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Liu, Qing feng (author), Shen, Xiao-han (author), Šavija, B. (author), Meng, Zhaozheng (author), Tsang, Daniel C.W. (author), Sepasgozar, Samad (author), Schlangen, E. (author)In circumstances with wastewater and seawater, the behavior of multi-ions including calcium, chloride and others in concrete attracts attention. The present study investigated the multiple mechanisms that could happen under the special field situation above, including calcium leaching, chloride transport and multi-ion coupling. To realize the...journal article 2023
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Palin, D. (author), Kunitake, Jennie A.M.R. (author), Chang, Marina P. (author), Sutter, Stephan (author), Estroff, Lara A. (author)The production of synthetic crystals with controlled shapes and properties is an enticing prospect, yet, the production of such materials is an ongoing challenge. Here, we present a strategy for chemo-mechanically directing the growth of crystals with non-equilibrium structures using a custom-designed double-diffusion cell. We combine...journal article 2023
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Chi, Lin (author), Li, Mengxuan (author), Zhang, Qianrui (author), Liang, X. (author), Huang, Chendong (author), Peng, Bin (author), Sun, Haisheng (author)Cementitious materials are well acknowledged as one of the most adaptable materials for immobilizing heavy metals. Belite calcium sulfoaluminate cement (BCSA), one of the low-carbon alternative binders to cement with superior properties regarding chemical resistance and mechanical properties, is found with a desirable capability for waste...journal article 2023
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Zhang, Y. (author)In order to compensate the limited availability of raw material resources and meet the growing demand for decreasing CO2 emissions during cement and concrete productions, a practical method is to decrease the clinker content in cement. This strategy mainly consists of substituting a part of the clinker with supplementary cementitious materials ...doctoral thesis 2022
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Zhang, Luqianxue (author)Trials of surface modifications using low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) has successfully decreased the high temperature needed for the fabrication of SiC membrane from 2000°C to below 900 °C. With this great success on the reduction of the energy con-sumption, however, further studies on the chemical stability and the fouling...master thesis 2022
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Xu, Yidan (author)Water scarcity and uneven distribution of water resources pose a significant challenge globally. Searching for alternative water resources could alleviate this issue. Municipal sewage reclamation with ceramic NF membrane has gained momentum nowadays. However, the inevitable fouling, especially organic fouling during membrane filtration, is the...master thesis 2022
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Sewrattan, Shanin (author)In the human body calcium is the most abundant mineral and is involved in a lot of vital processes. Calcium deficiency occurs when there is not enough calcium present in the bloodstream. In the Netherlands one in three women will face this problem in their lifetime. A major factor contributing to this problem is that the intake of calcium on...master thesis 2022
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Ibis, F. (author)Kidney stone formation is a global health problem with increasing prevalence. Stone formation is a physiochemical process involving crystallization of inorganic salts in the presence of biological constituents in the urinary system. To inhibit kidney stone formation, a better understanding of the underlying physicochemical mechanism of stone...doctoral thesis 2022
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Qiu, Xiujiao (author), Chen, J. (author), Ye, G. (author), De Schutter, Geert (author)Prediction of alkali silica reaction is still difficult due to the lack of a comprehensive understanding of its chemical fundamentals. In-site experimentally revealing the fundamentals is not realistic as ASR shows over several years or even decades and is affected by many factors. In this paper, by utilizing a 3D reactive-transport...journal article 2022
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Chi, Lin (author), Wang, Mian (author), Wang, Zhuolin (author), Li, Z. (author), Peng, Bin (author), Li, Junjie (author)In this study, the impact of water-to-cement (w/c) ratios of belite calcium sulfoaluminate cement (BCSA) on the hydration kinetics and the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) parameters is studied. According to the analysis of classic hydration measurements, such as calorimetry tests, chemical shrinkage content, and chemically bound...journal article 2022
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Mangal, M. Nasir (author), Yangali-Quintanilla, Victor (author), Salinas-Rodriguez, Sergio G. (author), Dusseldorp, Jos (author), Blankert, Bastiaan (author), Kemperman, Antoine J.B. (author), Schippers, Jan C. (author), Kennedy, M.D. (author), van der Meer, Walter G.J. (author)The potential of membrane scaling control by a real-time optimization algorithm was investigated. The effect of antiscalant dosing was evaluated from the induction time measured in glass batch-reactors, and from the operational performance of a lab-scale reverse osmosis (RO) unit and two pilot-scale RO units. Step changes in the antiscalant...journal article 2022
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Estevez Alonso, A. (author), Arias-Buendía, María (author), Pei, R. (author), van Veelen, H. Pieter J. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Kleerebezem, R. (author), Werker, A. (author)Activated sludge from municipal wastewater treatment processes can be used directly for the production of biodegradable polyesters from the family of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). However, municipal activated sludge typically cannot accumulate PHAs to very high levels and often low yields of polymer produced on substrate are observed. In the...journal article 2022
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Zhang, Y. (author), Wan, Z. (author), Miranda de Lima Junior, L.C. (author), Copuroglu, Oguzhan (author)A deeper insight into SO<sub>3</sub>/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> ratio including the contribution of alumina in slag at early age is required to ensure a properly sulfated slag cement. In this paper, to investigate the effect of gypsum and alumina of slag, emphasis was laid on the hydration characteristics of C<sub>3</sub>S-gypsum-slag system...journal article 2022
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Mangal, Muhammad Nasir (author), Salinas-Rodriguez, Sergio G. (author), Dusseldorp, Jos (author), Blankert, Bastiaan (author), Yangali-Quintanilla, Victor A. (author), Kemperman, Antoine J.B. (author), Schippers, Jan C. (author), van der Meer, Walter G.J. (author), Kennedy, M.D. (author)The objectives of this study are to assess the performance of antiscalants in increasing the recovery (≥85%) of a reverse osmosis (RO) plant treating anaerobic groundwater (GW) in Kamerik (the Netherlands), and to identify scalants/foulant that may limit RO recovery. Five different commercially available antiscalants were compared on the...journal article 2022
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França de Mendonça Filho, F. (author), Romero Rodriguez, C. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Copuroglu, Oguzhan (author)Industries such as metal, ceramics and petrochemicals suffer from high temperature spills. Such events exert a unique form of loading in concrete structures that cannot be accurately simulated by heating of samples in an oven. Calcium aluminate cement (CAC) based concrete is the industry standard for such environment, and while much is known...journal article 2022
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Jafari, S. (author)Understanding the behaviour of unreinforced masonry (URM) structures requires in-depth insight into the mechanical properties of its constituents and their interaction under compression, tension, and shear loading. As a result, a complete picture of masonry characteristics, accounting for its full nonlinear response and its statistical...doctoral thesis 2021
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Kramer, O.J.I. (author)In drinking water treatment plants, multiphase flows are a frequent phenomenon. Examples of such flows are pellet-softening and filter backwashing where liquid-solid fluidisation is applied. A better grasp of these fluidisation processes is needed to be able to determine optimal hydraulic states. In this research, models were developed, and...doctoral thesis 2021
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van der Horst, Evie (author)Calcium is an important mineral which the body uses to maintain strong bones and carry out many important bodily functions. According to the Dutch nutrition center people in the Netherlands consume 80-90% of their calcium through milk and other milk products. Often times people will further ’process’ milk for other food products. Examples of...bachelor thesis 2021
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de Vos, Marije (author)Calcium is an important nutrient for both young and elderly people which can, among others, stimulate healthy bone growth and prevent osteoporosis. Therefore, nutrition with sufficient calcium is of great importance. The highest calcium nutrient density for all foods can be found in bovine milk, which contains on average 1.2 g Ca / L. To...master thesis 2021
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Chen, Chen (author), Zheng, Qi (author), Jiang, Jinyang (author)In this paper, composite material C-S-H/PEG1000 was prepared by multi-scale porous material C-S-H as support and phase change material (PCM) PEG1000 by melt blending, so that it can reduce hydration heat of cementitious system utilizing the characteristics of releasing and storing energy of PCM. TEM, IR, DSC-Tg, BET, MIP and various other...conference paper 2021