Browsing by Subject "Energy"
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A Comparison of WinAM and EnergyPlus Predicted Consumption Due to the Effects of Thermal Mass and Temperature Setback
(2018-08-17)The purpose of this research was to compare the energy consumption of WinAM and EnergyPlus when thermal mass and a temperature setback are applied. Since WinAM does not account for thermal mass, a correction method was ... -
An Examination of Ideology and Subject Formation Among Elite and Ordinary Residents in the Bakken Shale, North Dakota, 2015-2016
(2018-06-22)The US shale energy boom of the late 2000s and 2010s has brought both economic growth and negative externalities to communities undergoing extraction. Building on previous research on fracking landscapes – as well as ... -
An Examination of Ideology and Subject Formation Among Elite and Ordinary Residents in the Bakken Shale, North Dakota, 2015-2016
(2018-06-22)The US shale energy boom of the late 2000s and 2010s has brought both economic growth and negative externalities to communities undergoing extraction. Building on previous research on fracking landscapes – as well as ... -
An Investigation of Using Isochoric Data Points in the Development of Natural Gas Equation of State
(2014-02-27)Access to energy is essential for the survival of humans, and the need for energy rises continuously because of population increase and economic progress. Fossil fuels continue to play the major role in satisfying energy ... -
Comparing Contiguous and Discontiguous Energy Grids and Propogating Uncertainties for Radiation Transport Finite Element Methods
(2016-12-13)The purpose of this study is to quantitatively compare the accuracy of radiation transport finite element methods which use a contiguous support to those which use a discontiguous support of the energy domain. The ... -
Designing a Real-time Strategy Game about Sustainable Energy Use
(2011-08-08)This thesis documents the development of a video game about sustainable energy use that unites fun with learning. Many other educational games do not properly translate knowledge, facts, and lessons into the language of ... -
Development of a Segregated Municipal Solid Waste Gasification System for Electrical Power Generation
(2013-04-11)Gasification technologies are expected to play a key role in the future of solid waste management since the conversion of municipal and industrial solid wastes to a gaseous fuel significantly increases its value. Municipal ... -
Electrical and Production Load Factors
(2010-07-14)Load factors are an important simplification of electrical energy use data and depend on the ratio of average demand to peak demand. Based on operating hours of a facility they serve as an important benchmarking tool for ... -
Encoding serial data for energy-delay-product and energy minimization
(2009-05-15)Serial or parallel buses are widely used to communicate information in most electronic devices. The energy consumed by bus interconnects may comprise a significant portion of the overall energy consumption of the device. ... -
An Energy Analysis Of A Large, Multipurpose Educational Building In A Hot Climate
(2012-02-14)In this project a steady-state building load for Constant Volume Terminal Reheat (CVTR), Dual Duct Constant Volume (DDCV) and Dual Duct Variable Air Volume (DDVAV) systems for the Zachry Engineering Building has been ... -
Energy Piles in Cooling Dominated Climates
(2014-04-10)Air pollution is one of the main environmental problems mankind faces in the 21^(st) century caused by to the extensive use of fossil fuels. One of the opportunities to overcome this problem is to develop new technologies ... -
Energy Portfolio Assessment Tool (EPAT): Sustainable Energy Planning Using the WEF Nexus Approach - Texas Case Study
(2017-08-04)The future energy portfolio at the national and subnational levels should consider its impact on water resources and environment. Although energy resources are the main contributors to the national economic growth, these ... -
Energy Security and Resiliency for the Texas National Guard
(2018-08-08)The Texas Military Department (TMD) faces energy security issues due to the dependency of electricity from the grid that can be disrupted in case of a natural disaster like Hurricane Harvey hitting Texas. This motivates ... -
Energy Sustainability in Texas Corporate Social Responsibility and Green Practices
(2015-12-12)Research shows that greenhouse gases warm the planet by trapping infrared radiation with fossil fuel production being a major source of greenhouse gas production. If the atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) ... -
Essays on Oil, Energy, and Oil Self-Sufficiency in the U.S.
(2013-09-30)When oil prices rise, politicians often call for improvements in energy efficiency or policies that they hope will make the U.S. more “energy independent.” The argument is that if we consume less oil, domestic supplies ... -
Essays on U.S. energy markets
(2009-05-15)This dissertation examines three facets of U.S. energy use and policy. First, I examine the Gulf Coast petroleum refining industry to determine the structure of the industry. Using the duality between cost-minimization and ... -
Evaluation and Analysis of an Integrated PEM Fuel Cell with Absorption Cooling and Water Heating System for Sustainable Building Operation
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu)Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2010)In this paper, a parametric study of a PEM fuel cell integrated with a double effect absorption system is carried out in order to study the effect of different operating conditions on the efficiency of the PEM fuel cell, ... -
How El Nino affects energy consumption: a study at national and regional levels
(2009-06-02)El Niño is typically viewed as an episode of destructive weather anomalies that can last from a few months to several years. The majority of research looks at the negative impacts of this event. However, not all impacts ... -
Industrial Energy Use Indices
(2009-05-15)Energy use index (EUI) is an important measure of energy use which normalizes energy use by dividing by building area. Energy use indices and associated coefficients of variation are computed for major industry categories ...