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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 MissionDetailed 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, OutotecTimo Leppä, Chemical Industry Federation of FinlandLars Peter Lindfors, Neste OilLeena Paavilainen, MetlaIsmo Reilama, Metsä-BotniaBengt-Johan Skrifvars, Top AnalyticaKenneth Sundberg, TikkurilaKari Toivonen, ElomaticPetri Vasara, Pöyry

Örjan Andersson, NoviaIlmo Aronen, RaisioSrig-Erik Bruun, ChemigateHåkan Gros, DaniscoHeidi Fagerholm, KemiraLars Gädda, ForestclusterMarkku Karlsson, UPM-KymmeneBertel Karlstedt, NordkalkNina Kopola, DyneaEeva-Liisa Lakomaa, Vaisala

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Åbo Akademi Process Chemistry Centre

Wood and Paper ChemistryProf. Bjarne Holmbom

Combustion and Materials ChemistryProf. Mikko Hupa

Process Analytical ChemistryProf. Ari Ivaska

Catalysis and Reaction EngineeringProf. 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)August 26, 2011

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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 23Domestic co-author 27 27 23 30 20Foreign co-author 28 34 42 29 46Both 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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Åbo Akademi Process Chemistry Centre 2012-2015

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PCC 2012-2015 Bioenergy Platform Chemicals Fine and Specialty Chemicals Health-promoting Chemicals and

Materials

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