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

  • Chemistry

    • Procedure
    • Chemical Reaction Product

  • Engineering

    • Models
    • Optimization

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • Model
    • Chain
    • Cost
    • Utilization

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Ancillary activities

  • ChemistryNLCouncil member ChemistryNL program Chemical Sensing & Enabling Technologies
  • DefensieReserve officer
  • Eindhoven UniversityGuest lecturer at Eindhoven University
  • 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

Multi-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

Too many eggs in one basket: On the vulnerability of the Ecuadorian power system and the need for a more sustainable and resilient strategy (2025)Energy policy, 209(Part A). Article 114951 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Tapia, M., Heinemann, D. & Zondervan, E.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114951Modified 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/CET25117187The landscape of green and biohydrogen technology: A data-driven exploration using non-supervised methods (2025)International journal of hydrogen energy, 105, 1467-1490. Carvalho Miranda, J. C. d., Souza, R. F., Alves Justi, A. C. & Zondervan, E.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.01.089Integration of modeling and solution approaches for flow shop scheduling in the chemical industry (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Wallrath, R.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036565004Carbon Dioxide to Methanol: A Green Alternative to Fueling the Future (2025)In Comprehensive Methanol Science: Production, Applications, and Emerging Technologies: First Edition, Volume 1-4 (pp. V4:595-V4:622). Elsevier Doyma. Leonzio, G. & Zondervan, E.https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-15740-0.00024-0

2024

Benders Decomposition to Integrate MILP and Discrete-Event Simulation for Flow Shop Scheduling (2024)In 34th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering / 15th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering (pp. 3187-3192) (Computer Aided Chemical Engineering; Vol. 53). Wallrath, R., Zondervan, E. & Franke, M.https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-28824-1.50532-9Graphical Deterministic Equivalent Algorithm for Robust Process Optimization (2024)In 34th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering / 15th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering (pp. 3337-3342) (Computer Aided Chemical Engineering; Vol. 53). Elsevier B.V.. Fuad, A., Zondervan, E. & Franke, M.https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-28824-1.50557-3

Research profiles

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

Courses academic year 2025/2026

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 2024/2025

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University of Twente

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

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