Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
- 37Huang, Biao (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 5Forbes, Fraser (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 2Li, Zukui (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 2Prasad, Vinay (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 1Afacan, Artin (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 1Forbes, J.Fraser (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
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EM Algorithm for Electricity Pool Price Prediction and Errors-in-variables Process Identification
DownloadSpring 2016
In this thesis, under the EM algorithm framework, a multiple model approach is developed towards electricity price prediction, and the identification problem for errors-in-variables (EIV) systems is studied. Alberta's electricity price, which shows high volatility and erratic nature, is...
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Fall 2013
The utility system plays an important role in efficient plant operations of chemical processes. In this thesis, economic optimization of steam utility system is investigated in detail. The objective is: 1) to calculate the optimal generation amount of steam and electricity under uncertainty in...
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Fall 2018
The objective of this work is to study the problems that arise in state estimation for severely nonlinear systems. In practice, many processes are nonlinear, accompanied by uncertain parameters. The complexity of the model causes the probability density function (PDF) of the states to deviate...
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Fall 2015
A large volume of literature exists on fault detection and isolation for industrial processes. In a general view, these various methods may be divided into process model based and process history based fault diagnosis. In both classes, there has been a recent focus on extracting the temporal...
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Spring 2013
Parameter estimation of a dynamic system is an important task in process systems engineering. The utilization of an augmented system offers the approach of estimating process states and parameters simultaneously. In practice, the parameters often satisfy certain constraints which should be...
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Spring 2015
In many industrial processes, critical variables cannot be easily measured on-line: they are either obtained from hardware analyzers which are often expensive and difficult to maintain, or carried out off-line through laboratory analysis which cannot be used in real time control. These...
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Spring 2019
Predictive modeling has proven to be a valuable tool in process industry to estimate hard-to-measure variables that cannot be measured online. Those variables usually require LAB analysis to be quantified, which is time-consuming and costly. Predictive modeling can be used for both regression and...
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Spring 2020
Machine learning (ML) has shown great potential to create tremendous value and growth to all sectors around the world, enhancing productivity, health, and longevity of humanity. ML differentiates itself from all previous methods through its adaptive and self-learning capabilities. In recent...
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Spring 2012
Limitations of measurement techniques and increasingly complex chemical process render difficulties in obtaining certain critical process variables. The hardware sensor reading may have an obvious bias compared with the real value. Off-line laboratory analysis with high accuracy can only be...
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Spring 2013
In the steam methane reforming process, improvement of the reformed gas outlet temperature control performance can lead to a larger hydrogen production rate, while ensuring safe process operation. In this work, a side fired primary gas reformer is investigated. The three objectives of this work...