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This is the fourth webinar in our series on sustainability, “Sustainability in Action: Real-world Examples for a Greener Future”, in which we explore how experts and players across different industries navigate and employ new technologies and approaches to ensure a more sustainable future.
Join us as we welcome Jan Harmsen, a former engineer at Shell and a pioneer in sustainable process technology for an inside look into sustainable process technology. This webinar focuses on function integration to enhance efficiency and performance in industrial applications. Perfect for corporate innovators aiming to push the boundaries of process intensification and drive tangible results.
Jan’s combined experience at Shell and Harmsen Consultancy, as well as his position as Professor of Sustainable Chemical Technology, enable him to combine academic insight with industrial practicality. He regularly teaches and advises industrial practitioners in this area. He has published Breakthrough in Design, Industrial Innovation Practices, and Education published by DeGruyter, and available on Knovel .

Key Takeaways:
  • Gain insider knowledge from Jan's extensive experience in green chemistry and process design, including his time at Shell.

  • Discover proven advanced design methods for process intensification, driving commercial-scale success and efficiency.

  • Get a hands-on understanding of sustainable engineering concepts through real-life case studies.

  • Practical steps to apply these methods in your operations, with the chance to ask Jan questions directly.
    • Presenter
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    Jan Harmsen
    Consultant in sustainable process and product innovation
    Jan Harmsen is consultant in sustainable process and product innovation. He provides advice and courses to industry and academia world-wide.

    After his graduation in chemical technology at Twente university in 1977 he joined Shell. There he held professional positions in process research, notably on three-phase reactors, biotechnology, process development, reaction engineering, process concept design, process implementation at Shell Chemicals The Netherlands and Sout-Korea, and finally on process intensification till 2010.
    He became part-time Hoogewerff-professor Sustainable Chemical Technology in 1997, first at Delft University of Technology and later at Groningen University till 2013.

    He authored books:
    Harmsen J, Bos R, Multiphase Reactors, DEGRUYTER, 2023.
    Harmsen J, Verkerk M, Process Intensification, DEGRUYTER, 2020.
    Harmsen J, Industrial Process Scale-up A practical innovation guide from idea to commercial implementation, 2nd ed. Elsevier, 2019.
    Harmsen J, de Haan AB, Swinkels PL. Product and process design: Driving innovation. DEGRUYTER 2018.
    Jonker G, Harmsen J, Engineering for sustainability A practical guide for sustainable design, Elsevier 2012.
    Harmsen J, Powell J, (eds.), Sustainable Development in the Process Industries: Cases and Impact, John Wiley & Sons, 2010.
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