Inverter based generation for large industrial plants: Using PV and batteries to reduce emissions and cost of a LNG plant

Reducing the cost and CO2 emission for the power generation for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) production plant by using inverter based generation is the main challenge posed in this thesis. Both factors can be decreased by using inverter based generation instead of the conventional gas powered power plant for generating the power for a islanded...

Smart sensors and communication using Internet of Things in supermarkets: Sensor to Server communication

During 9 weeks of investigation multiple solutions for implementing a communication module in a supermarket have been explored. These results led to three options which have been further researched. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), 433 MHz and ZigBee have been selected as the best communication protocols<br/>for sensor to gateway communication. Chips...

An intuitive crew application for KLM

In December 2013, the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands, the Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (KLM) approached the TU Delft with an outline for a graduation project. KLM set out the goal to develop an intuitive crew application for their pilots and cabin attendants to fulfill all their non-operational information needs. Furthermore...

The urban forest

The project aims to develop a new interpretive framework, through architectural and urban design, that is embodied by a 3-dimensional grid system and is facilitating the interplays among community (public life), infrastructure and greenification within the city center of Rotterdam.

Factors influencing photovoltiac technology selection

The unlimited availability of sunlight and the ability of photovoltaic (PV) cells to directly convert this radiation into electricity, makes PV a promising renewable energy technology. Five PV technologies are currently commercially available, however because the PV market is characterised by increasing returns to adoption, it is expected one...

Exploratory research into the maintenance of the Slijkgat: an analysis of the morphology of the Haringvliet

This thesis is an exploratory research into the maintenance of the Slijkgat, by analysing the morphological behaviour of the Slijkgat and the Haringvliet. The Slijkgat is the approach channel for the fishery harbour of Stellendam. The delta area west of the Haringvliet Dam started to accrete after the construction of the dam around 1970,...

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...

Stedenbouwkundig project binnen het Leidse stadscentrum; de Lammermarkt

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...

Masterplan voor een visserijhaven in Lagos, Nigeria

In deze deelstudie verkeerswaterbouwkunde is een masterplan opgesteld voor een visserijhaven op Snake-Island, gelegen in het havengebied van Lagos (Nigeria). Het masterplan is in twee fasen opgesplitst: fase I tot het jaar 2000 en fase II tot het jaar 2010. Na het formuleren van de functionele eisen voor de haven, zijn de invloedsfactoren op het...

Computersimulatie voor een multipurpose terminal

Na een vooronderzoek naar de situatie van de konventionele stukgoedbedrijven in het oude Rotterdamse havengebied is als hoofdontwerp gekozen voor een terminal-layout van een konventioneel stukgoedbedrijf of een eventueel samenwerkingsverband tussen een aantal van hen. Om iets te kunnen zeggen over de layout cq. de buffergrootte van een...

Vooronderzoek herinrichting en herwaardering oude havengebieden in Rotterdam

In het bijzonder in de oude havengebieden van Rotterdam, waar veelal de konventionele stukgoedoverslagbedrijven zijn gevestigd, doen zich de laatste jaren problemen voor. Deze problemen zijn ontstaan door snelle veranderingen in de verschijningsvorm van het ladingpakket, door het ontstaan van gespecialiseerde scheepstypen voor bepaalde...