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The Development Of An Inexpensive Alternative To Industry Solar Simulators, Raines A. Vanhuss
The Development Of An Inexpensive Alternative To Industry Solar Simulators, Raines A. Vanhuss
OUR Journal: ODU Undergraduate Research Journal
Solar cells are a prominent renewable energy source used in the twenty-first century. In order for the technology to grow, research lab equipment is needed to measure and characterizes these cells. This report covers solar simulator devices and proposes an alternative design solution to lessen the cost of solar cell lab equipment. Common household light sources were tested by generating I-V characteristics using an amorphous silicon solar cell. The light bulb that generated the best I-V curve was selected and then tested for the optimal distance between the light source and the solar panel. The alternative solar simulator was then …
Reconfigurable Load-Modulated Power Amplifier For Energy- And Spectrum-Efficient Wireless Communications, Haifeng Lyu
Reconfigurable Load-Modulated Power Amplifier For Energy- And Spectrum-Efficient Wireless Communications, Haifeng Lyu
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
With the increasing demand for faster date rates and extensive user connectivities, the complex modulation schemes and large-scaled arrays have been widely researched and employed in the modern wireless links e.g., 5G and beyond-5G systems. These pose major challenges to design the power amplifiers (PAs) to accommodate the system level evolution. As the critical part, the power amplifiers (PAs) dominate the output power, efficiency, linearity and reliability of the radio frequency (RF) transmitter. Consequently, the PA's capability of maintaining an efficient, linear and reliable signal amplification operation is essential to the communication systems. On the other hand, due to the …
Power Inductors: Design, Modeling And Analysis, Subash Pokharel
Power Inductors: Design, Modeling And Analysis, Subash Pokharel
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
Power inductors, or reactors as they are called in the power industry, are one of the fundamental components of a power system. They serve various purposes in both conventional and emerging power systems including: power flow control, fault current limitation, reactive power compensation, harmonic filtering, and others. This dissertation explores the design and applications of conventional power inductors and ways to overcome their shortcomings and expand their functionalities. In addition, novel inductor designs are proposed and analyzed to address power system challenges. A series of inductors, including traditional constant reactance inductor, gapless ferromagnetic core reactor (GFCR) (both costant and variable …
Grid-Interactive Buildings: Modeling, Operations, And Security, Guanyu Tian
Grid-Interactive Buildings: Modeling, Operations, And Security, Guanyu Tian
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
Smart grids and smart buildings are two highly interdependent energy infrastructure systems. Buildings rely on the grid to provide reliable power while their flexibility can also be utilized to enhance the reliability and efficiency of power system operations. The quantification of heating, ventilation, and air condition (HVAC) system flexibility is critical to the operations of both the grid and buildings in demand response (DR) programs. However, the flexibility quantification is challenging due to the non-linearity and non-convexity of thermal dynamics associated with HVAC components. This dissertation proposes a novel HVAC flexibility quantification method based on a semidefinite programming (SDP) formulation. …
Honey Badger Optimizer For Extracting The Ungiven Parameters Of Pemfc Model: Steady-State Assessment, Hossam Ashraf, Sameh Osama Abdellatif Dr, Mahmoud Elkoly Dr, Attia Elfergany Prof
Honey Badger Optimizer For Extracting The Ungiven Parameters Of Pemfc Model: Steady-State Assessment, Hossam Ashraf, Sameh Osama Abdellatif Dr, Mahmoud Elkoly Dr, Attia Elfergany Prof
Electrical Engineering
In this work, a novel attempt is performed to optimally identify the seven ungiven parameters of the proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) steady-state model. A fitness function is adapted to reduce the sum of quadratic errors (SQEs) between the experimentally measured voltages and the corresponding computed values. A honey badger optimizer (HBO) is utilized to minimize the SQEs, exposed to a group of inequality bounds. Three test cases of well-known commercial PEMFCs units as benchmarking are elucidated and discussed over different steady-state operating conditions. Substantial comparisons to the other up-to-date optimizers published in the art-of-literature are provided to appraise …
Synergy Of Neuro-Fuzzy Controller And Tuna Swarm Algorithm For Maximizing The Overall Efficiency Of Pem Fuel Cells Stack Including Dynamic Performance, Hossam Ashraf, Mahmoud M. Elkholy Prof, Sameh O. Abdellatif, Attia A. El-Fergany Prof
Synergy Of Neuro-Fuzzy Controller And Tuna Swarm Algorithm For Maximizing The Overall Efficiency Of Pem Fuel Cells Stack Including Dynamic Performance, Hossam Ashraf, Mahmoud M. Elkholy Prof, Sameh O. Abdellatif, Attia A. El-Fergany Prof
Electrical Engineering
Recently, world endeavors are focused on promoting energy savings by operating both sources and loads at their maximum efficiency points. Thus, this paper presents a novel attempt to optimally determine the operating parameters of an isolated system comprising the proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) stack serving a variable load. A fitness function is adapted to maximize the PEMFCs stack’s efficiency using tuna swarm algorithm (TSA), subjected to set of inequality constraints. A well-known commercial type of PEMFCs stack namely Nedstack PS6 6 kW, are carefully studied over two TSA-based optimization scenarios. The first scenario aims at optimizing five operating …
Large-Scale Modeling And Dr Control Of Electric Water Heaters With Energy Star And Cta-2045 Control Types In Distribution Power Systems, Huangjie Gong, Evan S. Jones, A. H. M. Jakaria, Aminul Huque, Ajit Renjit, Dan Ionel
Large-Scale Modeling And Dr Control Of Electric Water Heaters With Energy Star And Cta-2045 Control Types In Distribution Power Systems, Huangjie Gong, Evan S. Jones, A. H. M. Jakaria, Aminul Huque, Ajit Renjit, Dan Ionel
Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky Faculty Publications
The paper proposes a generalized energy storage (GES) model for battery energy storage systems (BESS), electric water heaters (EWH) and heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems to enable demand response control complying to Energy Star and CTA-2045 standards. The demand response control has been implemented in the DER integration testbed, which was originally developed by EPRI, to demonstrate that the “energy content” and “energy take” for BESS and EWH with mixing valve technology are comparable for typical residential ratings. A distribution power system was modeled using the modified IEEE 123-bus feeder system, measured residential loads, and EWH power simulated based …
Multi-Physics And Artificial Intelligence Models For Digital Twin Implementations Of Residential Electric Loads, Steven Poore, Rosemary E. Alden, Huangjie Gong, Dan M. Ionel
Multi-Physics And Artificial Intelligence Models For Digital Twin Implementations Of Residential Electric Loads, Steven Poore, Rosemary E. Alden, Huangjie Gong, Dan M. Ionel
Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky Faculty Publications
Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) and electric water heating (EWH) represent residential loads. Simulating these appliances for electric load forecasting, demand response (DR) studies, and human behavior analysis using physics-based models and artificial intelligence (AI) can further advance smart home technology. This paper explains the background of residential load modeling, starting with the concept of digital twin (DT) as well as the different types of methods. Two major types of appliance load monitoring (ALM) and their advantages/disadvantages are then discussed. This is followed by a review of multiple studies on residential load modeling, particularly for HVAC, EWH, and human behavior. …
Power Decoupling Control And Optimization For A Photovoltaic Inverter In D-Q Rotation Frame, Zhaoxia Yang
Power Decoupling Control And Optimization For A Photovoltaic Inverter In D-Q Rotation Frame, Zhaoxia Yang
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects
In the past decade, solar energy, the fastest growing renewable energy, has been a growing interest in integration to the utility grid. Power electronics converters play important role in renewable energy integration, e.g., integrate the distributed photovoltaic (PV) panels to the grid. In many applications, particularly in the residential area, a single-phase rather than three-phase inverter is used to regulate the voltage from one form to the other while tracking the maximum power point of the PV system. The input voltage and current are DC and its maximum power is desired to be a constant value. However, in the single-phase …
Techno-Economic Feasibility Of Electrifying Food Markets In Nigeria With Biogas Hybrid Mini-Grids, Demi Temitope Ogunwo
Techno-Economic Feasibility Of Electrifying Food Markets In Nigeria With Biogas Hybrid Mini-Grids, Demi Temitope Ogunwo
Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects
This thesis explored the feasibility of electrifying a food market in an urban city in Nigeria with a hybrid biogas-powered mini-grid. Under the Energizing Economies Initiative of the Rural Electrification Agency of Nigeria, nine markets in the country currently receive constant access to electricity via hybrid mini-grid systems. As a majority of these systems are diesel-solar-battery systems, this thesis explored the use of biogas generators as a substitute for diesel generators in hybrid mini-grids for food markets. A fruit and vegetable market in Ketu, Lagos was used as a case study for the research. The research for this thesis was …
Stochastic Battery Soc Model Of Ev Community For V2g Operations Using Cta-2045 Standards, Huangjie Gong, Rosemary E. Alden, Dan Ionel
Stochastic Battery Soc Model Of Ev Community For V2g Operations Using Cta-2045 Standards, Huangjie Gong, Rosemary E. Alden, Dan Ionel
Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky Faculty Publications
An electric vehicle (EV) battery has large energy storage capacity in the context of residential total usage, and the potential to provide large energy reserves for Home energy Management (HEM) systems. In an electric distribution system, groups of EVs could provide vehicle-to-grid (V2G) service in response to control signals and enable virtual power plant (VPP) operation of the car batteries. The CTA-2045 standards were considered for integration of the EV controls into the HEM system for maximal interoperability with other appliances, such as residential battery, electric water heater, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The power distribution system …
Assessment Of Hydrogen Adoption Readiness In Energy Sector Using Indicator-Based Analysis, Patcharee Penchan
Assessment Of Hydrogen Adoption Readiness In Energy Sector Using Indicator-Based Analysis, Patcharee Penchan
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
Global environmental concerns have led countries like Japan and Thailand to seek alternative energy sources to meet environmental goals and country agenda. Hydrogen has been added to the energy agenda as a way to address the energy challenges and shape the country's future profile. This study analyzes the readiness of Japan and Thailand to adopt hydrogen energy technology by comparing indicators. Japan experienced in developing hydrogen energy projects, while Thailand is exploring the technology's potential. The research proposes a hydrogen-related indicator framework to evaluate a country's energy system in Japan and Thailand case. The study aims to identify indicators to …
ผลกระทบด้านความต้องการพลังงานของอาคารที่ออกแบบตามเกณฑ์เป็นสุข, จีรุฏฐ์ ตั้งมานะกิจ
ผลกระทบด้านความต้องการพลังงานของอาคารที่ออกแบบตามเกณฑ์เป็นสุข, จีรุฏฐ์ ตั้งมานะกิจ
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
การวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อนำเสนอผลกระทบด้านความต้องการพลังงานของอาคารที่ออกแบบตามเกณฑ์อาคารที่มีสุขภาวะที่ดีโดยสถาบันอาคารเขียวไทยมีชื่อเกณฑ์”เป็นสุข” โดยการวิจัยนี้นำข้อมูลการประเมินประสิทธิภาพการใช้พลังงานทั้งอาคารกรณีศึกษาแบบปกติและอาคารกรณีศึกษาที่ปรับแบบให้สอดคล้องตามเกณฑ์เป็นสุข นำมาวิเคราะห์เปรียบเทียบตามมาตรฐานและหลักเกณฑ์ในการออกแบบอาคารเพื่อการอนุรักษ์พลังงาน โดยการใช้โปรแกรม Building Energy Code (BEC) Web-based ผลการศึกษาพบว่า อาคารกรณีศึกษาแบบปกติที่ใช้เป็นแบบอ้างอิงมีผลการประเมินประสิทธิภาพการใช้พลังงานผ่านเกณฑ์ตามข้อกำหนดของกฎกระทรวงฯ ทั้งแบบการประเมินรายระบบและการใช้พลังงานโดยรวม ส่วนกรณีอาคารเป็นสุขแบบที่ 1 ผ่านเกณฑ์ตามข้อกำหนดของกฎกระทรวงฯเฉพาะการใช้พลังงานโดยรวม แต่ระบบกรอบอาคารไม่ผ่านเกณฑ์การประเมินรายระบบ โดยที่ค่าการถ่ายเทความร้อนรวมของผนังในส่วนที่มีการปรับอากาศ (OTTV) เปลี่ยนแปลงเพิ่มขึ้น 13.86% เนื่องจากความต้องการของอาคารตามเกณฑ์เป็นสุข คือ การมีช่องเปิดที่มีขนาดใหญ่ขึ้นและมีกระจกหน้าต่างที่สว่างมากขึ้นเพื่อให้ได้รับแสงสว่างธรรมชาติที่มากขึ้น จึงนำความร้อนเข้าสู่ภายในอาคารผ่านกระจกหน้าต่างด้านนอกมากขึ้น โดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งหากไม่ได้ใช้กระจกกรอบอาคารประสิทธิภาพสูง แต่สำหรับค่าการใช้พลังงานโดยรวมของอาคารพบว่าอาคารเป็นสุขแบบที่ 1 ยังสามารถผ่านเกณฑ์ตามข้อกำหนดของกฎกระทรวงฯ เนื่องจากการประหยัดพลังงานจากการใช้ไฟฟ้าแสงสว่าง สำหรับอาคารเป็นสุขแบบที่ 2 ผ่านเกณฑ์ตามข้อกำหนดของกฎกระทรวงฯ ทั้งแบบการประเมินรายระบบและการใช้พลังงานโดยรวม
Superhalogen-Based Li-Rich Anti-Perovskite Superionic Conductors, Md Mominul Islam
Superhalogen-Based Li-Rich Anti-Perovskite Superionic Conductors, Md Mominul Islam
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Solid-state batteries are being widely explored to meet next-generation energy storage demand with a great potentiality of achieving high energy and power densities at All-solidstate Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). In recent years, electronically inverted lithium-rich antiperovskite (LiRAP) solid electrolytes with the formula Li3OX, where X is a halogen or mixture of halogens have appeared as a prospective alternative of the commercially available flammable and corrosive organic liquid electrolytes because of their high ionic conductivity, structural variety, and wide electrochemical window. Here, For the first time, we have successfully formulated and synthesized a completely new class of super halogen based double anti-perovskite …
Optimization Based On Movable Damped Wave Algorithm For Design Of Photovoltaic/ Wind/ Diesel/ Biomass/ Battery Hybrid Energy Systems, Mohammed Kharrich, Salah Kamel, Mamdouh Abdel-Akher, Ahmad Eid, Hossam Zawbaa, Jonghoon Kim
Optimization Based On Movable Damped Wave Algorithm For Design Of Photovoltaic/ Wind/ Diesel/ Biomass/ Battery Hybrid Energy Systems, Mohammed Kharrich, Salah Kamel, Mamdouh Abdel-Akher, Ahmad Eid, Hossam Zawbaa, Jonghoon Kim
Articles
The actual energetic situation has several challenges such as pollution, the rarefaction of fossil fuel and the dangers of nuclear. Renewable sources are proposed as a solution and suggested, such as a cost-effectiveness system. The paper deals with the problem of feeding a domestic load with electricity which should respect the ecologies factors, so this work is a design problem of the hybrid renewable energy systems; PV/biomass, PV/diesel/battery, PV/wind/diesel/battery, and wind/diesel/battery to choose the best one of them which feed the load with the lowest cost. The study’s goal is to design a microgrid system by the minimization of the …
A Soft-Switched Three-Port Dc-Dc Converter For A Pv/ Battery System, Mohamedelfatih Dosa
A Soft-Switched Three-Port Dc-Dc Converter For A Pv/ Battery System, Mohamedelfatih Dosa
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects
This thesis proposed a soft-switched three-port bidirectional DC-DC converter for managing the power flow of a photovoltaic (PV) and battery system. The proposed converter consists of three ports connected to a PV panel, battery, and load. These three ports are interfaced through the high-frequency transformer and use phase-shift control to achieve soft-switching for all converter switches. Compared with the traditional multiport converters, the proposed three-port converter uses the least number of power switches, and zero-voltage switching (ZVS). Simulation and experimental results validate the design and effectiveness of soft switching and power flow control. The converter can work in different scenarios …
Sizing Considerations For Ev Dynamic Wireless Charging Systems With Integrated Energy Storage, Donovin Lewis, Huangjie Gong, Gregory D. Erhardt, Rong Zeng, Omer Onar, Veda Prakash Galigekere, Burak Ozpineci, Dan Ionel
Sizing Considerations For Ev Dynamic Wireless Charging Systems With Integrated Energy Storage, Donovin Lewis, Huangjie Gong, Gregory D. Erhardt, Rong Zeng, Omer Onar, Veda Prakash Galigekere, Burak Ozpineci, Dan Ionel
Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky Faculty Publications
Roadways with dynamic wireless charging systems (DWCS) enable charge-sustaining in-motion EV charging, which can reduce charging idle time while increasing range capabilities. Spatially distributed transmitter coils are controlled in response to traffic load that varies significantly minute to minute with high power levels, very short charging time, and low system utilization like wind turbine power. Traffic load estimation and localized analysis may guide effective sizing and topology adoption for feasible and scalable DWCS deployment. DWCS traffic load approximation is reviewed with measured Automated Traffic Recorder (ATR) data and statistical distributions being used to create a synthetic load analyzed using proposed …
Modeling And Control Of Direct-Conversion Hybrid Switched-Capacitor Dc-Dc Converters, Ziyu Xia
Modeling And Control Of Direct-Conversion Hybrid Switched-Capacitor Dc-Dc Converters, Ziyu Xia
Dartmouth College Ph.D Dissertations
Efficient power delivery is increasingly important in modern computing, communications, consumer and other electronic systems, due to the high power demand and thermal concerns accompanied by performance advancements and tight packaging. In pursuit of high efficiency, small physical volume, and flexible regulation, hybrid switched-capacitor topologies have emerged as promising candidates for such applications. By incorporating both capacitors and inductors as energy storage elements, hybrid topologies achieve high power density while still maintaining soft charging and efficient regulation characteristics. However, challenges exist in the hybrid approach. In terms of reliability, each flying capacitor should be maintained at a nominal `balanced' voltage …
Intrinsically Mode Reconfigurable Load Modulation Balanced Amplifier Leveraging Transistor's Analog-Digital Duality, Niteesh Bharadwaj Vangipurapu
Intrinsically Mode Reconfigurable Load Modulation Balanced Amplifier Leveraging Transistor's Analog-Digital Duality, Niteesh Bharadwaj Vangipurapu
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
The communication schemes have rapidly changed the face of the human means of communication. The evolution from one generation to another has triggered many challenges on the design methodologies of RF designers. As the evolution ensued, the spectrally efficient modulation schemes have resulted in the substantial rise of PAPR, the peak-to-average power ratio. To enable the efficient amplification of the high PAPR signals, this thesis explores the areas of Load modulated Balanced amplifiers that can be inherently reconfigured to achieve a better efficiency than the conventional RF power amplifiers that see a significant drop in the efficiency as the signal …
Broadband Power Amplifier Design With High Power, High Efficiency And Large Back-Off Range, Yuchen Cao
Broadband Power Amplifier Design With High Power, High Efficiency And Large Back-Off Range, Yuchen Cao
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
As modern communication system technology develops, the demand for devices with smaller size, higher efficiency, and larger bandwidth has increased dramatically. To achieve this purpose, a novel architecture of load modulated balanced amplifier (LMBA) with a unique load-modulation characteristic different from any existing LMBAs and Doherty power amplifiers (DPAs) was presented, which is named as Pseudo-Doherty LMBA (PD-LMBA). Based on a special combination of control amplifier (carrier) and balanced amplifier (peaking) together with proper phase and amplitude controls, an optimal load-modulation behavior can be achieved for PD-LMBA leading to maximized efficiency over extended power back-off range. More importantly, the efficiency …
Fabrication Of Piezoelectric Field Effect Transistors For Acoustic Signal Detection, Luke Minks
Fabrication Of Piezoelectric Field Effect Transistors For Acoustic Signal Detection, Luke Minks
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
In this study, a standard bulk FET design is fabricated with a piezoelectric gate, allowing a microwave-frequency voltage signal to be transmitted from a transducer to the transistor via acoustic conduction through the substrate. Using a single polycrystalline aluminum nitride film as the piezoelectric material, microwave-frequency piezoelectric transducers were fabricated in parallel with piezoelectric FETs. These device pairs function by generating high frequency acoustic waves in the substrate via application of AC voltage to the transducers; the transistors then recover these signals by detecting these waves in their gates via the piezoelectric film, reproducing an attenuated version of the original …
Empirical Comparison Of Machine Learning Methods For Wind Power Predictions, Sidny M. Stewart
Empirical Comparison Of Machine Learning Methods For Wind Power Predictions, Sidny M. Stewart
EWU Masters Thesis Collection
No abstract provided.
Hydrogen And Peer-To-Peer Energy Exchanges For Deep Decarbonization Of Power Systems, Hamed Haggi
Hydrogen And Peer-To-Peer Energy Exchanges For Deep Decarbonization Of Power Systems, Hamed Haggi
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
Decreasing costs of renewable energy resources and net-zero emission energy production policy, set by U.S. government, are two preeminent factors that motivate power utilities to deploy more system- or consumer-centric distributed energy resources (DERs) to decarbonize electricity production. Since, deep energy decarbonization cannot be achieved without high penetration of renewable energy sources, utilities should develop and invest in new business models for power system operation and planning during the energy transition. Considering the pathways to deeply decarbonize power systems, first, this dissertation proposes a novel hierarchical peer-to-peer (P2P) energy market design in active distribution networks. The framework integrates the distributional …
Heuristic Algorithms For Transmission Switching To Reduce Load Shedding, Tanveer Hussain
Heuristic Algorithms For Transmission Switching To Reduce Load Shedding, Tanveer Hussain
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Efficient Numerical Optimization For Parallel Dynamic Optimal Power Flow Simulation Using Network Geometry, Rylee Sundermann
Efficient Numerical Optimization For Parallel Dynamic Optimal Power Flow Simulation Using Network Geometry, Rylee Sundermann
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
In this work, we present a parallel method for accelerating the multi-period dynamic optimal power flow (DOPF). Our approach involves a distributed-memory parallelization of DOPF time-steps, use of a newly developed parallel primal-dual interior point method, and an iterative Krylov subspace linear solver with a block-Jacobi preconditioning scheme. The parallel primal-dual interior point method has been implemented and distributed in the open-source PETSc library and is currently available. We present the formulation of the DOPF problem, the developed primal dual interior point method solver, the parallel implementation, and results on various multi-core machines. We demonstrate the effectiveness our proposed block-Jacobi …
State Level Trends In Renewable Energy Procurement Via Solar Installation Versus Green Electricity, Eric Michael Hanson
State Level Trends In Renewable Energy Procurement Via Solar Installation Versus Green Electricity, Eric Michael Hanson
Masters Theses
“In the past 5 years, consumer options for procuring renewable energy have increased, ranging from rooftop solar installation to utility green pricing to Community Choice Aggregation. These options vary in terms of costs and benefits to the consumer as well as grid integration implications. However, little is known regarding how the presence of a wide range of options for utility-scale renewable procurement affects demand for distributed residential solar installations. In theory, there are three possible relationships, (1) positive correlation, where utility-scale and distributed resources complement each other to increase overall production, (2) negative correlation, where utility-scale and distributed resources are …
Wireless Power Transfer In Autonomous Mobile Microgrids, Carl Greene
Wireless Power Transfer In Autonomous Mobile Microgrids, Carl Greene
Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports
The ability to autonomously dock unmanned ground vehicles plays a key role in mobile micro-grids, where efficient power transfer is paramount. The approach utilized in this work allows for near-field wireless power transfer in remote locations with minimal support. Establishing a micro-grid power system connection autonomously using wireless power eliminates the arduous task of designing a complex, multiple degrees of freedom (MDOF) robotic arm. The work presented in this thesis focuses on both the hardware and software within the micro-grid system. This particular near-field wireless system consists of a primary and secondary set of modules, comprised of Litz wire coils, …
Artificial Solid Electrolyte Interface With Superhalogen-Based Double Antiperovskite Li6os(Bh4)2 Materials For Dentrite-Free And Stable Lithium Metal Batteries, Gazi Mahfujul Alam
Artificial Solid Electrolyte Interface With Superhalogen-Based Double Antiperovskite Li6os(Bh4)2 Materials For Dentrite-Free And Stable Lithium Metal Batteries, Gazi Mahfujul Alam
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Lithium (Li) metal is regarded as the most propitious anode material for next-generation battery technologies owing to its incredibly high theoritical capacity (3860 mAh g-1) and the most negative electrochemical equilibrium potential (-3.04 V vs standard hydrogen electrode). However, the practical implementation of Li anode in commercial lithium batteries is severely inhibited by the unstable solid liquid interfaces resulting from the ultrahigh reactivity, which leads to dendrite growth, low coulombic efficiency, extreme volume fluctuation, and even safety concerns. For a stable and efficient lithium anode to build next generation Li metal battery, in this thesis, we have tried to solve …
Implementation And Usage Of Low-Cost Turbines For Power Generation In Water Networks, Luis Javier Ortiz Osornio
Implementation And Usage Of Low-Cost Turbines For Power Generation In Water Networks, Luis Javier Ortiz Osornio
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects
The following APP is part of an investigation and development, carried out to design, and implement a hydroelectric turbine of horizontal axis, in order to generate electrical energy in rural areas, utilizing existing infrastructure or natural waterways such as irrigation canals, piping, rivers and streams. Every industrialized country, as well as, most of the developing nations, have a stake in agriculture and thus access to the infrastructure required for irrigation purposes. Artificial irrigation canals offer advantages such as a clean continuous flow, with the possibility of flow regulation: this together with their vast availability as agricultural infrastructure constitute the main …
Autonomous Wildfire Detection System, Matthew Pyle, Nick Garrett
Autonomous Wildfire Detection System, Matthew Pyle, Nick Garrett
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
According to the National Fire Protection Association Journal, federal wildfire suppression costs in the United States have risen from an annual average of about $425 million from 1985 to 1999 up to $1.6 billion from 2000 to 2019. On average, more than 200,000 acres in the United States are burned per year due to wildfires, with more than 700,000 acres burned in 2020 alone. With the risk of wildfire ever rising, there is a need for better early detection of remote wildfires, as existing methods often include long delays like satellites or rely on human lookout towers. The objective is …