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Design, analysis and experimental investigation of a new scroll expander based trigeneration system
(2014-01-01)Current technologies of using conventional energy produce a large amount of waste heat which can potentially be recovered in the form of useful work to use in our day to day life. This initiative not only optimizes the ... -
Design, analysis and experimental investigation of Cu-Cl based integrated systems
(2013-01-01)Burning fossil fuels for power generation results in emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and air pollutants such as nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur oxides (SOx), which are harmful to living creatures ... -
Design, analysis and optimization of novel photo electrochemical hydrogen production systems
(2013-04-01)Hydrogen is a green-energy carrier with a high heat of combustion. If obtained from renewable sources, it could be the ultimate and environmentally benign solution for the future energy requirements. This thesis presents ... -
Design, analysis and validation of electrode-less plasma generator
(2016-01-01)The current work investigates a method for generating plasmas without damaging electrodes. The primary objective is the creation of an electrode-less potential region (virtual cathode) through the use of electron emission ... -
Design, analysis, and control of switched supercapacitor banks for e-transportation electric energy storage systems
(2020-07-01)The hybridization of supercapacitors (SCs) with batteries in electric vehicles (EVs) improves the battery life, acceleration, and driving range. However, the efficiency of the power interface that unites the batteries and ... -
Design, development and experimental validation of a lab-scale system for rapid rotational molding of functionally graded integral-skin cellular polyethylene composites
(2020-03-01)An existing lab-scale experimental setup system, originally developed for a patented Rapid Rotational Foam Molding (RRFM) process, was re-designed, built, and its functionality was successfully experimentally verified. The ... -
Design, optimization, and prototyping of a three translational degree of freedom parallel robot
(2012-03-01)This thesis presents an evolutionarily design change for the Delta parallel robot. The proposed design change increases the useful workspace of the robot and aids in permanently avoiding singularities in the workspace. ... -
Design, performance, and economic evaluation of grid-connected renewable power generation system for Iqaluit community
(2022-08-01)The high demand for clean and green energy is due to the rise in global temperature as the climate is affected using fossil fuel for energy generation in the arctic region. Nunavut is rich in renewable resources like wind ... -
Designing power aware wireless sensor networks leveraging software modeling techniques
(2014-03-01)Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are typically used to monitor specific phenomena and gather the data to a gateway node, where the data is further processed. WSNs nodes have limited power resources, which require developing ... -
Detecting and preventing the electronic transmission of illicit images
(2009-04-01)The sexual exploitation of children remains a very serious problem and is rapidly increasing globally through the use of the Internet. This work focuses on the current methods employed by criminals to generate and distribute ... -
Detecting road boundaries and drivable regions in challenging weather conditions
(2022-02-01)Road detection is a core component of self-driving vehicle perception, where it covers detecting road boundaries and drivable road regions. It can also help human drivers to drive safely in lower visibility. The majority ... -
Detection of covert channel communications based on intentionally corrupted frame check sequences
(2011-07-01)This thesis presents the establishment of a covert-channel in wireless networks in the form of frames with intentionally corrupted Frame Check Sequences (FCSs). Previous works had alluded to the possibility of using this ... -
Detector positioning in a field-deployable limited-angle gamma ray emission tomography system
(2023-08-01)Imaging techniques have been part of the medical and industrial fields for more than a century due to their simple use in the inspection of internal parameters without sample damage. These methods take advantage of the ... -
Determining fuzzy link quality membership functions in wireless sensor networks
(2014-04-01)Wireless Sensor Network routing protocols rely on the estimation of the quality of the links between nodes to determine a suitable path from the data source nodes to a data-collecting node. Several link estimators have ... -
Developing a mobile manipulation system to handle unknown and unstructured objects
(2021-04-01)The exceptional human’s ability to interact with unknown objects based on minimal prior experience is a permanent inspiration to the field of robotic manipulation. The recent revolution in industrial and service robots ... -
Development and analysis of a high temperature electrolyser for the Cu-Cl cycle for hydrogen production
(2017-01-01)A number of thermochemical cycles have been investigated to produce hydrogen from water. However, most of these cycles operate at over 800°C. The relatively lower temperature (550°C) requirement and use of inexpensive ... -
Development and analysis of a new direct steam generation-based parabolic trough collector power plant hybridized with a biomass boiler
(2016-10-01)Direct steam generation (DSG) is the process by which steam is directly produced in parabolic trough fields and supplied to a power block. This process simplifies parabolic trough plants and improves cost effectiveness by ... -
Development and analysis of a solar-based integrated system with a CO2 Rankine power cycle
(2013-10-01)The current work is a thermodynamic-based design and analysis of a solar-based integrated system for power production. In this regards, a reheat supercritical carbon dioxide (S-CO2) Rankine cycle is proposed. This cycle ... -
Development and analysis of active rear axle steering for 8x8 combat vehicle
(2018-08-01)This thesis proposes and compares multiple vehicle dynamics controllers using rear axle steering of an 8x8 combat vehicle. The controllers are assessed on ability to increase maneuverability at low speed, increase stability ... -
Development and analysis of alternative thermochemical cycles for hydrogen production
(2021-12-01)Production of carbon-free fuels as alternatives for fossil fuels is a promising approach for controlling climate change and global warming. Hydrogen is considered as the key energy carrier of the future when it is produced ...