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K.U. Leuven’s Vision for CR3

Bart Blanpain

P. Tom Jones

Karel Van Acker

Tom Van Gerven

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K.U.Leuven - Some key figures

• K.U.Leuven (2009):

• 1.454 professors and total of 9.133 staff members

• 34.840 students

• 530 doctorates

• Research funds: EUR 259 million (2008)

• 65th in Times ranking overall; 50th in Engineering & IT

• 1979-2008 : Establishment of 84 spin-offs, of which 74 still

active in december 2008

• K.U.Leuven is member of

• League of European Research Universities (LERU)

• Coïmbra Group

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K.U.Leuven Organisation - Campuses

• Humanities Group Campus

Leuven – city centre

• Biomedical Sciences Group Campus

Leuven - Gasthuisberg

• Science, Engineering & Technology Group Campus

Heverlee - Arenberg

3 faculties: Exact Sciences – Engineering –

Bioscience Engineering

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Science and Technology

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Participating Research Groups/Consortia to CR3

• Thermodynamics in Materials Engineering

(B. Blanpain, P. Wollants, P. T. Jones, J. Roos)– Centre for High Temperature Processes, Metallurgy and

Refractory Materials

• Knowledge Platform on Thermal Residue Valorisation

(T. Van Gerven et al.)– Consortium including Chemical Engineering, Metallurgy and

Materials Engineering, Geology, Building Materials, Economics

• Leuven Materials Research Centre

(K. Van Acker, I. Verpoest)– Centre spanning materials research in 3 faculties and 19

research groups

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Research Group ‘Thermodynamics in Materials

Engineering’

.• Competences

– Modelling of phase equilibria (CALPHAD)

– High Temperature Experimentation

– High Temperature Process Modelling

– Micro-analytical characterisation

– Industrial Ecology

• Applications domains:

– Iron and steel production

– Non-ferrous metals production

– Nanotechnology

– Building materials

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Centre for high temperature processes,

metallurgy and refractory materials

• Cooperation with industrial partners active in high

temperature metals processing: ArcelorMittal,

Heraeus Electro-Nite and Umicore

• Flywheel function for intense collaboration through

large research projects and doctoral research

programs

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metallurgical &

materials

engineering

economy,

psychology &

law

chemical

engineering &

technology

geology &

applied

mineralogy

building

materials &

technology

The academic side

Knowledge Platform: Sustainable valorisation of

residues from thermal processes into valuable products

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Industrial Sounding Board

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Leuven Materials Research Centre

Leuven-MRC

Research groupIndustrial/Societal

application

Industrial/Societalapplication

Industrial/SocietalapplicationResearch group

Research group

19 research groups 3 faculties

PhD students; 248

technicians; 62

professors; 71

postdocs; 94

Leuven-MRC aims at enhancing the innovative character

of the top materials research present at the K.U.Leuven by

• developing and disseminating a common vision on future materials

• coordinating materials research at and with K.U.Leuven and

stimuting/initiating interdisciplinary research

• optimizing the interaction with industry through its portal function

• increasing the visibility of materials research

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K.U.Leuven CR3 steering group

Bart

Blanpain

Peter Tom

Jones

Tom

Van Gerven

Karel

Van Acker

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Research Domains

• Residu valorisation and enhanced landfill mining

– enhanced landfill mining: demonstration project

– thermal residues valorisation

• Process and flowsheet intensification– metallurgical processing

– process- en flowsheet design

– refractory materials

– CCS – mineral carbonation (magnetic, ultrasound, microwave)

• Sustainable materials management

– Eco-design, materials selection

– Sustainability indicators and assessment (LCA, MFA, exergy,…)

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FEG – EPMA (from 2/2011)major strengths

high-resolution and high-sensitivity microanalysis of solid samples

•Combination of EDS and WDS

•Straight forward sample preparation

•EPMA (electron probe micro analyzer)

– Quantification

– Wide range of elements

– 100% to ppm

– µm resolution

•FEG

– Resolution down to 100 nm

FEG

LaB6

W

1 µm

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P roducts

requirements

High T° proces s es

Hot s tageengineering

C old engineering

MINE R ALC AR B O NATIO N S OL G E L

L andfillsR eferencematerials

S inkC ons truction

materia ls S orbe nts

CO2

v aloriz ation

s oc iety &ec olog y

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Q 2

Q 3

Q 4 Q 5 Q 6

Q 8

Q 9

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Sustainable valorisation of residues from

thermal processes into valuable products

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Enhanced land fill mining

REMO Site

-15 million ton waste

- documented

- partly separated

- mining in ~20 years (> 500.000 ton/year)

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CR3 benefits

• Resource recovery and recycling: megatrend

• I/UCRC proven system of pre-competitive

research

• Global issue – global network

• Good students: leaders of tomorrow

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Timeline and links

• K.U.Leuven is CR3 affiliate partner

• Contact companies (April-Aug 2010)

• European CR3 Workshop with companies (September 2010)

• Sign-up Members through K.U.Leuven (Sept-Dec 2010)

• K.U.Leuven site operational and active full partner CR3 (January 2011)

• Extension of European Academic Partners (September 2012)

Links

• CR3

• http://www.wpi.edu/academics/Research/CR3/

• Thermodynamics in Materials Engineering Research Group• http://www.mtm.kuleuven.be/Research/THERMO

• Knowledge Platform: Smart-Pro2

• http://smartpro2.eu/

• Leuven Materials Research Centre• http://www.mtm.kuleuven.be/Research/MRC/