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de Vos, Kelly (author)At a dry bulk terminal, coal and iron ore are transported in the open air by conveyor belts and handled by large (mainly automated) equipment. The dry bulk material is rough and the equipment is installed in the harsh environment of the harbour. With vessels continuously being unloaded by quay cranes and outgoing vessels and trains being loaded,...master thesis 2024
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Improving Dust Control at a Bulk Terminal: Development and Implementation of a Dust Control StrategyVersluijs, Ivana (author)Dust emissions developed during the handling of dry bulk products pose increased risks for health, safety and the environment. Legislation drives bulk handling facilities to face the challenge of maintaining dust emissions within limitations. At the bulk terminal of Verbrugge multiple bulk products are handled, making the dust control problem...master thesis 2024
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van der Ree, Chris (author)There is a growing demand of various metals originating from the sustainable energy transition. The current supply and investments plans for these critical minerals are insufficient to enable this green energy transition. Other problems are the dependency of third countries and multiple drawbacks of land-mining. Deep-sea mining could be a great...master thesis 2024
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Sanz Gonzalez, Ernesto (author)Port systems face numerous challenges, including limited storage capacity at terminal yards, congestion in road port access due to overwhelmed infrastructure, and inefficient inter-terminal transportation. Close dry ports, situated between 10-40 km from the port, offer a potential solution, but lack flexible and reliable transport connections...master thesis 2024
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Xu, Fuqiang (author), Shi, Yu (author), Song, Xianzhi (author), Wu, Wei (author), Song, G. (author), Li, Shuang (author)The development of hot dry rocks (HDRs) is of great significance to adjusting energy structure, alleviating energy shortage, reducing pollution, etc. Low-permeability granite is the predominant rock type in deep HDRs, making fractures the primary pathways for fluid circulation and heat extraction. The production of HDRs is significantly...journal article 2024
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Khan, Muhammad Hasnain Ayub (author), Jafri, Turab H. (author), Ud-Din, Sameer (author), Ullah, H.S. (author), Nawaz, Muhammad Naqeeb (author)The laboratory determination of maximum dry density (ρ<sub>dmax</sub>) and optimum moisture content (w<sub>opt</sub>) of soils requires considerable time and energy. Efforts have been made in the past to present models to predict the soil compaction parameters (ρ<sub>dmax</sub> and w<sub>opt</sub>), but the existing models are either...journal article 2024
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Abdeldayem, O.M.H.M. (author), Dupont, Capucine (author), Ferras, David (author), Ndiaye, Lat Grand (author), Kennedy, M.D. (author)Although industrial hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) uses wet feedstock, lab-scale studies tend to dry the feedstock under the assumption that the rehydration of the feedstock would restore its original properties. To the best of our knowledge, this assumption has not been thoroughly examined at the lab scale; therefore, its investigation is...journal article 2024
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Ibrahim, Jamal Eldin F.M. (author), Basyooni, Mohamed A. (author), Móricz, Ferenc (author), Kocserha, István (author)The use of waste materials has gained attention as a sustainable approach in various industries. Cigarette waste, which is typically discarded as a non-recyclable material, poses a significant environmental challenge due to its toxicity and slow decomposition rate. However, by incorporating this waste into ceramic bricks, new approaches for...journal article 2024
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Nijland, Timo G. (author), Lubelli, B. (author), van Zundert, Kim (author), van Hunen, Michiel (author)The impregnation of the exterior surface of a masonry wall with a water repellent is a common intervention in (historic) building renovation and maintenance. Such treatments, whilst degrading at the surface with time under influence of ultra violet light, remain effective below the surface several decades after their application. During...journal article 2024
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Xu, Fuqiang (author), Song, Xianzhi (author), Li, Shuang (author), Shi, Yu (author), Song, G. (author), Lv, Zehao (author), Yi, Junlin (author)In the long-term mining of geothermal resources in hot dry rock (HDR), the change of thermal stress and pore pressure will increase fracture conductivity evolution, further improving production performance. The optimization and decision-making of the development scheme based on the impact of damage from fractures have yet to be reported. The...journal article 2024
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van Gils, R.H.J. (author), Kornelisse, R. F. (author), Dankelman, J. (author), Helder, O. K. (author)Background: Compliance with the recommended 30 s drying time of alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) is often suboptimal. To increase hand hygiene compliance at a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), we installed an Incubator Traffic Light (ITL) system which shows ‘green light’ to open incubator doors after the recommended drying time. Aim: To...journal article 2024
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Li, Yuanyuan (author), Li, Jun (author), Bai, Tao (author), Chen, Anqi (author), Gu, Dengjun (author), Gao, Y. (author)Based on the efficient resource utilization of scrap tires, pyrolysis carbon black (PCB), and pyrolysis oil of waste tire (TPO), scrap tires' products were treated using dry styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) polymer modification of asphalt. The products of scrap tires, PCB and TPO, were handled using dry SBS polymer modification of asphalt...journal article 2024
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Hariharan Sudha, S. (author), Ragno, E. (author), Morales Napoles, O. (author), Kok, M. (author)The Netherlands has traditionally focused on managing flood risk. However, the frequent occurrence of droughts in recent years has brought attention to managing both extremes. Transitions between these opposite extremes pose additional challenges to water management, requiring a trade-off between water storage during dry periods and flood...journal article 2024
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Wasajja, H. (author)Biomass is predominantly the major source of energy in the global south. It is the readily available source of energy in global south and is used in rural energy households in the form of wood, charcoal and agricultural residues. However, biomass energy source is not utilised in the most efficient way and hence there is still a gap in achieving...doctoral thesis 2023
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Aghajani, S. (author)Microprocessors, long-lasting batteries, and sensors are a number of examples of nanotechnology revolutionising our daily lives. Nanotechnology is the study, development, and manufacturing of structures and devices which derive unique and novel properties from nanoscale phenomena. To realise such structures and devices, a set of processes...doctoral thesis 2023
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Pinto, D. (author), Hu, L. (author), Urakawa, A. (author)Dynamic coke-mediated dry reforming of methane (DC-DRM) is an unsteady-state strategy to overcome the limitations of co-feed operation, including the fast deactivation of the catalysts and the loss of valuable H<sub>2</sub> in the reverse water gas-shift reaction. This paper proves the feasibility of DC-DRM on Ni-based catalytic systems,...journal article 2023
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Xu, Yaowen (author), Liang, X. (author), Wan, Chaojun (author), Yang, Hongyu (author), Feng, Xiaming (author)This paper develops a kind of molded disc samples to investigate the carbonation and related behaviors of hardened cement pastes under different previous hydration degrees. Weight and length changes of cement pastes over time are monitored during a multistep process including carbonation, drying, rewetting, and redrying. The combination of X...journal article 2023
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Li, Ji (author), Hao, Xiaodi (author), Shen, Zhan (author), Wu, Yuanyuan (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author)A high moisture content of waste activated sludge (WAS) associated with a low calorific value needs to be deeply dried towards self-supporting incineration. On the other hand, thermal energy with low temperature exchanged from treated effluent has great potential for drying sludge. Unfortunately, low-temperature drying of sludge seems to be...journal article 2023
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Bezemer, H.J. (author), Awasthy, N. (author), Lukovic, M. (author)A promising solution for reducing the carbon footprint of concrete is the use of alkali-activated concretes (AAC). Before this material can be widely applied, its long-term behaviour needs to be understood, especially since some studies reported a decrease of mechanical properties over time. Similarly, Prinsse et al. reported decreasing...book chapter 2023
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O'Connell, Ken (author), Olaleye, Akeem K. (author), van den Akker, H.E.A. (author)The development of a novel numerical model for droplet drying is the topic of this paper. The three main stages of droplet drying are distinguished, viz. unhindered evaporation of a ’wet’ particle (the droplet), restricted drying at a falling rate due to the formation of a crust around a wet core, and inert heating of the dry porous particle....journal article 2023