Most Suitable Future-Proof Energy Supply for a New-Build Semi-Submersible Crane Vessel: Energy Transition-Compliant Energy Supply for Heerema's Sleipnir: A Multi-Criteria Analysis

Currently, our society faces a pressing challenge: global warming. The solution lies in the energy transition, which replaces fossil fuels with clean sources. This requires a global effort across all sectors, including shipping. While a significant portion of shipping relies on polluting fuels, the European Union’s Green Deal aims for climate...

The Zoom ADC: An Evolving Architecture

Zoom ADCs combine a coarse SAR ADC with a fine delta-sigma modulator (?SM) to efficiently obtain high energy efficiency and high dynamic range. This makes them well suited for use in various instrumentation and audio applications. However, zoom ADCs also have drawbacks. The use of over-ranging in their fine modulators may limit SNDR, large...

The Societal Readiness Thinking Tool: A Practical Resource for Maturing the Societal Readiness of Research Projects

In this paper, we introduce the Societal Readiness (SR) Thinking Tool to aid researchers and innovators in developing research projects with greater responsiveness to societal values, needs, and expectations. The need for societally-focused approaches to research and innovation—complementary to Technology Readiness (TR) frameworks—is presented....

Multi-criteria Assessment of Alternative Fuels for Peak Power Generation: Applying the AHP method for the selection of an alternative fuel for gas turbines in Rotterdam

As the energy transition evolves, more fossil-driven base-load generation is being replaced with intermittent renewable energy sources. Peak power plants will continue to play a crucial role in future renewable energy systems to complement renewable energy supply. The focus of this thesis is on alternative fuels that can be utilized in...

Technological and institutional maturity based strategies to stimulate the implementation of infrastructural innovations: A case study based analysis of the implementation of CCS in the port of Rotterdam

Climate change is a major global problem which is related to the increase in greenhouse gasses (GHG) emissions according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a potential solution to this problem. However, the implementation of CCS seems to be challenging. The port of Rotterdam also intended...

Increase quantum computing technology readiness level through experimentation in space

The exploitation of quantum physics and of quantum states superposition and entanglement properties for computing applications has been studied since 1980s [1] [2] for their disrupting potential in the evolution of information theory. Although quantum computing is still in its infancy, experiments have been carried out and proto-types have...

The Readiness Assessment of the Social Dimension of a Socio - Technical System on Level Scale: Based on: Cases of Renewable Energy Development at Tata Steel Ijmuiden

In a socio –technical system, such as the energy system, a network of actors is responsible for developing, monitoring and managing the technical system bounded by institutions on different levels. The network of actors is the social dimension, where the technical system is the technical dimension of the socio -technical system. The development...

Millimeter-Wave On-Wafer TRL Calibration Employing 3-D EM Simulation-Based Characteristic Impedance Extraction

In this paper, we propose a method based on 3-D electromagnetic simulations, for the characteristic impedance extraction of transmission lines employed in TRL calibration, focusing on lines integrated in silicon technologies. The accuracy achieved with TRL calibrations using the proposed characteristic impedance extraction is benchmarked...

TRL as a means for effective Innovation Project Performance Management

The aerospace industry often faces challenges with respect to managing innovation project performance, due to the interdependence of disciplines. The projects are often managed by means of Technology Readiness Level (TRL). However, the metrics are not available to overcome the challenge of delivering technology in time and within budget. In this...