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Author:

Oyetayo, Olaide M

Title:

ACTIVATED CARBON-SUPPORTED SODIUM HYDROXIDE AS A CATALYST FOR THE TRANSESTERIFICATION OF SOYBEAN OIL

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Biodiesel
Transesterification
Heterogeneous Catalyst

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andre Louis Boehman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Manuel Perez Sr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yaw Yeboah, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Kuangyuan

Title:

Target versus Price: Improving Energy Efficiency of Industrial Enterprises in China

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Energy Saving Policy
Government Target
Energy Price

File:

Download FinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhen Lei, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonio Nieto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Idrisu, Babatunde

Title:

Impact Of Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards on The Costof Solar And Wind Energy in Pjm

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Renewable Portfolio Standard
PJM
Wind
Solar

File:

Download The_Pennsylvania_State_University_Thesis__final_1.pdf

Committee Members:

Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lilik, Gregory Kenneth

Title:

Advanced Diesel Combustion of High Cetane Number Fuels and the Impacts on the combustion Process

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Advanced Diesel Combustion
Total Hydrocarbons (THC)
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
Ignition Quality
Equivalence Ratio

File:

Download Lilik_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Andre Louis Boehman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Robert John Wagner, Special Member

Author:

Labarbera, Mark Stephen

Title:

Development of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Utilizing Alternative Fuels

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
Liquid Metal Anode
Impedance Spectroscopy
Alternative Fuels

File:

Download LaBarberaDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member
Semih Eser, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Special Member

Author:

Ketineni, Sarath Pavan

Title:

Analysis of Production Decline Characteristics of a Multistage Hydraulically Fractured Well in a Naturally Fractured Reservoir.

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Unconventional Reservoir
Type curve
Rate Transient Analysis
Mathieu Functions
Laplace Transform
Stehfest Algorithm

File:

Download Thesis_-_Sarath_Ketineni.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rayl, Jeffrey Edwin

Title:

Climate-regime cospectrum analysis: shortwave solar irradiance with other meteorological parameters for regionally spaced locales

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Solar Energy
Irradiance
Meteorology
Power Spectral Density
Cospectrum
Coherence
Phase

File:

Download Thesis_Rayl_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey Brownson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wang, Haotian

Title:

Production Performance Analysis of Multi-stage Hydraulic Fracture Designs in Tight Sands

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

hydraulic fracture
simulation
LGR
tight sands

File:

Download Master_Thisis_-_Haotian_Wang.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hott, Rebecca Michelle

Title:

GIS-based Spatial Analysis for Large-scale Solar Power Systems with Respect to Transmission, Distribution and Grid Integration: Case Study of Wyoming, U.S.

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

GIS
spatial analysis
solar power
solar electric
transmission
grid integration
PV
CSP
CPV
Wyoming

File:

Download RebeccaHott-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey Brownson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rajput, Vaibhav Hiralal

Title:

A Production Performance Prediction and Field Development Design Tool for Coalbed Methane Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Coalbed Methane
Reservoir Simulation
Artificial Neural Networks
Field Development Optimization

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Vaibhav_Rajput.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor