Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Title
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Thermochemical energy storage systems: modelling, analysis and design
(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 ... -
Thermodynamic analysis of ammonia and urea fed solid oxide fuel cells
(2011-04-11)This thesis is concerned with the thermodynamic analyses of ion and proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) fed with ammonia and urea as fuels. A multi-level approach was used to determine the feasibility and the ... -
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 anaysis of an integrated photovoltaic system for hydrogen and methanol production
(2012-06-01)A solar based integrated system for hydrogen and methanol production is investigated. Energy and exergy analyses of a hydrogen production plant, thermodynamic assessment of methanol synthesis plant, and exergy analysis of ... -
Thermodynamic performance assessment of three biomass-based hydrogen production systems
(2010-04-01)Hydrogen is likely to be an important energy carrier in the future. It can be produced by the steam reforming of natural gas, coal gasification and water electrolysis among other processes. However current processes are ... -
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 ... -
Three dimensional heterogeneous finite element method for static multi-group neutron diffusion
(2010-08-01)Because current full-core neutronic-calculations use two-group neutron diffusion and rely on homogenizing fuel assemblies, reconstructing pin powers from such a calculation is an elaborate and not very accurate process; ... -
Time-efficient offloading and execution of machine learning tasks between embedded systems and fog nodes
(2019-12-01)As embedded systems become more prominent in society, it is important that the technologies that run on them must be used efficiently. One such technology is the Neural Network (NN). NN's, combined with the Internet of ... -
Time-frequency analysis techniques for non-intrusive load monitoring
(2016-10-01)The work in this thesis examines time-frequency analysis techniques and in particular the wavelet transform to extract the features contained within the electrical load signals. A novel approach that is based on wavelet ... -
Tissue classification from electric impedance spectroscopy for haptic feedback in minimally invasive surgery
(2020-10-01)Haptic feedback is missing in teleoperated surgical robots creating a sensory disconnect from the surgeon and their patient. This thesis proposes using the electric impedance of tissues, instead of the traditionally used ... -
Tissue segmentation using medical image processing chain optimization
(2016-08-01)Surveyed literature shows many segmentation algorithms using different types of optimization methods. These methods were used to minimize or maximize objective functions of entropy, similarity, clustering, contour, or ... -
Topic models for image localization
(2013-08-01)We present a new scheme for partitioning geo-tagged reference image database in an effort to speed up query image localization while maintaining acceptable localization accuracy. Our method learns a topic model over the ... -
Torque control strategy for off-road vehicle mobility.
(2014-11-01)Multi-wheeled off-road vehicles behavior depend not only on the total provided power by the engine but also on the power distribution among the drive axles/wheels. In turn, this distribution is primarily regulated by the ... -
Total knee replacement serious game for surgical education and training
(2012-08-01)Traditionally, orthopaedic surgical training has primarily taken place in the operating room. Given the growing trend of decreasing resident work hours in North America and globally due to political mandate, training time ... -
Toward assessing and improving the protective efficacy of Canadians’ interrogation rights: misinformation and caution comprehension
(2022-08-01)The right to silence and right to counsel serve to protect detainees facing the power imbalance of police interrogation. Unfortunately, research indicates people are misinformed about their rights and struggle to comprehend ... -
Toward enhancement of evolutionary multi- and many-objective optimization: algorithms, performance metrics, and visualization techniques
(2017-12-01)In the last three decades, the focus of multi-criteria optimization has been solving problems containing two or three objectives. However, real-world problems generally involve multiple stakeholders and functionalities ... -
Toward enhancing metaheuristic optimization algorithms using center-based sampling strategies for solving single- and multi- objective large-scale problems
(2020-12-01)Over the last decade, metaheuristic algorithms have become well-established approaches utilized for solving complex real-world optimization problems. Most metaheuristic algorithms have used stochastic strategies in their ... -
Toward graph layout of large data visualization: algorithms, evaluations and application
(2016-01-01)Generating layouts for millions of points on a spatially-restricted platform is a difficult task with a unique set of constraints. These layouts are traditionally generated on a server out of sight of the user. User-oriented ... -
Towards a computational model of information trust
(2022-02-01)Information has been an essential element in the development of collaborative and cooperative frameworks. From decision making to the attainment of different goals, people have been relatively adept at making judgments ... -
Towards a concurrent implementation of keyword search over relational databases.
(2014-06-01)Vast amounts of data are stored in relational databases. Traditionally, querying this data required a deep understanding of the underlying schema in addition to knowledge of a query language such as structured query language ...