CERE Discussion Meeting & KT Consortium
Annual Meeting 2024

June 18 – 20, 2024

Venue

Comwell Borupgaard
Nørrevej 80
3070 Snekkersten 

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Early Bird until 17th May! After 17th May 2024
1200 € – Full Meeting 1400 € – Full Meeting
600 € – One day participation 700 € – One day participation

 

Oral Presentations

Posters

Invited Speakers

Opening & Plenary Lecture Session 1

Welcome
Prof. Nicolas von Solms, CERE Chairman & Prof. Georgios M. Kontogeorgis, KT Consortium Leader

Plenary Talk

Thermodynamics in green electricity of chemical engineering for carbon neutrality
Prof. Xiaohua Lu, Nanjing Tech university (CN)

Plenary Lecture Session 02

INNO-CCUS: Pushing forward the frontiers of carbon capture, utilisation and storage
Prof. Erling Halfdan Stenby, CERE

Electrolyte thermodynamics for use in CO2 capture and transport
Dr. Bjørn Maribo –Mogensen, Co-founder of Hafnium Labs

Modelling CO2 Capture processes
TBA, ESSS

Plenary Lecture Session 03

Software Updates
Software Manager Andre Vinhal, CERE & KT Consortium

Plenary Talk: Exploring Artificial Neural Network Applications in Real-Time PID Control
Assoc. Prof. Kyle Camarda, Kansas University (US)

Digitalization at Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department
TBA

Plenary Lecture Session 04

Modeling and Scientific Computing for Simulation, Control and Optimization of Integrated Chemical and Power Systems with Renewable Energy
Prof. John Bagterp Jørgensen, CERE

Plenary Talk

Closing of the CERE Discussion Meeting and KT Consortium Annual Meeting
Prof. Nicolas von Solms, CERE Chairman & Prof. Prof. Georgios M. Kontogeorgis, KT Consortium Leader

Parallel Session 1

Thermodynamics, Water and Electrolytes I

Towards first-principles prediction of microemulsion formulation properties
Assoc. Prof. Martin Andersson, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (SA), KT Consortium Collaborator

A comprehensive approach to incorporating intermolecular dispersion into COSMO-RS model
PhD Daria Grigorash, CERE

Introduction of the two-state theory of water in SAFT
Postdoc Nefeli Novak, CERE & KT Consortium

A new electrolyte classification to guide the development of electrolyte models
PhD Gabriel Silva, CERE & KT Consortium

Parallel Session 2

New Horizons

An X-ray computed tomography view of CO2 storage study in sandstone saline aquifer
Postdoc Lijuan Shi, CERE

Investigation of the mineral dissolution rates under CO2 storage conditions by high-pressure pH measurements
Postdoc Marc Cassiede, CERE

CompReact – Enhancing CO2 Storage Simulation with Advanced Geochemical Modeling
PhD Maximilian Wirth, CERE

A comprehensive approach to incorporating intermolecular dispersion into COSMO-RS model
PhD Daria Grigorash, CERE

Parallel Session 3

Thermodynamics, Water and Electrolytes II

From Theoretical Reactions to Experimentally Accurate Predictions of the Thermodynamic Properties of Solids
PhD Rasmus Fromsejer, CERE & KT Consortium

Investigation of cross-association patterns in water/ethanol: Combining DFT and IR spectroscopy
PhD Evangelos Drougkas, CERE & KT Consortium

How NMR can be used to investigate water around chiral molecules
Senior Researcher Michael Bache, CERE & KT Consortium

Solvent-based technologies for CO2 capture
Prof. Xiaoyan Ji, Luleå Univeristy (SE)

Parallel Session 4

Environmental Aspects

Quantification and identification of production chemicals in produced water using capillary electrophoresis
PhD Liridon Aliti, CERE

Numerical Approach to Understanding Oil Droplet Dynamics in the Ocean
Postdoc Aleem Waqas, CERE

Oil and particle interaction in porous structures
Postdoc Tian Wang, CERE

Influence of acid wash on gas purification in a biomass-based post combustion unit
PhD Maria Dimitardi, CERE

Parallel Session 5

CO2 Capture

Pilot-scale CO2 Capture at a Waste-to-Energy facility: Advanced configurations
Postdoc Sai Hema Bhavya Vinjarapu, CERE

CO2 capture pilot campaigns using the CESAR1 solvent at a waste-to-energy plant
Postdoc Randi Neerup, CERE

Pilot-scale validation for the rate-based Aspen Plus model of the CO2 capture process by mixed PZ and MDEA
PhD Can Demir, CERE

Electrochemical Regeneration of Solvents for Carbon Capture: Mini-Pilot Scale Demonstration
PhD Rasmus Juel Friis, CERE

 

Parallel Session 6

Biotechnology & PSE

Modeling the Dynamic Variation of Mass Transfer in a Trickle Bed Reactor for the Biological Water-Gas Shift Reaction: A Comparative Analysis with CSTR
PhD Sambit Dutta, CERE

Adaptation of mixed microbial consortia to CO-rich gas stream for acetic acid production in a trickle bed reactor
PhD Berivan Tunca, CERE

Towards a Combined, Integrated, and Adaptable Bioethanol and -Ethylene Process Leveraging Flexible Ratios in Hybrid Production
Senior Researcher Merlin Alvarado-Morales, PROSYS & KT Consortium

Energy- and Process Real-Time Optimization Through Hybrid Modeling – A Case from Viking Malt A/S
PhD Peter Jul-Rasmussen, PROSYS & KT Consortium

Parallel Session 7

CO2 Transport & Storage

Pilot demonstration of a Power-to-X biogas cleaning technology
PhD Sebastian Borgquist, CERE

Water content measurements in compressed fluids (CO2, N2, and H2) using Raman spectroscopy
PhD Gcinisizwe Dlamini, CERE

Exploring the thermodynamic modelling of the CO2-brine system for CO2 storage
Postdoc Sonja Smith, CERE

Parallel Session 8

PSE, Modelling & Control

Optimization with Uncertainty for Pharmaceutical Process Design-Ibuprofen Synthesis
PhD Tuse Asrav, PROSYS & KT Consortium

Modelling Chromatography using the Discontinuous Galerkin method in CADET-Julia
PhD Jesper Frandsen, PROSYS & KT Consortium

Advanced Modelling and Artificial Intelligence in Downstream Purification Processes
PhD Mohammad Reza, PROSYS & KT Consortium

 

Parallel Session 9

Gas Hydrates and Thermodynamics

Modelling and measuring phase equilibrium in petroleum fluids and glycols
PhD Julia Trancoso, CERE

From Deep Sea to Dinner Table: Harnessing Gas Hydrates for Gas Storage and Food Processing Application
Researcher Jyoti Shanker Pandey, CERE

Geological CO2 storage in subsurface tested in microfluidics coupled with microscope and Raman spectroscopy
Postdoc Qian Quyang, CERE

Parallel Session 10

PSE, ML & AI

Quantum Machine Learning for Bioprocess Development
PhD Shawn Gibford, PROSYS & KT Consortium

MLEEP: towards energy optimization of the processing industry using first principles and machine learning
Postdoc Adem R.N. Aouichaoui, PROSYS & KT Consortium

CO2 Footprint Reduction Through the Optimized Downstream Process; A Case Study in Industrial Sugar Crystallization.
PhD Mohammad Reza, PROSYS & KT Consortium

 

POSTER SESSION

Thermodynamics, Water and Electrolytes

 Nefeli Effrosyni Novak
Introduction of the two-state theory of water in SAFT

Gabriel Moraes Silva
The importance of ion pairing to electrolyte models and how to implement it

Evangelos Drougkas
Investigation of cross-association patterns in water/ethanol: Combining DFT and IR spectroscopy

Rasmus Fromsejer
From Theoretical Reactions to Experimentally Accurate Predictions of the Thermodynamic Properties of Solids

Javad Amanabadi
Development of Predictive Molecular Thermodynamic Models

 

Biotechnology

Sambit Dutta
Modeling the Dynamic Variation of Mass Transfer in a Trickle Bed Reactor for the Biological Water-Gas Shift Reaction: A Comparative Analysis with CSTR

Berivan Tunca
Adaptation of mixed microbial consortia to CO-rich gas stream for acetic acid production in a trickle bed reactor

Postdoc Abhishek Sivaram
Generative Modelling for Scale-up of a Photobioreactor

Tuse Asrav
Optimization with Uncertainty for Pharmaceutical Process Design-Ibuprofen Synthesis

 

 

Process Systems Engineering

Jesper Frandsen
Hybrid modelling of chromatography processes in CADET-Julia

Peter Jul-Rasmussen
Artificial Intelligence in Process Systems Simulation

Mads Stevnsborg
Applied Software Engineering Principles in Digitalisation of Chemical Engineering Practices

Adem Rosenkvist Nielsen
Aouichaoui HyPE: Hybrid Modelling for Property Estimation

Adem Rosenkvist Nielsen
Aouichaoui SGreen: Screening Green entrainers for extractive distillation

Transport Properties & modelling

Andre Vinhal
Evaluation of the Impact of Different Approaches for Unified Modeling of Diffusion and Thermodiffusion Coefficients

Julia Trancoso
Numerical study of filtration of oil droplets

CO2 Capture Utilisation & Storage

Omofolasewa Hillary Jayeola
CO2-brine PVT experiments

Matin Bagheri
CO2 impurities in CO2 Storage

Qian Ouyang
Exploration of injectivity and additives for generation of CO2 hydrate capsules in subsurface

Gcinisizwe Dlamini
Water content measurements in compressed fluids (CO2, N2, and H2) using Raman spectroscopy

Maria Dimitriadi
Influence of acid wash on gas purification in a biomass-based post combustion unit

Rasmus Juel Friis
Mini-Pilot experiments for electrochemically regenerated solvent for carbon capture

Sebastian Borgquist
Pilot plant H2S Removal at biogas site

Can Demir
Biogas conversion to methanol in a container-sized module

Tessa Lund Biel-Nielsen
Electrochemical carbon capture pilot campaign

Simon Hjort Munk
Titration of CO2 capture solvents

Andreas Juhl Sørensen
Methyl Mercaptane removal with PtX scrubber

Isaac Løge
Scale formation

Sebastian Nis Bay Villadsen
Holistic Odor Nullification with Oxidative Removal by Electrochemistry (HONORE)

Invited speakers

Prof. Xiaohua Lu, Nanjing Tech university (CN)

Thermodynamics in green electricity of chemical engineering for carbon neutrality

Assoc. Prof. Kyle Camarda, Kansas University (US)

Exploring Artificial Neural Network Applications in Real-Time PID Control

Bjørn Maribo Mogensen

Bjørn Maribo – Mogensen, Hafnium Labs

Electrolyte thermodynamics for use in CO2 capture and transport

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