Browsing by Subject "Energy"
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(2020-12-04)Performance enhancements of HVAC systems are paramount for designers and manufacturers, as HVAC accounts for nearly 50% of energy use in the United States. Building energy reductions mandated by ASHRAE standards have raised ...
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(2016-12-13)The purpose of this study is to quantitatively compare the accuracy of radiation transport finite element methods which use a contiguous support to those which use a discontiguous support of the energy domain. The ...
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(2018-08-17)The purpose of this research was to compare the energy consumption of WinAM and EnergyPlus when thermal mass and a temperature setback are applied. Since WinAM does not account for thermal mass, a correction method was ...
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(2023-04-21)The terrestrial carbon, energy, and water cycles are coupled through soil moisture (SM) and evapotranspiration (ET) control on gross primary productivity (GPP) thus controlling the biosphere, land-atmosphere interactions, ...
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(2021-08-19)A symbiosis of Renewable Energy Sources with an Alternative Energy Source is necessary to satisfy the ever-changing energy demands. Solar and wind energy are taken into consideration, yet the intermittency of both present ...
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(2011-08-08)This thesis documents the development of a video game about sustainable energy use that unites fun with learning. Many other educational games do not properly translate knowledge, facts, and lessons into the language of ...
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(2013-04-11)Gasification technologies are expected to play a key role in the future of solid waste management since the conversion of municipal and industrial solid wastes to a gaseous fuel significantly increases its value. Municipal ...
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(2015-11-25)Cotton gins across the globe accumulate cotton gin trash (CGT) as a byproduct from the ginning process. CGT is typically viewed as a waste product, however, it is a biomass that has an energy content of around 15.5 MJ ...
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(2011-05-18)This dissertation uses multilevel modeling to examine the effects of corporate and community characteristics on rates of sulfur dioxide emitted by facilities in the electrical power industry. The conceptual framework draws ...
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(2010-07-14)Load factors are an important simplification of electrical energy use data and depend on the ratio of average demand to peak demand. Based on operating hours of a facility they serve as an important benchmarking tool for ...
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(2009-05-15)Serial or parallel buses are widely used to communicate information in most electronic devices. The energy consumed by bus interconnects may comprise a significant portion of the overall energy consumption of the device. ...
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(2012-02-14)In this project a steady-state building load for Constant Volume Terminal Reheat (CVTR), Dual Duct Constant Volume (DDCV) and Dual Duct Variable Air Volume (DDVAV) systems for the Zachry Engineering Building has been ...
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(2014-04-10)Air pollution is one of the main environmental problems mankind faces in the 21^(st) century caused by to the extensive use of fossil fuels. One of the opportunities to overcome this problem is to develop new technologies ...
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(2017-08-04)The future energy portfolio at the national and subnational levels should consider its impact on water resources and environment. Although energy resources are the main contributors to the national economic growth, these ...
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(2018-08-08)The Texas Military Department (TMD) faces energy security issues due to the dependency of electricity from the grid that can be disrupted in case of a natural disaster like Hurricane Harvey hitting Texas. This motivates ...
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(2015-12-12)Research shows that greenhouse gases warm the planet by trapping infrared radiation with fossil fuel production being a major source of greenhouse gas production. If the atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) ...
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(2020-04-23)South Korea plans to expand imports of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) to mitigate air pollution and climate change. This study assesses the environmental and economic implications of importing U.S. LNG for electricity ...
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(2013-09-30)When oil prices rise, politicians often call for improvements in energy efficiency or policies that they hope will make the U.S. more “energy independent.” The argument is that if we consume less oil, domestic supplies ...
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(2009-05-15)This dissertation examines three facets of U.S. energy use and policy. First, I examine the Gulf Coast petroleum refining industry to determine the structure of the industry. Using the duality between cost-minimization and ...