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Chemical Technology

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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You can find the subjects for the master of science in Chemical Engineering Technology at the bottom of the page.
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Master of Science in Chemical Engineering

"A combined experimental and kinetic modeling study on pyrolysis of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)"

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Kevin De Ras

"Computational Investigation of Acid Catalyzed Aldol Condensation for the Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuels from Biomass"

Supervisor(s): Mark Saeys

Coach(es): Zinat Zanganeh

"Mechanistic insights into the effect of cobalt doping in iron carbide catalysts for the direct conversion of carbon dioxide to valuable products"

Supervisor(s): Mark Saeys

Coach(es): Zinat Zanganeh

A combined experimental and kinetic modeling study on pyrolysis and oxidation of e-fuels

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Kevin De Ras

A combined theoretical and experimental study on the supercritical water pyrolysis of waste tires

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

Coach(es): Gilles Dossche

Acid-modified structured carbon catalysts for methane pyrolysis– an experimental and optimization study

Supervisor(s): Georgios Stefanidis ; Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Parviz Yazdani; Spyridon Fragkiskatos

AI for Designing Greener Pharmaceuticals and Agrochemicals

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Maarten Dobbelaere

Amine Functionalized Mo doped graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C3N4) as efficient catalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation in plasma reactor

Supervisor(s): Erum Pervaiz; Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Fabio Cameli

Anhydrous mevalonolactone (aMVL) hydrogenation: experimental investigation and modelling of the production of new biochemical platform molecule

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut

Coach(es): Alexandra Bouriakova; Katrien De Gusseme

Artificial Intelligence Meets Sustainable Reaction Engineering: Optimizing Reaction Conditions for Greener Chemical Production Processes

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem

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Automatic generation of kinetic models with evolving surface site densities

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut

Coach(es): Sébastien Siradze

Autothermal oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) operation in a fixed bed reactor with ambient feed temperature

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

Coach(es): Parviz Yazdani

Catalytic pyrolysis of plastic vapors using structure-modified and metal-doped catalysts

Supervisor(s): Robin John Varghese; Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Qing He

Catalytic Upgrading of Polyethylene and Ethylene-Vinyl Alcohol (EVOH) Co-Pyrolysis Vapors: Impact of EVOH on Product Selectivity and Catalyst Stability

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem; Robin John Varghese

Coach(es): Oğuzhan Akin

CFD Study of electrified gas-liquid vortex reactor for CO2 capture

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

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

CFD-DEM Study of Hydrodynamics and Heat Transfer in Electrified Gas-Solid Fluidized Beds

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

Coach(es): Hamed Hoorijani

Chemical recycling of mixed plastic waste: a combined experimental and modelling study

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

Coach(es): Daniël Withoeck

Combined experimental and computational evaluation of high entropy oxide catalysts through Temporal Analysis of Products (TAP)

Supervisor(s): Vladimir V. Galvita

Coach(es): Lennert D'ooghe

Data-driven optimization of NH3 decomposition catalysts

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

Coach(es): Hilde Poelman

Development of a machine learning model to account for diffusional limitations in the simulation of highly exothermic reactions in an industrial reactor

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut

Coach(es): Wout Callewaert

Dopant Effects on CO₂ Hydrogenation to Methanol over In₂O₃: Mechanistic Insights into Activity and Surface Interactions

Supervisor(s): Mark Saeys

Coach(es): Konstantijn Rommens

Equations of State: The critical component in the modelling of supercritical water-hydrocarbon systems.

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

Coach(es): Gust Popelier

Experimental and theoretical investigation of coke formation in steam cracking reaction

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem; Marie-Françoise Reyniers

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Experimental investigation of mixed plastic waste pyrolysis in a bench scale reactor

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem; Marvin Kusenberg

Coach(es): Shouzhuang Li

Experimental study of mixed metal oxides catalytic materials for Dry Reforming (DR) of CH4 and CO2 in post-plasma use

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem; Georgios Stefanidis

Coach(es): Fabio Cameli; Victor Rosa

Experimental study of the hydroprocessing of non-aromatic and aromatic ketones

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut

Coach(es): César Pernalete Piña ; Pieter Janssens

H2S removal from H2 enriched natural gas:experimental assessment

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut; Soroush Zare Ghorbaei

Coach(es): Klaus Jacobs

Integrated modelling and process simulation of the chemical recycling of polyolefins using sub- and supercritical water

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem; Marvin Kusenberg

Coach(es): Sphurti Prakash Kulkarni

Kinetic modeling and upscaling of oxidative H2S removal from underground-stored gas

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut; Soroush Zare Ghorbaei

Coach(es): Raman Ghassemi

Kinetic Modeling of the Combustion of Lignin-based Biofuels: a Machine Learning Approach

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem; Istvan Lengyel

Coach(es): Lowie Tomme

Light olefins production via steam cracking of plastic-waste pyrolysis oils: Experimental and modeling study

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem; Behzad Parvizi

Coach(es): Marvin Kusenberg; Anas Karrar Jamil Abdulrahman

Machine Learning Meets Sustainable Reaction Engineering:Selecting Greener Reaction Conditions for Pharmaceutical Syntheses

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Maarten Dobbelaere

Machine Learning to Predict Segregation Indices in Magnetically Fluidized Beds

Supervisor(s): Geraldine J. Heynderickx; Vladimir V. Galvita

Coach(es): Hilde Poelman; Balamurugan Deivendran

Machine Learning-Driven Prediction of Bubble Dynamics in Magnetically Fluidized Beds

Supervisor(s): Geraldine J. Heynderickx; Vladimir V. Galvita

Coach(es): Hilde Poelman; Balamurugan Deivendran

Mechanistic Modelling of Propylene Oxidation on Vanadium Catalysts for CO₂ -Assisted Propane Dehydrogenation

Supervisor(s): Mark Saeys

Coach(es): Dilan Tunçer

Mg-AlO Hydrotalcite-Based Catalysts: Synthesis and Performance Evaluation

Supervisor(s): Alexandra Bouriakova; Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Lingfeng Li ; Hari Sekhar Mitta

Modeling Feed Dependence of Catalytic Pyrolysis of Plastic Waste

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

Coach(es): Yannick Ureel

Modeling the Impact of Catalyst Structure and Surface Coverages on CO₂ Hydrogenation to Methanol over ZnZrO₂ catalysts

Supervisor(s): Mark Saeys

Coach(es): Konstantijn Rommens

Modelling of ultrafast lignin depolymerization kinetics under supercritical conditions

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut

Coach(es): Lucas Iván Garbarino

Optimization of Mixed Plastic Waste pyrolysis process: Production of py-oil for steam-cracking to attain plastic circularity

Supervisor(s): Azd Zayoud; Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Bhargav Baruah; Azd Zayoud

Optimization of Mixed Plastic Waste pyrolysis process: Production of py-oil for steam-cracking to attain plastic circularity

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem

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Optimizing Metal-Impregnated MOF Catalysts for Hydrogenolysis of Oxygenated Plastic Wastes (MOFHYD)

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

Coach(es): Hari Sekhar Mitta

Ozone-assisted catalytic oxidation of toluene, ethanol, and their mixture over copper-manganese oxide catalyst

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut; Alexandra Bouriakova

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Process intensification of solid-based direct air capture using vortex technology

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

Coach(es): Afroditi Kourou

Process simulation and life cycle assessment of mixed plastic waste pyrolysis heated by renewable power at different locations in EU

Supervisor(s): Marvin Kusenberg; Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Shouzhuang Li

PVC Waste Composition: Effects of additives on pyrolysis products and dechlorination

Supervisor(s): Kevin M. Van Geem; Robin John Varghese

Coach(es): Mohammadhossein Havaei

Single-event modelling of the steam cracking of plastic waste pyrolysis oils

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

Coach(es): Tamás Buzogany

Techno-economic comparison of syngas and CO₂ sources for sustainable methanol synthesis

Supervisor(s): Georgios Stefanidis ; Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Oleksii Mynko

Thermodynamic equilibrium model for gasification of glass fibre reinforced plastics from decommissioned wind turbine blades (WTBs) using Aspen Plus

Supervisor(s): Georgios Stefanidis ; Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Diyar Tokmurzin

Tuning porosity in poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate-based crosslinked copolymer resins for enhanced catalytic activity in aldol reactions

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut

Coach(es): Zahra Mohammadbagheri Dastjerdi

Unlocking the Secrets of Contamination in Pyrolysis Oil: A Predictive Modeling Framework

Supervisor(s): Marvin Kusenberg; Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Laura Pires da Mata Costa

Unraveling the Role of Additives in Thermal Pyrolysis of Polyolefins: An Analytical Perspective

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

Coach(es): Robin John Varghese; Fatma Defne Çalık Ulu

Valorization of waste thermosets by means of (supercritical water) pyrolysis

Supervisor(s): Friso Versteeg; Kevin M. Van Geem

Coach(es): Ruben de Korte

Zeolite-templated carbon catalysts for electrified methane pyrolysis – an experimental study

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

Coach(es): Simon De Langhe; Spyridon Fragkiskatos

Master of Science in Chemical Engineering Technology

Anhydrous mevalonolactone (aMVL) hydrogenation: experimental investigation and modelling of the production of new biochemical platform molecule

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut

Coach(es): Alexandra Bouriakova; Katrien De Gusseme

Engineering Bifunctional Catalysts for Light Olefin Synthesis from Syngas.

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut; Vladimir V. Galvita

Coach(es): Willem De Meyer

Experimental study of the hydroprocessing of non-aromatic and aromatic ketones

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut

Coach(es): Pieter Janssens

Het effect van de katalysatoreigenschappen bij de omzetting van methanol-naar-olefinen met co-voeden

Supervisor(s): Maarten K. Sabbe; Joris W. Thybaut

Coach(es): Phebe Lemaire

Hoog-entropische legeringen als katalysatoren voor de omzetting van bio-olie in duurzame luchtvaartbrandstof en hoogwaardige chemicalien

Supervisor(s): Maarten K. Sabbe

Coach(es): Arne De Landsheere

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

Supervisor(s): Mark Saeys

Coach(es): Nada Ibrahim Eldesouki Abdelaziz

Microkinetisch modelleren van CO2-methanatie over nickel

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

Coach(es): Servaas Lips

Optimalisatie van ICP analyse voor nanomaterialen

Supervisor(s): Vladimir V. Galvita

Coach(es): Hilde Poelman

Tuning porosity in poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate-based crosslinked copolymer resins for enhanced catalytic activity in aldol reactions

Supervisor(s): Joris W. Thybaut

Coach(es): Zahra Mohammadbagheri Dastjerdi