Towards smart integrative planning to avoid last-minute deliveries in construction projects from a supply chain perspective: The case of an electrical material supplier Legrand B.V.

This summary provides a brief account of the background, approach, analysis and conclusions of this thesis. Construction is characterized as a high hazard industry which contains a wide range of activities including construction, alteration and/or repair (Michaels, 2010). The organizations involved in construction projects are project owner,...

Important Issues and Economic Study of Ship DC Distribution System with Variable-Speed Diesel Generator

In a traditional AC distribution system, the synchronous frequencies of the generators are coupled with the system frequency, and thus the diesel engines are kept at a constant speed. In a Dynamic Positioning (DP) vessel such as a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV), the diesel engines sometimes work at the partial load condition. The efficiency of...

Numerical Modelling of Sintering of Alumina

In this project we introduce the sintering process, which involves two basic phenomena, pore shrinkage and grain growth, occurring simultaneously. The objective of this project is to quantitatively describe the sintering process incorporating the kinetics of pore shrinkage and grain growth. First we build a model for pore shrinkage separately....

The Design of A Synchromodal Freight Transport System

In the current situation, although there are advantages of intermodal freight transport, the performance of intermodal freight transport (IFT) is not good. The market share of IFT is low compared with single-mode road transport. It is necessary to analyze the current operation of IFT system and apply the concept of synchromodal transport to...

Guaranteed Quality ECG Signal Compression Algorithm

The aim of the project is to develop an ECG signal compression algorithm that has a high compression ratio while guaranteeing signal quality. An electrocardiography (ECG) signal is a representation of cardiac activity and has an need to be compressed to reduce data storage requirements and energy cost of transmission. Previous ECG signal...

Transforming an informal Addis: Urban renewal through reinterpreting the urban informality

Business case of optimization model for spanish grid connected photovoltaic battery household system

Given the natural advantage in abundant and reliable solar resources, Spain is ideal for developing renewable energy generation with photovoltaics. Thanks to the supportive legislations, advances in technologies and reduction of costs, residential electricity consumers are increasingly incentivized to actively participate in managing their...

A High-Resolution Capacitance-to-Digital Converter based on Iterative Discharging

This work focuses on the improvement of a capacitance-to-digital converter (CDC) based on iterative discharging. Time-domain interpolation is applied on the CDC. With such technology, a high-resolution CDC can be achieved while its fully digital feature can be kept. The proposed CDC achieves a resolution of 2.8fF and a FoM of 1.32pJ/step at 5...

Design for Philips Grooming Product Return Experience

With the rapid rise in consumption and production, natural resources are becoming increasingly scarce. As the prevalence of the linear economy leads to neglect in the product end-of-use (EOU) phase, moving towards a circular economy (CE) can maximize the product value by recovering and reusing. <br/>As one of the circular strategies applied by...

Characterizing the soil uncertainty in the Port of Rotterdam for the probabilistic design of a pile foundation

The Port of Rotterdam (PoR) is the largest port in Europe and in order to maintain its status, it would need to expand. For the expansion, an extensive survey of the subsurface is needed for the construction of new port areas and its geotechnical structures. As part of designing the geotechnical structures, the subsurface is often modelled as...

Policy narratives about the European Green Deal: Computational text analysis of policy narratives on the transition from internal combustion vehicles to new energy vehicles

Data-based modal space control for active damping

This research presents a novel data-based modal control method for actively dampening the flexible mode in a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system. Traditional passive damping methods add significant mass to the system, making recent advances in sensor and actuator technology, such as lightweight piezoelectric materials, a more appealing...

Dual Voltage and Current Feedback Class-D Amplifiers with High LC Filter Cut-off Frequency and Nonlinearity Suppression

Class-D amplifiers have gained significant importance in automotive applications due to its high efficiency. However, to meet strict electromagnetic interference (EMI) requirements, an LC filter is necessary, which, unfortunately, introduces nonlinearity to the system. This project proposes an architecture by implementing a dual voltage/current...

Exploring Potential Roles of Home Energy Management System (HEMS) as Boundary Objects: A Case Study in Taiwan

The integration of Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS) into Taiwan's smart grid infrastructure has been a cornerstone in enhancing energy efficiency. However, uncertainties persisted regarding the extent to which HEMS could effectively bridge the energy efficiency gap. This study investigated HEMS' role as boundary objects, capable of...