Browsing Master Theses & Projects by Title
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Simulation and control of a Marnoch heat engine
(2012-04-01)The Marnoch heat engine (MHE) is a new type of heat engine currently under development at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. The MHE can use waste or collected heat at temperatures that are currently unusable ... -
Simulation of microgrid system and low-cost wireless communication network
(2019-08-01)The MATLAB/SIMULINK model of a microgrid system is presented in this thesis. The microgrid consists of a converter-fed distributed generator photovoltaic array with maximum power point tracking, a converter-fed battery ... -
Simulation of voltage source converter based shunt active filter in EMTP‐RV
(2010-08-01)The deterioration in power quality due to the increase in non linear loads has sparked a new interest in the filtering techniques used in transmission and distribution systems. Unlike passive filters, active filters are ... -
Simulation-based fault propagation analysis of process industry using process variable interaction analysis
(2013-01-01)There are increasing safety concerns in chemical and petrochemical process industry. The huge explosion of Nowruz oil Field platform that happened in Persian gulf-IRAN at 1983, along with other disastrous events have ... -
Single-stage boost integrated asymmetrical half-bridge AC-DC power converter with dual modulation for indoor led lighting
(2015-04-01)Light emitting diodes (LEDs) for indoor lighting is a promising technology which can lead to major energy saving and cost reductions. The major concerns of improving power factor and regulating the output current ripple ... -
Social-based trustworthy data forwarding in vehicular delay tolerant networks
(2011-03-01)Vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) is an emerging new communication technol-ogy which has attracted a lot of research attention from academic community and indus-try. For many applications in VANETs, information has to be ... -
Spectrum sensing based on capon power spectral density estimation
(2015-04-01)Cognitive radio (CR) technology has evolved to solve the spectrum scarcity problem and improve spectrum utilization. Spectrum sensing is a CR function that allows secondary users to efficiently utilize the spectrum without ... -
Spectrum sharing for two-way relay networks
(2015-07-01)We consider a communication network consisting of two transceiver nodes, one relay node, and one receiving node. The relay enables a two-way communication between the two transceivers and meanwhile sends its own information ... -
A study of a novel design for efficient hydrolysis reactor for the Cu-Cl thermochemical hydrogen production cycle
(2021-06-01)In this thesis, methods to optimize the Hydrolysis reactor for the Cu-Cl thermochemical Hydrogen production cycle were investigated. A simplified Hydrolysis reactor using simple off-the-shelf components was tested and found ... -
A study of a piezoelectric energy harvesting system using magnetorheological fluids
(2020-08-01)This thesis reports the study of a piezoelectric energy harvesting system using a thin layer of magnetorheological fluid as a soft impact mechanism to enhance the frequency of the energy generator. Currently, the major ... -
Study of an internal combustion engine to burn hydrogen fuel and backfire elimination using a carburetor fuel delivery method
(2010-04-01)Hydrogen appears to be a clean and sustainable fuel for transportation vehicles, including internal combustion engine vehicles. In this research, a 1986 GMC Sierra truck with a 350CID 5.7L V8, 4 barrel carbureted Chevrolet ... -
A study of MHD and Monte Carlo simulations of high-current plasma beams in industrial applications
(2015-12-01)In recent years, high-current plasma beams have been widely applied in industrial applications. Computational approaches help us easily understand plasma properties. In this thesis, the high-current plasma beams are simulated ... -
Study of the effect of molten CuCl immersion test on alloys with high Ni-content with and without surface coatings
(2012-04-01)The demand for hydrogen as a clean energy carrier has increased greatly. The Cu-Cl cycle is a promising thermochemical cycle that is currently being developed to be the large-scale method of hydrogen production. The lifetime ... -
A study on regulation standard for SMRs
(2019-08-01)The current thinking in the nuclear energy industry is favoring by small-scale Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) with improved safety and multiple applications compared to conventional large-size nuclear power plants. The ... -
Sum-rate maximization for active channels
(2013-04-01)In conventional wireless channel models, there is no control on the gains of different subchannels. In such channels, the transmitted signal undergoes attenuation and phase shift and is subject to multi-path propagation ... -
Sum-rate maximization for two-way active channel with unequal subchannel noise powers
(2016-06-01)Wireless parallel channels refer to certain wireless links, where the information is conveyed from a source to a destination through a set of parallel orthogonal subchannels. In such channels, the transmitted signals undergo ... -
Sum-rate maximization for two-way active channels.
(2014-11-01)In this thesis, the term passive channel refers to the conventional parallel wireless channel model, where there is no control over the gain of each individual subchannel. We de ne an active channel as a parallel channel ... -
Sum-rate optimal network beamforming and power allocation for single-carrier asynchronous bidirectional relay network
(2015-08-01)We study the problem of sum-rate maximization, under a total transmit power budget, for an asynchronous single-carrier bidirectional (two-way) network. The network consists of two single-antenna transceivers which wish to ... -
A supervised machine learning-based framework to detect low-level fault injections in software systems
(2022-08-01)Fault injection attacks inject faults into system components, inducing abnormal software behavior. Software vulnerability analysis cannot prevent new attack vectors without software modifications. Attack detection methods ... -
System for evaluating effects of immersion in molten copper chloride salts on corrosion resistant coatings
(2014-12-01)Hydrogen, as one of the best alternative energy carrier candidates, is easier to sustain than fossil fuel. Hydrogen demand has significantly increased as a clean energy carrier. The Cu-Cl cycle is one of the capable ...