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Tang, Weihong (author)
In light of the pressing challenges posed by global climate change and the imperative to reduce CO2 emissions, innovative approaches in energy management are critically important. This thesis presents an exploration of heat pumps integrated with Thermal Storage System (TES) systems, an area of research and application pivotal for enhancing...
master thesis 2024
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Stoelinga, Bouke (author)
This thesis extensively examines the influential factors affecting the performance of approximations of Model Predictive Control (MPC) control laws using neural networks. MPC is a control strategy that solves an optimization problem at each timestep. This problem can be computationally complex and could be too slow to compute for online control....
master thesis 2023
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Peijnenburg, Emiel (author)
This research presents a framework for analysing the stability and control of discrete-event systems, specifically emphasising max-min-plus (MMP) and max-min-min-plus-scaling (MMPS) systems. These systems are valuable modelling tools for various applications, including production systems and urban railway traffic management, respectively....
master thesis 2023
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de Vries, Rinto (author)
Recent literature in real-time trajectory planning has proposed using Control Barrier Functions (CBFs) as collision constraints in Model Predictive Control (MPC) for efficient guidance, a concept referred to as MPC-CBF. This concept has been explored for both first and second-order CBFs. However, these approaches relied on an analytical...
master thesis 2023
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Pérez Moreno, Carlos (author)
FOWTs pose several control challenges. This work addresses reduced order modelling of FOWT to develop an MPC. They key objective is tackle the platform pitch instability while improving the performance in other KPIs. An existing reduced order model, which considers platform pitch and surge, and rotor speed DOFs is adapted and extended, with...
master thesis 2023
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van der Knaap, Jeroen (author)
Improving the energy efficiency of electric vehicles has various significant benefits, such as increasing the driving range. The Thermal Management System (TMS) plays a large role in optimizing the vehicle energy consumption and battery lifetime. In this thesis, a nonlinear Model Predictive control (MPC) strategy is presented to regulate the...
master thesis 2023
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Probst, Johanna (author)
Creating autonomous Micro Aerial Vehicles for executing complex missions poses various challenges, including safe navigation in the presence of external wind disturbances. Most current navigation methods handle external wind disturbances through real-time estimation and rejection algorithms in the control stage, but lack safety guarantees in...
master thesis 2023
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Vonk, Martijn (author)
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) can solve a lot of problems related to traffic safety, comfort and congestion. While the sensors used by these vehicles are getting cheaper, more accurate, and software is improving, the first completely automated vehicle does not exist yet. When AVs start gradually driving on the roads, there will be a mixed traffic...
master thesis 2023
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Fricano, Tommaso (author)
The Model Predictive Control (MPC) method provides a control strategy providing inherent robustness and improved capabilities in handling constraints while guaranteeing the satisfac- tion of the control objective. In recent years, Model Predictive Control (MPC) has started to see more application for the purpose of Rendezvous and Docking (RVD)...
master thesis 2023
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van der Lely, Lars (author)
Over nine billion people will have to be fed fresh and healthy food in 2050 according to United Nations. This puts pressure on the horticulture sector, responsible for a large portion of the world’s food production. The literature has shown that automatic optimal control algorithms are able to make better use of resources and can even outperform...
master thesis 2022
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Kroese, Justine (author)
Max-plus-linear (MPL) systems are systems that are linear in max-plus algebra. A generalization of these systems are Max-Min-Plus-Scaling (MMPS) systems. Next to maximization and addition (plus), MMPS systems use the operations minimization and scaling. They are discrete-event (DE) systems, which means that the changing of the states is...
master thesis 2022
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Lenssen, Daan (author)
This thesis presents a new MPC controller which integrates path tracking and stability control into one controller. Previously these tasks were done by separate controllers, where one controller handled the path tracking while another controller ensured the vehicle was kept in the stable operating region. A drawback of this method is that the...
master thesis 2022
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Balla-Somogyi, Csaba (author)
Since industrialization, world population is constantly on the rise, and so the demand for nutritious and healthy food is increasing as well. Traditional agriculture is steadily extended with and substituted by crop growing in greenhouses, which has better yield, more resistance against weather extremes, and overall more control over the growing...
master thesis 2022
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Siemensma, Ruben (author)
As the share of renewable energy generation increases, the need for energy storage also increases. Therefore, there is a need for better storage representation in the current energy modelling tools. In the present day,<br/>the longer-term energy storage systems are not fully represented since, for existing storage systems, the self-serving...
master thesis 2022
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Janssen, Femke (author)
Energy demand for heating and cooling makes up 73\% of total energy use of buildings [2]. This figure is expected to increase over the coming decades, as demand for cooling energy may rise in the Netherlands due to climate change. The heating and cooling of buildings are at relatively low temperature compared to the industry and thus allowing...
master thesis 2022
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de Jong, Bart (author)
Switching max-plus linear (SMPL) systems written in max-plus algebra form a robust framework to model discrete-event systems governed by synchronisation whose behaviour may switch over time. Their evolution is described by a max-plus linear state-space representation that may change by switching modes. In their typical form, switching may depend...
master thesis 2022
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Razdan, Shuhul (author)
With inland transportation increasing every passing day, vehicle platooning offers a good solution towards travelling more efficiently. Along with reducing traffic congestion on roads, platooning also leads to better fuel consumption among vehicles, fewer accidents, and most importantly, vehicle platoons can be made autonomous using optimization...
master thesis 2021
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Ceha, Thomas (author)
There is an urgent need for technical innovations in the construction industry to meet the European Parliament’s qualifications for reducing the energy footprint of buildings. This thesis is devoted to conducting research on control strategies that optimally manage passive energy sources, e.g., natural ventilation and solar irradiance, in...
master thesis 2021
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Kolar, Brontë (author)
Social determinants such as a person’s race, level of education, and income can be responsible for their health outcomes. Consequently, we see that discrimination along the social spectrum results in health disparities. In an effort to close the gaps in healthcare systems, these determinants have been heavily researched. Open questions remain...
bachelor thesis 2021
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Latyšov, Sever (author)
Around the world millions of people get injured due to traffic accidents. Autonomous vehicles are expected to significantly reduce these numbers. To increase safety, autonomous vehicle communication can be used. Current vehicle communication networks called VANETs have security and privacy protection problems and the vehicle industry is...
bachelor thesis 2021
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