Projects
Debond - Advancing recycling of multilayer plastics and textiles using an integrated approach for debonding on demand technology Ghent University
Increasingly efficient recycling of packaging and textiles is necessary to achieve 50% material recycling by 2040, as set out in the 'European Plastics Strategy' In both the packaging industry, and the textile sector, recycling and reuse of waste products is very low (50% and 49% of waste products are incinerated, respectively). This is mainly due to the use of multilayer materials. The use of multilayer materials in the packaging industry ...
Controlling the hosting capacity by flexible application of RES, storage and demand response - FLEXICAP Ghent University
The variable and more and more expected flexible consumption of electricity from solar and wind will have to result in increased electricity consumption from renewable sources in the future. The search for a good balance between taxes, decentralised sources and energy buffers on site is essential for optimal energy management in both the private and industrial sectors. The technological possibilities to increase the self-sufficiency and ...
Surgery scheduling with elective and emergency demand KU Leuven
Operating rooms (ORs) are one of the most crucial and scarce medical resources. Generally, the elective (EL) patient consults with their physician or surgeon and is usually planned several days ahead of their surgery date. On the contrary, an emergency (EM) surgery has to be performed as soon as possible in order to save human lives. These EM patients could cause EL surgery postponement and aggravate OR congestion, which has become an ...
MicroNOD: microbial nutrients on demand Ghent University
The purpose of the MicroNOD project is crucial to overcome technological and non-technological barriers to developing innovative, sustainable value chain nutrients in captive industrial waste streams upgrading to a high-quality organic fertilizer, incorporated into a low-impact substrate, an on -demand permits release of nutrients, can be set to the crop needs.
Firm level heterogeneity and the demand and supply side of FDI spillovers Ghent University
This project investigates spillovers from foreign to domestic firms. Three types of characteristics determine the direction and magnitude of spillovers. Therefore positive spillovers are conditional rather than automatic. We consider spillover to depend on U+2018demandU+2019 side characteristics (domestic firmsU+2019 characteristics), U+2018supplyU+2019 side characteristics (foreign subsidiariesU+2019 characteristics), and ...
Designing Demand-Responsive Bus Services for Imbalanced Demand KU Leuven
Traditional public transport systems typically operate using a fixed-route and fixed-timetable scheme. To introduce a level of flexibility to the operations and, ultimately, make public transportation more attractive, research on public transport planning and optimization shifts towards more tailored options, which we call: `demand-responsive systems'.
In this thesis, we explore demand-responsive bus operations to improve the ...
Short-Term Demand Response in Electricity Generation Planning and Scheduling - Facilitating Wind Power Integration KU Leuven
Different methodologies are suggested, allowing the ...
Understanding and Estimating Diverse Households’ Comfort Elasticities during Demand Response Programs KU Leuven
Self-learning Control for Residential Demand Response KU Leuven
In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the share of variable renewable energy sources in the distribution grid. The intermittent, stochastic and uncontrollable nature of these energy sources introduces a need for flexibility from end users’ devices and energy storage assets. This flexibility is used to balance electricity demand and supply, and avoid grid congestion issues. At the residential level, end users can offer ...