International students

In past two years, many international students were working on their student projects with our research group as a part of their ERASMUS study. Some of them gained their first experience of working in the laboratory and basic knowledge of the subject, while others have extended their experience and gained new ones. However, each work involved practical tasks connected with the use of analytical methods or control of different types of reactors. All students actively participated in projects currently solving at the department. The universities they come from are located across Europe from Scotland (Matthew H.), France (Clara M.), Spain (Jon A. G., Salvador T.M.T) through Germany (Carlos M.) to Italy (Hadi D.) and Turkey (Aksu T.S.). The main projects involving the Erasmus students were: hydrogenolysis of the esters for which a new, more environmentally friendly, catalyst is needed, hydrogenation of biooil for the production of biofuels and hydrogenation of triglycerides for green diesel production.

Examples of projects:

Hydrogenation of biooil from biomass pyrolysis

Hydrogenolysis of dimethyl adipate over CuZnAl catalysts