Infrastructure systems are a critical component supporting today's modern society. From
power grids to traffic networks, we rely on these systems to perform as intended, despite
the various sources of uncertainty present in their operation. Designing for system
robustness can help mitigate the impact of failures caused by unexpected events....
This work presents a new energy saving technique for modern digital designs. We propose Time Interleaved Multi-Rail (TIMR) - a method for providing two dynamic supply rails to a circuit. This technique uses the first supply rail to mask the transition delay while changing the voltage of the second rail....
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...
The purpose of this thesis is the determination of the load characteristics of the Steam-Hyciro-Electric Plant owned and operated by the Lebanon Electric Power and Water Co. This corporation furnishes electrical energy for power and lighting service and also the water supply to the city of Lebanon, Oregon.
This thesis analyzes two systems that can meet low-grade heating
and/or cooling demands by operating in conjunction with thermal-electric
power plants. At the application site, one of the systems, HPS, has
water-to-air heat pumps that are connected to the supply and return
lines of a plant-to-user loop. During heating, the...
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the necessity of
transposition in the construction of overhead transmission lines.
Line currents, line voltages and line losses of both the transposed
and untransposed lines were calculated and compared for two different
voltage classes. The conventional method of symmetrical components
was used...
In this thesis, a digital computer method for locating transmission
line towers is presented. The computer program selects the
position of both angle and tangent type towers for a given ground profile.
This selection will provide a minimum cost per foot of
transmission line in terms of the average costs...