Developing a concept to reduce packaging waste at Aalberts Hydronic Flow Control

Aalberts Hydronic Flow Control has set the target to reduce their packaging material by 20% in weight by 2025. In this thesis will be looked into, and recommended on this target. In addition to this, the assignment has been established to develop a concept to reduce packaging waste for Aalberts through research on sustainable packaging,...

Coastal Erosion and Mangrove Degradation in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

The Vietnamese Mekong Delta, a vital region in the country’s economy, faces the dual challenges of coastal erosion and mangrove degradation, which threaten its long-term sustainability and flood protection capabilities. This research focuses on the coastal area of the Bac Lieu province, characterized by severe erosion and degrading mangrove...

An Integral and Practical Framework for the Customer Discovery Phase

Much research has been conducted regarding which steps to take to enhance the likelihood of entrepreneurial success. However, entrepreneurs often turn to practical books for insights on what steps to take, resulting in a research-practitioner gap. This thesis aimed at combining different models and methods into one integral yet simple framework...

The Effects of Dehydration, Microclimate and Growth on the Acoustic Emission Characteristics of Plants In-Vivo

Bamboo to electricity: Assessment of the technoeconomic potential of bamboo on degraded land for electricity generation in Indonesia

Following the Paris Agreement of 2015, Indonesia aims to reduce emissions by 29% by 2030, compared to the business as usual scenario. In Indonesia it is expected that between 2015 and 2030 the electricity demand could triple and the total energy demand could increase by 80%. Bioenergy would account for more than half of all renewable energy in...

The effect of organic matter degradation on the rheological behaviour of natural mud

The nautical bottom is defined as the level where physical characteristics of the bottom reach a critical limit beyond which contact with a ship’s keel causes either damage or unacceptable effects on the controllability and manoeuvrability of ships. The nautical bottom is usually assessed using the density of the bottom fluid mud layer as a...

Blockchain-based DNS and PKI to solve issues of trust, security and censorship in the context of the IoT

The domain name system (DNS) and public key infrastructure (PKI) provide the core services for the Internet. The use of these systems requires trust in institutions to provide proper services, which they can fail to provide. Centralized management allows these institutions to perform censorship. Additionally, these legacy systems have seen...

Approaching hydroelasticity of large vessels with multi-body dynamics

The size of vessels has increased significantly over the last decades and will increase even further in the decades to come. This trend is mainly visible in the size of container ships. A decade ago the largest container ship had a capacity of 13.500 TEU, nowadays the largest container ship has a capacity of almost 24.000 TEU. The capacity of...

Hydrogen turbines, Effects of an increasing power density on the levelised cost of hydrogen

In the current world, fossil fuels and non-renewable energy sources are being phased out and renewable energies are taking their place. Electrical energy from these renewable energies are more difficult to store than fossil fuels. Transportation and feedstock for industries can also not always be supplied through electricity. Here, hydrogen has...

The influence of buildings on aeolian coastal dune development

The influence of beach buildings on coastal dune development is still largely unknown, and it could pose a risk to the functionalities coastal dunes provide. The objectives of this research are covered by the main research question: What is the influence of specific types of beach buildings on aeolian coastal dune development and what are...

Pantai Project

For the past years large quantities of plastic waste have been accumulating on the beaches in Southwest Bali. This has economical, environmental and health implications in this area. This event mainly occurs between December to March. The objective of this report is to map the plastic waste problem in Southwest Bali and look for efficient...