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Gaël Peng

Nationalité: Swiss

EPFL SB ISIC LPDC
CH H3 605 (Bâtiment CH)
Station 6
1015 Lausanne

Office: CH H3 605
EPFLSBISICLPDC

Site web: https://lpdc.epfl.ch

Mission

My research focuses on the development of a salt separation process using the unique properties of supercritical water (T > 374 °C, p > 22.1 MPa). As the CTO of TreaTech Sàrl, a young EPFL start-up, we aim at developing a sewage treatment plants for sludge disposal, valorizing this waste into water, biogas, and valuable mineral salts.
2011-2015: Ph.D. in Energy Research at Paul Scherrer Institut and EPFL 2008-2010: M.Sc. in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at EPFL 2005-2008: B.Sc. in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at EPFL

Publications représentatives

Catalytic Supercritical Water Gasification: Continuous Methanization of Chlorella vulgaris

Peng G., Vogel F., Refardt D., Ludwig C.
Published in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2017, 56 (21), pp 6256–6265 in

Catalytic Supercritical Water Gasification: Interaction of sulfur with ZnO and the Ruthenium catalyst

Peng G., Ludwig C., Vogel F.
Published in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2016, 202, 262-268 in

A novel salt separator for the supercritical water gasification of biomass

Reimer J., Peng G., Viereck S., De Boni, E., Breinl J., Vogel F.
Published in The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 2016, 117, 113-121 in

Ru dispersion: a key parameter for the stability of supported Ru catalysts during catalytic supercritical water gasification

Peng G., Ludwig C., Vogel F.
Published in ChemCatChem, 2015, 8, 139 –141 in

Effect of carbon surface functional groups on the synthesis of Ru/C catalysts for supercritical water gasification

Peng G., Gramm F., Ludwig C., Vogel F.
Published in Catalysis Science & Technology, 2015, 4, 3329 – 3339 in

First developments towards closing the nutrient cycle in a biofuel production process

Bagnoud-Velásquez M., Schmid-Staiger U., Peng G., Vogel F.
Published in Algal Research, 2015, 8, 76 – 82 in

Hydrothermal liquefaction of the microalgae Phaeodactylum tricornutum: Impact of reaction conditions on product and elemental distribution

Christensen P.S., Peng G., Vogel F., Iversen B.B.
Published in Energy & Fuels, 2014, 28 (9), 5792 – 5803 in

Synthesis factors affecting the catalytic performance and stability of Ru/C catalysts for supercritical water gasification

Peng G., Steib M., Gramm F., Ludwig C., Vogel F.
Published in Catalysis Science & Technology, 2014, 5, 3658 – 3666 in

Salt precipitator and method for generating a gas mixture containing methane from biomass using a salt precipitator

Deboni E., Reimer J., Peng G., Zöhrer H., Vogel F.
Published in Patent Nr. EP 2918549 A1, 2014 in