Nikolai De Martini, University of Toronto

Research

crystallization evaporation fatty acids heat transfer scaling kraft black liquor nucleation resin acids sodium salts

Latest funding

Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectroscopy System
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$123,804
Effect of tall oil soap on sodium salt scaling in kraft black liquor evaporators
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$140,000
Effect of tall oil soap on sodium salt scaling in kraft black liquor evaporators
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 4 grants and awards

Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectroscopy System

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Papangelakis, Vladimiros

$123,804

Effect of tall oil soap on sodium salt scaling in kraft black liquor evaporators

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: De Martini, Nikolai

Keywords: crystallization; evaporation; fatty acids; heat transfer scaling; kraft black liquor; nucleation; resin acids; sodium salts; tall oil soap

$140,000

Effect of tall oil soap on sodium salt scaling in kraft black liquor evaporators

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: DeMartini, Nikolai

$12,500

NSERC Industrial Research Chair in the role and fate of inorganics in the industrial processing of woody biomass

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Industrial Research Chairs

Principal investigators: DeMartini, Nikolai

$777,781

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: crystallization Dear Professor De Martini, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on crystallization connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Effect of tall oil soap on sodium salt scaling in kraft black liquor evaporators" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]