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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"operation optimization"”.
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Real-Time and Data-Driven Operation Optimization and Knowledge Discovery for an Enterprise Information System
… are faced with the need for optimizing operation scheduling, improving resource utilization, discovering useful knowledge, and making data-driven decisions. </p><p>This thesis research is focused on real-time optimization and knowledge discovery that addresses workflow optimization, …
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Regulated generation allocation and operation optimization for networks with new variable independent power production and self-generation
The world is moving towards legally binding targets for decarbonisation, with considerable interest in cost effective energy pathways that will have positive socio-economic, environmental and health impacts. The electricity sector is progressing by adopting renewable energy as a replacement for …
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Anammox-based Technologies for Sustainable Mainstream Wastewater Treatment: Process Development, Microbial Ecology and Mathematical Modeling
… the fundamental microbiology, and optimize its operation through experimental studies and mathematic modeling. Chapter 2 showed that the nitritation-anammox process has been successfully developed in an upflow membrane-aerated biofilm reactor, where pure oxygen was delivered via gas-permeable …
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Design and Optimization of a Self-powered Thermoelectric Car Seat Cooler
… this problem. This study details the design and optimization of such a device. The design relates to the high level layout of the major components and their relation to each other in typical operation. Optimization is achieved through the use of the ideal thermoelectric equations to determine the …
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Product availability improvement for an analytical consumables supply chain : distribution and transportation
This thesis work focuses on supply chain operation optimization on column consumables at Waters Corporation in order to improve product availability to 95% to customers. This thesis project is conducted by collaboration of Han, Hua and Lee as a team through interviewing stakeholders, performing …
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Commercial Electric Vehicle Cabin Heating System Modelling and Optimization
… heating efficiency through simulationbased optimization. A baseline HP system model was developed and validated in Simcenter Amesim using experimental vehicle data from an industry partner. Model parameters were calibrated through optimization studies to achieve close agreement between the …
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Power Consumption Optimization: A Cognitive Radio Approach
… based methodology for system power consumption optimization. It emphasizes the difference between radiated power (power radiated from the transmit antenna) and the consumed power (power drawn from the power source, such as a battery). It provides a way to connect communication (which usually …
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Enhanced Pump Schedule Optimization For Large Water Distribution Networks To Maximize Environmental And Economic Benefits
… than four decades researchers tried to develop optimization method and tools to reduce electricity consumption of pump stations of water distribution systems. Based on this ongoing research trend, about a decade ago, some commercial pump operation optimization software introduced to the market. …
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Application of data-driven methods in nuclear fuel performance analysis
… is essential for the safe and economic operation of nuclear reactors. Computer codes of different fidelities have been developed over past decades to simulate the behavior of nuclear fuels, such as the multi-dimensional, parallel, finite element-based code BISON, and the NRC-auditing …
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Sustainability of Residential Hot Water Infrastructure: Public Health, Environmental Impacts, and Consumer Drivers
… with regards to water heater selection and operation to minimize energy costs and the likelihood of waterborne disease. We have outlined three types of systems that currently dominate the marketplace: 1) a standard hot water tank with no hot water recirculation (STAND), 2) a hot water tank …
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Analysis and Optimization of a Mining and Manufacturing Operation
<p>This thesis, Analysis and Optimization of a Mining and Manufacturing Operation, was written at the hypothetical request of management from the hypothetical Star Light Mining and Manufacturing Corporation. In essence, the problem proposed by Star Light Corporation is a job-scheduling problem that …
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System-level optimization of the DC-DC voltage regulator and core for sub/near-threshold voltage operation
… ratio and compactness. However, existing optimization for SC-VRM is separated from the embedded core design and therefore leads to sub-optimal system energy efficiency. In this thesis, we propose to jointly optimize the switched capacitor voltage regulator module (SC-VRM) and the compute …
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Planning and Operation of Multi-Vector Energy System with High Penetration of Renewable Energy Sources
… introduces challenges to the planning and operation of electricity network due to the intermittent nature of the resources which will result in variability and uncertainty in electricity supply. The power-to-gas (P2G) technologies, gas-fired units (GFUs) and demand response programs (DRPs) …
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Sustainable Management of Water Resources and Hydropower Projects in the Context of the Food-Energy-Water Nexus in the Mekong River Basin
… of people. The dissertation examines the optimal operation of the dams for the equitable distribution of water between irrigation, domestic, and hydropower sectors with minimal effect on the downstream ecosystem by estimating the cascading effects of dams in the MRB. The hydrological …