Selective Separation
Research Areas
Process development of integrated separation and conversion processes involving gaseous substrates
Biotechnological conversion processes involving gases (derived from residues) are often limited by challenges such as (i) poor mass transfer characteristics (rate-limiting) particularly due to low solubility of relevant gases (ii) safety issues with certain gases (iii) presence of impurities in the gas streams (iv) a limited understanding of the design and scale-up of gas-based systems….
Primary Investigator
Prof Eoin Casey (UCD)
Prof Patrick Guiry (UCD)
Prof Yuriii Gun’ko (TCD)Funded Investigator
Prof JJ Leahy (UL)
Staff
Postdoctorate Researchers:
Dr Sorcha Daly (UCD)Postgraduate Researchers:
Tomislav Horvat (UCD)
Burcu Akkoyunlu (UCD)Funding Source
Novel membrane fabrication for the upgrading of gasification products
The main goal of this project is to develop new membranes which are based on 2D nanomaterials for nanofiltration (NF) and the upgrading of gasification products. The technical objectives include: Preparation and testing of membranes based on oxidised BN (BNOx). Preparation and testing of BNOx – LDH (layered double hydroxide) based hybrid membranes. Preparation and…
Primary Investigator
Prof Yurii Gun’ko (TCD, Project Lead)
Funded Investigator
Prof Ramesh Babu (TCD)
Staff
Postdoctorate Researchers:
Dr Sarah McCarthy (Q4 2017 only)
Dr Finn Purcell-Milton (from 2018)Postgraduate Researchers:
Natalia Garcia Domenech (October 2017 – December 2021)Funding Source
Electrospun membranes
The main goal of this project is to develop new membranes which are based on 2D nanomaterials for nanofiltration (NF) and the upgrading of gasification products. The technical objectives include: Preparation and testing of membranes based on oxidised BN (BNOx). Preparation and testing of BNOx – LDH (layered double hydroxide) based hybrid membranes. Preparation and…
Primary Investigator
Prof Yurii Gun’ko (TCD, Project Lead)
Funded Investigator
Prof Ramesh Babu (TCD)
Staff
Postdoctorate Researchers: Dr Sarah McCarthy (Q4 2017 only) Dr Finn Purcell-Milton (from 2018) Postgraduate Researchers: Natalia Garcia Domenech (October 2017 – December 2021)
Funding Source
Development of novel biopolymer membrane systems for separation of proteins and peptides
Development of novel polymer membranes via phase inversion on a purpose-built casting rig. Preparation of novel hybrid materials such as chitosan-PMMA composites etc. Functionalisation of polymer membranes with silanes and potentially chiral moieties such as biomolecules. This is to allow phase separation by chemical affinity as well as size. Optimisation of pore structure and size…
Primary Investigator
Prof Yurii Gun’ko (TCD)
Funded Investigator
Prof Mick Morris (TCD, Project Lead)
Prof Ramesh Babu (TCD)Staff
Postdoctorate Researchers:
Dr Tandra Ghoshal 0.5 FTE (June 2018 – December 2020)Postgraduate Researchers:
Nadezda Prochukhan (from September 2019)Funding Source
Frontier technology for biomass pre-treatment to increase substrate availability for bioconversion processes
The main goal of the project is to assess the potential for individual or sequential pre-treatments combinations of high voltage pulse electric fields to induce cell/biosolid lysis leading to an enhanced substrate for bioconversion. The work has been divided in five different work tasks (WT): WT1. Literature review, method development, and design future experiments; WT2….
Funded Investigator
Prof James Lyng (UCD, Project lead)
Staff
Postdoctorate Researchers: Dr Ajay Menon (from April 2019)
Funding Source
Research 2017-2023, Selective Separation
Process development of integrated separation and conversion processes involving gaseous substrates
Biotechnological conversion processes involving gases (derived from residues)…