2025
PYROLIQ III – 2025: Pyrolysis and Liquefaction of Biomass and Wastes (PYROLIQ III), 14-19 September, Cetraro (Italy) – Oral presentation: “A comparative study of in-situ and ex-situ catalytic upgrading of plastic-derived pyrolysis oil to maximize naphtha production.” by P. Soldatos, A. Lemonidou, K. Triantafyllidis. Link to the presentation
International Conference on Mathematics in (bio/food) Chemical Kinetics and Engineering (MACKIE), 3-5 September, Çeşme (İzmir), Turkey – Oral presentations
“Two to jive: Accelerating numerical reactive flows in turboreactors” by M. Bonheure, I. Amghizar, T. Buzogány, R. L. Johnson, G. B. Marin, E. Nauha, and K. M. Van Geem. Link to the presentation
“Steam cracking beyond the plug flow assumption” by I. Amghizar, M. Bonheure, T. Buzogány, G. B. Marin, and K. M. Van Geem. Link to the presentation
“Mathematical modeling and simulation of steam cracking of plastic-waste pyrolysis oils: overcoming kinetic and computational challenges” by T. Buzogány, I. Amghizar, G. B. Marin, G. J. Heynderickx and K. M. Van Geem. Link to the presentation
16th European Congress on Catalysis (EUROPACAT 2025), 31 August – 5 September, Trondheim (Norway) – Oral presentation: “PVC Pyrolysis Oil: From Organochlorine Challenges to Hydrodechlorination Solutions” by E. Mahmoudi, G. Hulaj, M. Auersvald, K. Van Geem, A. Lemonidou, D. De Vos. Link to the presentation
ICEC 2025 – International Conference on Environmental Catalysis, 2-5 June, Isola delle Femmine (PA – Sicily, Italy) – Oral presentation: “Upgrading of plastic pyrolysis oil over zeolitic catalysts: Effect of reactor type and operating variables” by P. Soldatos, S.A. Andrianos, K. Triantafyllidis, A. Lemonidou. Link to the presentation
EFCE Spotlight Talks May 2025, 15 May, Online – Webinar: “High gravity (Higee) technologies for intensified reaction and separation processes” by Prof. G. Stefanidis, Prof. K. Van Geem, G. Veronesi, Prof. Y. Luo, Prof. J. Lee, Dr. M. Pawłowski, M. Bonheure
The program can be found here.
Oral presentation: “Electrified Turboreactor Technology – (Re)Shaping the Chemical Industry. M. Bonheure, E. Nauha, K. Van Geem. Link to the presentation
The video recording of that webinar is provided hereafter.
Seminar at ECUST 2025, 6 May, Shanghai, China – Oral presentations: “Advancing reaction engineering: paving the way for a circular chemical industry with the help of AI” by Bonheure, M., Amghizar, I., Muñoz, A., Dobbelaere, M., & Van Geem, K.
2025 Spring Meeting and 21st Global Congress on Process Safety. AIChE, 6-10 April, Dallas, TX (USA) – Oral presentations:
“Plastic Waste As a Circular Carbon Feedstock for Industry” by Brown, D., Chen, L., Amghizar, Muñoz, A., I., Marin, G. B., Van Geem, K., Woolf, G., Alcolea, E., Hernando, H., & Coronel, E. A.
“Maximizing Pyrolysis Oil Utilization in Existing Naphtha Crackers” by Muñoz, A., Amghizar, I., Brown, D., Chen, L., Marin, G., & Van Geem, K.
2024
AIChE Annual Meeting, 27-31 October, San Diego, CA (USA) – Oral presentation: “Breaking barriers: Reactive study of a revolutionary turbo-device for defossilizing the process industry” by M. Bonheure, R. L. Johnson, E. Nauha, and K. M. Van Geem. Link to the presentation
PSC, 17th Panhellenic Symposium on Catalysis, 8-10 October, Pafos (Cyprus) – Oral presentation: “Optimized in-situ catalytic upgrading of plastic waste pyrolysis oil to naphtha-range hydrocarbons” by P. Soldatos, A. Margellou, S. Torofias, A. Lemonidou, K. Triantafyllidis. Link to the presentation
12th International Freiberg Conference on Circular Carbon Technologies, 23-27 September, Shanghai (China) – Oral presentation: “Secondary gas-phase reactions of polyethylene pyrolysis: semi-detailed kinetics” by A. Pegurri, A. Locaspi, M. Mehl, M. Pelucchi, T. Faravelli.
eLECTRO Workshop, CAMURE 12 – ISMR 11 conference – 10th September, Ghent (Belgium)
The complete program can be found here. Presentations and panel debates conducted during that event are provided hereafter.
Introduction to eLECTRO, Kevin Van Geem, Ghent University Professor & eLECTRO coordinator, Click here to access the associated presentation
Introduction to Plastics2Olefins, Jeremias Michal, VTT principal Scientist & Plastics2Olefins partner, Click here to access the associated presentation
Introduction to PLASTICE, Rémi Tilkin, Centexbel Researcher & PLASTICE partner, Click here to access the associated presentation
First Panel Debate
The plastics transition: roadmap to 2050, Alexander Röder, Plastics Europe Climate & Production Director, Click here to access the associated presentation
EU Policies on plastics, Werner Bosmans, European Commission DG ENV, Team Leader ‘Plastics’, Click here to access the associated presentation
Second Panel Debate
11th International conference on sustainable solid waste management, 19-22 June, Rhodes (Greece) – Oral presentation: “Thermochemical recycling of LDPE through fast pyrolysis & catalytic upgrading towards naphtha range hydrocarbons” by P. Soldatos, A. Margellou, A. Lemonidou, K. Triantafyllidis. Link to the presentation
46th Meeting of the Italian Section of the Combustion Institute, Toward Net-Zero Carbon Society, 2-5 June, Bari (Italy) – Oral presentation: “Secondary gas-phase reactions of polyethylene pyrolysis: semi-detailed and global kinetics” by A. Pegurri, A. Locaspi, M. Mehl, M. Pelucchi, A. Stagni, T. Faravelli. Link to the presentation
46th Meeting of the Italian Section of the Combustion Institute, Toward Net-Zero Carbon Society, 2-5 June, Bari (Italy) – Oral presentation: “Reduced-order condensed phase kinetic models for polyethylene thermal degradation” by A. Locaspi, T. Faravelli. Link to the presentation
Joint meeting of the Belgian and Italian Sections of the Combustion Institute, 28-31 May, Firenze (Italy) – Oral presentation: “Thermochemical recycling of polyethylene terephtalate: experimental and kinetic investigation” by A. Locaspi, O. Akin, M. Havaei, M. Mehl, M. Pelucchi, R.J. Varghese, K.M. Van Geem, T. Faravelli
2nd AP Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environemental Systems, 2-5 April, Gold Coast (Australia) – Oral presentation: “Conversion of polyethylene terephthalate and polystyrene wastes into plastic hydrochar through hydrothermal carbonization using a 200-L pilot scale batch reactor” by C.A. Che. Link to the presentation
14th ISCC Global Sustainability Conference, 22 February, Residence Palace Brussels (Belgium) – Oral presentation: “Comparative Environmental Assessment of Plastic Waste Recycling and Energy Recovery (Incineration) Technologies” by K.M. Van Geem. Link to the presentation
2023
ICPHD, International Conference on Petroleum, Hydrogen and Decarbonization, 3-5 November, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (India) – Oral presentation: “Production Of Naphtha Grade Hydrocarbons From Pyrolysis Of Post-Consumer Mixed Plastics” by B. Baruah, C. Lievens, B. Vanderweeen, K.M. Van Geem. Link to the presentation
ICPHD, International Conference on Petroleum, Hydrogen and Decarbonization, 3-5 November, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (India) – Oral presentation: “Empowering reaction engineering for a net zero chemical industry” by K.M. Van Geem. Link to the presentation
EuChemS, European Chemical Society – 6th EuChemS conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 3-6 September, Salerno (Italy) – Oral presentation: “In-situ catalytic upgrading of plastic waste fast pyrolysis oil” by P. Soldatos, A. Margellou, S. Torofias, V.L. Yfanti, A. Lemonidou, K. Triantafyllidis
EUROPA CAT 2023, 15th European Congress on Catalysis, 27 August to 1 September, Prague (Czech Republic) – Oral presentation: “Catalytic upgrading of waste plastic pyrolysis oil” by P. Soldatos, A. Margellou, S. Torofias, V.L. Yfanti, A. Lemonidou, K. Triantafyllidis
KSABC, International Symposium 2023, Lab to market: Applied Biological Chemistry Materials, 18-20 June, ICC JEJU, Juju Island (Korea) – Poster presentation: “Plastic waste management in South Korea: current situation, limitations, and potential solutions” by J. Jeon, K. Kwak, K. Kwak, K. Kim, H. Kim, H. Kwak, C.A. Che, P.M. Heynderickx
45th Meeting of the Italian Section of The Combustion Institute, Joint meeting – The Belgian and Italian Sections of the Combustion Institute,18-31 May, Florence (Italy) – Oral presentation: “Thermochemical recycling of Polyethylene Terephtalate: experimental and kinetic investigation” by A. Locaspi, O. Akin, M. Havaei, M. Mehl, M. Pellucchi, R.J. Varghese, K.M. Van Geem, T. Faravelli. Link to the presentation
2022
Engaging in Horizon Europe Projects: what’s first?, 8 November, Chambre de commerce of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) – Oral presentation: “Greenrgize your process” by S.A. Theofanidis. Link to the presentation