Wavre, Walloon Region, Belgium
- Focusing on Defense and Space industries. - Defense Tech Scale-up Ecosystem Leader within Deloitte Belgium (for Start-ups and SME). - Funding of innovation investments through national and European grants and incentives. - IP landscaping and strategy to identify niche and patents opportunities.
Advice and assistance for entreprises: - Identification of eligible R&D activities for national grants and incentives - Identification of energy efficiency improvments and their deployment - Assessment of GHG emissions and opportunities to reduce them - Assessment of strategic management towards carbon neutrality - Share of technical and economical knowledge of industrial sectors and CCUS opportunities
Advice and assistance for clients: - Identification of eligible R&D activities for national and European grants and incentives - Elaboration of I.P. landscaping within the industrial sectors to identify niche and patents opportunities - Share of technical and economical knowledge of industrial sectors and CCUS opportunities
- Collaboration with the European Cement Research Academy (ECRA), HeidelbergCement and the European School of Catalyst, Polymers and Materials (ECPM) of Strasbourg (France). Development and optimization of sustainable solutions for the reduction of CO2 emissions in the industry: - Identification of state-of-the-art technologies and currrent R&D trends within the industry sector - Assessment of the technical feasability of CO2 capture and conversion processes (simulations in Aspen Plus) - Assessment of the economic viability of CO2 capture and conversion processes (simulations in Aspen Economics) - Optimization of industrial processes (CAPEX/OPEX minimization, heat & mass integration, productivity enhancement, etc.) - Life cycle analysis (LCA) of CO2 capture and conversion processes to evaluate their "real" environmental benefits - Share of technical and economical knowledge of CCUS opportunities through trainings, seminars, consortia, etc. - Strategic advise on pertinent sustainable solutions for industrial partners of the cement sector (HeidelbergCement, Italcementi, VDZ, etc.) Development and evaluation of innovative adsorbents/catalysts for the capture and conversion of CO2 into methanol: - Development of improved procedures for adsorbents/catalysts synthesis and shaping - Experimental investigation of adsorbents/catalysts to evaluate their physical and chemical properties used in simulations