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Structural Control Of Offshore Wind Turbines Using Passive And Semi-Active Control, Semyung Park
Structural Control Of Offshore Wind Turbines Using Passive And Semi-Active Control, Semyung Park
Doctoral Dissertations
Offshore wind energy has the potential to generate substantial electricity production compared to onshore locations, due to the high-quality wind resource. Offshore wind turbines must endure severe offshore environmental conditions and be cost effective, in order to be sustainable. As a result, load mitigation becomes crucial in successfully enabling deployment of offshore wind turbines. A direct approach to reduce loads in offshore wind turbines is the application of structural control techniques. So far, the application of structural control techniques to offshore wind turbines has shown to be effective in reducing fatigue and extreme loads of turbine structures. However, the majority …
Thermodynamic And Economic Analysis Of Several Hybrid Multigeneration Cycles And Waste Heat Recovery Systems Driven By Concentrated Solar Tower, Kasra Mohammadi
Thermodynamic And Economic Analysis Of Several Hybrid Multigeneration Cycles And Waste Heat Recovery Systems Driven By Concentrated Solar Tower, Kasra Mohammadi
Doctoral Dissertations
In recent decades, growth in the world population, economic and living standards have been responsible for substantial increases in global energy consumption. Moreover, exploitation of fossil fuels to supply energy demands has led to global climate change, which is expected to have far-reaching and long-lasting consequences on the planet. These factors have motivated the importance and necessity of developing more efficient ways for energy conservation and generation that avoid the production of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. One method to address these issues is to develop combined production such as multigeneration for simultaneous production of electricity, cooling, fresh …
Deep Understanding Of Degradation In Lithium Ion Batteries Through Experimental And First-Principles Study, Yufang He
Doctoral Dissertations
"The growing interests in Lithium-ion Batteries (LIBs) have significantly accelerated the development of active materials. However, the key challenge is that electrode materials suffer from degradation, which include transition metal dissolution, solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer formation, and mechanical fracture. To address these issues, applying an ultrathin coating onto active materials via Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) is an efficient way. Although numerious works have been done for active material performance improvement via ALD technology, the fundamental enhancement mechanisms of ALD coating on battery performance improvement are not yet known. Therefore, this dissertation consists of four papers, which focused on the …