An Energy Abundant Eco City: "Optimizing the eco-city model after the energy revolution"

A quantitative study about eco cities, resulting in a vision of future sustainable urban development after a hypothetical energy revolution. The project regards remaining problems after the energy problem is solved. Sustainability means sustainable economy. A new assesment method is introduced based on a quantification of resource requirements....

Designing the comfort of the future car

This graduation project focuses on a combination of the following; cars, comfort and the future. Two of these elements seem hard to grasp, and one moves the world. Together they form the ingredients for an interesting challenge; how can we provide comfort to the occupants of future cars? The power consumption of comfort features in a fuel...

Suitable façade systems for different climates of China

Different kinds of typical and advanced façade (active wall®, interactive wall®, curtain wall, closed cavity façade®, triple glazing…) are more and more used in UK and other European countries, some of them are suitable for local climate with good energy and comfort performance. In order to predict their performance in other climate we need to...

Entering RDM

Central station for the RDM area, being energy neutral and made of materials

Analysis of the Carbon Footprint of Coastal Protection Systems

Carbon Footprinting is a method of determining the environmental impact of a product or service. It focuses only on pollutions to the air by greenhouse gasses. There is a strong focus on these gases caused by intergovernmental alliances that restrict the amount of emitted gas. These agreements have been made, as a result of the widely accepted...

Automated Implant-Processor Design

As we move towards an aging population, it is likely that an increasing number of people will require an increasing diversity of implants, but at a lower cost to the society. Also, as computer technology progresses, smaller, more powerful, and less battery intensive implants can be designed. However, present implant design methodology is highly...

Energy on the bicycle, a new feature for a VANMOOF

This master thesis describes the design of a new feature for a VANMOOF bicycle. Besides this the thesis describes how the power needed for this new feature can be generated on the bicycle.

Spatial distribution of wave overtopping

The goal of this master thesis is to describe the spatial distribution of the wave overtopping discharge over and behind the crest of a coastal defence structure. The influence of the most relevant parameters on this process is explored. This research has been performed by means of a physical model. The following relevant parameters were varied...

Generating electricity from waves at a breakwater in a moderate wave climate

The purpose of this thesis was to develop a preliminary concept design of a wave energy converter. The type of device designed was limited by several starting points which stipulated, among other criteria, a robust structure which can be constructed within a breakwater and can generate electricity from a fairly mild (in the order of Hs=0.5-1.5m)...

Bulk Electricity Sea Transport from Remotely Located Power Plants

Electricity is one of the most utilized energy carriers for energy transmission in the world. In recent years more electricity is generated from renewable energy sources. The main drawback of renewable energy sources is that renewable energy power plants are often connected to certain locations. Sometimes these renewable energy power plants are...