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Key performance indicators modeling for optimized microgrid configuration
(11/1/2015)Distribution system is so vulnerable to failures. These failures can be the result of natural or manmade threats. Blackouts are one of the distribution systems failures. Many people can be affected by blackouts. Therefore, ... -
Energy and exergy analyses of multigenerational integrated systems with geothermal and solar energy sources
(12/1/2017)The world population growth leads to a large demand of the different forms of energy. The challenges will be focusing on the discovery of new technologies that will satisfy to the demand and the production of energy that ... -
Reinforcing effect of PVDF/MWCNTs nanofibers on dental resin based composites
(12/1/2019)In the present study, the restorative composite resin was fabricated by impregnating electro-spun PVDF/MWCNTs nanofiber membrane within the based dental polymer (BisGMA/TEGDMA) using photo-polymerization. The flexural ... -
Optimization-based mechanism synthesis using multi-objective parallel asynchronous particle swarm optimization
(2008-12-01)A distributed variant of multi-objective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) called multi-objective parallel asynchronous particle swarm optimization (MOPAPSO) is presented, and the effects of distribution of objective ... -
Thermodynamic analysis of molten carbonate fuel cell systems
(2008-12-01)This study deals with the thermodynamic analysis of a molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) hybrid system to determine its efficiencies, irreversibilities and performance.The analysis includes a performance investigation of ... -
Thermodynamic performance evaluation and experimental study of a Marnoch Heat Engine
(2009-10-01)The Marnoch Heat Engine (MHE) is a recently patented type of new heat engine that produces electricity from lower temperature heat sources. The MHE utilizes lower temperature differences to generate electricity than any ... -
Heat and fluid flow analysis in a molten CuCl heat exchanger
(2009-10-01)The Cu-Cl thermochemical cycle is a promising method to generate hydrogen as a clean fuel for human use in the future. The cycle can be coupled to nuclear reactors to supply its heat requirements. The cycle generates ... -
Joint uplink-downlink beamforming in multi-antenna relaying schemes
(2009-11-01)The thesis examines the problem of joint receive and transmit beamforming for a wireless network which consists of one relay node equipped with multiple antennas. The transmitter and the receiver are single antenna ... -
Dynamic flowgraph methodology for reliability modelling of networked control systems: with application to a nuclear-based hydrogen production plant
(2009-12-01)The use of communication networks in digital control systems introduces stability and reliability concerns. Standard reliability and safety assessment methods need further modification to accommodate the issue in the ... -
Transient heat transfer analysis of heat exchangers in a Marnoch Heat Engine
(2009-12-01)The Marnoch heat engine (MHE) is a new type of power generation device that is under research and development at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. In this thesis, the transient heat transfer behaviour of ... -
Cooperative localization based on received signal strength in wireless sensor network
(2010-01-01)Localization accuracy based on RSS (Received Signal Strength) is notoriously inaccurate in the application of wireless sensor networks. RSS is subject to shadowing effects, which is signal attenuation caused by stationary ... -
Reliability evaluation of the two bus interface controllers in the Darlington simulator
(2010-01-01)The Darlington simulator is now two decades old and, in common with any nuclear simulator of a similar age, suffers the problem of parts aging and obsolescence. In the past, replacement parts were available from the original ... -
Investigation of sustainable hydrogen production from steam biomass gasification
(2010-12-01)Hydrogen is a by-product of the gasification process and it is environmentally friendly with respect to pollution and emission issues when it is derived from a CO2-neutral resource such as biomass. It is an energy carrier ... -
Well-to-wheel greenhouse gas emissions and energy use analysis of hypothetical fleet of electrified vehicles in Canada and the U.S.
(2010-12-01)The shift to strong hybrid and electrified vehicle architectures engenders controversy and brings about many unanswered questions. It is unclear whether developed markets will have the infrastructure in place to support ... -
Model predictive control of wheeled mobile robots
(2010-12-01)The control of nonholonomic wheeled mobile robots (WMRs) has gained a lot of attention in the field of robotics over the past few decades as WMRs provide an increased range of motion resulting in a larger workspace. This ... -
Motion planning for multi-link robots with artificial potential fields and modified simulated annealing
(2010-12-01)In this thesis we present a hybrid control methodology using Artificial Potential Fields (APF) integrated with a modified Simulated Annealing (SA) optimization algorithm for motion planning of a multi-link robots team. The ... -
Risk-informed maintenance for non-coherent systems
(2010-12-01)Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) is a systematic and comprehensive methodology to evaluate risks associated with a complex engineered technological entity. The information provided by PSA has been increasingly implemented ... -
A Hybrid LCC-VSC HVDC Transmission System Supplying a Passive Load
(2010-12-01)High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission systems continue to be an excellent asset in modern power systems, mainly for their ability to overcome the problems of AC transmission, such as the interconnection of ... -
Conversion of a scroll compressor to an expander for organic Rankine cycle: modeling and analysis
(2010-12-01)Conversion of a scroll compressor to an expander for organic Rankine Cycle: modeling and analysis -
Performance trade-off analysis in bidirectional network beamforming.
(2011-10-01)This research examines a two-way relay network consisting of two transceivers and multiple parallel relays, which are equipped with single antennas and operate in a halfduplex mode. In this system, the two transceivers ...