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Centre of Expertise Mission Zero

Research Group Energy in Transition

Around one-third of our national energy consumption takes place in buildings for heating, cooling, lighting and electrical equipment. But in spite of all the clever gadgets, innovations and creativity, gas consumption in homes built in 2010 is no lower than in homes from 1995. How can we ensure that sustainability is more than just a slogan or hype? And how can we truly make the entire energy chain sustainable?

 

About the research group

The research group is developing knowledge related to the ‘greenification’ of the energy chain in the built environment. Its focus is on system modelling and simulation for energy and indoor climate systems. Models are developed, tested and optimised for practical and educational use and all focus on buildings, greenhouse and otherwise, as well as on energy supply issues in the built environment.

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Team

Tadeo Baldiri Salcedo Rahola

Peter van Duijsen

Joep de Groot

May Almuhsinawe

Anton Hanemaaijer

Gerben Hoogendorp

Gide de Ruijter

Arie Taal

Pepijn van Willigenburg

Diëgo Zuidervliet

Astrid Jansen

Tadeo Baldiri Salcedo Rahola

Baldiri Salcedo is Associate Lector at the research group Energy in Transition. Baldiri studied Mechanical Engineering at the UPC university in Barcelona, Spain, and holds a PhD about the use of Integrated contracts in social housing energy renovations carried out at TU Delft.  

Baldiri is in charge of developing new projects within the Center of Expertise Mission Zero and of carrying research with students in the Energy in Transition research group. He is currently involved in the following projects: Integral Renovation of Existing Building (IEBB), Brains for Buildings, Energy and Comfort performance of NZEB houses and Energy Transition Leidschendam-Voorburg. You can read more about it under the projects section of this webpage.

ResearchGate:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tadeo_Baldiri_Salcedo_Rahola

t.b.salcedorahola@hhs.nl

Peter van Duijsen

Prof. Dr. Peter van Duijsen [Prof. of Practice, IIT Guwahati, India] has worked with computer simulation and power electronics for nearly 35 years. After receiving his Masters in Electrical Engineering, and working at the Technical University of Delft, he founded Simulation Research and developed the simulation program CASPOC. He received a PhD degree in 2003 in the field of Modeling and Simulation of Power Electronic Systems. Currently he heads the research and development department at Simulation Research. From 2013 until 2019 he was part-time researcher at the Technical University of Delft where the focus is on electric machine control, wireless power transfer for EV charging and DC grids for Fast Charging. Since 2008 he is a lecturer at the Korean University of Technology, since 2020 Researcher at the DC-LAB at the THUAS University of Applied Sciences in Delft and appointed as Professor oP at the IIT-Guwahati-India since 2021. Dr. Van Duijsen co-authored several textbooks in the field of Power Electronics, Drives, Solar, Wind and electric Vehicles, is involved in the development of educational training hardware in the field of renewable energy and holds a Patent on wireless charging of eBikes. Research is done on all aspects of the application of power electronics in DC grids: building power converters, defining control methods and testing various applications.

ResearchGate:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter-Van-Duijsen

p.j.vanduijsen@hhs.nl

Joep de Groot

Joep de Groot is a Mechanical Engineering Lecturer. He mainly teaches about systems thinking, simulation, energy engineering and the subject of general sustainability in the minor program Sustainable Energy Transition. At the Research Group he is mainly involved in the development of simulation models for calculating sustainable energy techniques.

j.a.degroot@hhs.nl

May Almuhsinawe

Mechanical Engineering Lecturer. May studied Mechanical Engineering at Baghdad university, and obtained a master's degree in Fluid Dynamics in Iraq. In the Netherlands, after obtaining two bachelors and following the programme energy advisor, she worked in several consulting firms towards mechanical engineering installations and making buildings more sustainable.

Since 2015, she has been employed by The Hague University of Applied Sciences. May teaches fluid dynamics, heat theory (thermodynamics), heat transfer, and the subject smart buildings for the minor Sustainable Energy Transition (SET). In addition, she has worked on coordinating semester 3. Recently, May has also been working for the research group Energy in Transition where she works on renewable energy technologies.

Anton Hanemaaijer

Anton Hanemaaijer is a lecturer and researcher at the Energy in Transition Research Group.
He studied architecture at the Haagse Hogeschool, and then obtained his master's degree in Architecture at the TU-delft. He followed part of his master's degree in Gothenburg at Chalmers University. In recent years Anton has worked as an architect and international project leader in the greenhouse sector, with a major focus on hybrid and utility buildings. Within the Research Group Anton is involved in the Brains for Building project (B4B). There, sensors and data are used to make existing real estate smarter and more efficient.

Gerben Hoogendorp

Gerben Hoogendorp graduated as an Electrical Engineer in the branch energy technology. After that he did his PhD on the application of cables in Dutch 380 kV high-voltage grids. Since 2015 Gerben is working at THUAS as a lecturer in the Electrical Engineering program where he implements the educational curriculum Energy Engineering. Within the lectureship he is involved in simulation studies of new future electricity grids.
g.hoogendorp@hhs.nl

Gide de Ruijter

Gide de Ruijter graduated from the study of Aerospace Engineering at TU Delft. He is currently a lecturer in mechanical engineering at The Hague University of Applied Sciences and active in the Energy in Transition research group. His focus is on making the built environment more sustainable, in which modeling and data analysis are the main components. This is done in the projects H2 Heating and Brains4Buildings.

Arie Taal

Arie Taal graduated from the Delft University of Technology in the department of Air conditioning. After working at installation engineering consultancies, he became a lecturer at the mechanical engineering department where he developed and provided education in the field of energy technology. He has also been project leader of the Climasim project. His expertise lies in energy technology, installation technology, modeling and simulation. Currently he is, among other things, coordinator of the minor Sustainable Energy Technology. In the Research Group he develops simulation software for energy networks.

ResearchGate:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Arie-Taal-3
a.c.taal@hhs.nl

Pepijn van Willigenburg

Pepijn holds a degree in Industrial Engineering & Management, as he says himself he knows a bit of everything. Pepijn is active within the world of DC, mainly as a business developer of new projects and as a project leader of ongoing projects. Projects range from developing education, as in the ERASMUS+ DCT-REES project, to specialized technical R&D in the DC domestic appliances project.
p.vanwilligenburg@hhs.nl

Diëgo Zuidervliet

Diëgo Zuidervliet holds a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering. His main research is based on structuring, controlling and protecting DC-Grids. With his background as an electrical installation installer and circuit board repair specialist he now is focusing on Power Electronics and Power Converter designs. Modifying AC appliance to DC appliance gave the Direct Current research group and him a boost in 2019. Where they won the prizes for the best Thesis (3E Royal Smit Prize 2019), best Paper (Nico Beute Award 2019) and best research group of THUAS (Pim Breebaart Research Award 2019). Now he works on Educative Power Electronics to learn students the basics of Power Converters, and also works with students who do an internship in the DC-Lab (http://dc-lab.org) on research-based projects related to Direct Current topics.

ResearchGate:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Diego-Zuidervliet-2
d.c.zuidervliet@hhs.nl

Astrid Jansen

Coördinator van alle lopende zaken binnen het lectoraat.

a.p.jansen@hhs.nl

About the professor

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dr. ir. ing. Sander Mertens

Sander Mertens began his studies at the Technical University of Haarlem, majoring in Mechanical Engineering, after which he wanted to deepen his knowledge and decided to study Technical Physics at Delft University of Technology. After working in business for a while, he returned to Delft to obtain his doctorate in Aerospace on wind energy in the built environment. During his doctoral process, Sander set up the wind energy / building physics department at engineering firm DHV. He then founded Ingreenious to do international consultancy work and worked on wind energy projects for 9 years at his own company, Windchallenge. In August 2018 Sander was appointed professor of Energy in Transition. In addition to his work as a professor at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, he holds a KIVI (Royal Institution of Engineers in the Netherlands) chair.

ResearchGate:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sander-Mertens
s.mertens@hhs.nl
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NEWRAIL

The Dutch municipality of Horst on the Maas and ProRail are keen to stimulate the generation of renewable energy. As partners in NEWRAIL (Noise Energy Wall Rail America in Limburg), they are testing innovations that will deliver high energy yields. This research involves mounting solar panels on both new and existing sound barrier walls. Mounting solar panels on sound barriers is a new and ground-breaking idea. That’s why more research is needed to find the best method of installation. The innovative project NEWRAIL (Noise Energy Wall Rail America in Limburg) is an initiative of ProRail in collaboration with the municipality of Horst aan de Maas, TNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research), energy cooperative Reindonk Energie, and The Hague University of Applied Sciences.
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Wind resource characteristics and energy yield for micro wind turbines integrated on noise barriers – An experimental study.

An experiment of multiple sonic anemometers installed on top of a noise barrier and on a reference location has been conducted. The effect of the noise barrier on the wind flow has been studied. The properties of wind speed magnitude, turbulence intensity are assessed and compared. Additionally, the skew angle is being assessed for its influence on the wind energy yield. Additionally, an energy yield assessment with a wind field rotation sensitivity analysis based on these results has been made for the application of a micro wind turbine installed on top of the noise barrier.

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First step to full DC-potential:improving energy efficiency in household equipment

Electrification of transportation, communication, working and living continues worldwide. Televisions, telephones, servers are an important part of everyday life. These loads and most sustainable sources as well, have one thing in common: Direct Current.
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