Expertise
Chemical Engineering
- Fouling
- Reverse Osmosis
- Water
- Nanofiltration
- Ultrafiltration
- Filtration
Engineering
- Membrane
Chemistry
- Water Type
Organisations
I received my PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Twente in October 1995 on the stability of supported liquid membranes. After one year working in Wageningen on applications of membranes in the food industry, I returned to Twente in December 1996 to work as researcher at the European Membrane Institute (EMI) Twente (www.utwente.nl/en/tnw/emi/). In 2007 I returned to academics, working in the field of water purification with membranes, with a special focus on membrane fouling. Nowadays, this is still my main research topic. One day per week I work as membrane expert at Wetsus, european centre of excellence for sustainable water technology (www.wetsus.nl), located in Leeuwarden.
Publications
2025
Crosslinking PDADMAC/PSS polyelectrolyte multilayer membranes for stability at high salinity (2025)Journal of membrane science, 725. Article 124007. Zhang, X., Kemperman, A. J. B., Miedema, H., te Brinke, E. & de Vos, W. M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2025.124007Separation of monovalent salts by reverse osmosis modules: A 2D mass transport model based on solution friction theory (2025)Desalination, 600. Article 118429. Kimani, E. M., Kemperman, A. J. B., Porada, S., Biesheuvel, P. M. & van der Meer, W. G. J.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2024.118429Influence of Particulate Transport on Filtration Experiments in a Vertical Filter Vessel (2025)Industrial & engineering chemistry research, 64(9), 5028-5036. Roman, J. B., Kemperman, A. J. B., van der Meer, W. G. J. & Wood, J. A.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c04519Assessing the viability of bio-based adsorbents for PFAS removal (2025)Chemical engineering science, 306. Article 121215. Roman, J. B., Kemperman, A. J. B., van der Meer, W. G. J. & Wood, J. A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2025.121215Influence of Particulate Transport on Filtration Experiments in a Vertical Filter Vessel (2025)Industrial & engineering chemistry research (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Roman, J. B., Kemperman, A. J. B., van der Meer, W. G. J. & Wood, J. A.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c04519Membrane Concentrate Recirculation to Activated Sludge: Balancing Organic Micropollutant Removal and Salt Retention (2025)ACS Environmental Science and Technology Water, 5(1), 284-299. Wendt, H. D., Jonkers, W. A., Kemperman, A. J. B., Langenhoff, A. A. M., Lammertink, R. G. H., van der Meer, W. G. J. & de Vos, W. M.https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.4c00841
2024
Enzymatic and non-enzymatic removal of organic micropollutants with spent mushroom substrate of Agaricus bisporus (2024)Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 108(1). Article 301. van Brenk, B., Kleijburg, F. E. L., Kemperman, A. J. B., van der Meer, W. G. J. & Wösten, H. A. B.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-024-13132-3Data repository for manuscript "Separation of monovalent salts by reverse osmosis module: A 2D mass transport model based on solution friction theory" (2024)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. 4TU.Centre for Research Data. Kimani, E., Kemperman, A. J. B., Porada, S., Biesheuvel, M. & van der Meer, W. G. J.https://doi.org/10.4121/83df4d6e-26a4-44a4-8913-e185ba01ebecDiscoloration of textile dyes by spent mushroom substrate of Agaricus bisporus (2024)Bioresource technology, 402. Article 130807. van Brenk, B., Kruidhof, L., Kemperman, A. J. B., van der Meer, W. G. J. & Wösten, H. A. B.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.130807A hybrid process combining ion exchange resin and bipolar membrane electrodialysis for reverse osmosis remineralization (2024)Desalination, 573. Article 117209. Abusultan, A. A. M., Wood, J. A., Sainio, T., Kemperman, A. J. B. & van der Meer, W. G. J.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2023.117209
2023
A hybrid ion exchange resin - bipolar membrane electrodialysis process for reverse osmosis permeate remineralization (2023)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Abusultan, A. A.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036558204Incorporation of an Intermediate Polyelectrolyte Layer for Improved Interfacial Polymerization on PAI Hollow Fiber Membranes (2023)Membranes, 13(8). Article 741. Restrepo, M. A., Mohammadifakhr, M., Kamp, J., Trzaskus, K., Kemperman, A. J. B., de Grooth, J., Roesink, H. D. W., Roth, H. & Wessling, M.https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes13080741Ion exchange resin – Bipolar membrane electrodialysis hybrid process for reverse osmosis permeate remineralization: Cation exchange resins equilibria and kinetics (2023)Separation and purification technology, 317. Article 123798. Abusultan, A. A. M., Wood, J. A., Sainio, T., Kemperman, A. J. B. & Meer, W. G. J. v. d.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123798Ion exchange resin – Bipolar membrane electrodialysis hybrid process for reverse osmosis permeate Remineralization: Preparative ion exchange chromatography for Ca2+ and Mg2+ recovery (2023)Separation and purification technology, 317. Article 123799. Abusultan, A. A. M., Wood, J. A., Sainio, T., Kemperman, A. J. B. & Meer, W. G. J. v. d.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123799Controlling scaling in groundwater reverse osmosis: Minimizing antiscalant consumption (2023)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research external, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Mangal, M. N.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036555890
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University of Twente
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Netherlands
University of Twente
Horst Complex ME323
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Netherlands
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On Thursdays working at Wetsus, Leeuwarden.
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