Guest Colloquium- Prof. Adil Mouahid

The colloquium will be given by Prof. Adil Mouahid from Aix-Marseille University Marseille, France.

Topic:

Modelling and simulation of supercritical CO2 processes.

We are pleased to invite everyone to this Guest Colloquium, organized by Dr ir. Pablo Druetta, Product Technology research unit, at the department of Chemical Engineering of ENTEG together with Prof. A. I. Vakis, Computational Mechanical and Materials Engineering research unit of ENTEG, Faculty of Science and Engineering.

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Abstract:

In an ecological regulatory context that encourages the adoption of clean and innovative processes, there is a growing interest in supercritical CO₂ (SC-CO₂) processes. There are many advantages in the use of CO₂:

• CO₂ is a non-flammable industrial by-product, it is nontoxic, inert and non-flammable
• SC-CO₂ is a solvent with low polarity it is then selective and has tunable properties
• it is recycled at industrial scale,
• it is gaseous at ambient pressure and temperature, allowing an easy separation of products without additional separations steps.
• The processes using SC-CO₂ are clean and compact

To make an efficient transition to this technology, a good knowledge of the processes at laboratory scale is needed. It is then needed to deepen the understanding of the processes not only through experiments but also through modelling studies.

While a huge amount of experimental data can be found in the literature, there are far fewer studies dealing with modelling. Furthermore, it is difficult to compare modelling studies as the units, equation forms and choice of model differ from study to study. Finally, most modelling studies describe the use of response methodology tools, even when a theoretical model could be considered.

This presentation aims to provide an overview of the modelling studies conducted at the M2P2 laboratory, focusing on those applied to scaling up the extraction process.

Bio:

Prof. Adil MOUAHID is an Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering at Aix-Marseille University, M2P2 Laboratory, in Marseille, France. He is a researcher in the “Processes and Supercritical Fluids” group, UMR CNRS 7340. His research interests include supercritical fluids, extraction and fractionation, particle design, crystallization, sterilization, and fluid phase equilibria, with applications in health, materials, and energy.

He holds a PhD degree in Physics from the Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour (UPPA). Thesis: Development of calorimetric-manometric device for the study of the adsorption capacities of supercritical fluids in microporous and mesoporous media.

Prof. Mouahid coordinates the Master’s Degree Programme of Chemical Engineering at Aix-Marseille University and over the years taught applied thermodynamics, process simulation, MATLAB for process modelling, unit operations, and gas treatment. Prof. Mouahid is also in charge of Modelling and simulation calculations.

His recent publications include work on supercritical CO₂ extraction kinetics and sterilization under mild conditions. Full list of publications available on ORCID.