(L-R): Professor Jean-Marc Le Lann, EFCE Scientific VicePresident; Dr. Stefan Kaufmann, Beiersdorf AG; Assistant Professor Arab Belkadi; Dr. Jens Uhlemann, Chairman of EFCE Section on Product Design and Engineering. (photography by Alicia Garcia)
Arab Belkadi designed a microfluidic mixer that continuously emulsifies water in liquid biofuel and integrated it into the combustion process. The dispersed water phase helps to optimize combustion, thus decreasing particle emissions, while also reducing combustion temperature and thus minimizing NOx emissions.
He received the award, which includes a €1,500 cash prize, during the 10th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, which was held in Barcelona, Spain, in early October.