Browsing Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science by Author "Rosen, Marc A."
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Analysis and feasibility of an evaporative cooling system with sessile droplet evaporation to provide cooling for microprocessors
Chakraborty, Soma (2017-04-01)The study investigates the cooling requirements for the Intel Xenon Processor and the Intel Core i7-900 Processor using diffusion based evaporation of sessile droplets. An analytical model is developed to determine the ... -
Assessing district energy systems performance integrated with multiple thermal energy storages.
Rezaie, Behnaz (2013-08-01)The goal of this study is to examine various energy resources in district energy (DE) systems and then DE system performance development by means of multiple thermal energy storages (TES) application. This study sheds light ... -
Conceptual development and analysis of multiple integrated hydrogen production plants with Cu-Cl cycle
Al-Zareer, Maan (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 ... -
Development and analysis of a high temperature electrolyser for the Cu-Cl cycle for hydrogen production
Khalid, Farrukh (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 modeling of novel battery thermal management systems for electric and hybrid electric vehicles
Al-Zareer, Maan (2019-04-01)Thermal management system is necessary to control the operating temperature of the lithium ion batteries in battery packs for electrical and hybrid electrical vehicles. This thesis studies, develops and models novel battery ... -
Development of a model to investigate the sustainability of Ontario’s future electricity supply through a dual life cycle lens
Vantfoort, Nicholas A. (2021-10-01)Since the turn of the century, greenhouse gas emissions and their climate related impacts have been studied with increased vigor. A tool that has gained popularity in supporting the reduction of emissions is life cycle ... -
Electrochemical analysis of CuCl/HCl electrolyser
Soltani, Reza (2015-10-01)This thesis presents an electrochemical study on a CuCl/HCl electrolyser which is the hydrogen generation step of the CuCl thermochemical hydrogen production cycle. The anode electrolyte is solution of 2 mol.l−1 CuCl(aq) ... -
Energy ans exergy analysis of biomass co-firing in pulverized coal power generation
Mehmood, Shoaib (2011-04-01)Biomass co-firing with coal exhibits great potential for large scale utilization of biomass energy in the near future. In the present work, energy and exergy analyses are carried out for a co-firing based power generation ... -
Energy, exergy and cost analyses of nuclear-based hydrogen production via thermochemical water decomposition using a copper-chlorine (Cu-CI) cycle
Orhan, Mehmet Fatih (2008-04-01)In this thesis the Copper-Chlorine (Cu-CI) thermochemical cycle and its components as well as operational and environmental conditions are defined, and a comprehensive thermodynamic analysis of a Cu-CI thermochemical cycle, ... -
Enhancing geothermal heat pump systems with parametric performance analyses
Self, Stuart (2010-04-01)Parametric performance analyses and comparison of a basic geothermal heat pump, a heat pump cycle with motor cooling/refrigerant preheating, and a heat pump cycle utilizing an economizer with respect to first law is conducted ... -
Integrated heat pump options for heat upgrading in Cu-Cl cycle for hydrogen production
Almahdi, Mohamed (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 ... -
Investigation of mechanical heat pump systems for heat upgrading applications
Singh, Vishavdeep (2016-04-01)Three high temperature heat pump systems based on vapor compression cycles are introduced and examined. Four fluids (water, cyclohexane, biphenyl and mercury) are selected and analysed thermodynamically as prospective ... -
Investigation of new phase change material based thermal management systems for Li-ion batteries
Malik, Monu (2017-01-01)In this thesis, a battery pack consisting of three A123 20Ah cells connected in series is tested with various cooling methods at different discharge rates. Four different coolant inlet temperatures are selected for the ... -
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” ... -
Thermal sustainability of low-temperature geothermal energy systems: System interactions and environmental impacts.
Kouhi Fayegh Dehkordi, Sima (2013-10-01)In storing heat during summer for use in winter, the ground provides a better source/sink of heat than the outside air in regards to heat pump efficiency, being cooler than the outside air in the summer and warmer in the ... -
Thermochemical energy storage systems: modelling, analysis and design
Haji Abedin, Ali (2010-07-01)Thermal energy storage (TES) is an advanced technology for storing thermal energy that can mitigate environmental impacts and facilitate more efficient and clean energy systems. Thermochemical TES is an emerging method ...