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Beitler, Jari (author)The Nuclear Research and consultancy Group (NRG) performs CFD simulations to improve the safety of nuclear installations and conducts research leading to new computational methods. One of the problems encountered in nuclear installations is that vital parts of the reactor, such as the fuel rod bundle, corrode over time. Corrosion leads to...master thesis 2022
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Kemna, Mirko (author)The goal of this work is to evaluate the aptness of generative adversarial networks (GANs) for use as surrogate reduced order fluid models. In contrast to previously published work, the focus is placed on analyzing the specific effect of adversarial training, by comparing GAN outcomes with those from an identical generator network trained...master thesis 2022
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Star, Quinten (author)Perforated monopiles show promise in providing a better alternative to the commonly used jacket-like substructures used in intermediate water depths in the range of 30 to 120 m. By introducing perforations near the vicinity of the splash zone the wave loads on the monopile can be mitigated and the fatigue damage reduced, which is the main...master thesis 2022
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Eijkhout, Thijs (author)Wind turbines have proven to be an essential part for the green energy mix. However, the focus was mainly on the horizontal axis wind turbines whereas the vertical axis wind turbine did not receive that amount of attention. In this work a straight-bladed vertical axis wind turbine (SB-VAWT) is explored which can temporary adjusts its rotor...master thesis 2022
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Kokkedee, Jop (author)With an ever increasing demand for sustainable energy, limitations of current sustainable technologies are studied widely. In wind farms, the so-called wake effect provides the biggest limitation on wind farm total power output. Using wind from the unaffected boundary layer to re-energize the wind flow in the wake provides a method of limiting...master thesis 2022
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FU, RUNNAN (author)Planting trees is widely considered an effective way to create a good urban wind environment, improve air quality, mitigate heat island effects, improve pedestrian wind comfort and reduce building energy consumption. To assess tree effects and find suitable tree setups in urban areas, Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) simulations can be used.<br...master thesis 2022
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Dos Santos Pereira Malveiro, Carlos (author)The most effective way to decrease the cost of energy of wind turbines is to increase the rotor diameter. Therefore, this calls for the need of aerodynamic research on large wind turbines. This thesis project will tackle the topics addressed by the IEA Wind Task 47 which is focused on the aerodynamic analysis and comparison of the newly proposed...master thesis 2022
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Ramesh, Adithya (author)The Dutch Electric Aviation Centre possesses and uses a Cessna Skymaster 337F as an experimental flying testbed to help gain knowledge to aid the transition towards hybrid/ electric aviation. The interaction between the rear propeller slipstream and the horizontal tail has been likened to the interaction of propeller-wing configurations seen on...master thesis 2022
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van Koelen, Luc (author)Weirs are constructed inside rivers to manage the water level. On the one hand they need to be designed sufficiently strong to prevent failure or destruction, while on the other hand they need to be economically feasible. If a structure is designed too strong, unnecessary costs are made and the structure becomes too expensive.<br/><br/>One of...master thesis 2022
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Nakate, P.A. (author)Industrial emissions are discussed worldwide for their adverse effects on the global climate change. Nitric oxide (NOx) emissions are harmful among the various flue gases emitted in the atmosphere. There are multiple routes of formation of NOx in industry. The formation of NOx due to local overheating in fuel lean conditions is the most common...doctoral thesis 2022
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Quattrucci, Giacomo (author)The optimization of heat transfer in turbulent upward pipe flows is a very common problem in engineering, due to the wide range of applications. However, this set-up is usually categorised as mixed convection flow, which means that gravity plays an important role. Sometimes, it might lead to heat transfer deterioration. This research will...master thesis 2022
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Cai, Wenyan (author)Efficient local air recirculation at ceiling level promote the performance of purifiers and anti-epidemic efficiency of mixing ventilation in a small shared roomsmaster thesis 2022
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van der Zee, Tijs (author)When sailing in heavy seas, it happens that the water washes over the bow. This shipping of water is generally divided into two types. The term white water is used when the water is more of a spray and is generally harmless. Green water is more violent and can pose a danger to the crew and structures on board. <br/><br/>Research on green water...master thesis 2022
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van der Hulst, Robin (author)To this date, simulating the dynamics of a fluid remain extremely expensive for most practical design prob- lems. The large range of length and time scales to be resolved makes it especially computationally heavy. In engineering applications, the standard is still the RANS approach for CFD modelling. Most commonly the so- called two-equation...master thesis 2022
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van den Hoed, wouter (author)During the last years the demand for vegetarian products has increased. A subgroup of these vegetarian products consists of meat analogs, which are products that resemble meat in its functionality and are prepared in a similar fashion. One of the companies producing these meat analogs is Rival Foods. Rival Foods has been working on a production...master thesis 2022
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Sahu, Sidhartha (author)Vortex generators (VGs) are typically about two orders of magnitude smaller than their host component (such as an airplane wing). For this reason, conducting a fully-resolved RANS simulation to isolate their impact on the flow field is computationally expensive. This work presents a goal-oriented adjoint-based approach to model vortex generators...master thesis 2022
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Romani, G. (author)The accurate and reliable prediction of the aerodynamic noise sources of open rotors and ducted-fans in electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) and non-conventional aircraft configurations is a challenging task from a computational perspective. Indeed, such propulsive systems can often operate in highly distorted and non-homogeneous flows...doctoral thesis 2022
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Hosseini, A. (author), Dhiman, Vinod (author), Meijer, Koen (author), Zeilstra, Christiaan (author), Hage, Johannes (author), Peeters, Tim (author), Offerman, S.E. (author), Yang, Y. (author)A three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model for the HIsarna off-gas system is set up and validated by real plant data. In the model detailed reaction mechanism and kinetic data for post-combustion of CO-H2 mixture and carbon particles are incorporated. The results are presented and discussed in another study (Part 1) by the...journal article 2022
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Haringa, C. (author), Tang, W. (author), Noorman, H.J. (author)The compartment model (CM) is a well-known approach for computationally affordable, spatially resolved hydrodynamic modeling of unit operations. Recent implementations use flow profiles based on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations, and several authors included microbial kinetics to simulate gradients in bioreactors. However, these...journal article 2022
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Fehrs, Michael (author), Ritter, Markus (author), Helm, Sebastian (author), Mertens, C. (author)The Pazy Wing test case is a benchmark for the investigation of aeroelastic effects at very large deflections. Tip deformations in the order of 50% span were measured in wind tunnel tests, which renders this model highly attractive for the validation of numerical aeroelastic methods and tools for geometrically nonlinear, large deflection...conference paper 2022