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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"Energy modelling"”.
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Probabilistic renewable energy modelling in South Africa
… where demand is first met from renewable energy sources followed by energy from fossil fuels. Secondly, the thesis discusses the modelling and prediction of extremely high quantiles of solar power. The methods used are a semi-parametric extremal mixture (SPEM), generalised additive extreme …
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The Integration of Architectural Design and Energy Modelling Software
… reduce carbon dioxide emissions from energy used in buildings. However, architects need new tools to help them to design enjoyable, comfortable, attractive and yet technically rigorous, low energy buildings. This thesis investigates, by means of a Research Through Design approach, how …
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Energy modelling in the South African electric power industry
… subject of this thesis is the development of a modelling system for the planning of the South African electricity supply industry. A power system planning process was developed with the object of ~stablishing a long-range development plan that would enable the selection and timing of individual …
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Advanced Energy Modelling and Life Cycle Assessment of Indoor Agriculture
… is extended to explore the deployment of solar energy as an alternative source for heating. Solar energy is found to be a superior alternative in terms of emissions. Furthermore, in order to integrate solar energy into the energy supplying systems of the greenhouses, a hybrid Solar …
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A dynamic energy modelling approach to low energy ship design
… limited effort has been expended to improve the energy efficiency of ships due to the relatively low price of fuel oil and lack of stringent environmental regulations. However, the ever-growing intercontinental trade has resulted in an increase of greenhouse gas emissions from ships that …
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Cost of energy modelling and reduction opportunities for offshore wind turbines
… is currently too high. To ensure offshore wind energy is truly competitive with traditional fossil fuel and nuclear energy generation, the true cost of offshore wind energy and ways of reducing that cost must be investigated. A number of wind turbine types, differentiated through their drive …
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An evaluation of architects' readiness for conducting energy modelling using BIM tools to achieve high energy performance buildings in the UK and Canada
Buildings, consume more than 30% of the world's energy and is the world's largest energyconsuming sector, contributing nearly a quarter of the total global greenhouse gas emissions.Global warming is the result of emission of greenhouse gases, and this represents a significantexistential crisis. The …
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Evaluation of energy demand and energy use of an existing single family building, with special emphasis on energy efficiency of heat exchanger in ventilation
Energy modelling of houses and other buildings helps the designers to determine the energy performance of the building at an early stage. It furthermore gives the advantage of altering the building’s design early in the planning phase to ensure that it fulfils requirements of increasing energy …
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Developing an Activity-Based Model for City-Scale Cross-Sectoral Energy and Carbon Emissions Management
… the spatial and temporal distribution of energy demand in cities, posing new challenges and opportunities for sustainable urban energy management. In response to the global climate emergency and the transformative effects of emerging working patterns, this thesis introduces a novel …
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Effective implementation of energy efficiency in the South African residential sector
Energy efficiency will help South Africa meet some of its socioeconomic goals whilst protecting the environment and using resources effectively. In light of the recent blackouts, South Africa has stepped up its energy efficiency initiatives in order to delay the need for new generation capacity, …
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Optimized and energy-efficient cooperative platooning for autonomous vehicles
The increasing need for energy in most systems has resulted in the need for efficient energy usage, particularly in vehicle-based systems. This thesis investigates energy-efficient platooning of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles(CAVs) in simulation frameworks using energy modelling. A lightweight …
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Long-term power systems integration using OSeMOSYS SAMBA - South America Model Base - and the bargaining power of countries : a cooperative games approach
… expansion were modelled in the Open Source energy Modelling System – OSeMOSYS – using a new framework named South America Model Base – SAMBA. Features related to costs, carbon emissions, hydro reservoirs, technological performance, electricity demand, population growth, time zones and …
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Domestic energy use database for integrated energy planning
… households in terms of their access to basic energy services. This study explores the essence of shifting from· supply-driven approach to an integrated framework in energy planning order to evolve policies that match national goals and objectives with the energy needs of the low-income …
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The Missing Megawatts Problem: Improving Modelling Practices to Prepare for an Uncertain Future
Long-term energy system planning is one of the most pressing challenges for the power sector, which must maintain reliability while decarbonizing. Currently, no unified regulatory, modelling, or market framework exists in the United States to facilitate planning in pursuit of a clean and reliable …
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Model-based optimisation approaches for system energy performance improvement and evaluation
… model-based optimisation approaches for system energy performance improvement and evaluation, and such approaches can solve many energy performance related problems, for example, they are able to optimise conveyor belt system energy performance, avoid ramp rate violation problem in the periodic …
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Incorporating Occupant Behaviour and Comfort in Domestic Energy Retrofit
While a large energy saving potential exists in domestic retrofit to meet the UK Government’s goal of carbon emissions reduction through the Climate Change Act 2008, the complexity of occupant behaviour and comfort needs often prevents the seemingly achievable retrofit targets from being reached. …
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Quantifying the Financial Value of Building Decarbonization Technology: Case Studies on New Construction and Retrofitting in the Face of Uncertainty
… complicated by uncertainty in capital expenses, energy cost savings, emission regulations, and real estate market conditions. Against this background, building developers need a method to quantify the financial value of decarbonization under a variety of future uncertainties. This thesis develops …
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Bottom-up modelling of energy demand and technical energy savings potential in the Irish residential sector
The International Energy Agency has repeatedly identified increased end-use energy efficiency as the quickest, least costly method of green house gas mitigation, most recently in the 2012 World Energy Outlook, and urges all governing bodies to increase efforts to promote energy efficiency policies …
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Efficient management of environmental control within electrical substations for decarbonisation purposes
… decarbonisation strategies. Reducing the energy demand of buildings is to be achieved through more stringent regulation for new construction and the retrofitting of existing stock. These are applicable to both domestic and most non-domestic building types, although no such efforts have …
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A new approach to modelling process and building energy flows in manufacturing industry.
Global conservation of energy and material has become a key topic among governments, businesses, local societies and academics. A point made by many on the subject of energy begin by stating the importance of conserving the earth’s natural resources, and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions …
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