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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Installed capacity"”.
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Demand Modeling And Capacity Planning For Innovative Short Life-Cycle Products
… dissertation focuses on demand modeling and capacity planning for innovative short life-cycle products. We first developed a new model in the class of stochastic Bass formulations that addresses the shortcomings of models from the extant literature. The proposed model considers the common …
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Development of a model to investigate the sustainability of Ontario’s future electricity supply through a dual life cycle lens
… to calculate the life cycle impacts based on the installed capacity of each generation technology and its respective life cycle factors. The model was validated against historical results and then used to generate several alternative scenarios. A case study was performed, showing how a researcher …
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Legal consideratios in developing and implementing the 2018 draft intergrated resources plan (IRP): a case study of the nuclear sector
… The Electricity Regulations on New Generation Capacity of 2009 stems from the ERA. The draft IRP must, however, be seen in the context of previous IRPs, and policy considerations outlined in Chapter 2. The draft IRP 2018 sets out to estimate the generating capacity requirements and allocates …
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Conceptual Design of Wind Farms Through Novel Multi-Objective Swarm Optimization
… sources of electricity generation (by annual installed capacity addition), and is expected to play an important role in the future energy demographics of this country, it has also been plagued by project underperformance and concept-to-installation delays.</p> <p>There are various factors …
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An optimal stock building strategy in a manufacturing company
… stock building policy with various demand and capacity scenarios. It can be a useful tool for the company to develop stock building strategy for future demand with improved installed capacity. Key words: Optimization, linear programming, inventory building policy Disclaimer: Theeontent of the …
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How green was my electricity? : designing incentives to co-optimize waste management and energy development in New England
… dependence on landfill disposal and increase the installed capacity of non-fossil fuel-based electricity resources in New England. The author believes substantial environmental, economic, and social benefits can be gained through increased waste management and energy development coordination, and …
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Economic and sustainable development of the power sector of Mozambique
… is generated from hydropower, with total installed capacity of 2179 Megawatts but due the existence of large reserves of coal and gas, the country is also intending to generate 1100 Megawatt from coal, 1790 Megawatt from gas and to increase the generation from hydro. However, before …
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The Brazilian electricity market : small hydropower strategic planning
… (BP Global, 2015). Having more than 70% of its installed capacity coming from hydropower puts Brazil in a great position in terms of reduced environmental impact on electricity generation. However, it also creates a large supply dependency on weather, water flows and reservoirs. In the last 2-3 …
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Estudio de prefactibilidad para la instalación de una planta productora de grafeno usado como aditivo para concreto a base de residuos orgánicos y plásticos
… limitations, such as high fragility and low capacity of deformation. In addition, it exhibits some spoiled process which results in the formation of fissures, expansion or cracking. In this way, we propose including graphene as an additive to concrete. Its application brings an increase on …
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Correlation between the precipitation and energy production at hydropower plants to mitigate flooding in the Missouri River Basin
… each of the hydropower plants, up to the maximum installed capacity at each of the plants. Beyond this maximum installed power, there was no correlation between increased precipitation or outflow and the power produced.
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Micro Hydroelectric Reservoir Use for creating and Uninterrupted Power Supply; Production case Studies in Iceland
… defines a micro hydropower plant as having 1MW installed capacity or less. This thesis then tested the ability to maintain a considerable consistent output that outstretches the domestic needs of an average household. The key aim of the research was to establish the effective storage status of …
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An experimental approach into the degradation of wind turbine blade coating systems due to rain and weathering
… increasing in prevalence due to the ever-growing installed capacity of wind turbines globally. Leading edge erosion causes a reduction in the aerodynamic efficiency of a wind turbine blade, in turn reducing the turbine’s energy yield and therefore also the annual energy production. Furthermore, …
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Proof of Concept Test for Dual-Axis Resonant Phase-Locked Excitation (PhLEX) Fatigue Testing Method for Wind Turbine Blades
<p>The installed capacity of wind turbines has grown steadily for the past decade with wind energy now providing 3.6-percent of the U.S.’s electricity supply [13]. This trend can be attributed to advancements in wind turbine technology and the ability to increase wind turbine sizes. As wind …
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Predictive Thermal Modeling and 3E Analysis of Solar Water Heating Systems: Employing A Hybrid Lattice Boltzmann Based Method and Experimental Investigation
… solar collectors (ETCs) comprise most of the installed capacity for the application in solar water heating (SWH) systems. Several factors including the collectors’ ability to passively track the sun during operation time, significant reduction of heat loss to the ambient due to the vacuum …
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Optimisation of offshore wind farm maintenance.
The installed capacity of European Offshore Wind Turbines (OWT) is likely to rise from the 2014 value of 7GW to 150GW in 2030. However maintenance of OWT is facing unprecedented challenges and cost 35% of lifetime costs. This will be equivalent to £14billion/year by 2030 if current OWT maintenance …
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Estudio de prefactibilidad para la instalación de una planta de producción de calzado deportivo hecho a base de plástico reciclado y látex de shiringa (Hevea brasiliensis)
… This plant will have 2221 m2, will have an installed capacity of 523 688 pairs per year and will employ 54 operators and 60 workers in the administrative area. The initial investment for this project is S/ 15 300 158, which will be financed 50% by bank loan and 50% by own capital. In …
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Estudio de prefactibilidad para la instalación de una planta productora de snacks de manzana deshidratada
… snacks of 40g each. The production plant will be installed in Chilca, district of Lima selected for having more competitive advantages and the plant size corresponds to the market-size relationship, equivalent to 13 010 kilograms of product. The technology necessary to carry out the snacks …
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Option approach to investment in modular nuclear electricity-generating capacity
… and its flexibility to add incremental capacity to timely respond to market demand. The decision to invest in a ten-module 1,100MWe MPBR plant is analyzed as a sequence of compound options, where the construction of each single module provides the decision maker with the option to build …
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Understanding the impact of large-scale penetration of micro combined heat & power technologies within energy systems/
… numbers of micro-CHPs into a system's generation capacity expansion process over a 20-year timeframe, and into an electric power system's daily operation for a single year. Findings from our long-term analysis demonstrated that micro-CHPs helped in reducing cumulative C02 emissions. Under …
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Optimal allocation of reactive power to mitigate fault delayed voltage recovery
… of these devices by minimizing the total installed capacity of dynamic VAR resources while meeting the technical requirement and achieving the necessary performance of the system. We refer to this problem as the optimal allocation of dynamic VAR sources (OAODVARS). OAODVARS has been …
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