Browsing Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science by Author "Naterer, Greg F."
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Analysis of hydrodynamic phenomena in a fluidized bed for thermochemical hydrogen production
Haseli, Yousef (2008-04-01)This thesis examines transport phenomena of cupric chloride (CuCI2) hydrolysis within a fluidized bed. Conversions of CuCi2 and steam as a fluidizing gas are numerically investigated using a new non-catalytic gas-solid ... -
Development of a new hybrid photochemical/electrocatalytic water splitting reactor for hydrogen production: design, analysis and experiments
Baniasadi, Ehsan (2012-01-01)Solar-driven water splitting combines several attractive features for sustainable energy utilization. The conversion of solar energy to a type of storable energy has crucial importance. An alternative method to hydrogen ... -
Effects of blade configuration on flow distribution and power output of a zephyr vertical axis wind turbine.
Ajedegba, John Oviemuno (2008-07-01)Worldwide interest in renewable energy systems has increased dramatically, due to environmental concerns like climate change and other factors. Wind power is a major source of sustainable energy, and can be harvested using ... -
Evaporative drying of cupric-chloride droplets in a thermo-chemical cycle of hydrogen production
Slowikowski, Mateusz (2012-08-01)In this thesis, new empirical correlations that predict the behaviour of Cupric-Chloride droplets undergoing spraying and drying processes are developed. Cupric-Chloride is a chemical compound with the formula CuCl2 that ... -
Exergy and exergoeconomic analyses and optimization of thermal management systems in electric and hybrid electric vehicles
Hamut, Halil S. (2012-01-01)With the recent improvements in battery technologies, in terms of energy density, cost and size, the electric (EV) and hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) technologies have shown that they can compete with conventional vehicles ... -
Experimental design, analysis and improvement of a Marnoch Heat Engine with heat recovery.
Saneipoor, Pooya (2013-01-01)This research examines the prototyping of a Marnoch Heat Engine (MHE) and conducts thermodynamic and heat transfer analyses of this heat engine with a waste heat recovery system. The heat source for the MHE can be low ... -
Fluid transport and entropy production in electrochemical and microchannel droplet flows
Odukoya, Adedoyin (2012-04-01)The growth of energy demand in the world requires addressing the increasing power requirements of industrial and residential consumers. Optimizing the design of new and existing large power producing systems can efficiently ... -
Investigation of energy storage options for thermal management in hybrid electric vehicles
Javani, Nader (2013-01-01)Electric and hybrid electric vehicles could have a significant role in the sustainable transportation. Higher power density lead to extra heat generation and thermal runaway in the Li-ion cells. Therefore, a successful ... -
Kinetics and transport phenomena in the chemical decomposition of copper oxychloride in the thermochemical Cu-CI Cycle
Marin, Gabriel D. (2012-04-01)The thermochemical copper-chlorine (Cu-Cl) cycle for hydrogen production includes three chemical reactions of hydrolysis, decomposition and electrolysis. The decomposition of copper oxychloride establishes the high-temperature ... -
Leadership based multi-objective optimization with applications in energy systems.
Bourennani, Farid (2013-12-01)Multi-objective optimization metaheuristics (MOMs) are powerful methods for solving complex optimization problems but can require a large number of function evaluations to find optimal solutions. Thus, an efficient ... -
Mass transfer and particle dissolution in liquid-gas and solid-liquid flows: Application to hydrogen production processes.
Jianu, Ofelia Antonia (2013-10-01)Many environmental problems are related to the production, transformation and use of energy. Some of the concerns include, but are not limited to, acid rain, ozone depletion and climate change. Therefore, “greener” ... -
Multiphase flow and chemical reactor thermodynamics for hydrolysis and thermochemical production
Pope, Kevin (2012-08-01)Current techniques of hydrogen production (primarily reformation of fossil fuels) are unsustainable, releasing CO2 into the atmosphere, as well as consuming limited reserves of fossil fuels. The copper-chlorine cycle is a ... -
Second law analysis of a liquid cooled battery thermal management system for hybrid and electric vehicles
Ramotar, Lokendra (2010-08-01)As hybrid and electric vehicles continue to evolve there is a need for better battery thermal management systems (BTMS), which maintain uniformity of operating temperature of the batteries in the vehicles. This thesis ...