Lund University
DEPARTMENT OF
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Activity Report 2010
Department of
Chemical Engineering
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ACTIVITY REPORT 2010
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Chemical Engineering
Foreword
At first it was diagnosed as a network problem. The computers did not
start properly on that malicious morning August 23, 2010, when we
moved back to our premises on floor +1 in building III of the Chemical
Centre. It was, however, soon painfully clear that something more
serious had happened. The loose electrical cable in one of the
distribution boxes used by the construction workers in the end caused us
damages on equipment alone well exceeding 1 million SEK. And this
figure did not include lost work. Talk about Monday morning…
Luckily, there were many more positive things to remember from the year that passed. The
department is growing both in terms of Ph.D. students and new researchers. The Process
Industrial Centre (PICLU) is now well established, and a growing hub for simulation-based
research at the department. One of our former graduates - Åsa Davidsson - has returned to us
as “Forskarassistent” in Water and Environmental Engineering, where she will focus on
biogas production from urban waste. We are also very happy that Anna Ledin was appointed
Adjunct Professor in Water and Environmental Engineering with a focus on organic
micropollutants by the end of the year. This clearly strengthens our research capacity in this
field.
The Department Summer excursion followed the same theme, as we visited Malmberg Water
in Åhus. Malmbergs is another example of successful integration between Chemical
Engineering and Water Engineering. The Department Fall workshop on education took place
at SLU, Alnarp (where the term Kingdom has a dual meaning). A more close collaboration
with SLU is definitely valuable, not least for biofuel research. A new national knowledge
centre on renewable fuels, the so-called f3 centre, involving several Swedish universities
(Chalmers, Lund, KTH, SLU, Umeå, and Luleå) as well as industries was started in 2010. The
department will surely be active in this centre as it already is in the university research
platform LU Biofuels.
Britta Kjellin-Bolmstedt started at the department in 1971 as research engineering. Almost 40
years later, in September 2010, she retired after having helped several thousand (!)
engineering students through our courses in Transport phenomena and Heat engineering.
From us and all our students: Thanks, Britta!
Lund, April 25, 2011
Gunnar Lidén
Head of Department
Chemical Engineering, Lund University
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Department of
Chemical Engineering
1. Undergraduate education
The department is deeply involved in the engineering programs for Chemical Engineering,
Biotechnology, and Environmental Engineering (abbreviated K, B and W, respectively). The
department gives seven compulsory courses at the basic level for these programs. With the
incorporation of Water and Environmental engineering into the department there is a growing
involvement in the Civil Engineering program (V), both at the basic level and at the advanced
level.
The department is responsible for twelve optional advanced courses in five engineering programs
(apart from the four program already mentioned, students from also the Applied Mathematics
program (π) the Nano Science program (N) and the Risk Management program (RH) choose
courses at the department). The majority of the advanced courses are part of the Process Design
specialization for the Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering programs.
An important part in the training of engineers is the Master thesis work (“examensarbete”). By
tradition the department has always been very active in arranging and supervising thesis work,
primarily due to good contacts with industry. The number of finished Master theses was 37.
Courses on basic level
Table 1.1: List of courses at the basic level offered by the department during 2010.
code
Title (Swe/Eng)
Program
KETA01 Kemiteknik/Chemical engineering
KETF01 Transportprocesser/Transport
Phenomena
KTE023 Kemisk process- och
reaktionsteknik/Chemical Process and
Reaction Engineering
KET045 Kemisk reaktionsteknik/Chemical
Reaction Engineering
KTE170 Masstransport i tekniska och naturliga
system/Mass Transfer Processes in
Environmental Engineering
KET030 Energiteknik/Heat Engineering
KAT031 Separationsprocesser/Separation
Processes, Basic Course
VVAF01 VA-teknik/Water and Wastewater
Technology
4
ECTS
points
Registered
students
K
15
40
B
7.5
67
W
15
49
K
B, K
7.5
7.5
38
108
V
5
148
K
B, K
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7.5
55
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Courses on advanced level
Table 1.2: List of advanced courses offered by the department during 2010.
code
Title
Program
KAT051
Separationsprocesser, FK/Separation
Processes, Advanced Course
KET040 Kemisk processteknologi/Chemical
Process Technology
KTE071 Biokemisk
reaktionsteknik/Biochemical Reaction
Engineering
VVA030 Urbana vatten/Urban Waters
VVA910 Projektkurs i vattenförsörjnings- och
VVA920 avloppsteknik, del I&II/
Project course in water and wastewater
treatment, part I&II
KET010 Energi och Miljö/Energy and
Environment
KTE061 Kemisk reaktionsteknik FK/Chemical
Reaction Engineering, Advanced
Course
KET050 Projektering/Feasibility Studies on
Industrial Plants
KTE131 Processriskanalys/Loss Prevention
KETN01 Processimulering/Process Simulation
KTE055 Katalys/Catalysis
KTE190 Biogeokemisk
modellering/Biogeochemical Modelling
VVAN01 Decentraliserad VAhantering/Decentralized Water and
Wastewater Treatment
ECTS
points
Registered
students
K, RH,W
7.5
17
B, K, W
7.5
12
V, W
V, W
15
15
52
0
K, W
7.5
33
K, Pi, W
7.5
18
K, W
15
22
K, W
B, K, Pi, W
K
W
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
31
12
14
5
W
7.5
9
K, W
7.5
17
Other courses where the department contribute
Table 1.3: List of other courses where staff from the department was active in during 2010.
code
Title (Swe/Eng)
KOO090 Vatten- och Atmosfärskemi/Water
and Atmosphere Chemistry
KOK032 Miljökemi/Environmental Chemistry
VTVA01 Infrastrukturteknik/Infra structure
engineering
Program
part
W
30%
K, B
L
50%
30%
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ECTS
points
Registered
students
7.5
12
84
66
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Master theses
All engineering programs have a compulsory Master thesis requirement on 30 ECTS points. A
total of 37 Master theses were published at the department during 2010. Many of these Master
theses are done in collaboration with industry.
List of MSc thesis 2010:
1. Anderberg, Kajsa (2010) Utvärdering av verkningsgrad för biobränslepannor
2. Baillon-Dhumez Aude (2010) Evaluation of a Biofilm Process for the Removal of
Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater
3. Bondesson Pia-Maria (2010) Kombinerad bioetanol- och biogasproduktion från
vetehalm
4. Cragnell Josefine (2010) Reduction of process taste in sugar solution with carbon
filtration
5. Edfeldt Johan (2010) Evaluation of new amine based systems for carbon dioxide
absorption
6. Ekström Sara (2010) N2O production in a single stage nitritation/anammox MBBR
7. Eliasson Johanna (2010) Design of a Plant for Manufactoring of Acetaldehyde
8. Engle Oscar (2010) Upgrading alternatives for a waste water treatment pond in Johor
Bahru, Malaysia
9. Ericson Tobias (2010) A sustainable urban drainage system in the wangsiadun green
CBD, Wuhan, China
10. Eriksson Ylva (2010) Förbehandling av matavrfall med skruvpress - Utvärdering av
effektiviteten i förbehandlingsanläggningen på NSR i Helsingborg
11. Green Kristina (2010) Energy optimization at Trelleborg Industri AB
12. Guerra Laura (2010) Evaluation of Bassussary Wastewater Treatment Plant after
Upgrading with Membrane Bioreactor Technology
13. Hansson Rasmus (2010) Increased heat recovery process at the sulphuric acid plant
at Kemira Kemi AB
14. Holmberg André (2010) Development of a wire mesh catalyst for steam reforming of
natural gas
15. Holmström David (2010) Förbehandling av matavfall med skruvpress - Utvärdering
av effektiviteten i förbehandlingsanläggningen på NSR i Helsingborg
16. Junca Silvia (2010) Production of easily biodegradable carbon source for nutrient
removal from wastewater through primary sludge hydrolysis - Impact on methane
potential
17. Karlsson Anna (2010) Modell i Extend av fiberlinjer vid SCM
18. Kulander Ida (2010) Användning av magnesiumföreningar som fällningskemikalie vid
kommunala avloppsreningsverk
19. Kuusela Johanna (2010) Heat capacity measurements of amine-water solutions used
for Post Combustion Carbon dioxide applications
20. Larsson Jesper (2010) Methods for measurement of solubility and dissolution rate of
sparingly soluble drugs
21. Lindeskog Johanna (2010) Frisättning av arsenik - modellering i PHREEQC-2
22. Mönegård Nathalie (2010) Användning av magnesiumföreningar som
fällningskemikalie vid kommunala avloppsreningsverk
23. Nilsson Filip (2010) Decarbonylation of Acrolein, A Catalytic Study
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24. Nyman Anna-Karin (2010) Influence of operating conditions on fed-batch production
of polyhydroxyalkanoates in a mixed culture
25. Ojala Frida (2010) Model Calibration of Chromatographic Separation of Rare Earth
Elements
26. Omenka Esther (2010) Improvement of decentralised wastewater treatment in Asaba,
Nigeria
27. Palalane Jaime (2010) Comparative analysis of sub-surface drainage solutions in
Maxaquene A
28. Paulsson Mattias (2010) Ozonering av aktivt slam -effekter på
sedimenteringsegenskaper och processhastigheter
29. Persson Olof (2010) Thermochemical Investigation of Carbon Dioxide Absorption
using reaction caloremetry
30. Shukri Aza (2010) Hydraulic modelling of open stormwater solutions in
Augustenborg, Sweden
31. Stolpe Caroline (2010) The Oxyfuel SCR Project, Building of Equipment
32. Szabo Alexander (2010) Upgrading alternatives for a waste water treatment pond in
Johor Bahru, Malaysia
33. Söderström Olle (2010) In situ studies of carbon formation leading to metal dusting in
syngas processes
34. Truedsson, Cecilia (2010) Utvärdering av förbehandlingsanläggning för matavfall
35. Vestergren Sofia (2010) Infiltration Trenches in Scania
36. Väänänen Janne (2010) Decarbonylation of Acrolein, A Catalytic Study
37. Zhenhua Gao (2010) Handling of released P from digesters loaded with Bio-P sludge
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2. Research and PhD education
The research activities at the department are based on four main competence areas: Separation
Engineering, Reaction Engineering, System Engineering, and Water and Environmental
Engineering. The nature of the research ranges all the way from fundamental studies, e.g. in
catalysis, to applied projects in the process industry. The research is often part of major national
or international research efforts. Some of these are presented below. The Department of
Chemical Engineering is an internationally renowned actor in research on lignocellulose to
ethanol conversion. An important asset is the National Process Development Unit (PDU), which
provides a unique capacity of making complete evaluations of feedstock potential – including
biomass analysis, pretreatment, hydrolysis, and fermentation and in addition techno-economic
evaluations of process concepts. The department and is involved in numerous collaborations in
the field, with including several EU-projects and projects in the Swedish Ethanol Research
Program. The latter comprises cooperation with Swedish companies, like Sekab E-technology
AB, Taurus Energy AB, Nordisk Etanol&Biogas AB and National Bioenergy Sweden AB.
NILE is a large European project (within FP6) on the cost effective
production of clean bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass for use as
transport fuel, which started in 2006 and will end in 2010. It involves no
less than 20 partners from all over Europe, including Applied Microbiology
and Chemical Engineering from Lund University. The overall objectives of the work is to
improved the process by decreasing the cost of enzymatic hydrolysis, improve yeast strains and
to validate the engineered enzyme systems and yeast strains in a fully integrated pilot plant. Socioeconomic and global environmental impacts of the production and techno-economic analysis
based on the new data obtained is central. http://www.nile-bioethanol.org/
NEMO is a related project EU project in FP7, but somewhat more focused
on the development of novel enzymes and yeast strains, with less emphasis
on process evaluation. NEMO involves 17 partners, also here including
Applied Microbiology and Chemical Engineering from Lund University.
The role of the department in this project is the assessment of strains and enzymes in
fermentation
processes
and
improvement
of
the
fermentation
process.
http://nemo.vtt.fi/index.htm
LU Biofuels is a multi-disciplinary research platform that brings together
researchers from across faculties, departments and centres at Lund
University. It involves 8 different divisions and institutes at Lund
university, and one of the two coordinators come from the Department of Chemical
Engineering. www.lubiofuels.org
Green Syngas is an EU project in FP7 with 10 partners, which deals with
the production of syngas-derived fuel from renewable sources. A major
problem in these processes is the presence of contaminates in the product
gas from biomass gasifiers. These impurities that cause catalytic poisoning
should be completely removed prior to the entry in catalytic systems that utilize in upgrading
steps. With the evolution of these advanced uses of biomass derived syngas, it becomes necessary
to develop progressively more stringent gas cleaning systems. The key goal is development of a
novel gas cleanup in order to reduce impurities from the product gas to meet limits required for
Green
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upgrading to syngas from a biomass feedstock. The project is coordinated by the Department of
Design Sciences at Lund University. Research at the department of Chemical Engineering
concerns the thermal gasification and CO2 removal.
Process Industrial Centre at Lund University, PIC-LU, which started in
2008 is a collaboration between Automatic Control, Chemical Engineering
and the companies in the process industry. The companies Borealis, Novo
Nordisk, Perstorp, Pfizer Health, K.A. Rasmussen and Novozymes are the
industrial partners. PIC-LU is financed by the Foundation for Strategic
research together with the companies. Process flexibility, availability and
controllability are key areas in the integrated research projects. Project-1 is focused on flexible
production through optimal grade changes in a large scale continuous chemical plant using
process model calibration and dynamic optimization tools. Project-3 is focused upon Quality by
Design in biopharmaceutical industry. The combination of disturbance modeling and process
optimization under hard quality constraint generates new methods for the pharmaceutical
industry. Project-4 is focused on flexible design of separation of metal ions and project-5 is about
controllability of industrial fermenters. www.pic.lu.se.
The research in water and environmental engineering covers a
broad range of research related to water use and treatment in the
modern societies. Projects are often made together with Swedish
municipalities and companies. Improvement of anaerobic treatment of
sludge and other organic urban waste is since a long time an important
research area as is improved housekeeping and utilisation of organic
material in wastewater for extended removal of nitrogen and
phosphorus another. A large national research project,
MistraPharma, started in 2008 with the objective of assessing the size and risk of these
compounds to the environment and designing waste water treatment methods for the most
important APIs, active pharmaceutical ingredients. The project leader is the Royal Institute of
Technology, and the consortium involves five more Swedish universities (including LU) as well
as DTU. The department will work on the development of new treatment methods in this
project.
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Publications
The number of publications in scientific journals during 2010 was 31. This is comparable with
the last three years with a production of journal publication just below 40.
The following articles with authors from the department were published in scientific journals
during 2010.
1. Westerlund, C, Westerberg, B, Odenbrand, I, Egnell, R: Model Predictive Control of a
Combined EGR/SCR HD Diesel Engine, SAE 2010-01-1175, Proceedings from SAE
World Congress 2010, 2010
2. Bösch, Peter, Wallberg, Ola, Joelsson, Elisabeth, Galbe, Mats, Zacchi, Guido: Impact
of dual temperature profile in dilute acid hydrolysis of spruce for ethanol production ,
Biotechnology for Biofuels, 3(1/15), 2010
3. Bösch, Peter, Wallberg, Ola, Joelsson, Elisabeth, Galbe, Mats, Zacchi, Guido: Impact
of dual temperature profile in dilute acid hydrolysis of spruce for ethanol production ,
Biotechnology for Biofuels, 3(15), 1-12, 2010
4. Bracewell, D, Gernaey, K V, Glassey, J, Hass, V C, Heinzle, E, Mandenius, C F,
Olsson, I-M, Racher, A, Staby, A, Titchener-Hooker, N: Report and recommendation
of a workshop on education and training for measurement, monitoring, modelling and
control (M3C) in biochemical engineering , Biotechnol. J., 5, 359-367, 2010
5. C. Piccolo, M. Wiman, F. Bezzo,, G. Lidén: Enzyme adsorption on SO2 catalyzed
steam-pretreated wheat and spruce material , Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 46,
159-169, 2010
6. Carrasco, C., Baudel, H.M., Sendelius, J., Modig, T., Roslander, C., Galbe, M., HahnHägerdal, B., Zacchi, G.,, Lidén, G: Steam Pretreatment and Fermentation of
Enzymatically Hydrolyzed Sugarcane Bagasse using Pentose-fermenting Yeasts ,
Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 46, 64-73, 2010
7. Erdei, Borbála, Barta, Zsolt, Sipos, Bálint, Réczey, Kati, Galbe, Mats, Zacchi, Guido:
Ethanol production from mixtures of wheat straw and wheat meal , Biotechnology for
Biofuels , 3(16), 2010
8. Ferreira-Leitão, Viridiana, Cruz Perrone, Clarissa, Rodrigues, Joice, Machado Franke,
Ana Paula, Macrelli, Stefano, Zacchi Guido: An approach to the utilisation of CO2 as
impregnating agent in steam pretreatment of sugar cane bagasse and leaves for ethanol
production , Biotechnology for Biofuels, 3(7), 2010
9. Foglia, Domenico, Ljunggren, Mattias, Wukovits, Walter, Friedl, Anton, Zacchi,
Guido: Integration studies on a two-stage fermentation process for the production of
biohydrogen , Journal of Cleaner Production , 18, 72-80, 2010
10. Fredenberg, S, Wahlgren M, Reslow M, Axelsson A: Pore formation and pore closure
in PLG films , J of Controlled Release, 2010
11. Geddes, C.C., Peterson, J J, Roslander, C, Zacchi, G, Mullinnix, M.T, Shanmugam,
K.T., Ingram, L.O.: Optimizing the saccharification of sugar cane bagasse using dilute
phosphoric acid followed by fungal cellulases , Bioresource Technology , 101, 18511857, 2010
12. Grasselli, R. K, Lugmair, C. G, Volpe Jr., A. F, Andersson, A, Burrington, J. D:
Enhancement of acrylic acid yields in propane and propylene oxidation by selective P
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doping of MoV(Nb)TeO-based M1 and M2 catalysts , Catalysis Today, 157, 33-38,
2010
13. Häggblad, R, Hansen, S, Wallenberg, L. R, Andersson, A : Stability and performance
of cation vacant Fe3-x-yVxyO4 spinel phase catalysts in methanol oxidation , Journal
of Catalysis, 276, 24-37, 2010
14. Hoyer, Kerstin, Galbe, Mats, Zacchi, Guido: Effects of enzyme feeding strategy on
ethanol yield in fed-batch simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of spruce at
high dry matter , Biotechnology for Biofuels, 3(14), 2010
15. K. Olofsson, Palmqvist B.,, Lidén G: Improving simultaneous saccharification and cofermentation of pretreated wheat straw using enzyme and substrate feeding ,
Biotechnology for Biofuels , 3:17, 2010
16. Kaunisto, Erik, Abrahmsen-Alami, Susanna, Borgquist, Per, Larsson, Anette, Nilsson,
Bernt, Axelsson, Anders: A mecanistic modelling approachto polymer dissolution
using magnetic resonance microimaging , Journal of Controlled Release, 147, 232241, 2010
17. Kaunisto, Erik, Marucci, Mariagrazia, Axelsson, Anders: Dissolution Kinetics or Pure
Mass Transfer? A mechanistic Study of Dissolution , AIChE Journal, 00(0), 1-8, 2010
18. Keskitalo, Jukka, Jansen, Jes la Cour, Leiviskä, Kauko: Calibration and validation of a
modified ASM1 using long-term simulation of a full-scale pulp mill wastewater
treatment plant , Environmental Technology, 31(5), 555-566, 2010
19. Larsdotter, Karin, Jansen, Jes la Cour, Dalhammar, Gunnel: Phosporus removal from
wastewater by microalgae in Sweden - a year-round perspective , Environmental
technology, 31(2), 117-123, 2010
20. Ljunggren, Mattias, and Zacchi, Guido: Techno-economic analysis of a two-step
biological process for hydrogen production , Biotechnology progress, 26(2), 496-504,
2010
21. Ljunggren, Mattias, and Zacchi, Guido: Techno-economic analysis of a two-step
biological process producing hydrogen and methane , Bioresource Technology,
101(20), 7780-7788, 2010
22. Markowski, Mariusz, Urbaniec, Krzysztof, Budek, Andrzej, Trafczynski, Marian,
Wukovits, Walter, Friedl, Anton, Ljunggren, Mattias, Zacchi Guido: Estimation of
energy demand of fermentation-based hydrogen production , Journal of Cleaner
Production , 18, 81-87, 2010
23. Monavari, Sanam, Bennato, Andrea, Galbe, Mats, Zacchi, Guido: Improved one-step
steam pretreatment of SO2-impregnated softwood with time-dependent temperature
profile for ethanol production , Biotechnology Progress, 26(4), 1054-1060, 2010
24. Nordin, Anna-Karin, Jönsson, Ann-Sofi: Influence of module configuration on total
economics during ultrafiltration at high concentration , Chemical Engineering
Research and Design, 88, 1555-1562, 2010
25. Olofsson, K, Wiman, M, Lidén, G: Controlled feeding of cellulases improves
conversion of in simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation for bioethanol
production. , J. Biotechnol, 145, 168-175, 2010
26. Persson, T, Jönsson, A-S: Isolation of hemicelluloses by ultrafiltration ov
thermomechanical pulp mill process water - Influence of operating conditions ,
Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 88, 1548-1554, 2010
27. Persson, Tobias, Krawczyk, Holger, Nordin, Anna-Karin, Jönsson, Ann-Sofi:
Fractionation of process water in thermomechanical pulp mills , Bioresource
Technology, 101, 3884-3892, 2010
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28. Roxå, Torgny, Mårtensson, Katarina, Alveteg, Mattias: Understanding and influencing
teaching and learning cultrues at university - A network approach , Higher Education,
2010
29. Sipos, Balint, Kreuger, Emma, Svensson, Sven-Erik, Reczey, Kati, Björnsson, Lovisa,
Zacchi Guido: Steam pretreatment of dry and ensiled industrial hemp for ethanol
production , Biomass and bioenergy, 34, 1721-1731, 2010
30. Tominaga, Koji, Aherne, Julian, Watmough, Shaun A, Alveteg, Mattias, Cosby,
Bernard J, Driscoll, Charles T, Posch, Maximilian, Pourmokhtarian, Afshin:
Predicting Acidification Recovery at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New
Hampshire: Evaluation of Four Models , Environmental Science and Technology,
44(23), 9003-9009, 2010
31. Westerberg, Karin, Degerman, Marcus, Nilsson, Bernt: Pooling control in variable
preparative chromatography processes , Bioprocess and Biosystems, 33, 375-382,
2010
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PhD theses
Two PhD theses were defended during 2010.
Häggblad, Robert
Selective oxidation over mixed metal oxide
Dept of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, 2010
Monavari, Sanam
Development of the Steam Pretreatment Process for Production of
Ethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass
Dept of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, 2010
Lic theses
One Licentiate thesis was defended during 2010.
Bernstad, Anna
Environmental Evaluation of Solid Household Waste Management the Augustenborg Ecocity
Dept of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, 2010
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3. External contacts and events
The national facility for Process Development of ethanol production processes (PDU) attracts a
number of visitors every year. This year visitor came from China, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands,
Norway, Germany, Switzerland and USA. The PDU has also been used for commissioned
research for companies in Sweden, Norway, Italy, Netherlands, Japan, Switzerland and USA.
Process Industrial Centre at Lund University, PIC-LU, held its
second centre conference at Stenungsbaden in June 2010. The
conference also contained industrial visits at the petro chemical
cluster in Stenungsund. The Department together with the
Department of Automatic Control is the academic partners in
PIC-LU. These two departments together with process industry
organize the centre both for research and competence
development in the area of enhanced production in process
industry. Six companies are current partners, Borealis, Perstorp,
Novo Nordisk, K.A. Rasmussen, Novozymes and Pfizer Health.
The activities in the centre, particularly the competence
development program, attract a lot of external contact and
collaboration.
PIC-LU organized two school activities during 2010, spring school and autumn school. In the
spring two courses was organized, Control of industrial processes and Industrial process
simulation, and in the autumn three courses, Optimization of industrial processes, Process
engineering and Process integration
in biopharmaceutical industry. The
schools are organized during two
and a half day at the university
campus. This is a good opportunity
to create valuable contact between
academy and industry.
Collaboration with partners in Denmark increase every year, both with academic colleges and
industry, and also this year. Our Master students and PhD students often get job proposals for
employment on the "other" side of Öresund. Research contacts with industrial partners are also
becoming regular. Together with Novo Nordisk A/S and Novozymes A/S the department works
in a number of different research projects. The projects are important in regional perspective to
increase mobility and mutual understanding. Adjunct professor Arne Staby, Novo Nordisk A/S,
gave one of the courses in PIC-LU autumn school.
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4. Personnel
Due to both graduation and recruitment of PhD students and temporary quest researchers, the
number of employees at the department change during the year. However, as an average, the
number of personnel at the departments was about 65 during 2010.
The Faculty consisted of 23 senior staff members, including 12 professors, 2 adjunt professor, 2
associate professors, 4 lecturers and 5 researchers. The technical and administrative staff was 8
persons.
The average number of PhD students was 34. Two PhD students graduated and left the
department, and eight new Ph.D. students were recruited during 2010.
The department had 8 guest researchers and project employees during 2010.
Figure 5.1: Personnel at the Department of Chemical Engineering 2010.
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5. Economy
Of the income for 2010 (about 58.5 MSEK), slightly more than 50% comes from University
funding, the larger share of which is faculty grants for teaching.
Faculty research vg 21
14.7 MSEK
External grants for research vg 35
26.5 MSEK
Teaching vg 11
15 MSEK
Contract research vg 55
2.2 MSEK
Figure 6.1. Income at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, 2010.
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Contact information:
Department of Chemical Engineering
Lund University
Getingevägen 60
P.O. Box 124
SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
Secretaries:
Lill Dahlström
tel. +46 46 2228285
e-mail: lill.dahlstrom@chemeng.lth.se
Lena Nilsson
tel. +46 46 2228269
e-mail: lena.nilsson@chemeng.lth.se
Website: www.chemeng.lth.se
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