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Jimenez, J. (author), Latrille, E. (author), Harmand, J. (author), Robles, A. (author), Ferrer, J. (author), Gaida, D. (author), Wolf, C. (author), Mairet, F. (author), Bernard, O. (author), Alcaraz-Gonzalez, V. (author), Mendez-Acosta, H. (author), Zitomer, D. (author), Totzke, D. (author), Spanjers, H. (author), Jacobi, F. (author), Guwy, A. (author), Dinsdale, R. (author), Premier, G. (author), Mazhegrane, S. (author), Ruiz-Filippi, G. (author), Seco, A. (author), Ribeiro, T. (author), Pauss, A. (author), Steyer, J.P. (author)To enhance energy production from methane or resource recovery from digestate, anaerobic digestion processes require advanced instrumentation and control tools. Over the years, research on these topics has evolved and followed the main fields of application of anaerobic digestion processes: from municipal sewage sludge to liquid—mainly...journal article 2015
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Bazley, C.M. (author)Every person on the planet lives a significant portion of his or her life in a built indoor environment. Ideally, the built environment serves as protection from the extremes of the outdoor environment and is preferably comfortable. The first ‘built environment’ was a painted cave. The cave served as a shelter and the wall paintings represented...doctoral thesis 2015
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Grondman, I. (author)Classical control theory requires a model to be derived for a system, before any control design can take place. This can be a hard, time-consuming process if the system is complex. Moreover, there is no way of escaping modelling errors. As an alternative approach, there is the possibility of having the system learn a controller by itself while...doctoral thesis 2015
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Kroes, P.A. (author)My aim is to question whether the introduction of new technologies in society may be considered to be genuine experiments. I will argue that they are not, at least not in the sense in which the notion of experiment is being used in the natural and social sciences. If the introduction of a new technology in society is interpreted as an experiment...journal article 2015
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Gebraad, P.M.O. (author)Each wind turbine in a cluster of wind turbines (a wind power plant) can influence the performance of other turbines through the wake that forms downstream of its rotor. The wake has a reduced wind velocity, since the turbine extracts energy from the flow, and the obstruction by the wind turbine rotor causes increased turbulence. If another...doctoral thesis 2014
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Schwab, A.L. (author), Kooijman, J.D.G. (author)The goal of the Human Power Team from the TU Delft and the Free University of Amsterdam is to break the world speed record in unpaced cycling (Sam Whittingham, 133.28 km/h). The design of such a faired recumbent bicycle is a challenge. The Delft design, called VeloX (Human Power Team (2013)), is a fully-faired monocoque front-driven recumbent...conference paper 2014
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Lakerveld, R. (author), Benyahia, B. (author), Heider, P.L. (author), Zhang, H. (author), Braatz, R.D. (author), Barton, P.I. (author)The judicious use of buffering capacity is important in the development of future continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing processes. The potential benefits are investigated of using optimal-averaging level control for tanks that have buffering capacity for a section of a continuous pharmaceutical pilot plant involving two crystallizers, a...journal article 2013
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Verlaan, J.G. (author), Schoenmaker, R. (author)The infrastructure in the Netherlands is crucial for economic development on a national scale. Dramatic increases of transport and mobility accelerate ageing of infrastructure. The GNP of the Netherlands is strongly related to transport and to the two main ports (Port of Rotterdam and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol). The Netherlands is used to a...conference paper 2013
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Valentin, C.L. (author)This thesis investigates the feasibility of a photomask curvature manipulator in immersion lithography systems.doctoral thesis 2013
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Kuiper, S. (author)This research is focused on improving the mechatronic design and control strategies of Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM) in order to increase the imaging speed of these instruments, while maintaining the resolution and accuracy of AFM. Different techniques are developed which have led to a faster lateral scanning speed, higher bandwidth control of...doctoral thesis 2012
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Wesselingh, J. (author)In the production of integrated circuits, solar cells, flat panel displays and elec- tronics, thin plates are often used as a base for manufacturing. Examples are silicon wafers and glass panels on which several process steps build transistors, pixels and interconnects. To improve the production throughput these features are made smaller while...doctoral thesis 2011
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Bakker, M. (author), Verberk, J.Q.J.C. (author), Palmen, L.J. (author), Sperber, V. (author), Bakker, G. (author)Half of all water supply systems in the Netherlands are controlled by model predictive flow control; the other half are controlled by conventional level based control. The differences between conventional level based control and model predictive control were investigated in experiments at five full scale water supply systems in the first half of...conference paper 2011
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Alvarez Cabrera, A.A. (author)Design activities, including control design, are becoming increasingly difficult due to a corresponding increase in product and product development complexity. Model-based (or driven) engineering, development and design have become common concepts related to modern complex product development practices. However, it is argued here that currently...doctoral thesis 2011
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Weijs, S.V. (author)Operational management of water resources needs predictions of future behavior of water systems, to anticipate shortage or excess of water in a timely manner. Because the natural systems that are part of the hydrological cycle are complex, the predictions inevitably are subject to considerable uncertainty. Still, definitive decisions about e.g....doctoral thesis 2011
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Falk, A. (author), Turrin, M. (author), von Buelow, P. (author)The work described in this paper aims at developing the interrelation and overall effects of interaction between a folded plate roof structure and a system of branching column supports. In the context of architectural performance it is of interest to discuss the effects of the material on environmental conditions. The current study is...conference paper 2010
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Souverein, L.J. (author)Shock wave boundary layer interactions (SWBLI) are a common phenomenon in transonic and supersonic flows. The presence of shock waves, induced by specific geometrical configurations, causes a rapid increase of the pressure, which can lead to flow separation. Examples of such interactions are found in amongst others rocket engine nozzles and on...doctoral thesis 2010
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Huibregtse, O.L. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author), Pel, A.J. (author), Bliemer, M.C.J. (author)A method is described to develop a set of optimal instructions to evacuate by car the population of a region threatened by a hazard. By giving these instructions to the evacuees, traffic conditions and therefore the evacuation efficiency can be optimized. The instructions, containing a departure time, a destination, and a route, are created...conference paper 2010
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Van Schagen, K.M. (author)The drinking water in the Netherlands is of high quality and the production cost is low. This is the result of extensive research in the past decades to innovate and optimise the treatment processes. The processes are monitored and operated by motivated and skilled operators and process technologists, which leads to an operator-dependent,...doctoral thesis 2009
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Zhou, Y. (author), Bauer, P. (author), Ferreira, J.A. (author), Pierik, J. (author)Doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) still shares a large part in today's wind power market. It provides the benefits of variable speed operation cost-effectively, and can control its active and reactive power independently. Crowbar protection is often adopted to protect the rotor-side voltage source converter (VSC) from transient overcurrent...journal article 2009
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Schiele, A. (author)This thesis is the first to provide the fundamentals of ergonomic exoskeleton design. The fundamental theory as well as technology necessary to analyze and develop ergonomic wearable robots interacting with humans is established and validated by experiments and prototypes. The fundamentals are (1) a new theoretical framework for analyzing...doctoral thesis 2008