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Author:

Li, Daiwei

Title:

To Invest or Not to Invest: The Exploration of Preferred Investment Strategies in Corporate Renewable Power Purchase Agreements

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Multi-Objective Optimization Problem
Single-Objective Optimization Problem
Real Option Valuation
Power Purchase Agreement
Greenhouse Gas Emission
Wholesale Electricity Price
Binomial Lattice Pricing Method
Unit Commitment
Monte Carlo Simulation
Single-Objective Optimization Problem
Real Option Valuation
Power Purchase Agreement
Greenhouse Gas Emission
Wholesale Electricity Price
Binomial Lattice Pricing Method
Unit Commitment
Monte Carlo Simulation

File:

Download Daiwei_Li_Thesis_Final_0322.pdf

Committee Members:

Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member
Zhen Lei, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wasserman, Ian

Title:

Study of Petroleum Coke Ash as an Alternative Low-Cost Oxygen Carrier for Chemical-Looping Combustion

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Chemical-Looping Combustion
Petroleum coke
Sustainability
Waste resource recovery
Advanced combustion

File:

Download ThesisFinal_IanWasserman_iww5045.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarma V Pisupati, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xueyi Zhang, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Isaac-Onwah, Uzoezi

Title:

Risk Preference Amongst Undergraduate Engineering Students - The Effects of Time Pressure, Optimism, Sleep and Available Information

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Risk
Risk aversion
Decision Making
Engineering Decision Making
Risk Seeking
Risk Preference
Time Pressure
Optimism

File:

Download Uzoezi_-_Thesis_.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeremy Michael Gernand, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member

Author:

Ren, Zihan

Title:

Application of Data Driven Machine Learning Methodologies for Predicting Reamining Useful Life of Equipment

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Machine Learning
Remaining useful life estimation
turbofan engine
Oil and gas equipment

File:

Download MS-thesis-ZihanRen.pdf

Committee Members:

Sanjay Srinivasan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mort D Webster, Committee Member
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Member
Sanjay Srinivasan, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yen, Shao Hsien

Title:

TOWARDS ACCURATE EVALUATING THE VALUE OFOPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY OF COMBINED-CYCLE UNITS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Flexibility
Combined-cycle unit
configuration formulation
dynamic ramping
unit commitment
Flexibility
Flexibility
Combined-cycle unit
configuration formulation
dynamic ramping
unit commitment
Combined-cycle unit
configuration formulation
configuration formulation
dynamic ramping
unit commitment

File:

Download Jimmy_s_Penn_State_Master_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Zhen Lei, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Song, Yibo

Title:

Numerical Simulation of Proppant Displacement in Scaled Fracture Networks

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Proppant transport
hydraulic fracturing
particle laden fluid
discrete element methods

File:

Download Thesis_Yibo_Song.pdf

Committee Members:

Arash Dahi Taleghani, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory R King, Committee Member
John Wang, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Al Balushi, Faras

Title:

Using Digital Rock Analysis to Estimate Flow Properties of Stress-Sensitive Rocks

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Stress-dependent permeability
Absolute permeability
Digital rock analysis
Finite Element Analysis
Lattice Boltzmann Methods

File:

Download Faras_Al_Balushi_s_M.S._Thesis-Final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Arash Dahi Taleghani, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Yu, Jiayi

Title:

Conductivity Evolution in Propped Fractures During Reservoir Drawdown

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Proppant; Propped fracture conductivity; Proppant embedment; Proppant crushing

File:

Download Jiayi_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair