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Louis van der Ham was born on June 16th 1960 in Weerselo. He is married with Carla and they have three children, Diede, Frank and Stijn.

He studied Chemistry at the HTS and Chemical Engineering at the University of Twente. During his study he was a board member of the student association ‘Alembic’ and was one of the organizers of the study tour to England. He graduated Cum Laude in January 1986. In the same month he started his PhD research at the group ‘Proceskunde’ of Prof.dr.ir. W.P.M. van Swaaij at the same university. The topic was the regenerative high temperature desulfurization of coal gas in a circulating fluidized bed.

In 1991 he was appointed assistant professor in the group Industrial Processes and Product of Prof.dr.ir. K.R. Westerterp. His main focus was on education and research in de field of process simulation, process design and evaluation. Since 1999 he was also involved in the PD-Eng program and together with Prof.dr.ir. H. van den Berg responsible for the process plant design project, a major part of the PD-Eng program. In 2003 he switched to the Separation Technology group of Prof.dr.ir. A.B. de Haan and was responsible for education in the field of process simulation, design and separation technology and research in the field of adsorption and solvent impregnated resin technology. After a major reorganisation of the faculty he joined the Membrane Science and Technology group of Prof.dr.ing. Matthias Wessling. In 2008 he was appointed par-time program coordinator of the Chemical Engineering Bachelor and Master program.

In January 2011 he switched to the research group Thermo Chemical Conversion of Biomass currently names Sustainable Process Technology with his focus on education and research.

The last in the field of process design, simulation, feasibility analysis and separation of metals (for instance Cobalt) from leaching water streams with Ionic liquids, supercritical water desalination and reactive distillation. His education responsibilities are still in the field of process design and simulation with courses in the bachelor and master program. The final course is Process Plant Design (15 EC) where students in groups of 4 need to design a process from scratch based on open literature informaton. These projects are mainly done in collaboration with industry.

Expertise

Chemistry
- Procedure
- Water Type
- Distillation
- Carbon Dioxide
Chemical Engineering
- Water
- Supercritical
- Desalination
- Acid

Organisations

Publications

2024

Thermodynamics and physical properties of an ionic liquid-based metal extraction process, Article 100097. Othman, E. A., van der Ham, A. G. J., Miedema, H. & Kersten, S. R. A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jil.2024.100097Liquid organic hydrogen carriers: Process design and economic analysis for manufacturing N-ethylcarbazole, Article e10173. Uijthof, E. M. T., Chavan, B. S., Sluijer, M. J., Komath, V. C., van der Ham, A. G. J., van den Berg, H., Lange, J. P., Higler, A. & Wijnans, S.https://doi.org/10.1002/amp2.10173

2023

Usability and feasibility of E-nergEYEze: a blended vision-specific E-health based cognitive behavioral therapy and self-management intervention to reduce fatigue in adults with visual impairment, Article 1271. Veldman, M. H. J., van der Aa, H. P. A., Knoop, H., Bode, C., Hulshof, C. T. J., van der Ham, L., van Rens, G. H. M. B., Heymans, M. W. & van Nispen, R. M. A.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10193-4Economic comparison of reactive distillation (RD) to a benchmark conventional flowsheet: Regions of RD applicability and trends in column design, 521-537. Noll, L. J., van der Ham, A. G. J., Oudenhoven, S. R. G., ten Kate, A. J. B., Bargeman, G. & Kersten, S. R. A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2023.10.056Kinetic analysis of an ionic liquid-based metal extraction process using a single droplet extraction column, Article 100053. Othman, E. A., van der Ham, A. G. J., Miedema, H. & Kersten, S. R. A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jil.2023.100053A thermodynamic-based mixed-integer linear model of post-combustion carbon capture for reliable use in energy system optimisation, Article 120738. Weimann, L., Dubbink, G., van der Ham, L. & Gazzani, M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.120738Extension of the Equilibrium Stage Model to Include Rigorous Liquid Holdup Calculations for Reactive Distillation, Article 1131. Noll, L., van der Ham, L., Oudenhoven, S., ten Kate, A., Bargeman, G. & Kersten, S.https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11041131

2022

Exploration of CO₂ capture from blast furnace gas using (semi)clathrates, 240-250. de Bruijn, J., Essink, M. A. J., Wolbers, J. H. T., Ruitenbeek, M., van den Berg, H. & van der Ham, A. G. J.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2022.08.052Supercritical water desalination (SCWD) of multi-component brines, Article 105687. van Wyk, S., van der Ham, A. G. J. & Kersten, S. R. A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.supflu.2022.105687Electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide to ethylene: Plant design, evaluation and prospects for the future, 194-206. Berkelaar, L., Linde, J. v. d., Peper, J., Rajhans, A., Tiemessen, D., Ham, L. v. d. & Berg, H. v. d.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2022.03.034

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Courses academic year 2023/2024

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Courses academic year 2022/2023

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Horst Complex (building no. 20), room ME218
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands

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