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  • Understanding community wind energy development in Oregon : an integrated analysis

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    Yin, Yao
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    This research intends to provide insights into community wind energy development in Oregon using an integrated analysis approach, which incorporates GIS Suitability Analysis, Socio-Political Analysis, and Empirical Case Studies. In the GIS analysis, we developed a model through a series of steps (including data acquisition, preprocessing, data management, manipulation and...
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    of PáTu Power……………………………………………………...93 4.4.2 Actor-Network Analysis of PáTu Wind Farm

  • A methodology to enable wind farm automatic generation control

    Creator:
    Han, Hai-Yue
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    Over the last decade the increase in penetration of wind power and its variable nature has begun to add considerable stress to and threatened the stability of the nation's grid. In order to continue growth wind farms will need to have the ability to participate in the same grid frequency...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Ted K. A. Brekken Over the last decade the increase in penetration of wind power and

  • Preliminary framework for the run-ahead predictive simulation software (RAPSS)

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    Makinson, Kevin A.
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    The Run-Ahead Predictive Simulation Software (RAPSS) is an architecture designed for faster-than-real-time decision support for operators of complex networks. To enable further development of the RAPSS methodology, the necessary proof of principle is illustrated in two applications: decision support for shift technical advisors in nuclear power plant control rooms (RAPSS-STA),...
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    support for shift technical advisors in nuclear power plant control rooms (RAPSS-STA), and in the event

  • Essays in semiparametric econometrics

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    Livingston, Olga Voyteshenko
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    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...
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    power-generating units in the US. Essays in Semiparametric Econometrics by Olga Voyteshenko

  • Design of a Self-Regulating Deep Space Nuclear Reactor

    Creator:
    Robinson, Matthew Loren
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    An enabling technology for long duration, deep space missions is the availability of a high power, long-lived power supply. The goal of this work is the design of a self-regulating deep space nuclear reactor. The design objectives are to produce 250 kWth for a 25-year period using the presence of...
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    (Credit: Atomic Energy Commision) ... 12  Figure 7. SNAP 10A power plant (Credit: Atomic Energy Commision

  • Characterizing Linkages Between the Climate, Cryosphere, and Impacts on Run-of-River Hydropower in Data-Sparse Mountain Environments

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    Mosier, Thomas M.
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    In many regions of the world, a significant portion of the surface water originates in mountain headwaters where the timing and magnitude of streamflow is largely dictated by the seasonal storage of precipitation as snowpack and long-term storage as glaciers. Accumulation, persistence, and melt of snow and ice are functions...
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    power of education to transform lives. And, despite everything else, they remain the most hospitable

  • Nuclear Power Plant Siting in the Columbia River Basin: Current Trends, Effects of Climate Change, and Associated Uncertainties

    Creator:
    Savotkina, Alexandra A.
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    This PhD dissertation describes and evaluates a geographical analysis of candidate areas for siting nuclear plants utilizing a wet cooling tower in the Columbia River Basin (CRB). It focuses on the analysis of water availability for cooling and how it may be limited by climate change effects on river streamflow....
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    Geography presented on June 1, 2016. Title: Nuclear Power Plant Siting in the Columbia River Basin

  • Development and decommissioning of small dams : analysis of impact and context

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    Kibler, Kelly Maren
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    Management of small dams may have profound implications for the health and integrity of small rivers and freshwater diversity. Global indicators suggest future growth in the small hydropower sector, particularly in developing countries. As a renewable energy source, it is often presumed that small hydropower entails fewer and less severe...
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    :    Cumulative  effect  per MW  of  power  produced  by  small  and  large  stations:  Reservoir  Surface  Area

  • Multi-objective Optimization of Reservoir Operation Under Uncertainty with Robust and Flexible Decision Variables

    Creator:
    Hosseini, Parnian
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    Optimization of reservoir operation is involves various competing objectives for a scarce resource (water). To find the optimal operation of reservoirs, it is essential to consider multiple objectives simultaneously. There are various sources of uncertainty associated with the reservoir operation problem that should be considered as well. The overarching goal...
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    Bonneville Power Administration (US Department of Energy) through the Contracts TIP#258 and TIP#342