Volker Hessel,
Professor, School of Chemical Engineering,
The University of Adelaide
Professor Volker Hessel studied chemistry at Mainz University (PhD in organic chemistry, 1993). In 1994 he entered the Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH. In 2002, Prof. Hessel was appointed Vice Director R&D at IMM and in 2007 as Director R&D. In 2005 and 2011, Prof. Hessel was appointed as Part-time and Full Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, respectively. He was Honorary Professor at TU Darmstadt, Germany and is Guest Professor at Kunming University of Science and Technology, China. Prof. Hessel was appointed as Deputy Dean (Research) and Full Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering in the ECMS Faculty at the University of Adelaide, Australia. He is (co-)author of > 450 peer-reviewed (h-index: 54). He received the AIChE Award “Excellence in Process Development Research” in 2007, the ERC Advanced Grant “Novel Process Windows” in 2010, the ERC Proof of Concept Grant in 2017, the IUPAC ThalesNano Prize in Flow Chemistry in 2016, the FET OPEN Grant in 2016, and the ERC Synergy Grant 2018. He was authority in the 35-man teamed Parliament Enquete Commission "Future of the Chemical Industry" in Nordrhine-Westfalia.
Microfluidic Systems based on Multi-phase Designer Solvents with Aim to Automate Purification and Recycling Reactants
Friday, 1 October 2021 at 09:45
Add to Calendar ▼2021-10-01 09:45:002021-10-01 10:45:00Europe/LondonMicrofluidic Systems based on Multi-phase Designer Solvents with Aim to Automate Purification and Recycling ReactantsFlow Chemistry Summit 2021 in Boston, USABoston, USASELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com
Novel Process Windows with their unusual, typically harsh process conditions have enlarged the processing portfolio. Recently, we have developed a biomimetic processing concept that aims to develop flexible compartments for integrated reactions in a way as organelles (vacuoles) in a cell do. The compartments are formed by self-organising media by multi-phase designer solvents. In this way, cascade reactions may be run automatically in just one reactor (ONE-FLOW), which is compartmented to the complexity needed.
The presentation will show (1) the use of solubility modelling for finding the best solvents out of a myriad of choices, (2) the performance/opportunity and problems at a model reaction with organocatalyst, (3) the performance/opportunity and problems at a model reaction with enzyme catalyst, (4) a life cycle assessment for an industrial process (3-step ibuprofen) under favourable assumptions and tailored to the idea, (5) a life cycle assessment for an industrial process (1-step or 2-step rufinamide) under reported industrial conditions and not ideally tailored to the idea, and (6) a comparison of all classes of designer solvent per life cycle assessment impact category; the latter comprises ionic liquids, scCO2, fluorous solvents, thermomorphic solvents, and deep eutectic solvents.
Add to Calendar ▼2021-09-30 00:00:002021-10-01 00:00:00Europe/LondonFlow Chemistry Summit 2021Flow Chemistry Summit 2021 in Boston, USABoston, USASELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com
Add to Calendar ▼2021-10-01 09:45:002021-10-01 10:45:00Europe/LondonMicrofluidic Systems based on Multi-phase Designer Solvents with Aim to Automate Purification and Recycling ReactantsFlow Chemistry Summit 2021 in Boston, USABoston, USASELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com
