Important announcement

Dear visitor,

Please note that this OpenCourseWare platform will be replaced at the end of 2026 by a new platform (under the same url ocw.tudelft.nl).

Courses and their contents that are currently available the platform will partly be migrated. URL’s for this content will change and content might be unavailable for some time. In addition, some courses will not be available anymore.

If you are linking to specific courses on this platform (for instance for your students), please take timely measures to avoid problems with access. Possible actions are:

  • Download the materials to your local platform (laptop, server)
  • For educators only (including TU Delft lecturers): Contact us at ocw@tudelft.nl and inform us what course you are using in what context (institute, program, period of use, number of students). We will research (in collaboration with the authors of the course) and decide if we will migrate the course, and if yes, can supply you with a new url.

Thank you.

Home Teachers Ivo Pothof

Dr.ir. I.W.M. Pothof

Ivo Pothof is part-time associate professor Smart Thermal Grids at Delft University of Technology and chair of the TU Delft Thermal Energy Platform (Thermo-X). He identifies system innovations and has initiated multiple strategic R&D projects in the cross-over between water, renewable energy and smart control of water and energy infrastructure. Ivo Pothof wants to contribute to the development of future-proof district heating grids and their integration in future smart energy systems.

Ivo has a background as an industrial hydrodynamics specialist at Deltares. Joining Deltares in 1997, he became specialist in fluid transients, optimal control of pipeline systems and air-water pipe flows. His book chapter on Transients in water supply systems is used worldwide as a hydraulic design guideline.

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