Department of Chemical Technology

Faculty of Chemistry and Chem. TechnologyUniversity of Ljubljana

Slovenia

Chair of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering

Staff7 Professors

5 Assistants

2 Graduate students

Technical staff

Industrial Cooperation Composting of waste microbial

biomass Membrane separations in

biotechnology Optimization of PA6 nylon

spinning processes Characterization of semi-solids

pharmaceutical products Reology of bitumen Reology of complex aqueous

biopolymer systems Modeling of wastewater

treatment plants

Equipment — Continuous Stirred-Tank Microwave

Reactor— Continuous Laboratory Bioreactors— Pilot Wastwater Treatmant Plant— gas chromatograph Hewlett-Packard GC

5890— HPLC/GPC — Controlled Stress Rheometer, Haake RS

150— Controlled Rate Rheometers, Haake CV

20, RV 100— Mixing equipment for higly viscous non-

newtonian fluids

Chair of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering

International Cooperation Wine technology -Production and application of selected

Bothrystis cinerea inoculum for noble wine production (EU FP6, preparing)

Cultivation of Ganoderma lucidum biomass and production of its pharmaceutical active compounds (EU FP6, preparing)

Ganoderma lucidum (China – Slovenian bilateral collaboration) Optimization of Sauvignon/Cabernet Sauvignon fermentation

(Argentine – Slovenian bilateral collaboration) Bothrytis cinerea (Austrian – Slovenian bilateral collaboration) Food quality and safety – Microwave Sterilization and

Pasteurization; University of Cagliary, Italy (EU FP6, preparing) Mixing processes in rheologicaly complex higly viscous fluids

(Greek – Slovenian bilateral collaboration) Transport phenomena in hydrophilic biopolymers (Italian –

Slovenian bilateral collaboration, preparing)

Chair of Inorganic Chemical Technology and Materials

Research areas Nano materials and

nanocomposites Materials for SOFC fuel cells Lithium ion batteries Combustion synthesis of ceramic

materials Characterization of electrical

properties of ionic and mixed conductors and interfaces at various temperatures

Industrial Cooperation Development of VOC catalysts Secondary energents and raw

materials for cement production

Staff 2 Professors 3 Assistants 3 Graduate students 1 TechnitianInternational Cooperation Technical University Graz Max - Planck Institute for Solid

State PhysicsEquipment Netzsch TG and EGA (MS)

analyzer ST 209 Mettler TG, DSC 4000 System Jeol Scanning electron

microscope T300 Leitz metalographic and heating

microscope…

Chair of Polymer Engineering and Organic Chemical Technology

Staff2 Professors; 2 Assistants

2 Graduate students; Techn.staff International Cooperation

ENK6-CT-2002-00679 Development of unglazed solar absorbers for building facades, and integration into heating systems (SOLABS)

Socrates bilateral agreement, Universidad de Valencia

Industrial Cooperation production in C-1 chemistry: methanol,

formaldehyde, urea-formaldehyde resins research and development in

environmental friendly processes and products in the field of resins and paints

basic research in bulk radical polymerization

biodiesel: basic research in kinetics and applications

improvement of capacity in H2O2 plant silicate technology: industrial drying

and product development integral wastewater pretreatment for

biological plants using separation processes

capacity and selectivity improvement in desulfurization plants

Equipment differential scanning calorimetry DSC

Mettler Toledo 821eFT - infrared spectroscopy FTIR Perkin

Elmer SPECTRUM 1000gas chromatograph Hewlett-Packard GC

5890HPLC/GPC Shimadzu LC-4Aon-line FTIR measurement ReactIR4000

Mettler -ASI complete