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Kamphorst, R. (author), Wanjari, Pratyush (author), Saedy, S. (author), van Dam, Julia F.K. (author), Thijssen, A. (author), Brüner, Philipp (author), Grehl, Thomas (author), Meesters, G.M.H. (author), van Ommen, J.R. (author)In this study, we investigated the wettability and agglomeration characteristics of polymer microspheres coated with low-temperature deposited SiO<sub>2</sub> in a fluidized bed atomic layer deposition (ALD) setup. Surface characterization revealed the presence of a significant amount of deposited Si-OH groups within the first cycles. A...journal article 2024
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Kamphorst, R. (author), van der Sande, P.C. (author), Wu, K. (author), Wagner, E.C. (author), David, M.K. (author), Meesters, G.M.H. (author), van Ommen, J.R. (author)Vibro-assisted fluidization of cohesive micro-silica has been studied by means of X-ray imaging, pressure drop measurements, and off-line determination of the agglomerate size. Pressure drop and bed height development could be explained by observable phenomena taking place in the bed; slugging, channeling, fluidization or densification. It...journal article 2024
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van der Sande, P.C. (author), Wagner, E.C. (author), de Mooij, Jack (author), Meesters, G.M.H. (author), van Ommen, J.R. (author)Horizontal stirred bed reactors are widely used in the commercial manufacturing of polypropylene. However, a comprehensive understanding of the particle dynamics in horizontal stirred bed reactors remains elusive, primarily due to the lack of detailed experimental data. In this work, we studied the influence of operating parameters on the...journal article 2024
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Kamphorst, R. (author), Wu, K. (author), van Baarlen, M. (author), Meesters, G.M.H. (author), van Ommen, J.R. (author)In this study, the impact of different vibrational modes on the fluidization characteristics of cohesive micro- and nano-silica powder was examined. Fractional pressure drop, bed expansion measurements, and X-ray imaging were utilized to characterize the fluidization quality. The densities of the emulsion phase at the top and bottom of the...journal article 2024
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Wu, K. (author), Kamphorst, R. (author), Bakker, A.M.T. (author), Ford, Jasper (author), Wagner, E.C. (author), Ochkin-Koenig, Olga (author), Franck, Miika (author), Weis, Dominik (author), Meesters, G.M.H. (author), van Ommen, J.R. (author)Stirring has been recognized in the literature as a promising technique for facilitating fluidization of cohesive powders, via inputting additional energy to counteract interparticle forces. However, the influence of operating conditions and stirrer configurations on flow behavior remains largely unknown, which impedes the practical...journal article 2024
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Wu, K. (author), Wagner, E.C. (author), Ochkin-Koenig, Olga (author), Franck, Miika (author), Weis, Dominik (author), Meesters, G.M.H. (author), van Ommen, J.R. (author)Mechanical vibration has been broadly used to assist fluidization of cohesive powders, because of its capability to disrupt gas channels and agglomerates. However, the improvement reported in literature is mostly deduced from bulk response and ex-situ measurements, whereas the induced fluidization behavior and underlying physics remain...journal article 2023
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Kulshreshtha, Y. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author), Meesters, G.M.H. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Mota, Nelson (author), Jonkers, H.M. (author)The water-resistance of cow-dung has made it a widely used stabiliser in traditional earthen structures in several Asian and African countries. Multiple studies have shown an improvement in water-resistance with the addition of cow-dung, but none provides insight into this behaviour. The present study investigates the water-resistance behaviour...journal article 2022
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Kamphorst, R. (author), Wu, K. (author), Salameh, S. (author), Meesters, G.M.H. (author), van Ommen, J.R. (author)The fluidization of cohesive powders has been extensively researched over the years. When looking at literature on the fluidization of cohesive particles, one will often find papers concerned with only micro- or only nano-sized powders. It is, however, unclear whether they should be treated differently at all. In this paper, we look at...journal article 2022
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Sewalt, E.J.G. (author), Kalkman, J. (author), van Ommen, J.R. (author), Meesters, G.M.H. (author), van Steijn, V. (author)Properties of powders produced from drying solute-containing droplets arise from the dynamic redistribution of solute during drying. While insights on the dynamic redistribution are instrumental for the rational design of powders and for the optimized operation of equipment such as spray dryers, experimental techniques that allow measuring...journal article 2022
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Vermeer, C.M. (author), Nielsen, Maaike (author), Eckhardt, Vincent (author), Hortensius, Matthijs (author), Tamis, J. (author), Picken, S.J. (author), Meesters, G.M.H. (author), Kleerebezem, R. (author)The biotechnological production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) derived from organic waste streams by mixed microbial communities is well established at the pilot-level. However, there is limited research on the recovery of the biopolymer from the microbial biomass, while its impact on product quality and product costs...journal article 2022
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Sewalt, E.J.G. (author), Zhang, F. (author), van Steijn, V. (author), van Ommen, J.R. (author), Meesters, G.M.H. (author)Sticking of particles has a tremendous impact on powder-processing industries, especially for hygroscopic amorphous powders. A wide variety of experimental methods has been developed to measure at what combinations of temperature and moisture content material becomes sticky. This review describes, for each method, how so-called stickiness...journal article 2021
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Khanpour, Milan (author), Meesters, Kenny (author), Paulus, D. (author)With ongoing research, increased information sharing and knowledge exchange, humanitarian organizations have an increasing amount of evidence at their disposal to support their decisions. Nevertheless, effectively building decisions on the increasing amount of insights and information remains challenging. At the individual, organizational, and...conference paper 2020
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Groen, Johan C. (author), Kooijman, Wim (author), van Belzen, Djamilla (author), Meesters, G.M.H. (author), Schütz, Denis (author), Aschl, Timothy (author), Verolme, Patrick (author)Unwanted changes in powder flow behavior can unexpectedly occur when a product is exposed to certain conditions of temperature and humidity. This can happen during production, but also during transport or storage. The work reported here demonstrates the novel approach of using an amended powder rheology set-up for measuring and predicting...journal article 2020
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Nespeca, V. (author), Comes, M. (author), Meesters, Kenny (author), Brazier, F.M. (author)Traditionally, disaster management information systems have been designed to facilitate communication and coordination along stable hierarchical lines and roles. However, to support coordination in disaster response, disaster management information systems need to cater for the emerging roles, responsibilities and information needs of the...journal article 2020
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Paulus, D. (author), Meesters, Kenny (author), de Vries, G. (author), van de Walle, B.A. (author)Humanitarian organizations are increasingly challenged by the amount of data available to drive their decisions. Useful data can come from many sources, exists in different formats, and merging it into a basis for analysis and planning often exceeds organizations’ capacities and resources. At the same time, affected communities’ participation in...conference paper 2019
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Meesters, Kenny (author), van Schilt, Isabelle (author), Aciru, Monica (author)An increasing number of people are facing the consequences of volatile events around the globe, whether due to natural causes or man-made crises. To prevent further physical, psychological, social and economic collapse after such a critical event, fast and effective humanitarian interventions are needed. However, the mounting frequency and...report 2019
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Meesters, Kenny (author), Nespeca, V. (author), Comes, M. (author)Information and supporting information systems is a key element in an effective emergency response. From creating situational awareness to informed decision making, information enables responders to optimize their decisions and operations. Today, with the increased availability of information technology around the globe, a new active player in...conference paper 2019
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Paulus, D. (author), Meesters, Kenny (author)From November 2017 to April 2018, HumTech Lab at TU Delft partnered with Cordaid to work on an applied research project and address data and analysis challenges in humanitarian resilience and response activities. Central to the project were the questions: what information challenges do humanitarian field workers face? How can communities be...report 2018
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Meesters, Kenny (author), Wang, Y. (author)During SimEx2018 the large-scale field exercise was augmented with a digital environment. This digital environment consists of the digital presence of role-players on social media, the use of modern web technologies and the involvement of the Digital humanitarian Network (DHN). In SimEx2018 the DHN, specifically the Standby Task Force (SBTF) was...report 2018