Non-photochemical Laser-Induced Nucleation of KCl from Aqueous solutions in a Droplet-Based Microfluidic System

Crystallization is one of the most widely used purification and separation processes. Nevertheless, the initial step of the crystallization process, nucleation, is still poorly understood and highly stochastic. As a result, most crystallization processes lack fine control over the produced crystal properties. Non­ photochemical Laser Induced...

Quantifying Agricultural Intensification in the US: Trends in Yield & Microwave Remote Sensing in the Midwest

Increases in crop production show increasing trends in agricultural intensification. These trends are predominant in the corn and soybean crop production of the United States' Midwest region. The increase of production and irrigation in the past 20 years is spatially diverse, with some regions in the Midwest intensifying agriculture at faster...

Dynamic Urban Land Use: An explorative study on the implications for transport and spatial planning

The urban agenda is demanding new approaches for urban development. Urban flexibility has been recognized as crucial for coping with uncertainty and smart growth has been advocated as a sustainable urban practice. Urban flexibility and smart growth combined lead to a more dynamic land use, in which building adaptation leads to intensification of...

A study on the environmental state of the Caribbean Sea in relation to the rapid intensification of tropical cyclone Matthew

Tropical cyclones have the ability to very quickly increase in strength. This process is called rapid intensification and as a result, tropical cyclones can transform into hurricanes. Rapid intensification is related to the availability of heat and the amount of negative feedback of the ocean on the tropical cyclone. Negative feedback results in...

Travelling microwave reactor design

In this work, the doctoral thesis of G.S.J. Sturm on microwave reactors was continued. Microwave reactors are developed, because they have potential to increase safety and economically reduce waste. This work focused on microwaves and chemical processes, instead of just heating water, by designing a travelling microwave reactor for non-oxidative...

All for one or ... one for all?

The housing estate of Nieuw Kattenburg is a Late-Modernist housing area consisting of many system-built slab buildings. This has been offering affordable housing and was built by the municipality of Amsterdam over fifty years ago. It is situated adjacent to the Amsterdam marine terrain which is now in the process of decommissioning and will be...

An investigation of the overlapping passive zones using a novel geotechnical centrifuge model

To improve the design of soil retaining walls in narrow trenches, a design optimization tool is introduced by Hosseinzadeh and Joosse (2015). This design optimisation tool is an intensification factor on the passive earth pressure coefficient Kp, that includes the effect of overlapping passive zones. The authors argue that the passive earth...

Recycling Houston: Bringing synergy between improving water safety, reducing energy consumption and reinforcing living quality in suburban

The project discusses how the water system can be transformed with integrated (intensification) strategies, in order to improve the three challenges (flooding, urban sprawl and energy consumption) in Houston suburban.

Discovering advantageous potential of Economy of Chain supply chains: A concept to extend Industrial Symbiosis

This report provides an analysis of competitive advantages for a new way of producing and supplying chemicals in a concept called Economy of Chain (EoC). By applying this concept existing supply chain architecture is transformed. Economy of Chain is a modular production concept, with the help of process intensified equipment the reactor sizes...

Suburban potential: The challenges and opportunities of greyfield regeneration in Melbourne

Maintaining mixed neighbourhoods. Fatih plateau: The completed nucleus. A generative strategy for historical Istanbul

The project is the result of a combination of operations performed on the site adjacent to Fatih mosque. It aims to programmatically complete the area’s nucleus to adequately provide for a pluralistic society in conjunction with Fatih mosque that currently dominates the area with its singular religious program. The essential objective is to...

Theoretical modeling of residue curve maps for a reactive distillation concept for the production of n-propyl propionate

Residue curve maps are theoretically generated to assess the feasibility of a reactive distillation concept for the production of n-propyl propionate (ProPro). This product is a widely used solvent in industry and is synthesized by the heterogeneous catalyzed esterification reaction of 1-propanol (ProOH) and propionic acid (ProAc). The...

Exploring potentials of the socialist city: In search for relevance of the socialist urban structures in the future of sustainable city. The case of Kaunas, Lithuania

An Explorative Research to Sustainable Container Terminal Concessions: A focus on Intensification in Use of Space as Awarding Criterion

This thesis is the result of a graduation project, conducted at the financial consultancy firm Maritime Transport and Business Solutions, to fulfill the Master of Science program Management of Technology at the faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at Delft University of Technology. This thesis comes forth out the increasing awareness of...

‘Measuring urban capacity’: Towards a systematic measurement of capacity for intensification of dwellings and industry

Under the topic of compactness, strategies for intensification of dwellings and activities are high on the agenda. However, it is necessary to first locate and evaluate the potential locations for intensification of each program or mixed uses. This project introduces a systematic approach to measure the capacity for intensification, its program...