Driven by the Climate Agreement, the chemical industry has to switch from fossil feedstock to renewable sources and electrical energy. The TU Delft e.Refinery initiative brings together the research on the sustainable production of fuels and chemicals from four Faculties (TPM, Applied Sciences, 3mE and EEMCS). It was presented last Tuesday.
Het tijdschrift De Ingenieur heeft deze maand een uitgebreid artikel over de toekomst van mobiliteit. De oriëntatie is breed, de analyses zijn helder, maar de uitkomst blijft ongewis.
What do Picasso, Mondriaan and Jackson Pollock have in common? They used white paint, titanium white, that may crumble under the influence of UV light. Dr Birgit van Driel recommends appropriate shielding of vulnerable paintings.
Vanmiddag, iets na drie uur, gaat het regenen op de Green Village. Deltacommissaris Wim Kuijken draait dan de kraan open boven de WaterStraat, een testlocatie voor waterafvoer. Studenten en ondernemers gaan hier oplossingen ontwikkelen voor wateroverlast.
The Netherlands is already a frontrunner in aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES), but it needs to be scaled up by about a hundredfold if natural gas is to be phased out, says PhD candidate Martin Bloemendal. He devised a strategy to maximise the number of ATES installations.
A new technology can measure the CO2 saturation of porous rock in the lab. This technology may allow electric and acoustic sensors in boreholes to monitor underground CO2 storage.
Next week will see the seventh edition of the All Energy Day in The Hague. It’s the meeting ground for students, scientists and salarymen working in energy. What’s in it for you?
The two year action research programme, ‘Schools as Energy Embassies’, is supported by RVO, part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The aim is to organise support to accelerate the energy transition.
A special clay tablet, the size of a soap bar, was scanned in TU Delft’s micro CT-scanner last week. Archaeologists wanted to compare the text on the clay envelope with the text on the tablet inside.
