Horst Complex

prof.dr.ir. D.W.F. Brilman (Wim)

Full Professor
TNW-CE-SPT
Horst Complex ME222
d.w.f.brilman@utwente.nl
+31534892141
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Derk Willem Frederik Brilman (Wim) was born on February 19th 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

    • Temperature
    • Water
    • Amine
    • Adsorption

  • Chemistry

    • Carbon Dioxide
    • Procedure
    • Reaction Temperature
    • Water Type

Organisations

Ancillary activities

  • Commissie m.e.r.Advisory work
  • Demcon-SusterAdvisory work

Publications

2026

Experimental 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

Universal 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.2025.164593Corrigendum to “Improved kinetic model for methanol synthesis with Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalysts based on an extensive state-of-the-art dataset” [Chem. Eng. J. 507 (2025) 159953] (Chemical Engineering Journal (2025) 507, (S1385894725007521), (10.1016/j.cej.2025.159953)) (2025)Chemical Engineering Journal, 514. Article 163105. van Schagen, T. N., Keestra, H. & Brilman, D. W. F.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.163105Diffusion-reaction modeling of CO2 absorption in core-shell hydrogel particles (2025)Results in Engineering, 26. Article 104766. Long, Y., Jiang, J., Smink, J. S., ten Elshof, J. E., Rohlfs, W., Visser, C. W. & Brilman, W.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2025.104766CO2 Adsorption on Variably Hydrated Cation-Exchanged Montmorillonite-Rich Clays (2025)The Journal of physical chemistry C, 129(14), 6953–6966. Mendel, N., Sîreţanu, D., Sîreţanu, I., Brilman, D. W. F. W. & Mugele, F.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c07731Cs-Bentonite Clay for Biogas Upgrading: A Numerical Assessment (2025)Industrial & engineering chemistry research (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Mendel, N., Boon, J. J. P. J., Sîreţanu, I., Mugele, F. & Brilman, D. W. F. W.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c04491Improved kinetic model for methanol synthesis with Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalysts based on an extensive state-of-the-art dataset (2025)Chemical Engineering Journal, 507, 159953. Article 159953. van Schagen, T. N., Keestra, H. & Brilman, D. W. F.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.159953

2024

Characterization of a highly integrated, natural convection-driven, condensing methanol reactor (2024)Journal of CO2 Utilization, 89. Article 102961. van Schagen, T. N. & Brilman, D. W. F.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2024.102961Scalable Jet-Based Fabrication of PEI-Hydrogel Particles for CO2 Capture (2024)Energy and Environmental Materials, 7(6). Article e12748. Jiang, J., van Daatselaar, E., Wijnja, H., de Koning Gans, T., Schellevis, M., Venner, C. H., Brilman, D. W. F. & Visser, C. W.https://doi.org/10.1002/eem2.12748

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Courses academic year 2025/2026

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Courses academic year 2024/2025

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University of Twente

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

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