Browsing by Author "Palazzolo, Alan"
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Elliott, Matthew Stuart (2009-05-15)Vapor compression cooling systems are the primary method used for refrigeration and air conditioning, and as such are a major component of household and commercial building energy consumption. Application of advanced control ...
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Preuss, Jason Lee (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Flywheel energy storage units have become a viable alternative to electrochemical batteries in applications such as satellites, uninterrupted power supplies, and hybrid vehicles. However, this performance is contingent ...
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Wilson, Joshua Kyle (2013-04-11)Equipment failure and well deviations are prevailing contributors to production delays within the petroleum industry. Particular monetary focus is given to the drilling operations of wells to overcome these deficits, in ...
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Yu, Ho (2010-01-14)This dissertation presents the design, control, and implementation of a compact highprecision multidimensional positioner. This precision-positioning system consists of a novel concentrated-field magnet matrix and a ...
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Li, Xiaojun (2018-05-04)Energy storage is crucial for both smart grids and renewable energy sources such as wind or solar, which are intermittent in nature. Compared to electrochemical batteries, flywheel energy storage systems (FESSs) offer many ...
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Chang, Yi-Chu (2013-05-02)Ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) is used in various bio-inspired systems, such as fish and tadpole-like robots swimming in water. The deflection of this smart material results from several internal and external factors, ...
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Saez Barrios, Deeyvid 1980- (2012-12-05)The use of Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) wall structures has increased dramatically in recent years. Traffic barriers are frequently placed on top of the MSE wall to resist vehicular impact loads. The barrier systems ...
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Smith, Richard C. (2010-01-14)The purpose of this thesis is to design hardware and a control strategy for a fuel cell/battery hybrid power supply. Modern fuel cell/battery hybrid power supplies can have 2 DC/DC converters: one converter for the battery ...
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Tingey, Dustin John (2015-08-03)Due to the foreseen need in literature to develop a more complete bit to formation interface law to be used in petroleum drilling applications, a full-scale bit force measurement drilling test rig was developed to measure ...
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Dibua, Imoukhuede Tim Odion (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Electric propulsion has been studied for a long time. Most of the electrically propelled vehicles that have been developed however have been ground vehicles. Recent research by NASA has promoted the development of electric ...
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Hurley, Samuel J (2014-11-12)The continuous welded rails used in most of the United States lack expansion joints of any sort. This leads to a much smoother ride and a longer service life for rails and wheels, but also causes extreme temperatures to ...
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Probe, Austin Breien (2013-12-03)A major challenge facing the introduction of new technologies and techniques in space flight is the high cost required to raise the Technological Readiness Level (TRL) prior to flight. This is a result of the cost and ...
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Han, Xu 1986- (2015-05-13)In this dissertation, the influence of using induction motor in machinery train on rotordynamics is discussed. Two areas are considered – the use of variable frequency drives (VFDs), which control and drive the induction ...
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Elliott, Matthew Stuart (2013-07-05)Heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) systems are a major component of worldwide energy consumption, and frequently consist of complex networks of interconnected components. The ubiquitous ...
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Chen, Yang (2015-11-24)The large-scale streaming data collected from the increasing deployed phasor measurement unit (PMU) devices poses significant difficulties for real-time data-driven analytics in power systems. This dissertation presents a ...
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Ryu, Keun (2012-02-14)Gas foil bearings (GFBs) operating at high temperature rely on thermal management procedures that supply needed cooling flow streams to keep the bearing and rotor from overheating. Poor thermal management not only makes ...
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Ehrmann, Robert Schaefer (2014-06-25)Wind farm operators observe production deficits as machines age. Quantifying deterioration on individual components is difficult, but one potential explanation is accumulation of blade surface roughness. Historically, wind ...
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Parthasarathy, Nikhil Kaushik (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)In this thesis, a novel approach is presented for blade loss simulation of an aircraft gas turbine rotor mounted on rolling element bearings with squeeze film dampers, seal rub and enclosed in a flexible housing. The modal ...
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Al Jaafari, Khaled Ali Mohammed Ali (2016-07-27)There are many stator ground faults protection schemes available in the industry. These schemes relatively perform well in detecting the faults in the stator winding. The protection of the neutral point vicinity is the ...
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Smith, Sean Joseph (2016-07-11)Retaining structures in proximity to railroads experience a variety of lateral loading intensities depending on the live load surcharge. Current design guidelines recommend using the Boussinesq solution for computing lateral ...