Search results | J. Murrey Atkins Library

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: 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: 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: 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: Single-axis simulated hip-joint movement controlled by body-mounted IMUs for electromechanical prosthesis applications
Author: Fifield, Austin
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering
Description: Survivors of cancerous and traumatic transpelvic amputations have difficulty in transitioning into and out of a chair, as well as sitting upright with correct posture. The addition of special pads and chair inserts can help the amputee; however, t...

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: TEMPERATURE MODELING AND CONTROL ALGORITHM FOR HIGH VOLTAGE UNDERGROUND CABLES
Author: Akumawah Nche, Ansovinus
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering
Description: The use of underground cables in transmission and distribution of electric energy is growing. The most commonly installed is the cross-linked polyethylene known as XLPE as an insulator. The XLPE insulation has excellent dielectric properties. Howe...

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: Understanding Power System Frequency
Author: Cockerham, Brett
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering
Description: Frequency of an electrical signal is defined during steady state conditions, although it can be problematic to measure. However, power system frequency can often fluctuate during power swings and other anomalous events. These events can be charact...

Title: Understanding and mitigating the light-induced degradation in screen-printed Al-BSF boron-doped Czokralski crystalline silicon solar cells by use of infrared belt furnace rapid thermal processing.
Author: Mvutu, Mayangi
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Power resources
Description: ABSTRACTMAYANGI MA MVUTU. Understanding and mitigating the light-induced degradation in screen printed Al-BSF Cz-Si solar cell by use of IR-belt furnace Rapid Thermal Processing. (Under the direction of DR. ABASIFREKE EBONG)In this study, Rapid Th...

Title: Unsupervised Learning for Critical Event Detection using Historical PMU Data
Author: Joshi, Dhawal
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Power resources
Description: A recent increment in power load and the fast reconciliation of sustainable power sources into the power grid requires an improvement in situational awareness. Furthermore, with this increase in power load, the aging grid infrastructure is under s...

Title: VISION-GUIDED ROBOT FOR PLANETARY HABITAT ASSEMBLY
Author: Whitlow, Kohl
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: The focus of this research is to develop a vision-guided autonomous system for structure or habitat construction on distant planets/moons in support of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD). The proposed approach would use building bl...

Title: Vector-based Mecanum-Drive Robotic System with Machine Vision and Sensor Fusion for Soccer Training
Author: Briggs, Bartholomew
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Robotics
Description: This research proposes the use of a robotic system for soccer training. The purpose of this research is to devise, build, and demonstrate a vector-based mecanum-drive robot to act as an impediment to a soccer player dribbling toward a known goal t...