CERTECH

General expertise of the research group

The research & development strategy of Certech is based on the synergies of three major themes, namely: environment, polymer materials technology, chemistry & industrial processes supported by an analytical & technological services platform.

Specific hydrogen- related expertise & research topics

• Certech contributes to research and innovation activities addressing environmentally friendly technologies and allowing to support a sustainable economic development. These activities integrate the following topics:
  • Integration at a local level of mixed renewable electricity sourcing (for domestic or industrial exploitations) through the production of hydrogen or via storage in batteries.
  • Reduction of the hydrogen storage costs via solid storage in porous materials, namely the Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOF). These MOF must be relevant from technical and regulatory aspects. The porous solids are developed in specific reactors, to increase their production while reducing the costs and environmental impact of the syntheses.

Available equipment/tools:

• Characterization / quantification of hydrogen in a gas mixture.
• Micro-reactors for sorption of gas on solid materials.
• Micro-reactors for sorption of hydrogen (in development).
• Intensified continuous reactor for solids adsorbent synthesis.
• Autoclaves for hydrothermal synthesis.

Participating in FL/B/EU funded projects with H2 related research:

• INTERESTSproject– DGO4 Wallonia
• H2BeProject–Fonds deTransition Energétique (FTE)

Main relevant publications

1. Continuous flow hydrothermal synthesis of zeolite LTA in intensified reactor. Experimental and multiphysics CFD modeling approach, S. Ahmad, L. B. Mustapha, S. Calvo, F. Collignon, A. E. Fernandes, D. Toye, Chemical Engineering and Processing- Process Intensification 2023, 189, 109399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2023.109399
2. Continuous, Greener Synthesis of Metal-Organic Frameworks, Olivia Deresteau, François Collignon, Dominique Lalande, Lilia Ben Mustapha, EuroMOF 2019, 27- 30 October 2019Maison de la Chimie, Paris, France