Publications

Peer Reviewed Articles

10. Claessens, Benjamin, Ivaylo Hitsov, Arne Verliefde, and Ingmar Nopens. "Analyzing Transport in Ceramic Membranes for Organic Solvent Nanofiltration Using Maxwell-Stefan Theory." Chemical Engineering Science 264 (December 2022): 118133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2022.118133. 

9. Pérez-Botella, Eduardo, Benjamin Claessens, Susana Valencia, Fernando Rey, and Joeri F.M. Denayer. "Separation of Biobutanol from Synthetic Fermentation Mixtures Using Unidirectional Small Pore Pure Silica Zeolites." Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 346 (December 2022): 112295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2022.112295. 

8. Beckwée, Emile Jules, Gille Roland Wittevrongel, and Benjamin Claessens. "Comparing Column Dynamics in the Liquid and Vapor Phase Adsorption of Biobutanol on an Activated Carbon Monolith." Adsorption, June 1, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10450-022-00362-y. 

7. Claessens, Benjamin, Gille R. Wittevrongel, Fernando Rey, Susana Valencia, Julien Cousin-Saint-Remi, Gino V. Baron, and Joeri F.M. Denayer. "Capturing Renewable Isobutanol from Model Vapor Mixtures Using an All-Silica Beta Zeolite." Chemical Engineering Journal 412, no. December 2020 (May 2021): 128658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.128658. 

6. Claessens, Benjamin, Melissa De Staercke, Evelyn Verstraete, Gino Baron, Julien Cousin-Saint-Remi, and Joeri F.M. Denayer. "Identifying Selective Adsorbents for the Recovery of Renewable Isobutanol." ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2020, acssuschemeng.0c02316. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c02316. 

5. Claessens, Benjamin, Nicolas Dubois, Jasper Lefevere, Steven Mullens, Julien Cousin-Saint-Remi, and Joeri F. M. Denayer. "3D-Printed ZIF-8 Monoliths for Biobutanol Recovery." Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 59, no. 18 (May 6, 2020): 8813–24. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.0c00453. 

4. Lefevere, Jasper, Benjamin Claessens, Steven Mullens, Gino Baron, Julien Cousin-Saint-Remi, and Joeri F. M. Denayer. "3D-Printed Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework Structures for Adsorptive Separations." ACS Applied Nano Materials 2, no. 8 (August 23, 2019): 4991–99. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.9b00934.  Featured as Journal Cover Article.

3. Claessens, Benjamin, Ana Martin-Calvo, Juan José Gutiérrez-Sevillano, Nicolas Dubois, Joeri F.M. Denayer, and Julien Cousin-Saint-Remi. "Macroscopic and Microscopic View of Competitive and Cooperative Adsorption of Alcohol Mixtures on ZIF-8." Langmuir 35, no. 11 (March 19, 2019) : 3887–96. https ://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03946.  Featured as Journal Cover Article.

2. Martin-Calvo, Ana, Stijn Van der Perre, Benjamin Claessens, Sofia Calero, and Joeri F M Denayer. "Unravelling the Influence of Carbon Dioxide on the Adsorptive Recovery of Butanol from Fermentation Broth Using ITQ-29 and ZIF-8." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 20, no. 15 (2018): 9957–64. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CP01034J. 

1. Van der Perre, Stijn, Pierre Gelin, Benjamin Claessens, Ana Martin-Calvo, Julien Cousin Saint Remi, Tim Duerinck, Gino V. Baron, et al. "Intensified Biobutanol Recovery Using Zeolites with Complementary Selectivity." ChemSusChem, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201700667. (IF = 9.1) 

Book Chapters

1. Claessens, Benjamin, Julien Cousin-Saint-Remi, and Joeri F. M. Denayer. "Efficient Downstream Processing of Renewable Alcohols Using Zeolite Adsorbents." In Structure and Bonding, edited by Fernando Rey and Susana Valencia, 1–35. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/430_2020_68.

Oral Presentations

7. Beckwée, E. J., Wittevrongel, G.R., Claessens B. Comparing column dynamics for the vapor and liquid phase recovery of biobutanol on an activated carbon monolith, 12ième Journées de l'Association Française de l'Adsorption, Nancy, France, 26/01/2023 – 27/01/2023

6. Claessens B., Alleman T., Hitsov I., Verliefde A., Nopens, I. Analyzing viscous flow, diffusive transport and mixture non-idealities in OSN using Maxwell-Stefan theory, 2021, EuroMembrane Conference, Kopenhagen, Denmark, 28/11/2021 – 02/12/2021

5. Claessens B., Lefevere J., Mullens S., Baron G.V., Cousin-Saint-Remi J., Denayer J., 2019, '3D-printed structured adsorbents for biobutanol recovery', 2019, 111th Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Orlando, Florida, United States, 10/11/19 – 15/11/19

4. Claessens B., Lefevere J., Mullens S., Baron G.V., Cousin-Saint-Remi J., Denayer J., 2019, 'Development of 3D-printed structured adsorbents for the recovery of renewable alcohols', 2019, ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Orlando, Florida, United States, 31/03/19 – 4/04/19

3. Claessens B., Van der Perre S., Cousin-Saint-Remi J., Baron G.V. & Denayer J. 2019, 'Combining shape-selective zeolites for the efficient recover and purification of biobutanol via adsorption', 24th National Symposium of Applied Biological Sciences, Ghent, Belgium, 4/02/2019

2. Claessens, B., Martin-Calvo, A., Dubois, N., Cousin-Saint-Remi, J. & Denayer, J. 2018, 'Competitive and Cooperative Adsorption of Ethanol on ZIF-8 in the Presence of 1-Butanol', 110th Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Pittsburgh, United States, 28/10/2018 – 2/11/2018

1. Claessens, B, Van Der Perre, S, Cousin-Saint-Remi, J, Baron, G & Denayer, J 2017, 'A Novel Approach Towards the Efficient Recovery and Purification of Biobutanol: Vapor Phase Adsorption by Combining Shape-selective Zeolites' 13th International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries, Wroclaw, Poland, 7/06/17 - 9/06/17

Poster Presentations

4. M. A. Benchaabane, B. Claessens, G. Trierweiler Gonçalves, J.-L. Paillaud, G. Chaplais, J. Daou, E. Bloch, S. Bourrelly,. 38ième réunion annuel du GFZ, Obernai, France, 27/03/2023 – 30/03/2023

3. M. A. Benchaabane, B. Claessens, G. Trierweiler Gonçalves, J.-L. Paillaud, G. Chaplais, J. Daou, E. Bloch, S. Bourrelly. Cation-exchanged LTA zeolites for propane / propylene seapration. 12ième Journées de l'Association Française de l'Adsorption, Nancy, France, 26/01/2023 – 27/01/2023

2. Claessens, B., Hitsov, I., Verliefde, A., Nopens, I. 2022, 'Analyzing the effect of viscous flow, diffusive transport and mixture non-idealities in organic solvent nanofiltration with ceramic membranes using Maxwell-Stefan theory' 8th International Conference on Organic Solvent Nanofiltration, Rennes, France, 14/03/2022 – 16/03/2022

1. Claessens, B., Van Der Perre, S, Cousin-Saint-Remi, J, Baron, G & Denayer, J. 2017, 'Vapor phase adsorption by combining shape-selective zeolites: a novel approach towards the efficient recovery and purification of biobutanol' 40th Annual Meeting of the British Zeolite Association, Preston, UK, 10/04/17 – 12/04/17. Awarded best poster award.