnier; César Pernalete Piña

Optimalisatie van ICP analyse voor nanomaterialen

Supervisor(s): Vladimir V. Galvita

Coach(es): Hilde Poelman

Funding: P2O