Protecting the south-west of the Netherlands against flood using an adaptive design approach

The Netherlands is world famous when it comes to coastal defence. The world is always changing, therefore the Netherlands, together with many countries, has to adapt constantly to the climate. This constant change means that in particular the coastline of the Netherlands requires extra attention because of the uncertainty of sea level rise. The...

Tasikoki Coastal Protection: A researched based advice into the mitigation of shoreline recession of the beach of the Tasikoki Wildlife Rescue and Education Centre

The beach adjacent to the Tasikoki Wildlife Rescue and Education Centre is one of the many beaches worldwide suffering from coastline recession. This loss of coast has a negative impact on the environment, local society and ecology. In general, shoreline retreat is caused by sea level rise (SLR) and erosion. The main objective of this research...

Feasibility Study on Deep Seawater Solutions for Manado: ROTEC

Due to climate change and growing cities, water scarcity is becoming one of the futures biggest problems. On top of that, the population and prosperity of cities around the equator are growing fast. Meaning that the need for electricity, cooling and drinking water will grow fast in the following decades. ROTEC’s vision is that these growing...

Coastal protection Malecón seawall: A study to develop a sea defence solution that prevents unacceptable flooding and damage to the 'Malecón Tradicional' in Havana, Cuba

This report presents a study of the Malecón Tradicional in front of ‘Centro de Havana’ and ‘Havana Vieja’ in the city Havana, Cuba. The objective is to develop a sea defence solution that prevents unacceptable flooding of the hinterland and damage of the Malecón seawall. Implementing the recommended solutions reduces the overtopping sufficiently...

SimBethel: Designing a serious game on flood risk management and housing/urban development for the most urbanized islands of the California delta

Master project report. A serious game on flood risk management and housing/urban development for the most urbanised island of the California coast. In the California Delta the flood protection for most islands is not up to the required standards. This is also the case for Bethel Island, one of the most urbanized islands in this region. The...

Designing with plants

This "designers' manual" is made during the TIDO-course AR0531 Smart & Bioclimatic Design. Rainforests are the lungs of the earth and plants can be the lungs of a buildings. Every plant uses CO2, water and light to produce sugars and oxygen; furthermore plants provide shade, take pollutants from the air and provide evaporative cooling. This...

Rivierkundige gevolgen van de 'Nieuwe Lek' bij extreme rivierafvoeren

Fieldwork Coastal Engineering: Preliminary design of an artificial island in the Black Sea, Varna, Bulgaria

From Sunday September 30th until October 7th, a group of 16 Hydraulic engineering students and one teacher went to Bulgaria. Three Bulgarian students and two Bulgarian teachers from Sofia University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geology joined them at their arrival in Varna. The students were given an assignment concerning the...

Coastal erosion project, Diani beach, Kenya

Master project report. Since the seventies, the establishment of hotels and other facilities has increased the pressure on the Kenyan coast. During the last decade, hotel managers and residents in Diani Beach have been experiencing problems with erosion. The only measures taken to address the problem are individually built seawalls to protect...

Fieldwork Coastal Engineering: Varna (Bulgaria)

A series of hydraulic measurements were carried out during the field trip, ranging from beach profiles to wave data collection and suitability of stones from local quarries for hydraulic purposes. In chapter 2 something is told about the tetrapods. At Sunny Day Beach in St. Constantine some sightseeing has been done on a breakwater. The quality...

The search for a consistent analysis to evaluate diversified use of renewable resources: Comparison of ethanol production and electricity production from wheat grains based on exergetic considerations

In this report an analysis technique will be presented with which resources, products and processes can be evaluated. Also two processes are compared, based on exergetic considerations, as an illustrative example of part of the analysis technique…

Criteria and calculation procedures for critical points in multicomponent mixtures: Literature thesis

This literature thesis can be divided in two sections: a section in which definitions, criteria and occurrence of critical points in multicomponent systems are derived and discussed and a section in which algorithms to calculate second and third order critical points in multicomponent systems are listed and discussed. In the first section gives...

High pressure phase behavior of binary water - light organic and ternary water – light organic - salt systems: A literature review, and a theoretical treatment of the salt effect

In order to develop Supercritical Water Oxidation (SCWO) processes for the destruction of ChloroFluoroCarbohydrates (CFC's), more experimental data on the phase behavior of water-CFC and water-CFC-salt systems is needed. First a general review is given of high pressure phase equilibria, according to the classification of van Konynenburg and...

The modelling of phase equilibria of microemulsions: Application of the model proposed by Safran - A Literature Review

Several thermodynamic models have been developed for the description of the phase behaviour of micellar solutions. These micellar solutions or microemulsions are encountered in many chemical engineering applications and especially in the field of enhanced oil recovery where an aqueous surfactant solution is injected into an oil reservoir in...