Browsing Master's theses in Renewable Energy by Title
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Offshore Wind Power Technology Development and Testing of a Downscaled Pitch Controlled Wind Turbine
(Master thesis, 2015)The energy demand of the world increases day by day, and at the same time people become more aware of the impact fossil energy sources have on the climate. This leads to an increased focus on renewable energy sources, ... -
Optical modelling for photovoltaic panels
(Master thesis, 2013)A novel approach to predict the performance of anti-reflective glasses on PV panel is presented in this thesis. Anti-reflective glass, such as deeply textured and thin film coated glass, has shown to increase the annual ... -
Optimal capacity density of offshore wind farms : An analysis for the prospective wind energy projects in the North Sea
(Master thesis, 2023)The North Sea and Norwegian continental shelf have been identified to possess some of the world's best wind resources. Nine countries, including Norway, have signed the Ostend Declaration and established their offshore ... -
Optimal Clustering and Layout of Norhy- brid Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Farms
(Master thesis, 2023)This work presents an approach for optimizing Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) clusters and Wind Farm Layout Optimization (WFLO), employing a combination of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations and a Genetic ... -
Optimal integration of wind energy with a renewable based microgrid for industrial applications.
(Master thesis, 2022)Wind energy in urban environments is a rapidly developing technology influenced by the terrain specifications, local wind characteristics and urban environments such as buildings architecture. The urban terrain is more ... -
Optimal samleskinnekonfigurasjon for 66-420 kV-anlegg
(Master thesis, 2023)Blant viktige byggestener i kraftnettet er transformatorstasjonene. Disse består av samleskinner, transformatorer, effektbrytere samt andre komponenter. Samleskinnene og de tilkoblede komponentene utgjør samleskinnekonfi ... -
Optimization of capacitor banks in the Skagerak networks transmission grid
(Master thesis, 2013)Capacitor banks have been widely used in electric power networks. This master thesis presents a study of introducing new capacitor banks into a transmission network. The network comprises two areas at Telemark and Vestfold ... -
Optimization of Charging Stations on a Route with Electric Buses
(Master thesis, 2019)This studyconsiders placement of electric charging stations for a public electric bus system with the intention of minimizing the charging power. This is an optimization problem where fully electric buses with opportunity ... -
Optimization of multi-reservoirpumped-storage hydropower system using differential evolution
(Master thesis, 2019)The study has proposed a long-term optimization model of a multi-reservoirpumped-storage hydropower system which is located in the Aust-Agder region.Based on the requirement a pump has been installed at a particular site ... -
Optimization of Power Supply for Hydrology-and Meteorology-stations : Optimization of power supply for off-grid hydrology- and meteorology-stationsusing machine learning and genetic algorithm
(Master thesis, 2019)This thesis consider a case study of a PV/wind/battery hybrid energy system installed at Scanmatic ASheadquarters in Arendal, Norway. The energy system is a stand-alone and off-grid hybrid system. It consistof four PV ... -
Optimization of Wind Farm Layout taking Load Constraints into Account
(Master thesis, 2017)Optimization of a wind farm layout is of utmost importance due its economical aspect. The primary aim of optimizing layout is to increase the overall energy production. The higher energy production creates more revenue ... -
Optimizing Grid Stability with Battery Energy Storage System Using Virtual Synchronous Generator Control
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis investigates the performance and potential enhancements of battery energy storage systems (BESS) for frequency regulation, focusing on the integration of a Virtual Synchronous Generator (VSG) controller with ... -
PEM Fuel Cell System : A practical approach for building, testing and controlling a self designed PEMFC stack
(Master thesis, 2017)Fuel cells are an effcient way to produce electricity, especially if it is combined with heat pro- duction. If designed to consume hydrogen, like PEMCF, the only byproduct is water in its purest form H2O. This would have ... -
Performance Analysis of PV Power Plants Across Norway
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis examines hourly aggregated data from 501 photovoltaic (PV) installations, builds a better knowledge foundation about the geographical performance of PV systems in Norway, and provides a groundwork for how PV ... -
Performance Degradation and Failure Analysis of 7 Years (of) Field Exposed Photovoltaic System in Southern Norway
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis covers an analysis of performance degradation and failure detection of thin-film (Sharp) and m-Si (REC and Suntech) PV modules located at Kjøita in the south of Norway. The analysis consists of performance ... -
Performance of molybdenum disulfide as anode material in lithium-ion
(Master thesis, 2023)Målet med denne avhandlingen var å forberede og karakterisere det naturlige mineralet molybden disulfid fra den lokale gruven Knaben Gruver, for bruk som anodemateriale i litium-ion-batterier. Prosessen med å rense med ... -
Photovoltaic facade systems in Norway: An assessment of energy performance, building integration, and costs
(Master thesis, 2018)In this master thesis, different PV facade systems located in Norway have been evaluated and analyzed. It will thus contribute to the ongoing development of a national database of BIPV. Also, technical and economic aspects ... -
Photovoltaic production for a fixed tilt plane, with different surface azimuth angles. Analyzing system operating conditions and time of day production
(Master thesis, 2019)Photovoltaicsystems for residential household may bea large part of energy production in the future. The electric grid is facing challenges,andphotovoltaicsystems can contribute in the reduction of electricgrid ... -
Planning of Residential Microgrid Community with Technical and Economic Analysis
(Master thesis, 2018)Establishment of microgrid communities in Norway can contribute to solve many upgrading challenges of the existing grid. Today's grid are in many areas not suited to handle both bidirec- tional power ow and the increasing ... -
Power dispatching of active generators using droop control in grid connected micro-grid
(Master thesis, 2014)Renewable energy promises a green energy future for the world. However, many technical problems still have to be solved. Almost all renewable energy sources require power electronic converters for power processing and ...