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van den Berg, Ruben (author)The electric-pump cycle is a rocket engine configuration that uses an electric motor to power the pumps instead of a turbine. This offers several expected advantages such as simpler design, lower development costs, and easier restartability, but comes with reduced performance compared to conventional cycles. Previous research has primarily...master thesis 2023
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Druzdzel, P. (author)Since the problem of global warming has been broadly considered as vital and due to constantly rising oil prices, further fossil fuels exploitation requires diametrical changes immediately. The demand for environmentally friendly improvements does not only entail searching for new resources but also utilizing those which are available and more...master thesis 2017
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Braanker, G.B. (author)Greentom is a company new in the stroller market. They plan to expand their product portfolio with a vision; their customers should be able to re-use their product by giving it a second function. This project searched for widening the product line within a green product cycle. The project worked following the basic steps, like market and product...master thesis 2013
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Van Lelyveld, W. (author)Global turmoil concerning fossil fuels, questions relating to sustainable sources of energy and difficulties with sharing knowledge led to the creation of the Energy Transition Model (ETM) in the start of 2008. The ETM aims to be a transparent, comprehensive, fact-based, and independent model about energy related matters, ranging from CO2...master thesis 2010
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Li, X.W. (author)Actually, not as often as you’d think. Statistics show the majority of car trips made in the Netherlands are on shorter distances. 80% of them are between 5 and 20 km and the car already after 2 km starts being a major part of urban transportation. On short distances (up to 7,5 km - 10 km) most trips are for domestic purposes (groceries,...master thesis 2009