The Andean lupin (Lupinus mutabilis) is one of the lost crops of Incas and has been grown in South America and as a food crop for thousands of years. The seeds are the main source of commercial value regarding the high content of oil (about 20%), protein (about 43%) and carbohydrates (about 33%). A European …

Om de potentie van katalysatoren ingebouwde in een redox actieve Metal–Organic framework (MOFs) volledig te benutten moet de charge transport / elektron hopping worden geoptimaliseerd. Voor het optimaal functioneren van een katalysator zal de drijfkracht achter het mechanisme van elektron hopping moeten …

The 'AgroCycle' project investigates whether a cooperation of farms can become self-sufficient in energy and fertilization by using manure and organic waste streams for the production of energy, green fuel and green fertilizers by means of anaerobic digestion (AD). In the project, the project partners …

Saybolt is a petrochemical company that invest in different types of oils and fuels. Saybolt Vlaardingen has purchased a new Perkin Elmer Optima 8300 ICP-OES (Inductively coupled plasma optical-emission spectrometry) that must be validated. The ICP-OES is used to analyze metals in petroleum products. This …

Many attempts have been made to build an artificial brain. This paper aims to contribute to the conceptualization of an artificial learning system that functionally resembles an organic brain in a number of important neuropsychological aspects. Probably the techniques (algorithms) required are already …

This report describes the results and recommendations of the assessment of a potential business model for the orchard of Mr. W. Hekkert, Terwolde, focusing on drying fruits for organic muesli.

Past decades traditional agricultural landscapes characterized by a wide variety of grasslands, field boundaries, watercourses, and trees started to disappear. Population growth required an ever-increasing demand for food and traditional agricultural systems were converted to monocultures. With this …

Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADES) represent a green chemistry alternative to utilization of common hazardous organic solvents. They were introduced by Abbott et al. [1], and were found to have a wide range of compositions and favorable properties. NADES are typically obtained by mixing hydrogen-bond …

In collaboration with Eindhoven University of Technology, the goal is to synthesize water-soluble supramolecular fiber components (hydrogels) based on the BTA for mimicking the ECM. Is these BTA components the tetraethylene glycol units would be replaced by mono- or disaccharides, e.g. glucose or cellobiose. …

Materials with semiconducting properties are present in every microelectronic device and form the backbone of our information society. Commonly used inorganic semiconductors are poorly modular and their production is expensive and energetically demanding. Moreover, the use of metals and critical raw …