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Åbo Akademi Process Chemistry Centre
Activity Review
PCC Annual Seminar, August 26, 2011
Mikko Hupa
ÅA PCC Mission
Detailed understanding of physico-chemical processes in environments of industrial importance in order to meet the needs of tomorrow’s process and product development
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ÅA PCC Mission
Detailed understanding of physico-chemical processes in environments of industrial importance in order to meet the needs of tomorrow’s process and product development
We call our approach Molecular Process Technology
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Molecular Process Technology
Parallel to other “molecular sciences”, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine
Molecular Process Technology should work on: chemical phenomena and mechanisms at the molecular level elementary reactions and interactions in complex industrial
processes process models based on detailed physico-chemical
understanding relevant molecular structures for industrial products environmentally significant components discharged from
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ÅA-PCC Scientific Advisory Board 2007-2011
Jean-Claude Charpentier, CNRS/ENSIC/INPL Nancy
Jiri Janata, Georgia Institute of Science and Technology, Atlanta, USA
Douglas Reeve, University of Toronto, Canada
Jan Bäckman, Academy of Finland
Heikki Tenhu, Academy of Finland (Univ. of Helsinki)
Jukka Leppälahti, Tekes
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ÅA-PCC Industrial Advisory Board 2011-Heikki Laurila, Outotec
Timo Leppä, Chemical Industry Federation of Finland
Lars Peter Lindfors, Neste Oil
Leena Paavilainen, Metla
Ismo Reilama, Metsä-Botnia
Bengt-Johan Skrifvars, Top Analytica
Kenneth Sundberg, Tikkurila
Kari Toivonen, Elomatic
Petri Vasara, Pöyry
Örjan Andersson, Novia
Ilmo Aronen, Raisio
Srig-Erik Bruun, Chemigate
Håkan Gros, Danisco
Heidi Fagerholm, Kemira
Lars Gädda, Forestcluster
Markku Karlsson, UPM-Kymmene
Bertel Karlstedt, Nordkalk
Nina Kopola, Dynea
Eeva-Liisa Lakomaa, Vaisala
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Åbo Akademi Process Chemistry Centre
Wood and Paper Chemistry
Prof. Bjarne Holmbom
Combustion and Materials Chemistry
Prof. Mikko Hupa
Process Analytical Chemistry
Prof. Ari Ivaska
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering
Prof. Tapio Salmi
Materials Chemistry
Combustion ChemistryWood Chemistry
Paper Chemistry
Fibre and Pulping Chemistry
Chemical Sensors
Environmental and On-line Analysis
Electroactive Materials
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Chemical Reactor Modelling
Chemical Kinetics
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PCC 2011
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PCC 2011
Senior researchers 4 + 30Doctoral thesis works
45
MSc thesis works 20
Support and visitors 26
Total participation 130
Personnel by Region of Origin 2010
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PCC Conference Travel 2010
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PCC - Participant in Graduate Schools Graduate School in Chemical
Engineering (GSCE, 2003-2006, 2007-2011, 2012-2015)
Nordic Graduate School in Biofuel Science and Technology (biofuelsGS, 2003-2006, 2007-2010)
Biomaterial Graduate School (BGS, 2003-2006)
Chemical Sensors and Micro Analytical Systems
(CHEMSEM, 2003-2006, 2006-2009)
Environmental Science and Technology (EnSTe, 2003-2006, 2007-2011)
Graduate School for Biomass Refining (BIOREGS, 2010-2013)
Graduate School of Materials Research (GSMR, 2003-2006, 2007-2011)
Pulp and Paper Science and Technology (PaPSaT, 2003-2006, 2007-2011)
National Graduate School in Nanoscience (NGS-NANO, 2007-2011)
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Johan Gadolin Scholarships
“Gain Expertise in Chemistry & Chemical Engineering in Finland”
2007-2011
Johan Gadolin Scholarships
Funded by Åbo Akademi Foundation Funding period: 2007-2009, 2010-2011 Amount: 150.000 € per year, 750.000 € in
total
Chairman: Prof. Mikko Hupa Coordinator: Lotta Österholm Website: http://web.abo.fi/fak/tkf/cmc/jgs/mc/
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Johan Gadolin Scholarships
Who can apply? PhD-students and post doctoral researchers from countries
outside Finland from and a wide range of scientific fields
What can we offer? A research visit between 3 to 12 months in one of the
laboratories of the Åbo Akademi Process Chemistry Centre
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Scientific scope
Biofuel combustion and functional inorganic materials, Prof. Mikko Hupa
Catalysis and kinetics, reaction engineering, Academy Prof. Tapio Salmi
Chemical aspects of wood, pulping and papermaking, biorefinery, Prof. Bjarne Holmbom, Prof. Stefan Willför
Electroactive materials, chemical sensors, environmental and on-line analysis, Prof. Ari Ivaska
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Johan Gadolin Scholarships
Over 100 applications received so far, 32 have been accepted (32%)
Distribution of Fellows: 18 PhD-students (56%), 13 Post docs (41%), 1 Professor (3%)
Researchers from 17 countries and 27 different universities world-wide have participated in the scholarship programme
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Publications
56 published articles and 51 conference proceedings (Dec. 2010)
Publications in journals such as:
• Fuel• Energy & Fuels • Molecules• Wood Science and Technology• Holzforschung • Journal of Molecular Catalysis
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• Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
• Chemical Engineering Journal • Journal of the American Chemical
Society• Electrochimica Acta• Analytical Chemistry• Green Chemistry• Journal of Materials Research August 26, 2011
Johan Gadolin Fellows Nicola Gemo, PhD student, Università degli Studi di Padova,
Italy• Innovation Engineering: Studying Hydrogen Peroxide Direct
Synthesis
Ron Janzon, post doc, vTI-Institute of Wood Technology and Wood Biology, Germany• Developing and Testing Organic Fillers Made from Agricultural
Side Streams
Ravi Inder Singh, post doc, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, India CFD Analysis for Fluidized Bed Combustion Based on Various
Biomass Fuels
Mizhang Xiao, post doc, Chinese Academy of Science, China• Preparation and Characterization of Silica-based Functional
Glasses and Ceramics with Nano-sized Particles
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Johan Gadolin Fellows
Johan Gadolin Fellows 2011: Justyna Kupis, Adriana
Ferancová
Johan Gadolin Fellows and PCC Professors
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Johan Gadolin Fellows 2007-2009
Siswati Lestari, Australia Siim Link, Estonia Maria Peshkova, Russia Irina Simakova, Russia Ivan Sumersky, Russia Julia Szücs, Hungary Agnes Varga, Hungary Zhijuan Wang, China
Sylvia Bialczak, Poland Pierdomenico Biasi, Italy Betiana Campo,
Argentina Gordon Driver, Canada Emrah Dönmez, Turkey Hongyu Guan, China Dongxue Han, China Ayben Kilic, Turkey
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Johan Gadolin Fellows 2009-2011
Prothiba nath Banerjee, India
Warunya Boonjob, Thailand
Remedios Cortese, Italy Adriana Ferancova,
Slovakia Nicola Gemo, Italy Marcin Guzinski, Poland Erik Hagelbols,
Netherlands
Rafael Hernandez, Spain Ron Janzon, Germany Anna Kisiel, Poland Justyna Kupis, Poland Jonathan Massera,
France Manuel Miró, Spain Ravi Inder Singh, India Ivan Sumerskiy, Russia Mizhang Xiao, China
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Johan Gadolin Fellows
Johan Gadolin Fellows 2010 Warunya Boonjob and Rafael Hernandez
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Doctoral Students by Origin 2011
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Organization
PCC Executive Board Prof. Bjarne Holmbom Prof. Mikko Hupa Prof. Ari Ivaska Academy Prof. Tapio Salmi 15 meetings 2010
Coordination:
Maria Ljung
Johan Gadolin Scholarships:
Lotta Österholm
PCC Task Forces Anders Brink Rose-Marie Latonen Päivi Mäki-Arvela Anna Sundberg
Markus Engblom Kim Granholm Matias Kangas Robin Manelius
PCC Newsletter Andreas Bernas
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PCC Task Force I
Annual report Science fairs and events
Anders Brink, Rose-Marie Latonen, Päivi Mäki-Arvela, Anna Sundberg
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PCC Task Force IIWorkshops, internal seminars, winter colloquiums
1. Instrumental methods, Part I, October 14, 20052. Instrumental methods, Part II, November 18, 20053. Metals from wood – Biorefinery aspects, February 3, 20064. Introduction to modelling at PCC, April 25, 20065. Functional materials, Part I, June 16, 2006 6. Functional materials, Part II, November 11, 20067. Biochemistry in Åbo – an opportunity for PCC?, May 16, 20078. Young Scientists – Session I, January 25, 20089. Young Scientists – Session II, May 8, 200810.Course: ”Effective Presentation Skills in English”, February 2009
Markus Engblom, Kim Granholm, Matias Kangas, Robin ManeliusAugust 26, 2011
Distinguished Lecturers 2010 (I)
Prof. Takashi Kakiuchi, Kyoto University, Japan: "Interfacial Chemistry of Ionic
Liquids", March 2010
Prof. Rüdiger Lange, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany: "Process
Intensification of Three-Phase Fixed Bed Reactors", March 2010
Prof. Miron Landau, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel ,
“Grain Boundaries in Nanocrystals Assembled of Mesoporous Materials as an
Available Source of Catalytic Active Sites”, April 2010
Prof. Galip Akay, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: "Agro-, Bio-,
Chemical- and Energy Conversion - Process Intensifications and their
applications in Intensified Integrated Plants and Engineered Ecosystems”, June
2010
Prof. James W. Frederick, Golden, CO, USA: "Integrated Biorefineries”, June 2010
Prof. Andrzej Stankiewicz, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands:
“Perfect Chemical Reactors: Towards Full Control of Chemical Transformations at
Molecular Level”, August 2010
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Distinguished Lecturers 2010 (II) Prof. Tadashi Kokubo, Chubu University, Japan: ”Preparation of Novel
Bioactive Ti-based Metals by Simple Chemical and Heat Treatments”,
September 2010
Prof. Adam Pron, Laboratoire d’Electronique Moléculaire Organique et
Hybride, CEA Grenoble, France: “Organic and Hybrid (Organic/Inorganic)
Electronics - A Chemist Approach”, October 2010
Prof. John Villadsen, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark:
"Bio-reaction Engineering - A Multidisciplinary Research Field“, November
2010
Prof. Dage Sundholm, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki,
Helsinki, Finland: "Magnetically Induced Current Densities in Molecules“,
December 2010
Assoc. Prof. Harry Brumer, Division of Glycoscience, School of Biotechnology,
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden: "Polysaccharide
Functionalization: XG and Beyond“, December 2010
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Economy and Output
Projects 2010 Total number of projects: 55 National research programmes:
Ketju / FA FiDiPro/Tekes Forestcluster
EU programmes: 5
Academy of Finland: 13 Tekes + Industry: 22 Others: 17
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EU Projects 2010-2011
Micro- and Milliscale Reactor Technology
COST Action FP0901, “Analytical Methods for Biorefineries”
Shipping-induced NOx and SOx Emissions - OPerational Monitoring Network (SNOOP)
COST Action CM901, “Detailed Chemical Kinetic Models for Cleaner Combustion”
Pressurized PEM Electrolyzer Stack (PrimoLyzer)
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Funding 2010(Total 7.5 M €)
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Tekes Companies EU Others Nordic scholarships Graduate schools Academy of Finland ÅA
Funding 2000-2010
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Output 2000 - 2010
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Journal Articles 2000-2010
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PCC Co-operation, Output 2005 - 2009
% of refereed journal publications
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
NO co-author outside the unit 34 31 26 32 23
Domestic co-author 27 27 23 30 20
Foreign co-author 28 34 42 29 46
Both domestic and foreign co-author
11 8 9 9 11
Total % 100 100 100 100 100
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PCC Honours (I) Anna Sundberg
Harry Elving Prize 2010 for outstanding teaching achievments
Pasi Virtanen Best Doctoral Thesis in the field of catalysis 2010,
Finnish Catalysis Society
Olatunde Jogunola Award for Best Annual Report and Presentation 2010,
Graduate School in Chemical Engineering (GSCE)
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PCC Honours (II)
A. Brink, T. Laurén, M. Hupa, R. Koschack, C. Mueller Best Paper on Recovery Cycle, 2010 TAPPI International
Chemical Recovery Conference, Williamsburg, VA, USA
N. DeMartini, P. Yrjas, M. Hupa, E. Monedero Best Paper on Black Liquor, 2010 TAPPI International
Chemical Recovery Conference, Williamsburg, VA, USA
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PCC Honours (III)
Juho Lehmusto Best Conference Paper,
Impacts of Fuel Quality on Power Production and the Environment, Saariselkä, Finland
J. Lehmusto, P. Yrjas, B-J. Skrifvars, M. Hupa, Effect of potassium chloride and potassium carbonate on the high temperature corrosion of pure Cr and 304L
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PCC Conference Organization (I)
Impacts of Fuel Quality on Power Production and the Environment August 30-September 3, 2010, Saariselkä, Finland
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PCC Conference Organization (II)
9th Spring Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry May 8-11, 2011, Turku, Finland
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PCC Conference Organization (III)
Catalysis in Multhiphase Reactors & International Symposium on Multifunctional Reactors May 22-25, 2011, Naantali, Finland
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Chemistry in Forest BiorefineriesBIORAFF II
1.1.2009 - 31.12.2011Åbo Akademi University
Chemistry in Forest Biorefineries
“Replacing petroleum-based synthetic materials and energy with wood-derived materials”
Identify new products as well as separation and conversion technologies
Focus on chemistry Value-added use of trees as raw material Evaluate environmental effects
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