TU Delft Process Technology Institute
Newsletter 1, June 2021 
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Experimental and numerical insights into heterogeneous liquid-solid behaviour in drinking water softening reactors
 
A group of researchers have carried out extensive experiments and performed complex simulations that describe in detail the vortex of lime grains in a softening process.
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Is my prediction valid? – Data-driven models cannot extrapolate and often make false predictions!
 
Artificial neural networks and other data-driven models are increasingly used in engineering to learn underlying relationships between inputs and outputs. A critical issue of data-driven models is their limited extrapolability.
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Van 't Hoff Lecture
 
This year we are honored to host Dr. Doulaye Koné, Deputy Director Water, Sanitation & Hygiene at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as 2021 van’t Hoff Lecturer of the Delft Process Technology Institute. The public online lecture will take place on Thursday June 17, 2021 (7 pm CEST). 
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In Silico Screening of Zeolites for High-Pressure Hydrogen Drying
 
In their new study they screen 200+ zeolites and identify potential candidates for drying high-pressure hydrogen gas. The promising zeolites under specific conditions, are able to dry 400-8000 times their volume in hydrogen gas.
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White paper on high‐throughput process development for integrated continuous biomanufacturing
 
A possible solution to establish more efficient and flexible processes in the biopharmaceutical industry is to transition to continuous integrated manufacturing: An improvement in productivity, product quality and consistency can be achieved while drastically reducing the facility footprint and manufacturing costs.
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Introduction Cees Haringa
 
Meet our new Assistant professor.
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Enhancing neonatal care in low- and middle-income countries with wireless wearable sensors
 
An estimated 3.6 million newborns die each year, 99% of them in low- and middle-income countries. This number can be drastically reduced with newly developed devices that are not only very user-friendly, but also significantly less expensive.
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What else is happening at DPTI?


  • June 10 + 24: Summerschool for our PhD's, postdocs and PDEngs
  • July 1 + 8: Internal DPTI competition for research ideas
  • Sept 20 - 23: Engineering the Future virtual-event
  • Jan 19 - 21, 2022: Course Process Technplogy for non-Process Technologists
  • April 4 + 5, 2022: NPS 2022 will take place in the Aula at Delft University
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The goal of TU Delft Process Technology Institute (DPTI) is to achieve a coherent research and education program across all faculties within TU Delft working in the field of process technology. DPTI is a research incubator and an enabler for Delft’s process technology community building, specifically relevant for young and starting faculty to find their peers and professional home and allow them to work in multi-disciplinary teams.
 
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