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  • A Permanent-Magnet Linear Generator Wave Energy Converter for Low Power Ocean Sensors

    Creator:
    Miles, Lillian F.
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    Renewable energy sources are becoming increasingly important due to their low environmental impact and limitless nature. This thesis explores the design of a 250 mW permanent magnet linear generator wave energy converter to power ocean sensors. While many wave energy converters exist, this is a unique application because the wave...
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    I understand that my thesis will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State

  • Static and cyclic response of ecoroof soil

    Creator:
    Kraupa, Travis J.
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    Green technology in the United States has been on the rise over the past few decades in the United States. However, certain green technologies have been developed in the absence of design standards. Ecoroofs, which are vegetated soil masses placed on the top of a building’s roof structure, present several...
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    Masters Thesis
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    School of Civil and Construction Engineering Dean of the Graduate School I understand that my thesis

  • Dynamic modeling and mitigation of cascading failure in power systems

    Creator:
    Song, Jiajia
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    Recent blackout events consistently show that a variety of mechanisms are involved in cascading outages. These cascading mechanisms are irregularly modeled and validated within the existing literature and industry practices. Understanding the relative significance of these different mechanisms is important for choosing which one(s) needs to be modeled for specific...
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    Dissertation
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  • Adaptive broadband wireless interference mitigation architecture applying higher order statistics algorithm for computer platform

    Creator:
    Wang, Qiwei
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    The broadband wireless interference in a computer platform is resulted by multiple electro-magnetic emission sources. This non-Gaussian interference is proved to be double-sided K-distributed in previous research. With the limitation of transmission power and dimension of the device, interference mitigation is an efficient way to improve received signal bit error...
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  • A modeling and empirical study of a novel bimodal natural gas internal combustion engine with fuel compression capability

    Creator:
    Elgin, Robert C., III
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    Given the current abundant supply and cheap price of natural gas (NG) in the United States, there is a significant opportunity to use this fuel for transportation. However, there are few fueling stations for consumers. To address this need, a dual-mode engine has been developed where in one mode all...
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    Masters Thesis
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  • A multiscale approach to bacterial adhesion

    Creator:
    Ostvar, Sassan
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    This work is an attempt to develop a simple physical description for the initial interactions between a bacterial cell and a substrate surface. This is done by adopting a view that regards bacterial surface biomolecules not as secondary and add-on contributors to the potential energy function that characterizes the overall...
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    Masters Thesis
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  • Rapid Grid State Estimation using Singular Value Decomposition

    Creator:
    Kulkarni, Janhavi
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    Synchrophasor technology has gained great momentum with the widely adopted concept of smart grids in power systems at transmission and generation level. This has led to an improved state estimation of a power system with the advent of Phasor Measurement Units (PMU). PMUs contribute in providing real-time information about the...
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  • Characterization of liquid droplets from inkjet printers by optical scattering

    Creator:
    Wang, Xiangyu
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    Due to the wide applications of inkjet printers in industry and our daily life, characterization of liquid droplets from inkjet printers, particularly the behaviors of the impact and diffusion of the droplets on the surface of and inside porous medium is of great interest. One conventional characterization method uses high-speed...
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    Masters Thesis
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  • Finite volume method modeling of corona discharge microreactor oxidization of dibenzothiophene

    Creator:
    Fan, Xiangru
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    The growing need for cleaner fuels requires the development of better deep fuel desulfurization methods. The current study presents a reaction model for the mechanism of dibenzothiophene oxidization by dissolved oxygen occurring in a corona discharge microreactor. In the present work, a Finite Volume Method model of the reactor is...
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  • Modeling and analysis of a heat transport transient test facility for space nuclear systems

    Creator:
    Wheeler, Adam
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    The purpose of this thesis is to design a robust test facility for a small space nuclear power system and model its physical behavior under different scenarios. The test facility will be used to simulate a 1-10kWe nuclear reactor, its electrical generation, and heat removal capabilities. This simulator will be...
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