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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Energy System Optimization"”.

  1. An activity-based energy demand modeling framework for buildings: A bottom-up approach

    Energy consumption by buildings, due to various factors such as temperature regulation, lighting, poses a threat to our environment and energy resources. In the United States, statistics reveal that commercial and residential buildings combined contribute about 40 percent of the overall energy

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  2. Quantifying the impact of energy technology innovation on cost reductions

    … global consensus on the decarbonisation of the energy systems to achieve a low carbon future. In this context, it is necessary to invest in the deployment of emergent renewable energy technologies to accelerate the decarbonisation path of the national energy systems. The recent achievements in …

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  3. Modeling the Impact of the Inflation Reduction Act and Hydrogen Storage in Salt Caverns in the Mid-Atlantic United States

    … as well as balancing a variable renewable energy dominated power grid. In this thesis, we first propose a methodology for evaluating the potential for hydrogen storage in geological salt resources. Our results show that the Michigan and Appalachian Salina basins are promising locations for …

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  4. Towards a holistic integration of energy justice and energy system engineering

    … from fossil fuel infrastructure to clean energy infrastructure. This transition must also be done equitably and justly to prevent entrenching further injustices to marginalized and vulnerable communities. Current energy planning tools optimize for a singular cost objective which challenges …

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  5. The Effects of Surface Topography on Droplet Evaporation and Condensation

    … heat transfer enhancement, surface chemistry and energy system optimization. Especially, in the past two decades, the rapid development of the nature-inspired non-wetting surfaces has promoted the applications of droplet-based phase change phenomena in various scenarios. However, most previous …

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  6. STUDYING THE PERFORMANCE OF A QUAD-GENERATION SYSTEM WITH STORAGE FOR IMPROVED ENERGY EFFICIENCY

    With the increasing concern of global warming and energy shortage worldwide, multigeneration systems incorporated with environmental-friendly technologies are consistently attracting sustained attention as alternatives to the conventional energy supply methods. This is because these systems utilize …

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  7. A Multi-tiered Framework for Renewable Energy Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa

    … bridge this gap is through the use of renewable energy, or RE. However, SSA faces several main challenges and barriers to RE development, which this research thesis has first identified and addressed. Five major crucial enablers were identified by the study as potentially beneficial cascade …

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  8. Factors Affecting the Optimal Sizing of Generators and Storage in Stand-Alone Hybrid Renewable Energy System

    … is a need to provide low cost electric power systems in a number of locations around the world. However, the size and cost of renewable energy generators and storage increase when they are used alone, due to the stochastic nature of sources. Reliability similar to the grid power supply can …

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  9. Using Integrated Assessment Models to Achieve the Paris Climate Target

    … the result indicates that predictions from both energy system optimisation models, which are more widely used, and FTT depend on similar unknowns related to future rates of technological change. Based on these three challenges, the thesis concludes, a diversity of model choices and assumptions is …

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