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Henk Miedema

Theme coordinator Dehydration

Biography

Main activities: 1) Theme coordinator of Dehydration, before that of Sensoring 2) Supervision of PhD students (desalination and element recovery) 3) Teaching, at MSc Water Technology (Physical Transport Phenomena, PTP & Physical Chemistry, PC) and the RUG (PTP). PTP relates to my PhD research, ion transport across biological membranes. 

Education

PhD in Electrophysiology, University of Groningen, 1992.

Research interests

(Membrane)transport; biomimetics; element recovery; separation technology.

Selected list of publications

  • Z. Qian, H. Miedema, L.C.P.M. de Smet, E.J.R. Sudhȍlter. Modelling the selective removal of sodium ions from greenhouse irrigation water using membrane technology, Chem. Eng. Res. Des. 134 (2018) 154–161.
  • Othman, E. A.; A.G.J. van der Ham, H. Miedema, L. de Smet, S.R.A. Kersten. Process development for recovery of metal ions from aqueous streams using hydrophobic ionic liquids in LLX. J. Chem. Eng. Process Technol. 397 (2018) 1-10.
  • A. Shamu, H. Miedema, Z. Borneman, K. Nijmeijer. Dehydration of supercritical carbon dioxide using dense polymeric membranes: a techno-economical evaluation. Separation and Purification Technology Vol224 (2019) 209-218.