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Spring 2022
The rapid increase in global water and energy demand due to industrialization and population growth is a pressing challenge humankind faces today. Recent estimates indicate that due to population growth and reduction of water supplies, 40% of the global population is struggling with water...
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Fall 2014
Data collection is difficult in remote locations due to limited access and scarce resources. To power environmental monitoring equipment, and allow it to operate independently of maintenance and infrastructure, energy can be harvested from the environment; however, this makes the system dependent...
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Optimization and Energy Management of Battery Energy Storage Systems in Residential and Industrial Applications
DownloadFall 2019
Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) provides a fast and high power capability, making them an ideal solution for residential and industrial application. However, given today’s high investment costs of BESS, a well-matched design and adequate sizing of the storage systems are prerequisites to...
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Optimization of Electrical Interface for Vibration-based Energy Harvesters for Low Power Applications
DownloadSpring 2020
Badr, Ahmed Osman Abdel-Latif Ahmed
Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEHs) can be used to supply power to small electronic devices as the Wireless Sensor Nodes (WSNs). However, the harvested energy from the harvesters are usually little and needs to be stored into storage elements. A high-efficiency electrical interface with...
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Optimizing Electric Vehicle Charging Networks: Adaptive Placement and Energy Management in Uncertain Environments
DownloadSpring 2024
With the emerging proliferation of electric vehicles (EVs) in traffic, the optimal deployment of EV charging stations has become a critical issue due to the foreseeable significant impact on conventional power distribution systems and traffic networks. With the complex coupling between...
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Fall 2017
A wireless sensor network is a tool that can collect data, aiding in answering a number of different questions in research and industrial environments. When deployed in remote locations, it is often beneficial to use of energy harvesting technologies, allowing sensor nodes to replenish energy...