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Schotman, Hans-Pieter (author)The worlds awareness of our emissions and the effect it has on our surroundings is increasing. This influences efforts to put new agreements into place to reduce emissions and the effects on global warming. Along with the Paris agreements, the International Maritime Organisation also came with measures to achieve these needed reductions of...master thesis 2023
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Vlierboom, Alexander (author)Ammonia (NH3) is a bulk commodity chemical known for its large production volumes and application in the global fertiliser industry, and is more recently being explored for its role as a sustainable energy vector. The industry standard ammonia production method is the century-old Haber-Bosch (HB) process, which is power by fossil fuels, and is...master thesis 2023
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Ripepi, D. (author)In the last century, the indiscriminate use of fossil energy to power the industrial revolution and technological progress of humankind, has led to the depletion of limited natural resources and, most importantly, the emission and accumulation of alarming levels of pollutants and greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere. One of the major...doctoral thesis 2023
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Peña, Álvaro (author), Matatagui, Daniel (author), Ricciardella, F. (author), Sacco, L.N. (author), Vollebregt, S. (author), Otero, Daniel (author), López-Sánchez, Jesús (author), Marín, Pilar (author), Horrillo, Mari Carmen (author)Nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) is a potential hazard to human health at low concentrations, below one part per million (ppm). NO<sub>2</sub> can be monitored using gas sensors based on multi-layered graphene operating at ambient temperature. However, reliable detection of concentrations on the order of parts per million and lower is...journal article 2023
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Jin, J. (author), Fang, Li (author), Li, Baojie (author), Liao, Hong (author), Wang, Ye (author), Han, Wei (author), Li, Ke (author), Pang, Mijie (author), Wu, Xingyi (author), Lin, H.X. (author)Atmospheric ammonia has been hazardous to the environment and human health for decades. Current inventories are usually constructed in a bottom-up manner and subject to uncertainties and incapable of reproducing the spatiotemporal characteristics of ammonia emission. Satellite measurements, for example, Infrared Atmospheric Sounder...journal article 2023
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Yang, X. (author), Guo, Fucheng (author), Liu, Tao (author), He, Qiang (author), Vymazal, Jan (author), Chen, Yi (author)Ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms (AOMs, archaea (AOA) and bacteria (AOB)) are primarily responsible for the ammoxidation in constructed wetlands (CWs). However, little is known about evaluating the response of AOA and AOB to engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) and quantifying the shift of their contribution to ammoxidation. Herein, we operated a...journal article 2023
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Izelaar, B. (author), Ripepi, D. (author), Asperti, S. (author), Dugulan, A.I. (author), Hendrikx, R.W.A. (author), Bottger, A.J. (author), Mulder, F.M. (author), Kortlever, R. (author)The electrochemical dinitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) has recently gained much interest as it can potentially produce ammonia from renewable intermittent electricity and replace the Haber-Bosch process. Previous literature studies report Fe- and Mo-carbides as promising electrocatalysts for the NRR with activities higher than other metals....journal article 2023
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Peeten, Vino (author)The offshore wind market is growing rapidly, and new offshore wind projects are being launched more than ever. To keep up with demand, parts for these wind turbines are being produced all over the world. To get all the parts needed to their destination on time, they must be transported on heavy transport vessels (HTVs).<br/><br/>Today, business...master thesis 2022
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Bauer, Marlinda (author)Due to climate change, the growth in renewable energy is still accelerating and reaching new records each year. Not everything can be electrified, hence, the production of green hydrogen as an energy vector is gaining momentum. However, lowest cost hydrogen will not always be produced at the demand centres, necessitating transport of hydrogen...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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Rietveld, Jasper (author)Capacitive, interdigital sensors in proximity of a PASiC thin film have been proposed as a cheap, robust alternative to existing ammonia sensing technologies. However, although prototype sensors have been manufactured, investigation into the working principles of this class of ammonia sensors is limited. This work aims to analyse the electrode...master thesis 2022
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Nagulagama, Rathish (author)The nitrogen crisis is one of the biggest problems in society. Therefore, a tremendous amount of research is going on to solve this problem. This thesis focuses on solving the problem of nitrogenous emissions by capturing ammonium emissions from agricultural farms. Biochars have been gaining much attention due to their desirable properties, such...master thesis 2022
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Boyce, Johanna (author)Using the IEA Ammonia Roadmap aligned with the IMAGE electricity scenarios, an extensive database was produced allowing for prospective LCAs across three storylines from 2020 to 2050 (SSP2-Base, SSP2-RCP26, SSP2-RCP19). The scenarios correspond respectively to 3.9, 2.0, and 1.5°C of global warming in 2100 (vs. pre-industrial levels). Regionally,...master thesis 2022
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van Linden, N. (author)Ammonia (NH3) is one of world’s most-produced chemicals and is mostly used as a raw resource for fertilisers. From the used NH3-based fertilisers, almost half of the NH3 ends up in receiving water bodies, leading to eutrophication, eventually resulting in species diversity loss in the aquatic environment. To minimise environmental damage, total...doctoral thesis 2022
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Amato, Joshua (author)In the transition towards climate neutrality by 2050 green hydrogen can contribute as a clean and widely applicable energy vector. However, domestic production by electrolysis in the Netherlands will not be able to produce enough hydrogen for the estimated demand. Import of hydrogen will thus be crucial. The Port of Rotterdam (PoR) will play a...bachelor thesis 2022
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BACHRAS, SERAFEIM (author)Hydrogen is expected to be a significant force in this transition. Hydrogen can be produced using technologies that do not emit CO2 or other greenhouse gasses (“green H2”). Hydrogen can be transported in big quantities and long distances unlike electricity and can play the role of a clean fuel. The emerging hydrogen economy, which will be...master thesis 2022
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Suy, Xander (author)Urgent action is needed to decrease maritime emissions. The renewable wind energy sector must also decrease its life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Total GHG emissions from offshore wind turbines are approximately 120% more compared to onshore wind turbines. Moreover, it is estimated that Walk to Work (W2W) vessels are responsible for 3.3...master thesis 2022
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Doodeman, Rogier (author)The European Green Deal states that it wants to develop 40 GW of electrolyzer capacity by 2030 in North Africa to combat climate change. Using PV power as the primary energy source, a system is designed that can produce green hydrogen and ammonia to investigate how the location and the capacity of the components can be optimized to produce at...master thesis 2022
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Both, Julian (author)Nitrogen emissions contribute significantly to climate change, especially in the Netherlands around Natura-2000 areas, and one of the main contributors is manure. However, not only does manure usually have high nitrogen emissions, a lot of it is in the form of ammonia, which in itself is very energy-intensive to create. Therefore MEZT developed...master thesis 2022
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Tran, Minh Tâm Kevin (author), El Tawil Hamade, Yara (author), Visschers, Cas (author)This report provides a design for a new process to make the ammonia-producing Haber-Bosch process more sustainable by reducing its CO2 emissions. It presents different elements of a process design with most importantly; process diagrams, mass and energy balances and a techno-economic analysis. The most important differences in this process is...bachelor thesis 2022