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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
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Spring 2018
In flat roof solar PV projects, design is one of the most important and challenging processes. PV design is challenging in that it requires various aspects to be considered (such as weather, location, purpose of use), and standard guidelines for building a solar PV system are not currently...
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Spring 2023
Cooling towers are utilized in a wide variety of industrial applications for dissipating waste heat into the atmosphere. The design of effective, economical, and environment-friendly cooling towers is paramount for industrial applications. In this thesis, a numerical optimization framework for...
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Fall 2013
Cloud-based infrastructures enable applications to collect and analyze massive amounts of data. NoSQL databases endowed with high availability and excellent scalability through their easy deployment on cloud-computing platforms, become a more attractive data-storage solution for these big-data...
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Design Rules for Characteristics of Heat Flow in Welding on Thick Plates using Asymptotics and Blending
DownloadSpring 2021
The problem of moving heat sources is central to a wide range of industrial fields, including welding, surface heat treatment and additive manufacturing. However, there are few general and easily applicable solutions to predict critical thermal characteristics of heat flow such as the cooling...
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Fall 2021
Light Emitting Diode (LED) fixtures are widely used in streetlighting owing to their durability, high luminous efficacy, and low power consumption. LED drivers which are ac/dc converters are required as an interface between the LEDs and the grid voltage. There are certain requirements mandated by...
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Design, Analysis, and Control of the Modular Multilevel DC/DC Converter for Medium- and High-Voltage DC Grids
DownloadFall 2022
Nowadays, renewable energy sources have gained escalating importance due to environmental and economic reasons. However, these energy sources are primarily located in remote areas and distant from load centers. High-voltage dc (HVDC) and medium-voltage dc (MVDC) systems have been proposed in the...