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Experimental and theoretical investigations of a new integrated solar tower system for photocatalytic hydrogen and power production
(8/1/2013)
Solar energy conversion via photocatalytic hydrogen production from water is an attractive route for the propagation of a hydrogen economy. Increasing the efficiency of such systems to meet the target of 10% is essential ...
Nonlinear vibration and chaotic motion of uniform and non-uniform carbon nanotube resonators.
(7/1/2014)
Vibration analysis of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is very essential field owing to
their many promising applications in tiny instruments. The unique and interesting
properties of CNTs, particularly their mechanical and electrical ...
An interactive and context-driven approach to mobile decision support services
(8/1/2013)
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 ...
Development, analysis and life cycle assessment of integrated systems for hydrogen production based on the copper-chlorine (Cu-Cl) cycle
(8/1/2013)
The energy carrier hydrogen is expected to help solve many energy challenges we are facing today. Thermochemical water splitting using a Cu-Cl cycle, linked with renewable energy sources and/or the Generation IV nuclear ...
Design and implementation process for controls integration using CAN bus on a full function electric vehicle conversion
(3/1/2014)
From the electrical engineering perspective, this thesis addresses the design and
implementation of the conversion process from a hybrid electric to a full function electric
vehicle (FFEV). The architecture selection process ...
Micro-differential evolution: diversity enhancement and comparative study.
(8/1/2014)
Evolutionary algorithms (EAs), such as the differential evolution (DE) algorithm, suffer
from high computational time due to large population size and nature of evaluation, to
mention two major reasons. The micro-EAs employ ...
Real time safety verification in the process industry using fault semantic networks (FSN)
(8/1/2013)
In the process industry, there are uncertainties associated with each variable, which might lead to process deviations and hazards. In order to accurately quantify the risks associated with these hazard scenarios, quantitative ...
Design synthesis of car-trailer systems with active trailer differential braking strategies.
(8/1/2013)
To this date, various control strategies based on linear vehicle models have been proposed and developed for improving the lateral stability of car trailer (CT) systems. Is a linear-model-based controller applicable to ...
Probabilistic assessment of the impact of plug-in electric vehicles on power quality in electric vehicles on power quality in electric distribution systems.
(2013-11-01)
The electrification of the transportation sector may have socio-economic benefits such as
reducing greenhouse gases, lowering the soaring gas prices, and ending the reliance on
imported oil. The integration of plug-in ...
Design and analysis of an adjustable wrist rehabilitation robot.
(7/1/2014)
Numerous people lose motor capabilities of their hands every year because of the Stroke. Rehabilitation robot was used to recover the movement ability based on the plasticity theory. Many robots have been proposed but most ...