Dr.ir. R.E.F. (Ralph) Lindeboom MSc

Dr.ir. R.E.F. (Ralph) Lindeboom MSc

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Currently he combines his experience from his former CTO position at SEMiLLA (2018-2022) with his scientific expertise on bio- and thermochemical conversions close to the thermodynamic limits, while infusing it with innovative frugal elements of system control engineering, microgrids, smart sensoring and big data analysis to develop Cyclic LOcal Sanitary engineering Solutions for Urban and Rural Environments (CLOSeSURE) and satisfy his innate curiosity. This translates into the following three research project domains:

  • 1)     Enabling access to water, food and health through waste(water)-driven (biogas and syngas) SOFCs in resource constraint settings
  • 2)  The development of innovative and advanced bio-thermochemical reactor concepts for resource-affluent communities (including, solar torrefaction, solar gasification and phototrophic purple bacteria)
  • 3)      Prediction of the biological or thermochemical origin of methane on Mars

  Next to his scientific focus, he is heading the biochemical laboratory of the department of watermanagement and environmental engineering. And he is the responsible lecturer for the module ‘Water quality and principles of environmental engineering”.


Biography

Over the years Ralph’s unorthodox creative yet analytical mindset combined with his hands-on mentality enabled him to work on a wide range of  leading edge ‘environmental engineering’ projects ranging from the largest parabolic solar cooking project in the world, to autogenerative 90 bar high pressure digestion for natural gas-like biogas production, to the first anammox (and other nitrogen cycle organisms) mission to Lower Earth Orbit on the Russian Foton-M4 satellite and a second nitrogen cycle organisms mission to the ISS. Next to that he employed and expanded his process and system engineering skills through the development of a futuristic bio-physicochemical pilot installation recovering hygienic water and nutrients from urine and shower water for long term manned Space missions in resource- affluent settings and the LOTUSHR (Home - Lotus HR) project targeting resource recovery from Barapullah drain water in resource-constraint settings.

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