Mini-symposium 'Production & recovery of bio-based chemicals'
- For whom
- Employees
- When
- 08-01-2020 from 13:00 to 15:00
- Where
- Vergaderzaal A0.1 Azalea, Block A, Campus Coupure, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent
- Language
- English
- Organizer
- Ramon Ganigué
- Contact
- Ramon.Ganigue@UGent.be
Symposium prior to the PhD defense of Pieter Candry.
Talks about the most recent research on production and recovery of bio-based chemicals by two leading experts in the field (and jury members of the thesis of Pieter Candry): Prof. Dr. Ir Robbert Kleerebezem and Prof. Dr. Ir. Merle de Kreuk, both Professors at TU Delft.
Program
13.00 – 13:05: Welcome & Introduction - Ramon Ganigué, Ghent University
13.05 – 13.35: Mixed culture fermentation of carbohydrates - Robbert Kleerebezem, TU Delft
13.35 – 14:05: Production of medium-chain carboxylic acids from thin stillage: to granulate or not to granulate - José Carvajal-Arroyo, Ghent University
14.05 – 14.30: Influence of pH and CO2 on the production of odd-chain carboxylic acids with fermenting granular sludge - Merle de Kreuk, TU Delft
14:30 – 14:55: Bio-succinic acid from municipal solid waste: production and recovery - Korneel Rabaey, Ghent University
14.55 – 15:00: Concluding remarks