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Incremental learning algorithm for anomaly detection applied to computed tomography scans in nuclear industry
(2022-12-01)During routine nuclear power plant (NPP) inspection, each maintenance tool is inspected manually before and after use on a nuclear reactor. This could result in long inspection duration (up to months), time, and resource ... -
Influence of forced convection on sessile droplet evaporation
(2019-04-01)Evaporation is a phase change process with potential for achieving large heat transfer rates under high air temperatures due to the latent heat of vaporization. Bioin-spired artificial perspiration systems can leverage the ... -
Influence of sinusoidal motion on Stirling engines
(2018-12-01)Stirling engines have a high potential to produce renewable energy due to their ability to use a wide range of sustainable heat sources and their high theoretical efficiencies. They have not yet achieved widespread use and ... -
Infrastructure for secure medical image sharing between distributed PACS and DI-r systems.
(2013-12-01)Recent developments in information and communication technologies and their incor- poration into the medical domain have opened doors for the enhancement of health care services and thereby increasing the work ow at a ... -
Inspection & modelling of cusp geometry in additive manufacturing to predict product’s surface roughness
(2015-04-01)The final dimensional and geometric inaccuracies, and the resulting high surface roughness of the products have been the major problems in employing Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies. Most of commonly used Additive ... -
Integrated chassis control strategies for multi-wheel combat vehicle
(2021-11-01)Combat vehicles are exposed to high risks due to their high ground clearance and nature of operation in harsh environments. This requires robust stability controllers to cope with the rapid change and uncertainty of driving ... -
Integrated heat pump options for heat upgrading in Cu-Cl cycle for hydrogen production
(2016-04-01)The Copper Chlorine (Cu-Cl) hydrogen production cycle is a promising green method to meet the future demand for hydrogen. The Cu-Cl cycle has a number of endothermic reactions that take place at high temperature level. One ... -
Integrated topology optimization design and process planning for additive manufacturing
(2019-08-01)Industry 4.0 demands that the systems and processes in today’s product design and manufacturing not just be automated, but to be robust and containing many feedback mechanisms which enables it to be self-correcting. The ... -
An integrated wind-powered energy system for residential applications in cold regions
(2021-09-01)This thesis proposed an integrated direct wind-powered energy system that can provide drinking water, domestic hot water, space heating as well as electricity for residential applications of a remote community in a cold ... -
Integration of component-based frameworks with sensor modeling languages for the sensor web
(2010-08-01)The goal of this thesis is to develop an easily modifiable sensor system. To achieve this goal SensorML (an XML based sensor language) is combined with Java Beans (a component model language). An important part of SensorML ... -
Integration of deviation zone evaluation and point measurement planning in coordinate metrology
(2015-03-01)Reliable inspection of a manufactured part with coordinate Metrology demands excessive time to provide higher accuracy. The uncertainty of inspection highly depends on the number and location of points acquired during the ... -
Integration of heterogeneous data types using self organizing maps
(2009-07-01)With the growth of computer networks and the advancement of hardware technologies, unprecedented access to data volumes become accessible in a distributed fashion forming heterogeneous data sources. Understanding and ... -
Integration of microwave and millimeter wave bandpass filters with antennas
(2016-07-01)Filters and antennas are essential elements in communication and radar systems. In a conventional design, antennas and filters are designed independently and then connected together through transitions and/or connectors, ... -
Intelligent fault diagnosis of gearboxes and its applications on wind turbines
(2013-02-01)The development of condition monitoring and fault diagnosis systems for wind turbines has received considerable attention in recent years. With wind playing an increasing part in Canada’s electricity demand from renewable ... -
Intelligent integration of prosumers with battery energy storage in smart distribution systems using optimal design and a transactive energy framework
(2018-06-01)A legacy electric power distribution system is characterized by a unidirectional power flow from centralized power plants to customers. The role of these customers has been known for many years as power consumers and not ... -
An interactive and context-driven approach to mobile decision support services
(2013-08-01)This thesis introduces a new approach to service sophistication where the users with no prior knowledge about a public domain's list of services can conveniently and e ectively use those services in companion with complementary ... -
Interactive visualization of the collaborative research network
(2012-01-01)Social networks have been evolving over the past few years, leading to a rapid increase in the number and complexity of relationships among their entities. In this research, we focus on a large scale dataset known as the ... -
Investigation and assessment of the integrated copper chlorine cycle for hydrogen production with a new separation process
(2021-08-01)The production of hydrogen as a clean fuel is anticipated to have a major impact on the development of the environmentally benign generation of energy. At present, a significant portion of hydrogen generation is based on ... -
Investigation of a hydrogen production process through aluminum and water chemical reaction
(2019-12-01)This thesis reported a novel hydrogen production experimental set up, which utilized the chemical reaction between aluminum and water to produce hydrogen. The constructed experimental setup had an aluminum powder spraying ... -
Investigation of a novel high temperature solid oxide electrolyzer for solar hydrogen production
(2017-04-01)This thesis proposes and investigates a new generation of photoelectrochemical cells for solar hydrogen production based on high temperature Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells. Therefore, a set of experiments are designed to ...