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Collision detection in smart-cities by using co-simulation
(2022-11-01)Road traffic has become prominent in everyday living, impacting or disrupting services to people and daily routines. With the rise in automobile manufacturing and the frequency of vehicle crashes, human catastrophes, like ... -
Colour mismatch in compounding of plastics: processing issues and rheological effects
(2015-01-01)Demand for plastic products is continuously growing with population increase and higher living standards. Imparting colours to plastics is a combination of art and science and plays a key role in production of attractive ... -
Combustion and emission characteristics of ammonia blended fuels in a spark-ignited engine
(2020-06-01)Climate change and fossil fuel depletion has brought attention to the need for alternative fuels. Ammonia shows great potential as an alternative fuel because it is carbon-free and can be produced renewably. In this study ... -
Communication protocols, queuing and scheduling delay analysis in CANDU SCWR hydrogen co-generation model
(2011-08-01)Industrial dynamical, Networked Control Systems (NCSs) are controlled over a communication network. We study a continuous-time CANada Deuterium Uranium-Super Critical Water Reactor (CANDU-SCWR) hydrogen plant and a discrete-time ... -
Compact integrated designs of microwave filters and antennas with dual-polarization
(2021-02-01)Microwave antenna and filter circuits are key components in all types of communication systems. In order to achieve high compactness and high performance for next generation wireless networks, this thesis investigates the ... -
Compact microwave filter designs based on cavity resonators
(2016-04-01)Cavity resonators are widely used in microwave filters and multiplexers due to their high quality factor and high power handling capability. Compact designs of these filters are important for practical applications, as ... -
Comparative economic analysis of conventional and plug-in battery electric vehicles in Canada
(2022-12-01)Conventional vehicles typically use gasoline for their internal combustion engines (ICEs). On the other hand, plug-in battery electric vehicles (PBEVs) use electricity to charge their batteries, so they do not need gasoline. ... -
Comparative study of ammonia-based clean rail transportation systems for Greater Toronto area
(2014-04-01)Ammonia as a transportation fuel offers a carbon-free, hydrogen rich energy source that emits no greenhouse gases in combustion, and has no global warming potential. Furthermore, it may be produced from any renewable ... -
Comparative study of various hydrogen production methods for vehicles.
(2014-12-01)Hydrogen as an energy carrier is a promising candidate to store green energy and it has a potential to solve various critical energy challenges. Although, hydrogen is a clean energy carrier, the possible negative impacts ... -
Comparison of the force and torque transfer for different cam profiles
(2021-09-01)This study presents static load and torque distribution measurements in groove cams for sinusoidal and cycloidal cam profiles. In this thesis, two different designs and apparatuses were developed and built for the static ... -
A comparison of three computational phantoms for calibration of a radiation portal monitor used for measurement of internal contamination.
(2014-12-01)The goal of this research was to investigate if portal monitors could measure internally deposited radioisotopes over a short count time (1 second) with a detection limit sufficient to measure 1/10 of an annual limit on ... -
Comprehensive Investigation on Content-based Medical Image Retrieval using Radon Barcodes
(2019-12-01)Content Based Medical Image Retrieval (CBMIR) systems are vital to the underlying operation of medical databases because they allow quick search and retrieval of medical images. Radon Barcode (RBC)s are binary complementary ... -
Compressive sensing based non-destructive testing using ultrasonic arrays.
(2013-08-01)In this thesis, we apply compressive sensing approach and the notion of sparse signal recovery to the non-destructive testing application, using ultrasonic arrays. In many signal processing applications including array ... -
Conceptual development and analysis of multiple integrated hydrogen production plants with Cu-Cl cycle
(2016-12-01)This thesis develops and analyzes four hydrogen production integrated energy systems, where hydrogen is produced via hybrid electrical and thermochemical water decomposition cycle, based on the chemical couple Cu-Cl. The ... -
Conceptual development and analysis of sustainable powering options for hybrid vehicles
(2018-02-01)Hydrogen and ammonia are the carbon-free fuels that have the potential to replace the fossil fuels in the near future. In addition, they can also act as energy carriers and storage media for many applications; particularly ... -
Constant-temperature constant-voltage charging method for lithium-ion battery technology
(2020-09-01)Lithium-ion batteries are the Electrical Vehicles' (EVs) best choice of Energy Storage Systems (ESS) on account of their energy density, power density, and life cycle. In order for the EVs to compete with conventional ... -
A contactless and non-intrusive current measurement technique for low and medium voltage AC power systems
(2023-08-01)The real-time state of current is essential to precisely monitor and control the AC power systems. It is also crucial for detecting various types of faults that may lead to long duration and wide area outages and affect ... -
A contextual authentication framework for smart home environments
(2020-04-01)A smart home is one equipped with connected Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices that can be remotely accessed and controlled. Access to smart home devices is mostly achieved through smartphones and tablet computers, but this ... -
Control of resonant excitation in piping systems
(9th International Symposium on Fluid-Structure Interactions, Flow-Sound Interactions, Flow-Induced Vibration & Noise, 2018)Acoustic resonance is a phenomenon which is known to have severe repercussions in a variety of industrial systems. Acoustic resonance can cause high levels of vibrations leading to damage or premature failure of critical ... -
Controlling the Vienna rectifier using a simplified space vector pulse width modulation technique
(2019-11-01)In this thesis, a simplified Space-Vector Pulse-Width-Modulation (SVPWM) technique for the Vienna rectifier is introduced to reduce the computational burden, the switching losses and the Total-Harmonic-Distortion (THD). ...