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van der Nat, Annika (author), Nagy, E. (author), de Ruiter, Esmée (author), Osusky, Jan (author), Boot, Tijmen (author)The EU Green Deal aims to ensure a socially just energy transition, but the shift towards renewable energies often replicates the centralized, top-down approach of traditional fossil fuel systems, negatively impacting rural areas. This report reimagines this paradigm by advocating for decentralized energy communities, particularly in regions...student report 2024
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Taberna, A. (author)Amid the Anthropocene, the escalating threat of flooding, driven by extreme rainfall and sea-level rise, challenges societies worldwide. In the last two decades, floods have impacted billions and inflicted colossal economic losses. Concurrently, the global trend towards urbanization predicts that by 2050, about 70\% of the global population will...doctoral thesis 2024
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Kamphorst, R. (author), Wanjari, Pratyush (author), Saedy, S. (author), van Dam, Julia F.K. (author), Thijssen, A. (author), Brüner, Philipp (author), Grehl, Thomas (author), Meesters, G.M.H. (author), van Ommen, J.R. (author)In this study, we investigated the wettability and agglomeration characteristics of polymer microspheres coated with low-temperature deposited SiO<sub>2</sub> in a fluidized bed atomic layer deposition (ALD) setup. Surface characterization revealed the presence of a significant amount of deposited Si-OH groups within the first cycles. A...journal article 2024
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Zou, Yi (author), Zou, Ruiping (author), Wu, Yongli (author)The agglomeration of cohesive particles can deteriorate fluidization quality and cause the defluidization of a bed, which is a common issue found in the applications of fluidized beds. This study aims to gain a better understanding of particle cohesion on agglomeration/fluidization behaviors and the effective methods for achieving a better...journal article 2024
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Kamphorst, R. (author), van der Sande, P.C. (author), Wu, K. (author), Wagner, E.C. (author), David, M.K. (author), Meesters, G.M.H. (author), van Ommen, J.R. (author)Vibro-assisted fluidization of cohesive micro-silica has been studied by means of X-ray imaging, pressure drop measurements, and off-line determination of the agglomerate size. Pressure drop and bed height development could be explained by observable phenomena taking place in the bed; slugging, channeling, fluidization or densification. It...journal article 2024
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Kamphorst, R. (author), Wu, K. (author), van Baarlen, M. (author), Meesters, G.M.H. (author), van Ommen, J.R. (author)In this study, the impact of different vibrational modes on the fluidization characteristics of cohesive micro- and nano-silica powder was examined. Fractional pressure drop, bed expansion measurements, and X-ray imaging were utilized to characterize the fluidization quality. The densities of the emulsion phase at the top and bottom of the...journal article 2024
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SHEN, Fran (author)North Anhui 6 cities locate at the periphery of Yangtze River Delta (YRD) in the eastern part of China. Even though YRD are the country’s most developed region, north Anhui are the most underdeveloped area according to Human Development Index in the region with only 1/5 of the core area’s GDP per capita. Large population outflow and high take-up...master thesis 2023
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Broekhuizen, Koen (author)Campuses have recently drawn attention from governing organisations in the Netherlands and are identified as promising types of office- and university development on national, regional and company levels (Wiebes, 2019). Millions of dollars are invested in campuses by local and regional governments in order to attract businesses and jobs towards...master thesis 2023
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Tongjing, Wang (author), Meijers, E.J. (author), Bao, Ziyu (author), Wang, H. (author)Compared to the burgeoning literature discussing the importance of agglomeration externalities for development, limited attention has been given to network externalities. This is largely due to limited data availability. We propose a general measure to proxy city network externalities based on toponym co-occurrences that indicate the...journal article 2023
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Viseu Cardoso, Rodrigo (author)This chapter introduces the concept of metropolisation, a framework to describe and understand the dynamics of territories undergoing extensive urbanisation. Metropolisation is defined as the transformation of fragmented urbanised areas into coherent and consolidated urban regions through the effects of long-term and intertwined processes of...book chapter 2022
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Taberna, A. (author), Filatova, T. (author), Roventini, Andrea (author), Lamperti, Francesco (author)By 2050 about 70% of the world's population is expected to live in cities. Cities offer spatial economic advantages that boost agglomeration forces and innovation, fostering further concentration of economic activities. For historic reasons urban centers cluster along coasts, which are prone to climate-induced flooding and sea level rise. To...journal article 2022
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Feng, Zhen (author), Liu, Daoyin (author), Zhang, Wangle (author), Feng, Hao (author), van Ommen, J.R. (author)Fluidization of nanoparticle agglomerates is a promising technique to process nanoparticles. However, possible elutriation of small agglomerates may cause significant loss of bed material. To obtain the elutriation behavior under stable operation, in this study the elutriation fraction of silica nanoparticle agglomerates is measured in a...journal article 2022
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Taberna, A. (author), Filatova, T. (author), Roventini, Andrea (author), Lamperti, Francesco (author)By 2050 about 80% of the world’s population is expected to live in cities. Cities offer spatial economic advantages that create agglomeration forces and innovation that foster concentration of economic activities, but for historic reasons cluster along coasts and rivers that are prone to climate-driven flooding. To explore tradeoffs between...conference paper 2022
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Trompoukis, Dimitrios (author)The thesis deals with the possibilities of spatial planning in a non-urbanized<br/>context. The case study, examined, is the municipal unit of Mastorochoria of<br/>Konitsa, Greece. The first chapter focuses on the spatial and socio-economic<br/>agglomeration taking place in Greece, as Athens and -less- Thessaloniki concentate<br/>the largest...master thesis 2021
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Viseu Cardoso, Rodrigo (author), Sobhani, A. (author), Meijers, E.J. (author)This article proposes moving beyond the tyranny of economic imperatives towards a human needs-based framework to assess cities and envision their development. Existing calls for such a transition lack a foundation able to capture the various dimensions of human life in cities, which can be provided by the concept of human needs. We ask whether...journal article 2021
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Nedeljković, Marija (author), Mylonas, Akis (author), Wiktor, Virginie (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Visser, Jeanette (author)Fine recycled concrete aggregates (fRCA, 0–4 mm) are produced from demolished concrete structures and consist of natural aggregates and old cement mortar. The presence of old cement mortar has detrimental effect on the fresh properties and strength of new concrete. This study aims to investigate the working mechanism and effectiveness of...journal article 2021
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van den Akker, H.E.A. (author), Hazelhoff Heeres, Doedo P. (author), Kloek, William (author)A spatially resolved one dimensional pressure filtration model was developed for a slurry of edible fat crystals. The model focuses on the expression step in which a cake is compressed to force the liquid through a filter cloth. The model describes the local oil flow in the shrinking cake modeled as a porous nonlinear elastic medium existing...journal article 2021
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Liu, Wenxiu (author), Meng, Qingyan (author), Allam, Mona (author), Zhang, Linlin (author), Hu, Die (author), Menenti, M. (author)Land surface temperature (LST) in urban agglomerations plays an important role for policymakers in urban planning. The Pearl River Delta (PRD) is one of the regions with the highest urban densities in the world. This study aims to explore the spatial patterns and the dominant drivers of LST in the PRD. MODIS LST (MYD11A2) data from 2005 and...journal article 2021
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Anandakrishnan, Sundaram (author)In this thesis, we focus on flexible haptic feedback applications which rely on the sensation of touch to display a feedback to the user that establishes a system to user interaction. Piezocomposites made of piezoceramic and polymer phases can be used here due to their high flexibility and piezoelectric properties that enable them to deform...master thesis 2020
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de Vos, D.W. (author), Lindgren, Urban (author), van Ham, M. (author), Meijers, E.J. (author)Borrowed size refers to the idea that small cities near larger metropolitan centres can reap the advantages of large agglomerations, but without the costs of agglomeration. The study explores whether broadband internet helps such smaller cities to enjoy the labour market benefits of a larger city. Using Swedish micro-data from 2007 to 2015,...journal article 2020