On November 15, 2024, Maarten Verboom successfully presented his Master’s Thesis to around 100 interested listeners, which was carried out within the MELODY project.
In his Master’s Thesis project, Maarten conducted a sensitivity study on the Non-Mobile Reference Level for High-Voltage Cables in the North Sea. During this study, Maarten found that the percentile setting within the WaterProof method for establishing the Non-Mobile Reference Level is the most sensitive parameter. Besides parameters, Maarten compared different data sources and the effect of using different data sources.
Maartens’ project contributes to quantifying uncertainties in the WaterProof method and has the potential to help minimise the life cycle costs of TenneT’s submarine export cables connecting (future) wind farms with the onshore grid.
In the end, several users, including TenneT, WaterProof, Hydrographic Office, Primo Marine, and Deltares, of the MELODY committee, participated in or contributed to this thesis project, making it a nice example of how our research can give users valuable knowledge.
You can find the thesis of Maarten here.
We are very happy to see more Master students graduate within MELODY and wish Maarten lots of success in his future adventures!
