Pumping when the wind blows: Demand response in the Dutch delta

This thesis investigates the potential of a large pumping station in IJmuiden, the Nether-lands, for participating in Demand Response. Due to climate change, renewable energy is onthe rise. The intermittency of energy, together with its unpredictable supply, are a big hurdlefor the energy transition. Two methods are promising solutions to this...

Increasing the flexibility of a sliding shoe sorter by designing an individual actuated shoe-carrier system with local intelligence: A feasability study

Vanderlande Industries makes sorting machines for the parcel industry. One of these sorting machines is a sliding shoe sorter; the posisorter. Which ensures a positive, form closed, sorting action. Right now, the posisorter can handle 24.000 parcels per hour and is with that the market leader in high capacity sorting machines. <br/><br/>However,...

A Low-Power CMOS Wind Sensor

This work describes a low-power and low-cost alternative to mechanical wind sensors, suitable for volume production in standard CMOS processes. The CMOS wind sensor operates in the electro-thermal domain; therefore, it has no moving parts and therefore requires very little maintenance. Moreover, the CMOS wind sensor is an active sensor, compared...

Development of an LED Driver for Automotive Applications

Power switches are used very often in applications such as industrial and automotive. The main function of these devices is to switch the energy delivered to the load so that power could be transferred in the most optimum way meeting a certain set of requirements. Due to recent and continuous developments in system-on-chip technologies, it will...

Distributed optimal power flow in a dc distribution system: Step towards smarter energy management

Rise in distributed energy resources has prompted a shift in the way electricity market operators function. Traditionally, centralized optimization techniques are used by such operators to plan for economic dispatches of power tominimize the overall operational costs and increase system social welfare. Due to the dispersed nature of renewable...

Designing a connected barbecue

Through emerging technologies, it is possible to efficiently extend everyday objects with wireless communication and sensing-/actuating functionality. The objects can communicate with each other as well as with humans. The movement that is concerned with applying and investigating these technologies is called The Internet of Things. What the...

smart FOR China 2025

China is the biggest car market worldwide in which smart is operating for six years now, it is also the biggest market for smart. The assignment is to Design a new mobility device for the Chinese megacities of 2025. The context of the Chinese megacity environment is analyzed (e.g. using input from a three week field study in China). In the...

Innovative display technique for the building envelope: A research on electrowetting as smart glazing

This thesis is about electrowetting. Electrowetting is an advanced display technique that is going to take a part in the display competition against LCD screens and LED displays. Display techniques are becoming very important for the building envelope. The desire to have a responsive or adaptive building skin has never been as serious as the...

smart foryou: Designing a new individual mobility system for European metropolises of 2025

The goal of this project was to develop a new type of vehicle that shows a fit in smart’s future product portfolio. The idea of developing a vehicle smaller than the existing smart fortwo arose from developments in the market and society. Throughout the whole automotive industry it is agreed that there is an increasing mismatch between existing...

The pursuit of happiness; redefining the interior design of a Car2Go vehicle.

This graduation project redefines the interior of a Car2Go vehicle by using Design for happiness as explorative research. Design for Happiness is a fairly new term in the design world and is increasingly applied, though there is still no existing methodology. The outcomes of this report will be used as a case study for a scientific paper at the...

ATAG Juvo: The development of a new product concept for the high-segment induction cooking market

The ATAG Juvo is a cookcentric product system, existing of a pan and cooktop combination. It leverages the technology of inductive coupling to connect a smart pan and a dedicated cooktop. Through the cooktop TFT touchscreen interface, the cook can cook on the basis of temperature. Temperature based cooking gives much more precision on the...

Project Smart 45XS: "an outlook to the fourth generation smart"

This design project has been done in order to give an outlook to the fourth generation smart fortwo, regarding its overall package and exterior design. The project investigates the core qualities of smart and shows how they can be translated into a concept for 2020 and beyond. The concept that was created – the smart 45XS – is based on four ...

Design of an integrated smart public lighting system

The project described in this report aims to develop a solution that integrates the qualities of a presence-based dynamic light controller, with the ones of an outdoor public light point, all in one product, providing the potential energy savings (up to 80%), while lowering installation & maintenance costs. A design concept is proposed, which...

Transferium Almere 2.0

The project Transferium Almere 2.0 was developed in two separate but tightly connected stages. The networked urban solution and wind informed geometry of main Transferium volumes. The development of urban solution ran in fall term. The solution is reflexing changes needed in development of new cities’ extensions. The current master plans served...

Concept front-end design of future smart vehicle “pedestrian safety through vehicle design”

Over a third of all traffic relative fatalities and injuries all over the world are pedestrians and with ongoing developments the numbers are expected to rise even further. After years of research and testing in the field of crash safety and combined with legislative stimulation the automotive industry has made significant improvements in...

Optimization of the Al-Shaheen Field Performance using Smart Well Technology

This MSc thesis reports the results on optimizing the Al-Shaheen field performance using smart well technology. The field is currently being developed by Maersk Oil and Gas (MOG) offshore Qatar, using large-scale water injection on very long horizontal wells. The studied reservoir consists of a laterally uniform, tight matrix. However, undesired...