Dr Janus Louw

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW | BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING

Short Bio

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University
Host: Prof. Johann Görgens
Techno-economic and life-cycle assessment of sugarcane biorefineries
2023 – Present

PhD (Chemical Engineering)
Title: Techno economic analysis and life-cycle assessment of polyethylene, polyethylene furanoate and polyethylene terephthalate production in integrated sugarcane biorefineries
Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof. Johann Görgens
2019 – 2024

BEng (Chemical Engineering)
Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University
2014 – 2017

Research Interests

Biochemical conversion of biomass into fuels, chemicals and polymers
Sugarcane biorefineries
Process modelling in Aspen Plus
Techno-economic analysis
Life-cycle assessment

Selected Publications

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