Browsing Master Theses & Projects by Title
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Performance analysis of gas turbine cogeneration systems.
(2014-06-01)Cogeneration is a highly efficient approach to generating electricity and process heat from the same fuel source. It is an approach of utilizing waste energy products for a useful purpose that significantly improves the ... -
Performance and emission characteristics of natural gas combined cycle power generation system with steam injection and oxyfuel combustion.
(2014-08-01)Natural gas combined cycle power generation systems are gaining popularity due to their high power generation efficiency and reduced emission. In the present work, combined cycle power generation configuration systems ... -
Performance assessment of transient behaviour of small wind turbines
(2009-08-01)Small wind turbine installations have a variety of potential uses, each with unique performance demands and operating conditions. Many applications require that the turbine is placed in wind conditions that are not ideal ... -
Performance investigation of various cold thermal energy storages
(2008-07-01)This study deals with solidification and melting of some typical encapsulated ice thermal energy storage geometries. Using ANSYS GAMBIT and FLUENT 6.0 software, HTF fluid motion past encapsulated water (ice) geometries, ... -
Performance of wide band gap switching devices in DC/DC converters of electric vehicles
(2016-10-01)Low losses fast switching wide band gap (WBG) semiconductors, such as Gallium Nitride (GaN) and Silicon Carbide (SiC), are becoming viable candidates for DC/DC converters switches in the powertrain of electric vehicle (EV). ... -
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 ... -
Piezoelectric flexing and output voltage of a microchannel heat engine
(2010-08-01)In this thesis, a new model is formulated for a piezoelectric membrane and fluid motion in a microchannel heat engine. A new slug flow model is developed for droplet motion in a circular cross-section channel. The model ... -
Poisson Distribution based algorithm to reduce grid harmonics caused by EV chargers
(2023-12-01)The global market of electric vehicles (EVs) is growing rapidly because of several factors such as growing concerns for pollution, governmental incentives/subsidies and regulations and consumers’ increasing interest in ... -
Power allocation in energy harvesting two-way relay systems
(2015-04-01)In this thesis, we consider two-way relaying in a wireless communication system with two transceivers and one relay node. In such a model, two scenarios are taken into account: a system with one energy harvesting (EH) relay ... -
Power-optimal network beamforming in single-carrier asynchronous two-way relay networks
(2015-09-01)In this thesis, we consider a single-carrier asynchronous two-way relay network, where the relays employ amplify-and-forward (AF) signaling in a multiple access broadcast channel (MABC) protocol to enable a bi-directional ... -
Powertrain technology and cost assessment of battery electric vehicles
(2010-04-01)This thesis takes EV from the late 90’s as a baseline, assess the capability of today’s EV technology, and establishes its near-term and long-term prospects. Simulations are performed to evaluate EVs with different ... -
A pragmatic testbed for distributed systems
(2017-11-01)Distributed systems have become ubiquitous and they continue their growth through a range of services. With advances in resource virtualization technology such as Virtual Machines and software containers, developers no ... -
Predicted safety & excavation progress algorithms for autonomous excavation
(2020-08-01)Excavation is the process of moving earth and is considered to be one of the primary projects in the construction industry. The adoption of various cutting-edge technologies for full automation can be a solution to the ... -
Predicting Bitcoin: a robust model for predicting Bitcoin price directions based on network influencers
(2016-10-01)The ability to predict financial markets has tremendous potential to limit exposure to risk and provide better assurances of annualized gains. In this thesis, a model for predicting the future daily price of Bitcoin is ... -
Prediction of the off-road rigid-ring model parameters for truck tire and soft soil interactions
(2017-07-01)Significant time and cost savings can be realized through the use of virtual simulation of testing procedures across diverse areas of research and development. Fully detailed virtual truck models using the simplified ... -
Probabilistic assessment of the impact of integrating large-scale high-power fast charging stations on the power quality in the electric power distribution systems
(2020-03-01)The work presented in this thesis assesses the impacts of integrating large-scale high-power fast charging stations on the electric power quality by studying different power quality phenomena such as low-order and high-order ... -
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 ... -
Probabilistic impact of charging plug-in electric vehicles on the electric energy distribution systems
(2016-02-01)The electric power grid including generation, transmission, and distribution system usually serving the loads in the consumer’s side through distribution transformers. Generally, increasing the demand requires increasing ... -
Process analysis and aspen plus simulation of nuclear-based hydrogen production with a copper-chlorine cycle
(2008-08-01)Thermochemical processes for hydrogen production driven by nuclear energy are promising alternatives to existing technologies for large-scale commercial production of hydrogen, without dependence on fossil fuels. In the ... -
Profile extrusion of wood plastic cellular composites and formulation evaluation using compression molding
(2010-05-01)Wood Plastic Composites (WPCs) have experienced a healthy growth during the last decade. However, improvement in properties is necessary to increase their utility for structural applications. The toughness of WPCs can be ...