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Derk Willem Frederik Brilman (Wim) was born on February 19^th 1968 in Meppel, the Netherlands. After growing up in Paterswolde and finishing secondary school in Groningen in 1986 (Atheneum, Zernike College), he started his Chemical Engineering study at the University of Twente (the Netherlands).

After an internship with Bayer AG (Germany) he graduated cum laude in 1991 on ‘The sulphidation of limestone: experimental study of the mechanism and development of a mathematical model’. Subsequently he completed in 1993 successfully the 2-yr. post-graduate designers-course on process design and –technology (‘Ontwerpers-opleiding Procestechnologie’) by the Universities of Groningen and Twente. In 1993 he received the ‘Hoogewerff Ontwerpersprijs’ for the final year-assignment (with Shell).

From October 1993 – 2002 he was lecturer at the University of Twente within, initially, the Chemical Engineering Sciences research group (Prof.dr.ir. W.P.M. van Swaaij) and later the research group ‘Development and Design of Industrial Processes’ with Prof.dr.ir. G.F. Versteeg.

In 1994 he started his PhD-research project, which was completed with the dissertation on ‘Mass Transfer and Chemical Reaction in Gas-Liquid-Liquid systems’ for which he obtained the PhD degree in December 1998. His promotors were Prof.dr.ir. W.P.M. van Swaaij and Prof.dr.ir. G.F. Versteeg. In the subsequent years 1998-2002 he supervised two PhD students and, from 1993-2002, in total about 30 MSc. Students during their MSc. project.

From 2002-2007 he was senior researcher at Sasol Technology in the field of Gas-To-Liquids process development and Fischer-Tropsch reaction technology (especially slurry reactor technology).

From October 2007 onwards he is appointed Associate Professor in the TCCB research group at the University of Twente. The main focus of the research is currently the conversion of biomass into fuels and chemicals, CO2 capture and multiphase reaction technology.

Expertise

Chemical Engineering
- Carbon Dioxide
- Carbon Dioxide Capture
- Amine
- Chemical Kinetics Characteristics
- Supercritical Water
- Gasification
- Methanol
- Pyrolysis

Organisations

Ancillary activities

Demcon-Susteradvisory
commissie meradvisory

Publications

2026

Dynamic modelling of the infinity reactor: A shell-and-tube reactor design for sustainable methanol production (2026)Chemical engineering research and design (Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, part A), 235, 546-570. van der Lee, T., Keestra, H., Zondervan, E. & Brilman, D. W. F.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2026.10.015Colorimetric Tracking of CO2 Absorption via Self-Reporting PEI Hydrogel Particles (2026)ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 18(41), 56596-56605. Long, Y., Gadgil, A., Jiang, J., Brilman, D. W. F. & Visser, C. W.https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6c13176What could responsible carbon dioxide removal look like in the Netherlands?: An exploratory study with recommendations for research and governance (2026)[Book/Report › Report]. University of Twente/Klimaatonderzoek Initiatief Nederland. Huijts, N., Tanzer, S. E., Arendt, R., Bourban, M., de Boer, C. L., Brilman, W., Dix, G., Dijkstra, A. M., Lenzi, D., Nelson, A., Schlund, M., van der Star, W. & Winkelhorst, M.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036572040Natural Convection Circulation Driven E-Methanol Synthesis (2026)In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer (MHMT 2026). Article ENFHT 167 (Proceedings of the World Congress on Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer). Avestia Publishing. Hamidani, G., Zondervan, E. & Brilman, D. W. F.https://doi.org/10.11159/enfht26.167Multi-scale modeling of sustainable methanol and ammonia synthesis (2026)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Keestra, H.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036570473Experimental validation of kinetics and VLE of carbon di-oxide absorption in aqueous MEA at deep removal conditions (2026)Chemical engineering science, 320(Part B). Article 122487. Ganesan, J., van der Ham, A. G. J. & Brilman, D. W. F.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2025.122487

2025

Optimization of amine-based hydrogel sorbents for CO₂ capture: The role of crosslinkers (2025)Polymer testing, 153. Article 109017. Long, Y., Jiang, J., Rohlfs, W., Brilman, W. & Visser, C. W.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2025.109017Universal kinetic model for ammonia synthesis on various ruthenium-based catalysts (2025)Chemical Engineering Journal, 523. Article 168541. Keestra, H., Rouwenhorst, K. H. R. & Brilman, D. W. F.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.168541A century of data: Thermodynamics and kinetics for ammonia synthesis on various commercial iron-based catalysts (2025)Chemical Engineering Journal, 518. Article 164593. Keestra, H., Slotboom, Y., Rouwenhorst, K. H. R. & Brilman, D. W. F.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.164593A Century of Data: Thermodynamics and Kinetics for Ammonia Synthesis on Various Commercial Iron-based Catalysts (2025)Systems & control transactions, 4, 92-97. Keestra, H., Slotboom, Y., Rouwenhorst, K. H. R. & Brilman, D. W. F.https://doi.org/10.69997/sct.128811

Research profiles

Courses academic year 2026/2027

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Courses academic year 2025/2026

Address

University of Twente

Horst Complex (building no. 20), room ME222
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands

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