Student theses
Air-free filling of water cooling infrastructures
Author: Olfers, C., 2 Oct 2019Supervisor: Smeulders, D. M. (Supervisor 1), Nakiboǧlu, G. (Supervisor 2), Deen, N. G. (Supervisor 2) & Waterson, N. (External person) (External coach)
Student thesis: Master
An Eulerian-Lagrangian approach for simulating heterogeneous combustion of metal fuels
Author: Hazenberg, T., 26 Feb 2019Supervisor: van Oijen, J. A. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
A novel method of nitric oxide laser-induced fluorescence
Author: Bolderman, T., 26 Apr 2018Supervisor: Dam, N. (Supervisor 1) & Maes, N. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
Building a natural gas powered hybrid electric vehicle
Author: van den Broek, J., 30 Mar 2017Supervisor: Vermeltfoort, B. (Supervisor 1) & Dam, N. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Combustion of micron sized iron particles
Author: Peeters, J., 26 Aug 2019Supervisor: de Goey, L. (. (Supervisor 1), Shoshyn, Y. (Supervisor 2), Somers, L. (. (Supervisor 2), Speetjens, M. F. (Supervisor 2) & Ning, D. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Creating a numerical model for burning metal fuels in industrial size burners
Author: Krens, J., 30 Aug 2019Supervisor: de Goey, L. (. (Supervisor 1), van Oijen, J. A. (Supervisor 2) & Schiemann, M. (External person) (External coach)
Student thesis: Master
Design of a biomass torrefaction setup
Author: Rijkers, J., 25 Feb 2019Supervisor: Smeulders, D. M. (Supervisor 1), Frijns, A. J. (Supervisor 2), Homan, T. A. (Supervisor 2) & Bourgonje, Z. (. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Direct numerical simulations of flow and heat transfer through realistic computer generated solid foams
Author: Sneijders, S., 22 Feb 2017Supervisor: Kuipers, H. (Supervisor 1), Deen, N. (Supervisor 2), van der Schaaf, J. (Supervisor 2) & Das, S. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Effects of acoustic fields on the dynamics of micro-particles in a fluidized bed
Author: Zhu, L., 14 Feb 2019Supervisor: Tang, Y. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
Experimental study of the combustion of ammonia using Raman spectroscopy
Author: Bolwerk, T., 7 May 2020Supervisor: Dam, N. J. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
Exploratory study on fouling effects of iron oxide particles in a metal fuel system
Author: Weijers, M., 28 Jun 2018Supervisor: de Lange, H. (Supervisor 1), de Goey, L. (Supervisor 2), Frijns, A. (Supervisor 2) & Kirkels, A. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Het ontwikkelen van een duurzaamheidmeter: dat wat meetbaar is, bestaat!
Author: Toonen, J., 30 Sep 2006Supervisor: de Ron, A. (Supervisor 1) & van Kasteren, J. (. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Hydraulic air compressor
Author: Blokker, N., 6 May 2019Supervisor: Smeulders, D. M. (Supervisor 1) & van Esch, B. P. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Impact of post-injections on efficiency and emissions in conventional diesel combustion
Author: Dreezen, R., 30 Mar 2017Supervisor: Somers, L. (Supervisor 1) & Willems, R. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Improvement of the accuracy of the heat flux method by increasing its sensitivity
Author: Hoofs, F., 31 Aug 2017Supervisor: de Goey, L. (Supervisor 1) & Volkov, E. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
In-situ electron backscatter diffraction at high temperature: development of a heating and a tensile stage
Author: van Stratum, R., 27 Mar 2019Supervisor: Hoefnagels, J. P. (Supervisor 1), van Maris, M. P. (Supervisor 2), van Dommelen, J. (. (Supervisor 2) & Dam, N. J. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Investigating the effects of primary reference fuels on diesel engine combustion by design of experiments
Author: Sreenivasulu, A., 27 Apr 2017Supervisor: Somers, L. (Supervisor 1), Wang, S. (Supervisor 2) & de Goey, L. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Mass transfer in 3D printed parallel plate electrolyzers
Author: Murrer, L., 18 Dec 2019Supervisor: Weusten, S. (Supervisor 1), van der Schaaf, J. (Supervisor 2), Vreman, A. (. (Supervisor 2) & de Groot, M. (. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Modeling iron oxide reduction using ParScale
Author: Bons, R., 2 Jul 2020Supervisor: Hessels, C. (Supervisor 1) & Tang, Y. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Modelling reactive flow in a co-generative thermal oxidizer
Author: Merkx, K., 21 Jan 2019Supervisor: van Oijen, J. A. (Supervisor 1), Vance, F. H. (Supervisor 2), Dingemans, H. (External person) (External coach) & Hermens, B. (External person) (External coach)
Student thesis: Master
Numerical investigation on the influence of support structure modeling strategies on the loads of a generic 5-MW turbine on a jacket support structure
Author: Tu, Y., 31 Oct 2013Supervisor: van Bussel, G. (Supervisor 1), Bierbooms, W. (External coach) & Vorpahl, F. (External person) (External coach)
Student thesis: Master
Numerical study of flow through slender packed beds filled with open-structure random packings
Author: Hieselaar, F., 28 Sep 2016Supervisor: Das, S. (Supervisor 1), Kuipers, H. (Supervisor 2), Deen, N. (Supervisor 2) & van der Schaaf, J. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
On the doorstep of modelling dual fuel RCCI combustion using the Flamelet Generated Manifold method and LES
Author: Thakker, H., 31 Oct 2020Supervisor: van Oijen, J. A. (Supervisor 1), Bekdemir, C. (External coach) & Bao, H. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Partially premixed turbulent combustion using LES and FGM
Author: Visser, H., 1 Jul 2019Supervisor: Karaca, S. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
Particle dynamics in a magnetic density separation system
Author: Meijer, J., 9 Jul 2020Supervisor: Kuerten, J. (. (Supervisor 1), Zeegers, J. C. (Supervisor 2), Tajfirooz, S. (Supervisor 2) & Dellaert, R. A. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Particulate matter emission from a heavy-duty diesel engine with three binary fuel blends
Author: Sprengers, S., 22 Dec 2016Supervisor: Somers, L. (Supervisor 1) & Wang, S. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Quantification of hydrodynamic forces due to propeller vibrations
Author: van Hooijdonk, J., 30 Jun 2013Supervisor: Bulten, N. (External person) (External coach), van Esch, B. (Supervisor 1) & Brouwers, J. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Quantitative analysis of non-premixed flames using Raman spectroscopy
Author: Hessels, C., 11 Dec 2017Supervisor: Doddema, R. (Supervisor 1), Dam, N. (Supervisor 2) & Deen, N. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Review of non-spherical drag correlations on agglomerated spherical particles using Direct Numerical Simulations
Author: Cox, J., 15 Aug 2019Supervisor: Tang, Y. (Supervisor 1) & Kuerten, J. (. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Simulation and analysis of discrete flame
Author: Dey, M., 26 Apr 2018Supervisor: de Goey, L. (Supervisor 1) & Shoshyn, Y. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Simulation study: fluidization with heat transfer
Author: Jegers, J., 30 Apr 2017Supervisor: Deen, N. (Supervisor 1), Kuipers, J. (Supervisor 2), van der Schaaf, J. (External coach) & Banaei, M. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Soot emission modeling via large eddy simulation of a turbulent non-premixed flame using flamelet generated manifolds
Author: Mazza, M., 23 Feb 2017Supervisor: van Ooijen, J. (Supervisor 1), Eggels, R. (External coach) & Efimov, D. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Steam turbine start-up optimization by improved thermodynamic modeling
Author: Wagemans, M., 26 Jan 2017Supervisor: Kuerten, J. (Supervisor 1), Willeboer, W. (External person) (External coach) & Engelman, R. (External person) (External coach)
Student thesis: Master
Structure sensitivity of Ni nanoparticles in CO2 hydrogenation
Author: Coppens, D., 30 Oct 2019Supervisor: Hensen, E. J. (Supervisor 1), Filot, I. A. (Supervisor 2), Seykens, X. L. (Supervisor 2) & van Etten, M. P. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Surface roughness optimization of femtosecond laser exposed and wet-etched surfaces of fused silica
Author: van Leerdam, J., 31 Oct 2013Supervisor: den Toonder, J. (Supervisor 1), Bellouard, Y. (Supervisor 2) & Dam, N. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Suspended particles in large Eddy simulations of a turbulent channel flow with mixed convection
Author: Keijsers, R., 26 Jan 2017Supervisor: Kuerten, J. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
System identification and multi-pulse fuelling controller design for CYCLOPS engine
Author: Liu, Y., 31 Aug 2017Supervisor: Willems, F. (Supervisor 1) & Seykens, X. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
The double seat valve
Author: Corbijn van Willenswaard, A., 2 Dec 2019Supervisor: van Esch, B. P. (Supervisor 1), Frijns, A. J. (Supervisor 2), Kuerten, J. (. (Supervisor 2) & Achten, P. A. (External coach)
Student thesis: Master
The effect of surface heterogeneities on nucleate boiling in forced convection: how wettability and surface roughness influence nucleation and detachment of bubbles
Author: Lathouwers, P., 31 Oct 2017Supervisor: van der Geld, C. (Supervisor 1) & Kuerten, J. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
The efficacy of counter-bore injectors
Author: Hooglugt, M., 18 Jun 2019Supervisor: Maes, N. C. (Supervisor 1) & Dam, N. J. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
The inverse heat conduction problem in quenching of a hot steel plate
Author: Nieuwenhuizen, R., 7 Nov 2019Supervisor: Gomez, C. (Supervisor 1) & van Esch, B. P. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
The modelling of air entrainment in marine propellers using CFD simulations
Author: Verdijck, N., 29 Apr 2019Supervisor: van Esch, B. P. (Supervisor 1) & Bijlard, M. (External person) (External coach)
Student thesis: Master
The SMARTer engine
Author: Paliulis, K., 29 Sep 2016Supervisor: Somers, L. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
Towards slush LNG production using a pre-cooled vortex tube
Author: Fennet, R., 26 Jan 2017Supervisor: Dam, J. (Supervisor 1), Kuerten, J. (Supervisor 2) & Zeegers, J. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Visualization of boiling phenomena in a once-through steam generator
Author: Snijders, T., 30 Nov 2017Supervisor: de Lange, H. (Supervisor 1), Ouwerkerk, H. (Coach) & Priems, G. (Coach)
Student thesis: Master
Visualizations close to a bubble’s surface
Author: Spiekhout, S., 29 Nov 2019Supervisor: Dam, N. J. (Supervisor 1), Homan, T. A. (Supervisor 2), Kunnen, R. P. (Supervisor 2) & van de Water, W. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Water and diesel emulsion: an experimental evaluation on combustion and emission
Author: Tillemans, G., 4 Apr 2019Supervisor: Reijnders, J. (Supervisor 1), Somers, L. (. (Supervisor 2) & Maes, N. C. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master