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Reijers, Rico (author)Numerous traffic bridges have been constructed over the last 150 years. Because bridges are commonly built based on an expected lifetime of 75 to 100 years, a large quantity of bridges are reaching the end of their design lifetime, or even are far overdue. To ensure these bridges remain operational without experiencing catastrophic failures,...master thesis 2024
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Santamaria Gonzalez, Gabriel Andres (author)The potential for developing more efficient offshore wind support structures becomes increasingly critical as the offshore wind sector is faced with challenges such as rising commodity prices and shrinking profit margins. These challenges not only impact the industry’s capacity to meet growing global demand but also hinder efforts to address the...master thesis 2023
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van Ruiten, Joséphine (author)Globally, drinking water sources are polluted with poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The toxicity and persistent properties of these industrial chemicals raised concerns about environmental and public health. As a result, drinking water companies are removing PFAS from drinking water using separation technologies. Anion exchange and...master thesis 2023
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Srinivasakannan, Narendran (author)This thesis presents a techno-economic analysis of integrating Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) and Solid Oxide Electrolysis (SOE) technologies for the production of hydrogen. The study begins with the development of system-level 0D models for CSP and SOE individually. These models are then combined to create a unified model for CSP-SOE...master thesis 2023
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Husain Cornelissen, Adnan (author)Automated Market Makers (AMMs) are a novel type of market makers that eliminate the need for a coun-terparty in a trade. This thesis analyses the properties of several types of AMMs, and in particular the con-centrated liquidity market maker. An axiomatic definition of AMMs is provided, and two types of constant function market makers (CFMMs),...bachelor thesis 2023
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Hilgersom, Tijmen (author)The Ems Dollart estuary is facing high levels of turbidity, which hinders the growth of algae and impacts the entire ecosystem. In recent years, turbidity has increased here with 0.5 to 3% per year between 1990 and 2010, corresponding to a doubling of suspended sediment concentration (SSC) within 24 years for the upper bound of 3%. This trend is...master thesis 2023
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Mehta, Divvay (author)Magnesium is one of the most critical natural resources and 96% of magnesium used in Europe is imported. The present study investigated possible ways of implementing circularity in the magnesium cycle within the borders of Waternet, a water utility in the Netherlands. The wastewater treatment plant at Amsterdam-West produces struvite from...master thesis 2022
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van Krimpen, Eline (author)Treatment of early stage breast cancer is generally invasive to a patient's daily life while being treated. Therefore, to diminish the physical and psychological impact during and after recovery, a newly proposed minimally invasive therapy for early-stage breast cancer treatment is proposed. Within this study, this proposed treatment is modelled...master thesis 2022
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de Wilde, Tim (author)A managed realignment is the landward relocation of a flood defence to re-establish tidal exchange on formerly reclaimed land. In a managed realignment, the newly formed intertidal area acts together with the realigned dike as a nature-based flood defence system. In this thesis, the focus is on the managed realignment of Perkpolder, a former...master thesis 2022
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Klop, Casper (author)Offshore wind energy is expected to play a major role in the upcoming energy transition. For long distances to shore, it is preferable to connect the wind farms to land by means of High-Voltage DC (HVDC) cables to reduce losses and costs. This currently poses challenges, as wind turbine generators produce variable-frequency low-voltage AC power,...master thesis 2022
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Woen, Monique (author)Brine producing industries progressively become the centre of attentionas they carry greater environmental consequences. Despite the extensiveliterature that can be found on desalination, limited information is availableabout the practical comparison of the technologies with regards to the brineconcentration performance and associated energy...master thesis 2022
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Novell Morell, Mònica (author)Tailings storage facilities (TSF) are engineered structures that retain mixed waste material (known as mine tailings material) from mining processes in liquid or slurry form. One of the issues regarding TSF management is the lack of site investigation and sample analyses, which cause the uncertainty of geotechnical properties of mine tailings...master thesis 2022
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Ammerlaan, Tim (author)Lithium-ion batteries are currently most commonly used in most electronic devices. These batteries are used because of their superiority in gravimetric energy and cyclability compared to other battery technologies. The most common anode used in lithium-ion batteries is currently graphite. Graphite has proven to be a very stable cycling material....master thesis 2021
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Samuel Budhi Setyanto, Sam (author)A parking garage of Eindhoven airport partially collapsed in 2017. It was caused by failure of the longitudinal joint (long-side) of the composite plank floor or breedplaatvloer on the roof level. Experimental and numerical research showed that the joint suffered high positive bending moment in its transverse direction. However, from the...master thesis 2021
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Tome Robles, Dany (author)An investigation into AC superconducting coils is performed with a permanent magnet generator for a wind power turbine of 15 MW. Two reference models are sized: on the one hand, a DTU and NREL 15 MW wind turbine model is taken as a reference to set the mechanical speed according to the output power and the mechanical constraints of the blades;...master thesis 2021
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van Lottum, Anouk (author)Trivalent chromium (Cr(III)) is one of the most promising non-toxic replacements for hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) coatings in the steel packaging industry. The application of a chromium layer to packaging steel is essential for providing a protective layer on the steel packaging’s external surface area, which prevents corrosion during its use....master thesis 2021
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Menken, Oliver (author)Concentrator Photovoltaics (CPV) employs optical elements such as mirrors to focus solar flux to a small target area with a photovoltaic (PV) receiver. CPV system design is hindered by the fact that there is no standardised workhorse model to accurately evaluate CPV topologies. The spectral irradiance standards - the backbone of PV system...master thesis 2021
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Dash, Asiman (author)Resource recovery from waste streams is indispensable to shifting from a linear economy to a circular economy. Industrial concentrate is a waste stream that is actively researched to explore and expand the prospects of resource recovery. Strontium (Sr), an alkaline earth metal, while found regularly in concentrate streams has not been a focus...master thesis 2020
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Hahn Menacho, Álvaro (author)Concentrated Solar Power is one of the renewable energy technologies with the potential for satisfying the future energy demand in a sustainable way, mitigating climate change and reducing the current dependence on fossil fuels. Regarding the deployment of this technology, China and Europe are two regions playing a forefront role in the present...master thesis 2020
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van den Bergh, O.C. (author)This thesis explores existing and proposes new methods for assessing concentration risk in default-only credit risk models. Within the existing methods, the analytic Granularity Adjustment is studied in the single factor Gaussian threshold and in the CreditRisk+ framework. These adjustments are tested on a sample portfolio in the presence of...master thesis 2020