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Verkaik, Pauline (author)This report presents an analysis of the emergence of residential batteries from a consumer’s perspective and their effect on the load peak of the distribution grid. First, the future of residential batteries was evaluated in social and technical context by mapping the present situation, its trends, and its possible drivers. Three different...master thesis 2022
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Linck, Charlie (author)Vopak has the vision to become climate neutral by 2050 (Scope 1 and 2 emissions). Currently, over 99% of its CO2 emissions originate from storage terminal activities. Action must be taken to reduce these emissions by converting the current (fossil fuel-based) generation of electricity to sustainable energy.<br/><br/>This study aims to research...master thesis 2022
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Prasad, Surya (author)Renewable energy sources, although they are quickly increasing their share in the energy mix, face a major barrier to more widespread adoption. Energy storage solutions overcome this hurdle, and lithium-ion batteries are at the forefront of this. The need for lithium-ion battery degradation studies arises due to the ever increasing use of these...master thesis 2022
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Mertens, Emily (author)Global warming is a topic of major concern the last decade and for reason the IMO adopted a strategy to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gasses of vessels. In order to meet the IMO requirements ships propulsion systems need to become more sustainable. An option to reduce emission is the implementation of fuel cells running on hydrogen together...master thesis 2022
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Juncker, Jesse (author)The maritime sector plays an important role in energy transition because offshore vessels are used for building offshore renewables but also have high emissions. The European Union (EU) has determined that from 2025 the maritime sector must pay per ton of CO2 emission. Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) is an essential player in the maritime...master thesis 2022
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RAMESH, ARAVIND RAMESH (author)Increasing emissions have led to the search for alternate power systems to provide energy for maritime applications. The recent drop in battery prices (over 200 % in the last ten years) has made battery energy storage one of the practical alternatives for fossil fuels to curb emissions and reduce the carbon footprint of the maritime sector. The...master thesis 2022
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Degens, Roel (author)Energy storage systems can play a vital role in the implementation of a sustainable energy grid by allowing the wide scale implementation of fluctuating renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Therefore it is expected that in the coming years, the total amount of energy storage systems will drastically increase. Analysing the...master thesis 2022
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Karagiorgis, Savvas (author)A major transition became necessary for the maritime industry to meet the IMO’s targets for mitigating the carbon footprint of the sector by at least 50% by 2050. One of the promising methods to lower the emissions is the ship's hybridization. An enormous increase in pilot and demonstration projects for that purpose is being observed. This...master thesis 2022
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Helgason, Thorkell (author)Producing hydrogen from renewable energy sources will play a pivotal role in the energy transition. It can reduce emissions in hard-to-abate sectors and be used for grid balancing services. The energy industry is looking into multiple different system configurations to produce green hydrogen. One such system is an offshore stand-alone wind...master thesis 2022
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Sterk, Reinout (author)Due to more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission regulations in the maritime industry, solutions are being sought to decrease the GHG emissions of crew transfer vessels used in offshore wind farms. Multiple alternative fuels and power generating systems can be used to decrease these emissions. In this research, a comparative study is...master thesis 2022
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de Groot, Lucan (author)Visible Light Communication (VLC) has been gaining interest in the industry and academia for the last decade. VLC enables a high-speed communication alternative to conventional radio such as Bluetooth or WiFi and presents a solution to the 'spectrum crunch'. More recently, the combination of energy harvesting and VLC has been explored to enable...master thesis 2022
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van den Broek, Erik (author)High-fidelity models are computationally intensive to work with in many-query applications, such as the design process of small modular reactors. A reduced order model of the high-fidelity model can still accurately determine the quantities of interest with only a fraction of the computational cost, and thus can potentially solve the...master thesis 2022
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Damond, Jori (author)As our electricity system becomes more complex, decentralized, and unstable, research on solutions to relieve the grid are needed. Local energy storage could contribute significantly to the solution. This study focused on one solution in particular: the neighborhood battery. Neighborhood batteries are emerging as a technical and social...master thesis 2022
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Doorman, Anniek (author)Intermittent renewable energy supply changes in time and is uncertain, and needs to be balanced (i.e. matched) with demand at all times, which requires system flexibility. Congested distribution and transmission grids in the Netherlands and Germany highlights the importance of providing system flexibility. Residential, commercial and industrial...master thesis 2022
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Kramer, Zino (author)This research aims to analyse the non-ohmic resistance of multiple ion-exchange membranes (IEM) in series, for a better understanding of membrane resistances. These membranes can be found in series in energy storage systems such as acid-base flow batteries (ABFB).<br/>The effect of different current densities on the ohmic and non-ohmic...master thesis 2022
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Kaminski, Jonas (author)The demand for environmentally friendly aviation has increased the interest in alternative concepts, such as hybrid-electric propulsion systems. A novel conceptual hybrid-electric sizing methodology was devised, which provides a detailed engine performance prediction and an accurate sizing of the powertrain components. The performance prediction...master thesis 2022
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Coerkamp, Rutger (author)The mass production of lithium-ion batteries used in, for instance, electric vehicles led to significant cost reductions. However, concerns are emerging about the availability of resources and the environmental impact of the production. Metal-air batteries use more resource-efficient materials and potentially have higher energy densities than...master thesis 2022
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Rietveld, Jip (author)Renewable energy generation projects are often measured by their peak capacity. A wind farm rated at 25 MW will generate 25 MW of power under the right circumstances. This peak capacity is reached very little in practice. However, these generators are forced to purchase grid operation infrastructure that can handle this peak generation event....master thesis 2022
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Dankers, Kevin (author)Batteries are an essential tool for energy transition. They provide the ability to reduce imbalances by absorbing the forecast errors for consumers and renewable energy sources. This has the added benefit that congestions occurring due to supply and demand mismatches would be prevented. Furthermore, they allow generating a stable power...master thesis 2022