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  • A high power emulation of a wind farm

    Creator:
    Lalla, Chelsea
    Abstract:
    As more wind farms are connected to the grid, the variable nature of wind energy begins to influence grid stability. Energy storage could help smooth the variable nature of wind energy. Laboratory demonstration and exploration of the interaction between different energy storage devices and wind energy could help improve and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    presented on September 18, 2009. Title: A High Power Emulation of a Wind Farm. Abstract approved

  • Maximization of energy capture of passive, variable-speed wind-turbine

    Creator:
    Kinjo, Fuminao
    Abstract:
    This thesis presents and examines the concept that the output of a wound-rotor induction generator (WRIG) can be limited by means of linking to external impedances for wind-turbine generating system application. An 80kW-WRIG is simulated as a model to examine the control of the output power vs. speed characteristic. Model...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    power from wind-turbine. Finally, passively controlled tandem WRIGs are shown to have the capability

  • The introduction of renewable wave energy to the existing power grid

    Creator:
    Ruthruff, William Arthur
    Abstract:
    Wind energy is a cornerstone to the world of renewables. It is widely used in many parts of the world as a clean and effective form of power generation. However, wind power has a number of drawbacks, which limits its use in many regions. Solar power has been used not...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    parts of the world as a clean and effective form of power generation. However, wind power has a number

  • Analysis and optimal sizing of an energy storage system for wind farm applications

    Creator:
    Yen, Zuan Z.
    Abstract:
    Modern wind energy is the technology of choice with a short payback period for increasing renewable energy portfolios. Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), a United States power authority in the Pacific Northwest expects to increase their wind energy capacity from 2,000 megawatts to 6,000 megawatts within the next five years. Currently...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    counteract the variability of wind energy, but the control of hydroelectric power is somewhat limited by

  • Environmental justice and energy production : coal-fired power plants in Illinois

    Creator:
    Clark, Catherine
    Abstract:
    The environmental justice framework has been applied to many environmentally negative issues in the past such as toxic storage and disposal facilities, toxic release inventory sites, air quality, transportation, and global climate change. It has not yet been applied to energy production in a quantitative study. This study investigates the...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    against the plant, PERRO diversified its goals to include the Fisk power plant and the coal based energy

  • Development of biomimetic control strategies for the optimal use of renewable sources and energy storage systems

    Creator:
    Hapke, Hannes Max
    Abstract:
    In the year 2007, the worldwide energy consumption accumulated to a total of 16.5 billion MWh. While the resources of conventional energy production cause environmental damage, renewable energy sources like solar or wind power offer a solution to substitute for coal or nuclear generated power. Countries like Denmark and Spain...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    environmental damage, renewable energy sources like solar or wind power offer a solution to substitute for coal

  • Essays in semiparametric econometrics

    Creator:
    Livingston, Olga Voyteshenko
    Abstract:
    Two essays are focused on semiparametric econometric methods. The first essay investigates applicability of the smooth back tting estimator (SBE) to statistical analysis of residential energy consumption. The second essay attempts to incorporate additivity restrictions into semiparametric stochastic frontier estimation. The procedure described in the first study is used to...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    power-generating units in the US. Essays in Semiparametric Econometrics by Olga Voyteshenko

  • Climbing the mountain within : understanding development impacts and overcoming change in rural southwest China

    Creator:
    Clark, Marco
    Abstract:
    Development in China over the last thirty years has emphasized infrastructural and economic advancement. Despite enormous gains in living standards in the industrialized eastern provinces, much of China's interior and western provinces remain relatively underdeveloped. Populated mostly by ethnic minorities, the southwest province of Yunnan (meaning south of the clouds)...
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    Masters Thesis
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    :
Political
Ecology,
Xibukaifa
(Opening
the
West
Campaign),
Critical
 Development,
Hydroelectric
Power
Station