Horst Complex

prof.dr.ir. E. Zondervan (Edwin)

Full Professor
TNW-CE-SPT
Horst Complex Horstcomplex - Meander
e.zondervan@utwente.nl
+31534897651
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Expertise

  • Chemical Engineering

    • Carbon Dioxide
    • Methanol
    • Superstructure Optimization
    • Hydrogen
    • Process Synthesis
    • Polyester
    • Electrolysis
    • Production of Methanol

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Ancillary activities

  • ChemistryNLCouncil member ChemistryNL program Chemical Sensing & Enabling Technologies
  • DefensieReserve officer
  • Het Groene BreinMembership "Het Groene Brein"

Recently Edwin joined the sustainable process technology group of Twente university (the Netherlands) and holds the new chair on process systems engineering! With this return he will revive process systems engineering as educational and research discipline in the Netherlands!

My group researches the energy transition, specifically on topics that regard the transformation to a hydrogen economy, biobased production, carbon capture and utilization and electrochemical storage of energy. In these application areas we develop models, control and optimization strategies to design unit, plant and supply chain in such way that maximum flexibility and the best trade-offs between conflicting objectives are obtained.

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.2026.10.015Natural 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/enfht26.167Process Optimization: Decision-Making Tools for Chemical Engineers (2026)[Book/Report › Book]. Walter de Gruyter GmbH. Zondervan, E.https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111342283Too many eggs in one basket: On the vulnerability of the Ecuadorian power system and the need for a more sustainable and resilient strategy (2026)Energy policy, 209(Part A). Article 114951. Tapia, M., Heinemann, D. & Zondervan, E.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114951Multi-scale modeling of sustainable methanol and ammonia synthesis (2026)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Keestra, H.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036570473

2025

Modified Benders-DES algorithm for real-world flow shop and job shop scheduling problems (2025)Computers & chemical engineering, 202. Article 109221. Wallrath, R., Zondervan, E. & Franke, M. B.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2025.109221Uncovering optimal biorefinery designs for agricultural waste: Insights from superstructure optimization under uncertainty (2025)Journal of environmental management, 394, 1-10. Article 127551. Van der Hauwaert, L., Regueira, A., Zondervan, E. & Mauricio-Iglesias, M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127551Energy and Exergy Evaluation of an Integrated Dark Fermentation and Microbial Electrolysis System for Sustainable Hydrogen Production (2025)Chemical engineering transactions, 117, 1117-1122. de C. Miranda, J. C. & Zondervan, E.https://doi.org/10.3303/CET25117187Engineering the Final Frontier: The Role of Chemical and Process Systems Engineering in Space Exploration (2025)Systems & control transactions, 4, 1922-1927. Zondervan, E.https://doi.org/10.69997/sct.133361Integration of MILP and Discrete-Event Simulation for Flowshop Scheduling Using Benders Decomposition (2025)In Proceedings of the 35th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE 35) (pp. 936-941). PSE Press. Wallrath, R., Zondervan, E. & Franke, M. B.https://doi.org/10.69997/sct.180841

Research profiles

Courses on process and product design, process dynamics and control, numerical methods and process optimization.

Courses academic year 2026/2027

Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.

Courses academic year 2025/2026

Address

University of Twente

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

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