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Carlo Vandecasteele

Carlo Vandecasteele

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Engineering and Technology
Belgium
2026
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Chemistry
Belgium
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
23683
World Ranking
3240
National Ranking
43

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
82
Citations
22931
World Ranking
467
National Ranking
3

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
87
Citations
25251
World Ranking
689
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Carlo Vandecasteele is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Building and Construction, Ecology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research focuses on various topics related to biofuel production and bioconversion, anaerobic digestion and biogas production, thermochemical biomass conversion processes, agriculture sustainability and environmental impact, wastewater treatment and reuse, municipal solid waste management, and biodiesel production and applications.

Carlo Vandecasteele has published in noted academic venues, with a concentration in the Journal of Cleaner Production and Waste and Biomass Valorization. Recent publications include:

  • The energy potential of agriculture, agroindustrial, livestock, and slaughterhouse biomass wastes through direct combustion and anaerobic digestion. The case of Colombia, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Life cycle assessment and nutrient balance for five different treatment methods for poultry litter, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Assessing the biofuel - transport nexus. The case of the sugar industry in Cuba, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • WASCON 2018: No Cradle, No Grave-Circular Economy into Practice, 2020, Waste and Biomass Valorization

Frequent collaborators include Alexis Sagastume Gutiérrez, Juan José Cabello Eras, Luc Hens, S. Nusselder, and L.G. de Graaff, with several coauthored works particularly with the first three mentioned.

Best Publications

  • A review of pressure‐driven membrane processes in wastewater treatment and drinking water production

    Bart Van Der Bruggen;Carlo Vandecasteele;Tim Van Gestel;Tim Van Gestel;Wim Doyen

  • Influence of molecular size, polarity and charge on the retention of organic molecules by nanofiltration

    B. Van der Bruggen;J. Schaep;D. Wilms;C. Vandecasteele

  • Removal of pollutants from surface water and groundwater by nanofiltration: overview of possible applications in the drinking water industry.

    Bart Van der Bruggen;Carlo Vandecasteele

  • Influence of ion size and charge in nanofiltration

    Johan Schaep;Bart Van der Bruggen;Carlo Vandecasteele;Dirk Wilms

  • Distillation vs. membrane filtration: overview of process evolutions in seawater desalination

    Bart Van der Bruggen;Carlo Vandecasteele

  • Separation of monovalent and divalent ions from aqueous solution by electrodialysis and nanofiltration.

    B. Van der Bruggen;A. Koninckx;C. Vandecasteele

  • Leaching mechanisms of oxyanionic metalloid and metal species in alkaline solid wastes: A review

    Geert Cornelis;C. Annette Johnson;Thomas Van Gerven;Carlo Vandecasteele

  • Reuse, treatment, and discharge of the concentrate of pressure-driven membrane processes.

    Bart Van der Bruggen;Liesbeth Lejon;Carlo Vandecasteele

  • Evaluating the charge of nanofiltration membranes

    Johan Schaep;Carlo Vandecasteele

  • Roughness and hydrophobicity studies of nanofiltration membranes using different modes of AFM.

    K. Boussu;B. Van der Bruggen;A. Volodin;J. Snauwaert

  • Modelling of the retention of uncharged molecules with nanofiltration

    B. Van der Bruggen;C. Vandecasteele

  • Application of nanofiltration for removal of pesticides, nitrate and hardness from ground water: rejection properties and economic evaluation

    B. Van der Bruggen;K. Everaert;D. Wilms;C. Vandecasteele

  • Modern Methods for Trace Element Determination

    Carlo Vandecasteele;Chantal Block

  • Alumina and titania multilayer membranes for nanofiltration: preparation, characterization and chemical stability

    Tim Van Gestel;Tim Van Gestel;Carlo Vandecasteele;Anita Buekenhoudt;Chris Dotremont

  • On the evolution of “Cleaner Production” as a concept and a practice

    L. Hens;C. Block;J.J. Cabello-Eras;A. Sagastume-Gutierez

  • Carbonation of MSWI-bottom ash to decrease heavy metal leaching, in view of recycling.

    T. Van Gerven;E. Van Keer;S. Arickx;M. Jaspers

  • Removal of Dyes from Wastewater Using Bottom Ash

    V. K. Gupta;Imran Ali;V. K. Saini;Tom Van Gerven

  • Solid phase speciation of arsenic by sequential extraction in standard reference materials and industrially contaminated soil samples.

    Samuel Van Herreweghe;Rudy Swennen;Carlo Vandecasteele;Valérie Cappuyns

  • Mechanisms of retention and flux decline for the nanofiltration of dye baths from the textile industry

    B. Van der Bruggen;B. Daems;D. Wilms;C. Vandecasteele

  • Nanofiltration as a treatment method for the removal of pesticides from ground waters

    B. Van der Bruggen;J. Schaep;W. Maes;D. Wilms

  • Modelling the retention of ionic components for different nanofiltration membranes

    Johan Schaep;Carlo Vandecasteele;A Wahab Mohammad;W Richard Bowen

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