Improvement of TPM implementation control at the Heineken Brewery Zoeterwoude

After the turn of the millennium a global consolidation in the beer industry started. In 2012 the top 4 players in the market – including Heineken - represent 41% of the global market. In order to maintain the position of an independent market leader in this turbulent market, Heineken initiated a companywide improvement program called Total...

Removal of Organic Micro Pollutants in Batch Experiments Mimicking Riverbank Filtration

The increasing occurrence of organic micro pollutants (OMPs) detected in river- and surface waters raises concerns for safe drinking water supply. Riverbank filtration (RBF) might be able to provide an effective barrier against most OMPs; however the removal mechanisms in the riverbank are not yet fully understood. The purpose of this study was...

Sonocrystallization, Nucleation of ammonium sulfate and alfa-lactose monohydrate due to ultrasonic irradiation

Experiments were conducted to investigate the nucleation of ammonium sulfate and alfa-lactose monohydrate under ultrasonic irradiation

Suburban 2.0: Differentiated houses for the masses

Population growth and immigration increase the demand for mass housing developments all over the world. These developments are widely criticized for being mono-functional, mono-typological, and mono-cultural. This project is a design method for a new kind of mass housing. All design rules are reformulated as algorithms, that interact with each...

How to accelerate access automatic to washing for low-income people in India?

This project is executed for the Procter & Gamble Company. P&G sees huge potentials in the developing market of India. The detergent market is one of these big potentials; the Indian detergent consumption per capita is very low compared to other countries. Most washing nowadays is done by hand due to cultural and infrastructural reasons. Hand...

Rolling Resistance in Rubber Coated Rollers

One of the main methods of oil and gas transport at sea is performed by pipelines from the well or a platform offhore to another offshore structure or to land. Allseas is a company capable of installing these pipelines under various challenging operating conditions. In today's market, competition and oil and gas availability make it necessary...

Cranbrook Academy of Art: Eliel Saarinen en zijn invloed op een 'Amerikaanse academie'

(S)trip of health: A way of folding movement, time, material and functions into one form

Licht op water: Ontwerp voor een UV/H2O2 installatie

In opdracht van PWN Waterleidingbedrijf Noord-Holland is een studie verricht naar de toepassing van grootschalige UV/H2O2 installaties, om te komen tot schetsontwerpen voor de installaties in Andijk en Heemskerk. De aanleiding voor een nieuwe installatie in Andijk is dat een betere desinfectie nodig is met het oog op toekomstige...

Investigation of the collapse mechanism of open ended piles during installation

The open-ended large diameter piles, used by Woodside Offshore Petroleum Ltd. as foundation for the offshore platform in Goodwyn-A, Australia, experienced deformations during their installation. The cause of this deformation was not clear as they were never observed before. Pile tips seemed to have obtained a sort of peanut shape deformation....

Een onderzoek naar de mogelijkheden van rekuperatie op een metronetwerk

Dit rapport beschrijft een onderzoek naar de mogelijkheden van rekuperatie op een metronet.<br/> Ten behoeve van dit onderzoek is een digitaal simulatiemodel ontwikkeld, met behulp waarvan nagegaan kon worden, welke energiebesparing realiseerbaar is.<br/> In tegenstelling tot andere onderzoeken is hier de nadruk gelegd op de mogelijkheden van...