Dr Aditya Putranto

My research is focused on achieving net zero in food, energy and environment systems. More importantly, I have linked the sustainability with digital technology, through digital sustainable systems, by establishing modeling and simulation tools, which are used for optimization and decision-making in industry. 1. Sustainable Energy Systems: aiming at lowering energy demands and adverse environmental impacts, innovative processes and plant intensification schemes are developed and investigated. Based on biomass, integrated facility to simultaneously produce green energy, food additives and useful materials is proposed. Here, plant-wide simulation is used for designing the processes, analysing resources and energy flows as well as evaluating the economic feasibility and environmental impacts. 2. Sustainable Environment Systems: this project focuses on ‘waste to wealth’ process based on circular economy principles to upscale waste. Simulation tools are used to develop the processes and evaluate the feasibility. 3. Sustainable Food Systems: aiming at producing high quality food materials and achieving net zero in food systems, solar energy and enhanced methods (i.e. by using microwave, infrared, ultrasound) are proposed and investigated in food processing. Similarly, active packaging combined with understanding of food material science has been used to lower the refrigeration load during food distribution.