Curriculum Vitae of Edwin van Elk

Personal notes:
Name (Callname): Edwin Pieter van Elk (Edwin)
Born: 15 september 1971 in Poortugaal (near Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Civil status: Married
E-mail: callname@vanelk.nl
WWW: http://www.vanelk.nl/edwin

Work experience:
2015 till now: Independent contractor (ZZPer) at vanElk modelling (Process Modelling, Process Simulation, Software Development, Coding, Consultancy)
2010 till 2015Consultant at and Shareholder of Procede Process Simulations BV (inventor/coder of Procede Process Simulator)
2002 till 2015: Project leader at Procede Gas Treating BV (Software development, Rate based modelling of acid gas treating processes)
1997 till 2002: Process engineer at Procede Twente BV (Various projects)
July 1996 till October 2001: PhD (Gas-Liquid Reactions - Influence of liquid bulk and mass transfer on process performance)

Scientific publications:
2010: GHGT-10 conference Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Energy Procedia xx (2010) xxxx-xxxx (Carbon dioxide removal by alkanolamines in aqueous organic solvents, a method for enhancing the desorption process)
2010: Openbaar eindrapport CAPTECH jaar 4 Sub Project 2: Advanced solvents
2009: Openbaar eindrapport CAPTECH jaar 3 Sub Project 2: Advanced solvents
2009: TCCS-5 Trondheim Conference on CO2 Capture, Transport and Storage: xxxxxxx xx (2009) xxxx-xxxx (Rate-based simulation of a flue gas treating plant using a new process simulation tool)
2009: Journal of Environmental Engineering xx (2009) xxxx-xxxx (Absorption rates of CO2 in partially loaded solutions of MEA, DEA and MDEA at 293 K)
2008: 18th Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering (CHISA) Prague (Zcech Republic) (2008) (Absorption rates of CO2 in partially loaded aqueous solutions of MEA, DEA and MDEA at 293 K)
2008: Openbaar eindrapport CAPTECH jaar 2 Sub Project 2: Advanced solvents
2008: GHGT-9 conference Washington DC: Energy Procedia xx (2008) xxxx-xxxx (A new flowsheeting tool for flue gas treating) (abstract) (poster)
2008: GHGT-9 conference Washington DC: Energy Procedia xx (2008) xxxx-xxxx (Mass transfer in a small scale post-combustion flue gas absorber, experiment and modelling) (abstract) (poster)
2007: Openbaar eindrapport CAPTECH jaar 1 Sub Project 2: Advanced solvents
2007: 10th meeting of the international post-combustion network Lyons (France) (2007) (Performance of aqueous MDEA blends for CO2 removal from flue gases)
2007: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 46(10) (2007) 3035-3040 (Mass Transfer Characteristics in Structured Packing for CO2-emission Reduction Processes)
2007: Chemical Engineering Research and Design 85(A4) (2007) 516-524 (Application of the penetration theory for gas-liquid mass transfer without a liquid bulk - differences with systems with a bulk) (abstract)
2007: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 55 (2007) 135-145 (The removal of carbon-dioxide with activated solutions of methyl-di-ethanol-amine)
2006: Distillation & Absorption 2006 Symposium series 152 (2006) 294-310 (Application of the penetration theory for gas-liquid mass transfer without a liquid bulk - differences with systems with a bulk) (abstract of extended paper)
2001: Chemical Engineering Science 56 (2001) 1491-1500 (Modelling of gas-liquid reactors - stability and dynamic behaviour of a hydroformylation reactor - influence of mass transfer in the kinetics controlled regime) (abstract)
2000: Proc. GPA 79 Annual Convention (Atlanta, USA) 79 (2000) (Differences in local absorption rates of CO2 as observed in numerically comparing tray columns and packed columns)
2000: Chemical Engineering Journal 76 (2000) 223-237 (Modelling of gas-liquid reactors - implementation of the penetration model in dynamic modelling of gas-liquid processes with the presence of a liquid bulk) (abstract)
1999: Chemical Engineering Science 54 (1999) 4869-4879 (Modelling of gas-liquid reactors - stability and dynamic behaviour of gas-liquid mass transfer accompanied by irreversible reaction) (abstract)

Courses and conferences:
12 till 15 September 2010: Distillation & Absorption 2010 (Eindhoven, the Netherlands)
6 March 2008: Second Dutch Capture Technology symposium (Arnhem, the Netherlands)
20 till 22 February 2008: Technical conference "Treating your gas" GPA Europe (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
22 March 2007: First Dutch Capture Technology symposium (Petten, the Netherlands))
4 till 6 September 2006: Distillation & Absorption 2006 (London, United Kingdom)
10 till 13 September 2000: 16th International Symposium Chemical Reaction Engineering (ISCRE 16) 2000 (Cracow, Poland)
23 till 25 August 1999: 4th international conference of gas-liquid and gas-liquid-solid engineering (Delft, the Netherlands)
13 and 20 August 1996: Training presentationtechnics at the University of Twente
11 and 25 June 1996: Basic course project management of Cap given at the University of Twente
April 1995 till August 1995: Advanced course German of the LOI in Leiden (16 hours a week)

Education:
September 1995 till July 1997: Process Development Course at the University of Twente (2nd phase)
Certificate 1997
August 1992 till February 1995: University of Twente Chemical Technology
Certificate cum laude March 1995
August 1988 till June 1992: HTS Dordrecht (Secondary Technical School) Chemical Technology
Certificate June 1992
August 1983 till June 1988: HAVO (Senior General Secondary Education) in Rotterdam
Certificate June 1988
August 1977 till June 1983: Primary school in Poortugaal
August 1975 till June 1977: Infant school in Poortugaal

Training periods:
1 July 1996 till 31 July 1997: DSM Research in Geleen
Project: Development of design rules for stable operation of gas-liquid reactors
1 December 1993 till 1 February 1995: University of Twente in Enschede
Trade-group: Process Technology (teamwork)
Project: Masstransfer and contact-efficiency in a riser
1 February 1992 till 12 May 1992: Badger B.V. in The Hague
Department: Process Engineering (teamwork)
Project: Model of gas-liquid two-phase flow
1 March 1991 till 15 June 1991: Cyanamid B.V. in Europort (Rotterdam)
Department: Process Engineering
Project: Debottlenecking of the UV-1084 batch process
1 December 1990 till 28 February 1991: Badger B.V. in The Hague
Department: Process Engineering
Project: Fortran computermodel for the convection in furnaces
13 August 1990 till 30 November 1990: Arco Chemie Nederland, Ltd. in Europort (Rotterdam)
Department: Technical (Process Engineering)
Project: Bio-plant simulation using a Lotus 123 spreadsheet

Other projects / Sidelines / Excursions / Study-trips:
December 1995 till January 1997: Design of a world wide web site by order of the OSPT
September 1995 till January 1997: Personal computer committee of the Process Development Course
31 Oct. and 1 Nov. 1996: Excursion to DSM Geleen to evaluate the SSPT study tour
7 to 12 October 1996: Study tour of the SSPT to Germany and France
6 and 7 June 1996: Excursion to DSM Geleen
January 1995 till March 1995: Design of a spreadsheet application by order of Traffic Test in Veenendaal
Various excursions: DuPont, Grolsch, Hoogovens, SRTCA, Tebodin, Urenco