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Development and analysis of a new direct steam generation-based parabolic trough collector power plant hybridized with a biomass boiler
(2016-10-01)
Direct steam generation (DSG) is the process by which steam is directly produced in parabolic trough fields and supplied to a power block. This process simplifies parabolic trough plants and improves cost effectiveness by ...
Claims-aware middleware for securing IoT services
(2016-04-01)
Take a look at the world around us. There has been tremendous change in the way of living. With the world around us getting smart, Internet of Things is gaining ground in our life. Applications like smart home and eHealth ...
Development of a layerless additive manufacturing stereolithography machine to improve surface quality and dimensional accuracy
(2016-06-01)
Stereolithography (SLA) is an Additive Manufacturing (AM) process that has recently gained significant popularity in manufacturing research. The material used in SLA is a photocurable resin. SLA fabrication has conventionally ...
Integrated heat pump options for heat upgrading in Cu-Cl cycle for hydrogen production
(2016-04-01)
The Copper Chlorine (Cu-Cl) hydrogen production cycle is a promising green method to meet the future demand for hydrogen. The Cu-Cl cycle has a number of endothermic reactions that take place at high temperature level. One ...
Design and optimization of a macro-micro manipulator featuring a 3-UPS compliant parallel mechanism
(2016-10-01)
Micromanipulation in microtechnology is highly needed for microfabrication and biomedical applications. Specifically, high manipulation resolution combined with accurate macromotions plays a more crucial role especially ...
Experimental and numerical studies of flows over forward facing steps in pressure gradients
(2016-04-01)
This thesis reports experimental and numerical studies of the effects of adverse pressure gradients (APG) and Reynolds numbers on flows over forward facing steps (FFS). For the experimental work, particle image velocimetry ...
Machine learning classification techniques for non-intrusive load monitoring
(2016-10-01)
Non-intrusive load monitoring is the concept of determining the operational loads using
single-point sensing. The features contained within the electrical load’s signal are used to identify
a unique signature which is ...
Front underride protection devices: design methodology for heavy vehicle crashworthiness
(2016-04-01)
North American Heavy Vehicles contribute to a third of all road fatalities in Canada. Head on collisions are one of the most severe, as the mismatch of vehicle weight and sizing intensifies when a passenger vehicle is ...
Machine learning classifiers for critical cardiac conditions
(2016-04-01)
Cardiac diseases are one of the leading causes of death in Canada. Current methods of diagnosing cardiac conditions require a manual and visual analysis of ECG and heart rate (RR interval) data. In this thesis, novel ...
Design of contactless capacitive power transfer systems for battery charging applications
(2016-04-01)
The main aim of the thesis, is to develop a high power system for small and large air-gaps applications, concurrently possessing high efficiency. To tackle the problems stated, two modified converters where proposed. The ...