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Department of Chemical Engineering Foreword
At first it was diagnosed as a network problem. The computers did not start properly on that malicious morning August 23, 2010, when we moved back to our premises on floor +1 in building III of the Chemical Centre. It was, however, soon painfully clear that something more serious had happened. The loose electrical cable in one of the distribution boxes used by the construction workers in the end caused us damages on equipment alone well exceeding 1 million SEK. And this figure did not include lost work. Talk about Monday morning… Luckily, there were many more positive things to remember from the year that passed. The department is growing both in terms of Ph.D. students and new researchers. The Process Industrial Centre (PICLU) is now well established, and a growing hub for simulation-based research at the department. One of our former graduates - Åsa Davidsson - has returned to us as “Forskarassistent” in Water and Environmental Engineering, where she will focus on biogas production from urban waste. We are also very happy that Anna Ledin was appointed Adjunct Professor in Water and Environmental Engineering with a focus on organic micropollutants by the end of the year. This clearly strengthens our research capacity in this field. The Department Summer excursion followed the same theme, as we visited Malmberg Water in Åhus. Malmbergs is another example of successful integration between Chemical Engineering and Water Engineering. The Department Fall workshop on education took place at SLU, Alnarp (where the term Kingdom has a dual meaning). A more close collaboration with SLU is definitely valuable, not least for biofuel research. A new national knowledge centre on renewable fuels, the so-called f3 centre, involving several Swedish universities (Chalmers, Lund, KTH, SLU, Umeå, and Luleå) as well as industries was started in 2010. The department will surely be active in this centre as it already is in the university research platform LU Biofuels. Britta Kjellin-Bolmstedt started at the department in 1971 as research engineering. Almost 40 years later, in September 2010, she retired after having helped several thousand (!) engineering students through our courses in Transport phenomena and Heat engineering. From us and all our students: Thanks, Britta! Lund, April 25, 2011
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1. Undergraduate education
The department is deeply involved in the engineering programs for Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, and Environmental Engineering (abbreviated K, B and W, respectively). The department gives seven compulsory courses at the basic level for these programs. With the incorporation of Water and Environmental engineering into the department there is a growing involvement in the Civil Engineering program (V), both at the basic level and at the advanced level. The department is responsible for twelve optional advanced courses in five engineering programs (apart from the four program already mentioned, students from also the Applied Mathematics program (π) the Nano Science program (N) and the Risk Management program (RH) choose courses at the department). The majority of the advanced courses are part of the Process Design specialization for the Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering programs. An important part in the training of engineers is the Master thesis work (“examensarbete”). By tradition the department has always been very active in ar ranging and supervising thesis work, primarily due to good contacts with industry. The number of finished Master theses was 37.
Courses on basic level
Table 1.1: List of courses at the basic level offered by the department during 2010. code Title (Swe/Eng) Program ECTS points Registered students KETA01 Kemiteknik/Chemical engineering KETF01 Transportprocesser/Transport Phenomena KTE023 KET045 Kemisk process - och reaktionsteknik/ Chemical Process and Reaction Engineering Kemisk reaktionsteknik/ Chemical Reaction Engineering K B, K K B 21 7.5 15 7.5 55 118 40 67 KTE170 KET030 Masstransport i tekniska och naturliga system/Mass Transfer Processes in Environmental Engineering Energiteknik/Heat Engineering KAT031 Separationsprocesser/Separation Processes, Basic Course VVAF01 VA teknik /Water and Wastewater Technology W K B, K V 15 7.5 7.5 5 49 38 108 148 A CTIVITY R EPORT 2010
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Courses on advanced level
Table 1.2: List of advanced courses offered by the department during 2010. code Title Program ECTS points KAT051 Separationsprocesser, FK/Separation Processes, Advanced Course K, W 7.5 KET040 K, RH, W 7.5 KTE071 KET010 Kemisk processteknologi /Chemical Process Technology Biokemisk reaktionsteknik /Biochemical Reaction Engineering VVA030 Urbana vatten/Urban Waters VVA910 VVA920 Projektkurs i vattenförsörjnings - och avloppsteknik, del I&II/ treatment, part I&II Project course in water and wastewater B, K, W V, W V, W K, W 7.5 15 15 7.5 Registered students 17 17 12 52 0 KTE061 KET050 KTE131 KETN01 KTE190 KOK032 VTVA01 Energi och Miljö /Energy and Environment Kemisk reaktionsteknik FK Course /Chemical Reaction Engineering, Advanced Projektering /Feasibility Studies on Industrial Plants Processriskanalys /Loss Prevention Processimulering/Process Simulation KTE055 Katalys/Catalysis Biogeokemisk modellering/Biogeochemical Modelling VVAN01 Decentraliserad VA hantering/Decentralized Water and Wastewater Treatment K, Pi, W K, W K, W B, K, Pi, W 7.5 K W W 7.5 15 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 33 18 22 31 12 14 5 9
Other courses where the department contribute
Table 1.3: List of other courses where staff from the department was active in during 2010. code Title (Swe/Eng) Program part ECTS points Registered students KOO090 Vatten- och Atmosfärskemi/Water and Atmosphere Chemistry Miljökemi/Environmental Chemistry K, B Infrastrukturteknik/Infra structure engineering L W 30% 9 50% 7.5 30% 12 1 84 66 A CTIVITY R EPORT 2009 5
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Master theses
All engineering programs have a compulsory Master thesis requirement on 30 ECTS points. A total of 37 Master theses were published at the department during 2010. Many of these Master theses are done in collaboration with industry. List of MSc thesis 2010: 6 1.
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Anderberg, Kajsa (2010)
Utvärdering av verkningsgrad för biobränslepannor
Baillon-Dhumez Aude (2010)
Evaluation of a Biofilm Process for the Removal of Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater
Bondesson Pia-Maria (2010)
Kombinerad bioetanol- och biogasproduktion från vetehalm
Cragnell Josefine (2010)
Reduction of process taste in sugar solution with carbon filtration
Edfeldt Johan (2010)
Evaluation of new amine based systems for carbon dioxide absorption
Ekström Sara (2010)
N2O production in a single stage nitritation/anammox MBBR
Eliasson Johanna (2010)
Design of a Plant for Manufactoring of Acetaldehyde
Engle Oscar (2010)
Upgrading alternatives for a waste water treatment pond in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
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Ericson Tobias (2010)
A sustainable urban drainage system in the wangsiadun green CBD, Wuhan, China
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Eriksson Ylva (2010)
Förbehandling av matavrfall med skruvpress - Utvärdering av effektiviteten i förbehandlingsanläggningen på NSR i Helsingborg
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Green Kristina (2010)
Energy optimization at Trelleborg Industri AB
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Guerra Laura (2010)
Evaluation of Bassussary Wastewater Treatment Plant after Upgrading with Membrane Bioreactor Technology
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Hansson Rasmus (2010)
Increased heat recovery process at the sulphuric acid plant at Kemira Kemi AB
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Holmberg André (2010)
Development of a wire mesh catalyst for steam reforming of natural gas
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Holmström David (2010)
Förbehandling av matavfall med skruvpress - Utvärdering av effektiviteten i förbehandlingsanläggningen på NSR i Helsingborg
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Junca Silvia (2010)
potential Production of easily biodegradable carbon source for nutrient removal from wastewater through primary sludge hydrolysis - Impact on methane
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Karlsson Anna (2010)
Modell i Extend av fiberlinjer vid SCM
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Kulander Ida (2010)
Användning av magnesiumföreningar som fällningskemikalie vid kommunala avloppsreningsverk
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Kuusela Johanna (2010)
Heat capacity measurements of amine-water solutions used for Post Combustion Carbon dioxide applications
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Larsson Jesper (2010)
Methods for measurement of solubility and dissolution rate of sparingly soluble drugs
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Lindeskog Johanna (2010)
Frisättning av arsenik - modellering i PHREEQC-2
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Mönegård Nathalie (2010)
Användning av magnesiumföreningar som fällningskemikalie vid kommunala avloppsreningsverk
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Nilsson Filip (2010)
Decarbonylation of Acrolein, A Catalytic Study
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Nyman Anna-Karin (2010)
Influence of operating conditions on fed-batch production of polyhydroxyalkanoates in a mixed culture
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Ojala Frida (2010)
Model Calibration of Chromatographic Separation of Rare Earth Elements
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Omenka Esther (2010)
Improvement of decentralised wastewater treatment in Asaba, Nigeria
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Palalane Jaime (2010)
Comparative analysis of sub-surface drainage solutions in Maxaquene A
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Paulsson Mattias (2010)
Ozonering av aktivt slam -effekter på sedimenteringsegenskaper och processhastigheter
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Persson Olof (2010)
Thermochemical Investigation of Carbon Dioxide Absorption using reaction caloremetry
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Shukri Aza (2010)
Hydraulic modelling of open stormwater solutions in Augustenborg, Sweden
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Stolpe Caroline (2010)
The Oxyfuel SCR Project, Building of Equipment
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Szabo Alexander (2010)
Upgrading alternatives for a waste water treatment pond in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
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Söderström Olle (2010)
In situ studies of carbon formation leading to metal dusting in syngas processes
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Truedsson, Cecilia (2010)
Utvärdering av förbehandlingsanläggning för matavfall
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Vestergren Sofia (2010)
Infiltration Trenches in Scania
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Väänänen Janne (2010)
Decarbonylation of Acrolein, A Catalytic Study
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Zhenhua Gao (2010)
Handling of released P from digesters loaded with Bio-P sludge
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2. Research and PhD education
The research activities at the department are based on four main competence areas:
Separation Engineering, Reaction Engineering, System Engineering
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Water and Environmental Engineering
. The nature of the research ranges all the way from fundamental studies, e.g. in catalysis, to applied projects in the process industry. The research is often part of major national or international research efforts. Some of these are presented below. The Department of Chemical Engineering is an internationally renowned actor in research on lignocellulose to ethanol conversion. An important asset is the National Process Development Unit (PDU), which provides a unique capacity of making complete evaluations of feedstock potential – including biomass analysis, pretreatment, hydrolysis, and fermentation and in addition techno-economic evaluations of process concepts. The department and is involved in numerous collaborations in the field, with including several EU-projects and projects in the Swedish Ethanol Research Program. The latter comprises cooperation with Swedish companies, like Sekab E -technology AB, Taurus Energy AB, Nordisk Etanol&Biogas AB and National Bioenergy Sweden AB.
NILE is a large European project (within FP6) on the cost effective production of clean bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass for use as transport fuel, which started in 2006 and will end in 2010. It involves no less than 20 partners from all over Europe, including Applied Microbiology and Chemical Engineering from Lund University. The overall objectives of the work is to improved the process by decreasing the cost of enzymatic hydrolysis, improve yeast strains and to validate the engineered enzyme systems and yeast strains in a fully integrated pilot plant. Socio economic and global environmental impacts of the production and techno-economic analysis based on the new data obtained is central. http://www.nile-bioethanol.org/ NEMO is a related project EU project in FP7, but somewhat more focused on the development of novel enzymes and yeast strains, with less emphasis on process evaluation. NEMO involves 17 partners, also here including Applied Microbiology and Chemical Engineering from Lund University. The role of the department in this project is the assessment of strains and enzymes in fermentation processes and improvement of the fermentation process. http://nemo.vtt.fi/index.htm
LU Biofuels is a multi-disciplinary research platform that brings together researchers from across faculties, departments and centres at Lund University. It involves 8 different divisions and institutes at Lund university, and one of the two coordinators come from the Department of Chemical Engineering. www.lubiofuels.org
Green Syngas
Green Syngas is an EU project in FP7 with 10 partners, which deals with the production of syngas-derived fuel from renewable sources. A major problem in these processes is the presence of contaminates in the product gas from biomass gasifiers. These impurities that cause catalytic poisoning should be completely removed prior to the entry in catalytic systems that utilize in upgrading steps. With the evolution of these advanced uses of biomass derived syngas, it becomes necessary to develop progressively more stringent gas cleaning systems. The key goal is development of a novel gas cleanup in order to reduce impurities from the product gas to meet limits required for A CTIVITY R EPORT 2010
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upgrading to syngas from a biomass feedstock. The project is coordinated by the Department of Design Sciences at Lund University. Research at the department of Chemical Engineering concerns the thermal gasification and CO 2 removal.
Process Industrial Centre at Lund University
, PIC -LU, which started in 2008 is a collaboration between Automatic Control, Chemical Engineering and the companies in the process industry. The companies Borealis, Novo Nordisk, Perstorp, Pfizer Health, K.A. Rasmussen and Novozymes are the industry. Project industrial controllability are key areas in partners. PIC -LU is financed by the Foundation for Strategic research together with the companies. Process flexibility, availability and the integrated research projects. Project-1 4 is focused on flexible design controllability of industrial fermenters. www.pic.lu.se. is focused on flexible production through optimal grade changes in a large scale continuous chemical plant using process model calibration and dynamic optimization tools. Project-3 is focused upon Quality by Design in biopharmaceutical industry. The combination of disturbance modeling and process optimization under hard quality constraint generates new methods for the pharmaceutical of separation of metal ions and project-5 is about The research in
water and environmental engineering
covers a broad range of research related to water use and treatment in the modern societies. Projects are often made together with Swedish municipalities and companies. Improvement of anaerobic treatment of sludge and other organic urban waste is since a long time an important research area as is improved housekee phosphorus another.
ping and utilisation of organic material in wastewater for extended removal of nitrogen and A large national research project,
MistraPharma
project. , started in 2008 with the objective of assessing the size and risk of these compounds to the environment and designing waste water treatment methods for the most important APIs, active pharmaceutical ingredients. The project leader is the Royal Institute of Technology, and the consortium involves five more Swedish universities (including LU) as well as DTU. The department will work on the development of new treatment methods in this A CTIVITY R EPORT 2009 9
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Publications
The number of publications in scientific journals during 2010 was 31. This is comparable with the last three years with a production of journal publication just below 40. The following articles with authors from the department were published in scientific journals during 2010. 1.
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Westerlund, C, Westerberg, B, Odenbrand, I, Egnell, R: Model Predictive Control of a Combined EGR/SCR HD Diesel Engine, SAE 2010-01-1175
, Proceedings from SAE World Congress 2010,
2010 Bösch, Peter, Wallberg, Ola, Joelsson, Elisabeth, Galbe, Mats, Zacchi, Guido: Impact of dual temperature profile in dilute acid hydrolysis of spruce for ethanol production ,
Biotechnology for Biofuels,
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(1/15), 2010 Bösch, Peter, Wallberg, Ola, Joelsson, Elisabeth, Galbe, Mats, Zacchi, Guido: Impact of dual temperature profile in dilute acid hydrolysis of spruce for ethanol production ,
Biotechnology for Biofuels,
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(15), 1-12, 2010 Bracewell, D, Gernaey, K V, Glassey, J, Hass, V C, Heinzle, E, Mandenius, C F, Olsson, I-M, Racher, A, Staby, A, Titchener-Hooker, N: Report and recommendation of a workshop on education and training for measurement, monitoring, modelling and control (M3C) in biochemical engineering ,
Biotechnol. J.,
5, 359-367, 2010 C. Piccolo, M. Wiman, F. Bezzo,, G. Lidén: Enzyme adsorption on SO2 catalyzed steam-pretreated wheat and spruce material ,
Enzyme and Microbial Technology,
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, 159-169, 2010 Carrasco, C., Baudel, H.M., Sendelius, J., Modig, T., Roslander, C., Galbe, M., Hahn Hägerdal, B., Zacchi, G.,, Lidén, G: Steam Pretreatment and Fermentation of Enzymatically Hydrolyzed Sugarcane Bagasse using Pentose-fermenting Yeasts ,
Enzyme and Microbial Technology,
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Erdei, Borbála, Barta, Zsolt, Sipos, Bálint, Réczey, Kati, Galbe, Mats, Zacchi, Guido: Ethanol production from mixtures of wheat straw and wheat meal ,
Biotechnology for Biofuels ,
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(16), 2010 Ferreira-Leitão, Viridiana, Cruz Perrone, Clarissa, Rodrigues, Joice, Machado Franke, Ana Paula, Macrelli, Stefano, Zacchi Guido: An approach to the utilisation of CO2 as impregnating agent in steam pretreatment of sugar cane bagasse and leaves for ethanol production ,
Biotechnology for Biofuels,
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(7), 2010 Foglia, Domenico, Ljunggren, Mattias, Wukovits, Walter, Friedl, Anton, Zacchi, Guido: Integration studies on a two-stage fermentation process for the production of biohydrogen ,
Journal of Cleaner Production ,
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Fredenberg, S, Wahlgren M, Reslow M, Axelsson A: Pore formation and pore closure in PLG films ,
J of Controlled Release,
2010 11.
Geddes, C.C., Peterson, J J, Roslander, C, Zacchi, G, Mullinnix, M.T, Shanmugam, K.T., Ingram, L.O.: Optimizing the saccharification of sugar cane bagasse using dilute phosphoric acid followed by fungal cellulases ,
Bioresource Technology ,
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Grasselli, R. K, Lugmair, C. G, Volpe Jr., A. F, Andersson, A, Burrington, J. D: Enhancement of acrylic acid yields in propane and propylene oxidation by selective P A CTIVITY R EPORT 2010 10
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doping of MoV(Nb)TeO-based M1 and M2 catalysts ,
Catalysis Today,
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, 33-38, 2010 13.
Häggblad, R, Hansen, S, Wallenberg, L. R, Andersson, A : Stability and performance of cation vacant Fe3-x-yVxyO4 spinel phase catalysts in methanol oxidation ,
Journal of Catalysis,
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Hoyer, Kerstin, Galbe, Mats, Zacchi, Guido: Effects of enzyme feeding strategy on ethanol yield in fed-batch simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of spruce at high dry matter ,
Biotechnology for Biofuels,
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K. Olofsson, Palmqvist B.,, Lidén G: Improving simultaneous saccharification and co fermentation of pretreated wheat straw using enzyme and substrate feeding ,
Biotechnology for Biofuels ,
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Kaunisto, Erik, Abrahmsen-Alami, Susanna, Borgquist, Per, Larsson, Anette, Nilsson, Bernt, Axelsson, Anders: A mecanistic modelling approachto polymer dissolution using magnetic resonance microimaging ,
Journal of Controlled Release,
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Kaunisto, Erik, Marucci, Mariagrazia, Axelsson, Anders: Dissolution Kinetics or Pure Mass Transfer? A mechanistic Study of Dissolution ,
AIChE Journal,
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Keskitalo, Jukka, Jansen, Jes la Cour, Leiviskä, Kauko: Calibration and validation of a modified ASM1 using long-term simulation of a full-scale pulp mill wastewater treatment plant ,
Environmental Technology,
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(5), 555-566, 2010 19.
Larsdotter, Karin, Jansen, Jes la Cour, Dalhammar, Gunnel: Phosporus removal from wastewater by microalgae in Sweden - a year-round perspective ,
Environmental technology,
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(2), 117-123, 2010 20.
Ljunggren, Mattias, and Zacchi, Guido: Techno-economic analysis of a two-step biological process for hydrogen production ,
Biotechnology progress,
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(2), 496-504, 2010 21.
Ljunggren, Mattias, and Zacchi, Guido: Techno-economic analysis of a two-step biological process producing hydrogen and methane ,
Bioresource Technology,
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(20), 7780-7788, 2010 22.
Markowski, Mariusz, Urbaniec, Krzysztof, Budek, Andrzej, Trafczynski, Marian, Wukovits, Walter, Friedl, Anton, Ljunggren, Mattias, Zacchi Guido: Estimation of energy demand of fermentation-based hydrogen production ,
Journal of Cleaner Production ,
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Monavari, Sanam, Bennato, Andrea, Galbe, Mats, Zacchi, Guido: Improved one-step steam pretreatment of SO2-impregnated softwood with time-dependent temperature profile for ethanol production ,
Biotechnology Progress,
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(4), 1054-1060, 2010 24.
Nordin, Anna-Karin, Jönsson, Ann-Sofi: Influence of module configuration on total economics during ultrafiltration at high concentration ,
Chemical Engineering Research and Design,
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, 1555-1562, 2010 25.
Olofsson, K, Wiman, M, Lidén, G: Controlled feeding of cellulases improves conversion of in simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation for bioethanol production. ,
J. Biotechnol,
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, 168-175, 2010 26.
Persson, T, Jönsson, A-S: Isolation of hemicelluloses by ultrafiltration ov thermomechanical pulp mill process water - Influence of operating conditions ,
Chemical Engineering Research and Design,
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, 1548-1554, 2010 27.
Persson, Tobias, Krawczyk, Holger, Nordin, Anna-Karin, Jönsson, Ann-Sofi: Fractionation of process water in thermomechanical pulp mills ,
Bioresource Technology,
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Roxå, Torgny, Mårtensson, Katarina, Alveteg, Mattias: Understanding and influencing teaching and learning cultrues at university - A network approach ,
Higher Education,
2010 29.
Sipos, Balint, Kreuger, Emma, Svensson, Sven-Erik, Reczey, Kati, Björnsson, Lovisa, Zacchi Guido: Steam pretreatment of dry and ensiled industrial hemp for ethanol production ,
Biomass and bioenergy,
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, 1721-1731, 2010 30.
Tominaga, Koji, Aherne, Julian, Watmough, Shaun A, Alveteg, Mattias, Cosby, Bernard J, Driscoll, Charles T, Posch, Maximilian, Pourmokhtarian, Afshin: Predicting Acidification Recovery at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire: Evaluation of Four Models ,
Environmental Science and Technology,
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(23), 9003-9009, 2010 31.
Westerberg, Karin, Degerman, Marcus, Nilsson, Bernt: Pooling control in variable preparative chromatography processes ,
Bioprocess and Biosystems,
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PhD theses
Two PhD theses were defended during 2010.
Häggblad, Robert
Selective oxidation over mixed metal oxide
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Monavari, Sanam
Development of the Steam Pretreatment Process for Production of Ethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass
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Lic theses
One Licentiate thesis was defended during 2010.
Bernstad, Anna
Environmental Evaluation of Solid Household Waste Management - the Augustenborg Ecocity
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3. External contacts and events
The national facility for Process Development of ethanol production processes (PDU) attracts a number of visitors every year. This year visitor came from China, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Germany, Switzerland and USA. The PDU has also been used for commissioned research for companies in Sweden, Norway, Italy, Netherlands, Japan, Switzerland and USA.
Process Industrial Centre at Lund University, PIC -LU, held its second centre conference at Stenungsbaden PIC in June 20 10. The conference also contained industrial visits at the petro chemical cluster in Stenungsund. The Department together with the Department of Automatic Control is the academic partners in -LU. These two departments together with process industry organize the centre both for research and competence development in the area of enhanced production in process industry. Six companies are current partners, Borealis, Perstorp, Novo Nordisk, K.A. Rasmussen, Novozymes development program, attra and Pfizer Health. The activities in the centre, particularly the competence ct a lot of external contact and collaboration. PIC LU organized two school activities during 2010, spring school and autumn school. In the spring two courses was organized, Control of industrial processes and Industrial process simulation, and in the autumn three courses, Optimization of industrial processes, Process engineering and Process integration in biopharmaceutical industry. The schools are organized during two and a half day at the university campus. This is a good opportunity to create valuable contact between academy and industry. Collaboration with partners in Denmark increase every year, both with academic colleges and industry, and also this year. Our Master students and PhD students often get job proposals for employment on the "other" side of Öresund. Research contacts with industrial partners are also becoming regular. Together with Novo Nordisk A/S and Novozymes A/S the department works in a number of different research projects. The projects are important in regional perspective to increase mobility and mutual understanding. Adjunct professor Arne Staby, Novo Nordisk A/S , gave one of the courses in PIC -LU autumn school. A CTIVITY R EPORT 2010 14
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4. Personnel
Due to both graduation and recruitment of PhD students and temporary quest researchers, the number of employees at the department change during the year. However, as an average, the number of personnel at the departments was about 65 during 2010. The Faculty consisted of 23 senior staff members, including 12 professors, 2 adjunt professor, 2 associate professors, 4 lecturers and 5 researchers. The technical and administrative staff was 8 persons. The average number of PhD students was 34. Two PhD students graduated and left the department, and eight new Ph.D. students were recruited during 2010. The department had 8 guest researchers and project employees during 2010. Figure 5.1: Personnel at the Department of Chemical Engineering 2010. A CTIVITY R EPORT 2009 15
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5. Economy
Of the income for 2010 (about 58.5 MSEK), slightly more than 50% comes from University funding, the larger share of which is faculty grants for teaching.
External grants for research
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26.5 MSEK Faculty research
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Contact information:
Department of Chemical Engineering Lund University Getingevägen 60 P.O. Box 124 SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden Secretaries: Lill Dahlström tel. +46 46 2228285 e-mail: [email protected] Lena Nilsson tel. +46 46 2228269 e-mail: [email protected] Website:
www.chemeng.lth.se
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