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Development of a Novel Electro-thermal Anti-icing System for Fiber-reinforced Polymer Composite Airfoils
DownloadFall 2012
Given the trend towards expanded use of polymeric composites for wind turbine blades and aircrafts wing, icing of polymer composite airfoils is a challenge; this thesis is addressing this issue from a conceptual perspective. For the first time, the concept of embedded thermal elements as an...
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Incorporating Evapotranspiration of Plants in Thermal Modelling of Greenhouses in Cold Regions
DownloadFall 2020
The energy consumption of greenhouse in cold regions, especially for the space heating, is still large and needs to be diminished either by reducing heat loss or by increasing the percentage of renewable energy usage. In order to predict the performance of different energy-saving designs, a...
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Spring 2024
The heat transfer from a hot to a cold medium occurs first in transient state before reaching a steady state. Hence, heat flux and surface temperatures fluctuate with changing times during the transient phase till they stabilizes after a period, and reach a steady phase. Heat conduction depends...