Hans Cappon

Hans Cappon is an external researcher at Wageningen University & Research specializing in Environmental Technology. His work bridges energy and water systems through interdisciplinary research, focusing on resource recovery, renewable energy storage, and sustainable urban wastewater management. He collaborates with academic and industry partners globally.

• Role: Researcher in resource recovery and energy-water nexus
• Key Collaborations: Indonesia (Java/Bali energy planning), European energy-water projects

Research Interests
Hans Cappon’s research spans several critical areas in environmental and energy systems engineering:

• Resource Recovery: Developing frameworks for extracting valuable materials from urban wastewater using technologies like nanofiltration.
• Energy Storage: Innovating off-river Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES) systems for renewable integration.
• Optimization Problems: Applying hybrid optimization and deep neural networks to energy-water technology planning.
• Urban Sustainability: Designing low-carbon energy mixes for urban environments in Indonesia and beyond.
• Systems Engineering: Creating decision-support tools for multi-criteria technology selection in circular systems.

Publication Trends
His recent work emphasizes off-river PHES systems, grey-box process modeling for wastewater recovery, and hybrid AI-optimization approaches in energy-water planning. Key themes include economic/environmental trade-offs, nanofiltration applications, and multi-criteria decision frameworks.

Advising Roles
Cappon has supervised PhD candidates across multiple projects, including:

• Diyono: Renewable energy mix optimization for Indonesia
• E. Carlisle: Long-term investment planning for energy-water systems
• M. O. van Schaik: Domestic wastewater resource recovery
• S. Sucu: Multi-criteria decision frameworks for wastewater technologies

Labs & Collaborations
He contributes to projects like NEREUS (resource recovery from sanitation) and Closing Water-Energy Cycles at Wageningen University, working with teams like the Environmental Technology group. His collaborations span Dutch institutions and international partners in Indonesia.