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Author:

Zhang, Kuangyuan

Title:

Essays on Mining Economics and System Modeling

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Mining Economics
Real Option Evaluation
Mean-reverting of Commodity Price
Material Criticality
Yttrium
China’s Rare Earth P

File:

Download Kuangyuan_Zhang.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Nathan Kleit, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonio Nieto, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Antonio Nieto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George Young, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Torrealba, Victor Antonio

Title:

Pore-scale investigation on compaction-dependent characteristics of granular packs and their impact on fluid distribution

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

porous media
compaction
multiphase fluids
pore-scale
drainage
imbibition
X-ray CT scanning

File:

Download MS_Thesis_-_Victor_Torrealba.pdf

Committee Members:

Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Conrad, Caleb Marchant

Title:

The interaction of Shale/fracture/fluid and their influence on Production from an unconventional tight oil reservoir

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

pressure dependent fracture permeability
fracture conductivity
youngs modulus

File:

Download CMC_shale_thesis_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Barry, Branden Lane

Title:

Evaluation of Ultrasonic Cavitation Treatment Effects on the Beneficiation of Bituminous Coal

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Ultrasonic
Cavitation
Bituminous Coal
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Hydrocyclone
Filter Press
Pressure Filtration

File:

Download Branden_Barry_MS_Thesis__Final__2014-0720_BLB.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Stephen Klima, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kumpf, Katrina Heidi

Title:

Portfolio Analysis of Solar Photovoltaics: Quantifying the Contribution of Locational Marginal Pricing and Solar Irradiation Power on Overall Revenue and Investment Risk

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

solar photovoltaics
solar irradiation
beta values
locational marginal pricing
investment
portfolio risk
portfolio analysis

File:

Download KatrinaKumpf_-_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Brownson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mesiwala, Akil

Title:

Alternate Revenue Stream Analysis for a Residential Battery Connected to a PV Rooftop

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

lithium ion
battery
solar PV
GridSTAR
ancillary services
energy arbitrage
regulation
PJM

File:

Download M.S._Thesis_Akil_Mesiwala.pdf

Committee Members:

Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr David Riley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Udegbe, Egbadon Ajibola

Title:

Economic Modeling of the Energy Management System for a Battery-solar Building-integrated Microgrid: A Comparison Between Lead-acid and Lithium Ion Battery Systems

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

microgrid
solar
energy management system
backup power
smart grid
grid stability
frequency regulation
peak-shaving

File:

Download Udegbe_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr David Riley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mina Carbonero, Roger

Title:

Evaluating Increasing Block Pricing as a Subsidization Scheme in the Electricity Retail Sector: The Colombian Case

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Subsidies
Block Pricing
Electricity
Colombia

File:

Download Mina_MS_Thesis_Document.pdf

Committee Members:

Anastasia Scherbakova, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cao, Peilin

Title:

Investigation of Cement Alteration and Associated Conductivity Change in Co2-rich Environments relevant to Carbon Sequestration

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

cement integrity
CO2 sequestration
cement alteration
conductivity evolution
reactive transport modeling
CO2-brine dynamic flow

File:

Download Cao_Dissertation_final2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member
Farshad Rajabipour, Committee Member

Author:

Kulga, Ihsan Burak

Title:

ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICACY OF CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION IN DEPLETED SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

PSU-SHALECOMP
numerical model
CO2 injection
shale gas
artificial neural network
stimulated reservoir volume
srv
ann

File:

Download Ihsan_Burak_Kulga_Phd.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Zhen Lei, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member