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Title: DETERMINISTIC AND PROBABILISTIC FORECASTING FOR WIND AND SOLAR POWER USING ADVANCE DATA ANALYTICS AND MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES.
Author: Sharma, Vinayak
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Power resources
Description: The world is moving towards renewable sources of energy for its energy needs and solar and wind power are one of the most promising sources of ‘clean’ energy. There is a high level of uncertainty and variability associated with these sources of en...

Title: Design and Development of an Experimental Apparatus for Hardware-In-Loop Testing of Solar-Assisted Heat Pump Systems
Author: van Arnold, George
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Engineering
Description: Growing concerns related to the environmental impacts of rising global energy consumption compel the continued development of low-emission technologies for the building sector. In the United States, space conditioning and domestic hot water genera...

Title: Development and Implementation of Snowmelt Simulations in an Augmented Reality Sandbox
Author: Ainsworth, Tyler
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Fluid mechanics
Description: In cold climates snowmelt runoff prediction is an important factor in the prediction of seasonal flooding and springtime water availability. Engineers study snowmelt and its effects on the environment, such as changes in stream flow, for this purp...

Title: ELECTRICITY PRICE FORECASTING USING ADVANCED MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES
Author: Sardana, Bhav
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Power resources
Description: Electricity Price Forecasts have been a very important part of the energy industry for a long time. Traditionally, it was used by utilities, but after the liberalization of electricity markets around the world, they are of prime importance not onl...

Title: Electromagnetic and vibration energy harvesting utilizing a piezoelectric device
Author: Vo, Misa
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Power resources
Description: The main goal of this research is to design an energy harvesting device that produces enough power to supply a voltage sensor deployed on a power line. Energy harvesting using piezoelectric material is one of the promising methods of powering the ...

Title: Extrapolation of Test Performance for Air-to-Air Rotary Energy Exchangers
Author: Jamal Alhariry, Alaa
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: Air-to-air energy exchangers are used in building HVAC systems to transfer energy between the exhaust air and the outdoor air. Because of its potential to reduce the energy consumption for conditioning ventilation air and to downsize the cooling a...

Title: FEASIBILITY OF ELECTRIC FIELD SENSOR FOR EXTERNAL BALLISTICS ANALYSIS
Author: Benfield, Christopher
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Engineering
Description: Accurately modeling the flight path to resemble the actual flight dynamics of a given projectile enables a shooter to engage targets at distances that extend into the transonic and subsonic flight regions. This requires the collection of velocity ...

Title: Interaction of femtosecond laser beam with atmospheric low temperature plasmas and electric fields
Author: Davda, Kirtan
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Physics, Power resources
Description: In this work, the influence of electric fields and atmospheric plasma on the behavior of an ultrafast femtosecond laser beam is being studied. A femtosecond laser pulse has an ability to self-focus in air and produce confined narrow channels of hi...

Title: LIFE CYCLE COST OPTIMIZATION OF A SOLAR COMBISYSTEM IN NEPAL
Author: Thapa, Bishan
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: Nepal has a huge potential for solar energy utilization to meet the growing energy demand. Solar thermal systems have been used in Nepal since the 1960s. In the past two decades, much work was done with a focus on improving design, fabrication, an...

Title: Low-power LTE-M Based Remote Monitoring of Propane Tank Fill Levels Using Asynchronous Embedded Rust Firmware
Author: Hayes, Daniel
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: Remote monitoring of propane tank fuel levels can have many convenience and cost benefits for both suppliers and consumers. For suppliers, physical tank checks can be eliminated while reducing the maintenance and fuel costs for fill trucks. As a r...

Title: Optimum Economic Dispatch and Pricing Strategy for Localised Electricity Market with PV-Battery Integration
Author: patnaik, smitali
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Power resources, Energy industries, Commodity exchanges
Description: As the ingress of Renewable Systems and Energy Storage is gaining pace, the concept of local markets is emerging as an attractive alternative to utility grid services. Although, local markets are naive and at emerging stage, their advantages are b...

Title: Performance Evaluation of Tracer Particles for Particle Image Velocimetry Using a Scaled Rolling Road-Tire Setup in a Wind Tunnel
Author: Narayan, Nithin
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Fluid mechanics
Description: The ultimate goal of the present work is to evaluate the ability to produce highlyresolved particle image velocimetry (PIV) flow images of tracer particles dispersedin a wind tunnel with a scaled rolling road-tire setup. The particle type, size, a...

Title: Prototype System for Autonomous Detection and Extraction of Floating Pollution from Aquatic Environments
Author: Brake , Jeremy
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Robotics, Mechanical engineering
Description: This research aims to develop an autonomous system for pollution acquisition and extraction within waterways. Currently, there are approximately 270,000 tons of pollution within the world’s oceans, with 80% originating from inland waterways. The e...

Title: REPLACEMENT OF HUMAN OPERATOR WITH VISION-GUIDED ROBOT FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENT PICK-AND-PLACE WORK CELL
Author: Vutetakis, David
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Robotics
Description: Picking and placing parts is a fundamental operation involved in circuit board manufacturing and assembly plants. Pin thru-hole (PTH) components with non-standard features are incompatible with most existing high speed pick-and-place systems; this...

Title: Residual Stress Due to Finish Facing Comparing Traditional and Modulated Tool Path Machining Processes
Author: Anderson, Travis
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: TRAVIS ANDERSON. Residual stress due to finish facing comparing traditional and modulated tool path machining processes. (Under the direction of DR. ROD HANDY.) Traditional machining processes, where material is removed by a cutting tool from a wo...

Title: TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM WAVE ENERGY: A CASE STUDY FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Author: RAUT, GAGEE
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Power resources
Description: The energy requirements of the world are increasing at alarming rate. The available fossil fuels and other conventional resources are not sufficient to keep up the pace with ever-increasing energy demand. Also, the use of fossil fuels causes the n...

Title: THE ADVANCED CONTROL OF TRIBOELECTRICALLY CHARGED FUEL USING ELECTRIC FIELDS UNDER HIGH PRESSURE
Author: Rolle, Alzarrio
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Power resources, Electromagnetism
Description: This research provides preliminary results of electrospraying in elevated surrounding pressures of 40, 50 and 60 psi. Investigations were correspondingly detailed regarding the process of designing and acquiring a manufactured custom pressure cham...

Title: THE ADVANCED MANIPULATION OF AN ELECTROSPRAYED DIELECTRIC
Author: Garris, Robert
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: The objective of this research is to investigate the control of sprayed gasoline using electric fields. This research was separated into three main parts including: charge repeatability, charge magnitude, and control of a sprayed injection. Using ...

Title: THE APPLICABILITY OF FREE-FIELD ACOUSTIC SIGNATURES TO QUALITY INSPECTION OF ROTATING MACHINERY
Author: Paustian, Andrew
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Sound
Description: Quality assessment tools are used to increase productivity of a production line by ensuring that the produced item is fit for consumer use. In order for a quality inspection tool to be useful, the process must not affect the item and should not si...

Title: THE DESIGN OF AN IN-CONDUIT HYDROPOWER PLANT WITH A SEAL-FREE MAGNETIC TRANSMISSION
Author: Nichols, Casey
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Engineering, Power resources
Description: Presently, governments are focused on the development of diverse energy sources from renewable supplies. A major part of that is the development of pico-hydro and micro-hydro power generation in low head, low flow rate rivers and streams. Numerous...