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Author:

Richards, Scott Alan

Title:

Technoeconomic Analysis of Pumped Hydroelectric Storage as a Means to Mitigate the Variability of Renewable Generation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

pumped hydroelectric storage
pumped storage hydro
renewable energy
wind power
solar power
PJM
variable generation

File:

Download Scotts_Thesis_4-11-12_Final_119_Pages.pdf

Committee Members:

Horacio Perez Blanco, 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:

McCandless, Tyler

Title:

Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Short-range Solar Irradiance Prediction

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

Solar irradiance
artificial intelligence
artificial neural network
solar power
regime-dependent

File:

Download tylermccandless.pdf

Committee Members:

Sue Ellen Haupt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Young, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jerry Y Harrington, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Special Member

Author:

He, Zhanwei

Title:

Sizing and Techno-economic Analysis of Hybrid-Combined Heat and Power -PV- Battery Storage Systems of Commercial and Industrial Buildings

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Combined Heat and Power
Micro-grid
solar power
hybrid system
HOMER

File:

Download thesis_paper.pdf

Committee Members:

James Freihaut, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghyun Rim, Committee Member
Gregory Scott Pavlak, Committee Member

Author:

Brownell, Matthew

Title:

A Time-Varying Subspace Method for Shape Estimation of a Flexible Spacecraft Membrane

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

subspace
spacecraft
flexible
solar
solar power
ERA
reduced-order modeling
analytical modeling
dynamics
structures
space structure
large

File:

Download Brownell_MastersThesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Puneet Singla, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert G. Melton, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Roshan Thomas Eapen, Committee Member
Andrew Sinclair, Special Signatory