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Experimental Investigation Of Encapsulated Phase Change Materials For Thermal Energy Storage, Tanvir E. Alam
Experimental Investigation Of Encapsulated Phase Change Materials For Thermal Energy Storage, Tanvir E. Alam
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Thermal energy storage (TES) is one of the most attractive and cost effective solutions to the intermittent generation systems like solar, wind and other renewable sources, compared to alternatives. It creates a bridge between the power supply and demand during peak hours or at times of emergency to ensure the continuous supply of energy. Among all the TES systems, latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) draws lots of interests as it has high energy density and can store or retrieve energy isothermally. Two major technical challenges associated with the LHTES are low thermal conductivity of the phase change materials (PCMs), …
Application Of Design Of Experiments In Metal Coating Process Improvement, Mayur Mohite
Application Of Design Of Experiments In Metal Coating Process Improvement, Mayur Mohite
Culminating Projects in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
RIE Coatings was experiencing an average of 8% fallout in the recess area coating quality of parts. Coating in the recess area used to peel off, crack and was resulting in customer complaints. The objective of this project was to reduce the coating defect in the recess area of different parts and thereby set up an experimentation process to bring down the defect rate from 8% to 4% of the batch. Different factors responsible for quality of the recess coating quality were identified. Factors such as load and spin time were tested at different levels. Two -way analysis of variance …