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Swart, Mik (author)Climate change is a pressing issue. Hydrogen aircraft are an excellent alternative to current kerosene aircraft, and appear to be the most viable long-term solution for net-zero flight. One of the main challenges for hydrogen aircraft is to sustain a low boil-off rate. This research explores the solution of active cooling of the LH2 mixture in...master thesis 2024
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van Nederveen, Milou (author)Quantum Batteries (QBs) are quantum-mechanical devices for energy storage, gaining interest due to a potential quantum advantage in power. Recently, the first experimental implementations of QBs were realised. This study characterises the superconducting transmon qubits of Starmon-5 as QBs using the Quantum Inspire platform. In addition to...master thesis 2024
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van Lierde, Simon (author)Despite The Hague's historically mild climate, it is experiencing rising temperatures and more frequent heatwaves, resulting in a growing demand for space cooling. However, there is a significant gap in research and sustainable policies to address this demand in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. While studies have examined the...master thesis 2024
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Guardone, Alberto (author), Colonna, Piero (author), Pini, M. (author), Spinelli, Andrea (author)The gas dynamics of single-phase nonreacting fluids whose thermodynamic states are close to vapor-liquid saturation, close to the vapor-liquid critical point, or in supercritical conditions differs quantitatively and qualitatively from the textbook gas dynamics of dilute, ideal gases. Due to nonideal fluid thermodynamic properties,...journal article 2024
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Páez Watson, T.W. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Wahl, S.A. (author)With the rapid growing availability of metagenome assembled genomes (MAGs) and associated metabolic models, the identification of metabolic potential in individual community members has become possible. However, the field still lacks an unbiassed systematic evaluation of the generated metagenomic information to uncover not only metabolic...journal article 2024
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Chen, Y. (author), de Lima, Luiz Miranda (author), Li, Zhenming (author), Ma, Bin (author), Lothenbach, Barbara (author), Yin, Suhong (author), Yu, Qijun (author), Ye, G. (author)The synthesis of N-A-S-H gel with high Si/Al ratios (>2) has been rarely reported in the literature, leaving the establishment of a reliable synthesis route as an open challenge. This paper aims to synthesize N-A-S-H gels with Si/Al ratios ranging from 1 to 3 and establish their thermodynamic database. The effects of reaction temperature,...journal article 2024
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Ren, S. (author), Liu, X. (author), Erkens, S. (author)The low-temperature relaxation and fatigue cracking performance are two essential aspects in estimating the rejuvenation efficiency of recycling agents (RAs). This study aims to fundamentally investigate the effects of recycling agent type/dosage and aging degree of bitumen on thermodynamic and rheological properties of rejuvenated bitumen at...journal article 2024
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Zuo, Y. (author), Liao, Yishun (author), Yang, Y. (author), Ye, G. (author)Alkali-activated materials (AAMs) are one of green cementitious materials in building materials industry and beneficial to the goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. Compared with ordinary Portland cement (PC) based materials, however, the raw material composition, reaction products and pore solution composition of AAMs are complex...review 2024
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Hosseini, A. (author)HIsarna is a new and breakthrough smelting reduction technology for producing liquid hot metal for steelmaking directly from iron ores. Compared to the conventional blast furnace route, HIsarna achieves a 20% reduction in CO2 emissions by eliminating coking and the need for iron ore agglomeration processes such as sintering and pelletizing and...doctoral thesis 2023
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Chandrasekaran, N.B. (author)The study of compressible fluid dynamics has traditionally focused on flows of gases whose thermodynamic properties are related according to the ideal-gas law. In this context, for a long time, it has been demonstrated that shock waves in gases are exclusively of the compressive type, characterized by a discontinuity across which the fluid...doctoral thesis 2023
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de Vries, Wytze (author)This design report discusses the embodiment design of a more efficient frying pan for gas powered stoves in commercial kitchens, to see if a potential market entry is feasible, viable and desirable. Conventional pans have a thermal efficiency of roughly 25%. This means that only 25% of the heat coming from the combusted gas is used for cooking....master thesis 2023
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Altway, S. (author)HMF (5-hydroxymethylfurfural) is one of the bio renewable materials that can be used as an important platform chemical to produce biofuel and various chemical products. The main application of HMF in the chemical industry is a platform chemical for the production of plant-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET). HMF is produced through hexose...doctoral thesis 2023
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Chen, B. (author)In recent years, considerable attention has been given to the utilization of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash as a mineral resource for construction materials. MSWI bottom ash is the primary residue discharged after incinerating municipal solid waste. The generation of MSWI bottom ash is increasing dramatically with the wide...doctoral thesis 2023
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Verhoeff, Thom (author)This study is part of an ongoing research project, which aims to increase the physical understanding of the plume formation on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. The experimental setup presented in this study is the third iteration of the physical models aiming to recreate the main plume characteristics, where in this study the effects of the channel...master thesis 2023
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Nederstigt, P. (author), Pecnik, Rene (author)Isentropic processes in thermodynamics are fundamental to our understanding of numerous physical phenomena across different scientific and engineering fields. They provide a theoretical reference case for the evaluation of real thermodynamic processes and observations. Yet, as analytical relations for isentropic transformations in gas dynamics...journal article 2023
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van Veldhuizen, B.N. (author), van Biert, L. (author), Amladi, A. (author), Woudstra, T. (author), Visser, K. (author), Aravind, P.V. (author)An increasing demand in the marine industry to reduce emissions led to investigations into more efficient power conversion using fuels with sustainable production pathways. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) are under consideration for long-range shipping, because of its high efficiency, low pollutant emissions, and fuel flexibility. SOFC systems...journal article 2023
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Khossossi, N. (author), Banerjee, Amitava (author), Dey, P. (author)A primary concern towards achieving a robust and sustainable water-splitting strategy consists in the development and designing of non-precious hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts capable of operating at relatively high current densities. In the present density functional theory (DFT) based study, we explored and identified α-NbB<sub>2</sub>...journal article 2023
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ten Eikelder, M.F.P. (author), Van Der Zee, K. G. (author), Akkerman, I. (author), Schillinger, D. (author)Over the last decades, many diffuse-interface Navier-Stokes Cahn-Hilliard (NSCH) models with non-matching densities have appeared in the literature. These models claim to describe the same physical phenomena, yet they are distinct from one another. The overarching objective of this work is to bring all of these models together by laying down...journal article 2023
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Tosolin, A. (author), Vigier, J. F. (author), Mastromarino, S. (author), Konings, R. J.M. (author), Luzzi, L. (author), Beneš, O. (author)Phase equilibria in the ThF<sub>4</sub>-PuF<sub>3</sub> system were measured by differential scanning calorimetry. Samples were encapsulated to prevent leakage during the measurements and to prevent fluoride contamination of the instrument. Formation of intermediate compounds and solid solutions was investigated by X-ray diffraction. A...journal article 2023
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Zhang, Y. (author), Copuroglu, Oguzhan (author)To understand the influence of slag chemistry on the carbonation resistance of slag-rich cement, this paper explored the carbonation characteristics of blended cement systems with different Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> contents in slag through accelerated carbonation test. Irrespective of slag chemistry, three main CO<sub>2</sub> binding...journal article 2023