Sustainable Energy

Technology

Procedure for master assignment

1. You need a professor (or group)2. You need a subject3. You can do 15 EC of courses in

preparation of your master assignment. Your professor has to agree with the choice of these courses.

Find professor, subject and courses at an early stage!

Internship versus projects

• If Internship then elective courses in q2, q3, q4

• If projects then elective courses in parallel with your master assignment

Internships versus projects

15 EC on courses

10 EC on courses

5 EC elective

10 EC on courses

5 EC elective

10 EC courses

5 EC elective

Internship Master Assignment

Internships versus projects

15 EC on courses

10 EC on courses

5 EC on Projects

10 EC on courses

5 EC on projects

10 EC courses

5 EC projects

Master Assignment and 15 EC on elective courses

Einhoven Delft Twente

biomass small scale conversion units

large scale power generation

thermal and chemical conversion processes for the use of biomass as an energy carrier and chemicals

Solar energy production of amorphous silicon and polymer solar cells

nano-structured 3D solar cells

integration of solar energy into products

Einhoven Delft Twente

Wind energy fluid structure interaction

mainly concentrated in Delft

computational fluid dynamics of wind turbines

Hydrogen technology

the small scale production of hydrogen

the production using sustainable energy and storage of hydrogen

large scale production of hydrogen

System integration projects:

Formulated in cooperation with

ECN

TNO

EDON,

ENECO,

Energie Delfland,

ENW,

EnergieNed,

EPON,

GASTEC,

KEMA,

Shell Stork

First integration project:

Project-led education (as in the CTW bachelor education).

Second integration project:

individual hands-on experience in the design, analysis or application of an energy system or in the exploration of new research questions.

problem oriented in the form of a research assignment.

Or and internship:

At one of these companies, or at Essent, Nuon, BTG, etc., India (various topics), China (wind), Brasil, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Suriname, Greece (biomass)

Graduation projects

• Delft: wind energy, hydrogen storage, solar cells (material science), etc.

• Eindhoven: solar cells (material science), more fundamental studies on hydrogen production and biomass conversion

TNW/CT

• Catalytic processes and materials (prof. Lefferts, dr. Seshan)– Catalytic pyrolysis– Catalytic conversion of methane to

synthesis gas

UT/TNW/CT

• Membrane technology (prof. Nijmeyer,)– Methanol Fuel cells– Reverse electrodialysis

– Separation of CO2 with carbon nanotubes

Membrane technology, polymer technology

UT/TNW/CT

• Thermo-Chemical Conversion of Biomass (prof. Van Swaaij, Kersten)

– Catalytic conversion of biomass to H2/syngas

– In situ cleaning of flash pyrolysis vapours– Hydrothermal liquefaction– Supercritical water gasification

UT/TNW/Low temperature group

• Cryogenic energy carriers, heat pumps (prof. Ter Brake)

• Energy storage in superconductive materials (prof. Dalhee)

UT/CTW/CiT

• Bouw/Infra (prof. De Wulf, Entrop– Sustainable energy in the building

environment

UT/CTW/CiT

• Watermanagement– Tidal energy (dr. Augustijn)– Waterfootprint of energy (Winnie Gerbens)

UT/CTW/WB

• Production Technology (prof. Akkerman)– Materials for wind mills– Solar cells in composite structures

UT/CTW/WB

• Design Engineering (prof. Van Houten, Reinders)– Integration of solar cells/fuel cells in

products

UT/CTW/WB

• Mechanical Automation (prof. Huis in ‘t Veld)– Laser treatment of surfaces for solar cell

production

UT/CTW/WB

• Tribology (prof. Schipper)– Tribologic behaviour of biofuels

UT/CTW/WB

• Engineering Fluid Dynamics (prof. Hoeijmakers)– Flow around turbine blades (water

turbines, wind turbines)

UT/EWI/CAES

• Smart grids (prof. Smit)– Modeling of smart grids, decentral e-

generation.

UT/CTW/WB

• Thermal Engineering (prof. Van der Meer, prof. Brem, prof. Wolters, Kok, Bramer)– Synthesis gas production– Pyrolysis of biomass– Supercritical water gasification– CO2 sequestration– Utilization of future fuels– Green gas technology

UT/BBT

• Centre for Clean Technology and Environmental Policy (CSTM) (prof. Bressers, Arentsen, Clancy, De Leeuw)– scenario studies– Studies on comparing technologies, – innovative energy chains (energy ans

agriculture, North and South) – Sociatal implications of alternative energy

technologies

The key question

Which direction are you thinking of?