Visionary technology leader with extensive expertise in developing and scaling software solutions for sustainability and the built environment. My career highlights a proven ability to implement and scale GIS, AI, and IoT SaaS offerings. Passionate about leveraging technology to create impactful environmental solutions, combining a deep understanding of software development, industrial automation and Agile practices with a commitment to create sustainable solutions for a better tomorrow.
Water Technology Company of the Year
'In 2019 Royal HaskoningDHV took giant strides in the transition to the circular economy as it led the way in resource recovery. It initiated the first large-scale production unit for its ground-breaking biopolymer product Kaumera Nereda® Gum, while the firm scored impressive results with a new sludge digestion technology Ephyra®, its Aquasuite software and digital twin solutions.'
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When deploying advanced systems such as the virtual operator, with its increasing importance for our primary processes, we need to consider security from the beginning – the Security by Design approach. International standards, like IEC 62443 & ISO 27001, and best practices, like OWASP, can be very helpful in securing the systems within the plant. However, security awareness – with everyone involved in the operation – and Security by Design, in all asset management processes, are crucial to embed security into the architecture, code, processes and people.
Level-based control of the influent flow causes peak discharges at a waste water treatment plant (WWTP) after rainfall events. Furthermore, the capacity of the post-treatment is in general smaller than the maximum hydraulic capacity of the WWTP. This results in a significant bypass of the post-treatment during peak discharge. The optimisation of influent flow reduces peak discharge, and increases the treatment efficiency of the whole water cycle, which benefits the surface water quality. In this paper, it is shown that half of the bypasses of the post-treatment can be prevented by predictive control. A predictive controller for influent flow is implemented using the Aquasuite® Advanced Monitoring and Control platform. Based on real-time measured water levels in the sewerage and both rainfall and dry-weather flow (DWF) predictions, a discharge limitation is determined by a volume optimisation technique. For the analysed period (February–September 2016) results at WWTP Bennekom show that about 50 % of bypass volume can be prevented. Analysis of single rainfall events shows that the used approach is still conservative and that the bypass can be even further decreased by allowing discharge limitation during precipitation.
In de afvalwaterketen kan droogtevoorspelling veel opleveren. Niet alleen een betere benutting van investeringen, maar ook een hoger zuiveringsrendement - zonder nadelige gevolgen voor de riolering. Dit principe wordt toegepast in vier pilots van Waterschap Vallei en Veluwe bij rwzi’s met een nageschakeld zandfilter: Woudenberg, Ede, Bennekom en Harderwijk.
Waterschap Vallei en Veluwe heeft de intentie uitgesproken in het jaar 2025 energieneutraal te zijn. Voor de zuiveringen van het waterschap is de hoeveelheid energie en chemicaliën (nodig voor het bereiken van de gewenste effluentkwaliteit) vooral afhankelijk van de hoeveelheid en samenstelling van de aanvoer van de zuivering. Voor de beluchting en retourslib, de meest energie-intensieve processen van de zuivering, selecteerde waterschap Vallei en Veluwe de Aquasuite® PURE oplossing van Royal HaskoningDHV.
De kwaliteit en betrouwbaarheid van het drinkwater is hèt toetsingscriterium voor de waterleidingbedrijven. Paradoxaal genoeg wordt dit toetsingscriterium niet of nauwelijks gebruikt voor de processturing van waterzuiveringen. SLIMM (Self Learning Integrated Model-based Management) heeft technieken met soft sensoren ontwikkeld waarmee bij drinkwaterbereiding kosteneffectief en real time op kwaliteit gestuurd kan worden. De procesdata die de sensoren registreren worden bewerkt via een model. De uitkomsten van deze bewerking worden overzichtelijk gepresenteerd op een dashboard. Ook dit dashboard is gerealiseerd in het kader van het SLIMM-project. - See more at: https://www.h2owaternetwerk.nl/vakartikelen/269-real-time-kwaliteitgestuurde-drinkwaterbereiding-met-slimm#sthash.xi4A6GdY.dpuf
IT applications in the water sector cover a broad field of interest. On one hand, IT applications have the ability to integrate the water sector from a high strategic level with connections to security and energy services. on the other hand IT applications have the ability to improve the performance of a single process, or part of a process, by improving the design or control with detailed models. IT applications should lead to better water quality, lower environmental impact and more efficient management, control, monitoring and maintenance of water systems, infrastructure and water treatment processes. Due to fast communication and new ways of personal interaction with stakeholders and customers, IT applications will not only support the water sector in carrying out its primary tasks but also in its communication with customers and stakeholders.