Browsing Master's theses in Renewable Energy by Title
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A Novel solid oxide fuel cell anode substrate : performance and lifetime studies
(Master thesis, 2013)The competition in the fuel cell market today is driving improved performance and among the fuel cells types the Solid Oxide fuel cell (SOFC) has a top rank because of its high efficiency in combined heat and power ... -
Active Power Filters in Zero Energy Buildings
(Master thesis, 2017)With an increasing focus on the environment and moving from fossil to renewable energy, there has and is an increasing interest in zero energy buildings. Zero energy buildings often utilize local intermittent renewable ... -
An approach to day ahead forecasting of solar irradiance with an application to energy gain in solar thermal collectors
(Master thesis, 2014)Today, for the management of energy supply systems forecast information on load and theproduction of meteorology dependent (wind, solar, hydro) generation is ever rising. Solarirradiance forecasting is given a unique ... -
Analysis of Electrical Loads and Strategies for Increasing Self-Consumption with BIPV Case study : Skarpnes Zero-Energy House
(Master thesis, 2017)At Skarpnes village (Southern Norway), the houses as zero energy buildings (ZEB) are installed with Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) systems, and these houses are not containing smart control of equipments. The aim ... -
Analysis of Power System Options for Rural Electrification in Rwanda
(Master thesis, 2015)The development of modernized energy system for developing countries especially in rural areas is constantly a considerable problem to energy utilities. The progressive use of diesel generators in rural areas as main ... -
Battery systems for commercial buildings with solar power : Control and operation strategies
(Master thesis, 2019)In order to reach the climate targets, a sustainable energy system based on renewable energy generationis required. Battery storage systems are considered part of the solution, aselectricity generationfrom ... -
Biochar-pellets as substitute for fossil coal in metallurgical processes
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis serves as a base for later research on substituting fossil coal and coke with biochar in the Norwegian metallurgical industry. Because Norwegian electricity production is almost entirely based on carbon dioxide ... -
CFD-simuleringer med plasserte hindringer i utløpet til Brokke kraftstasjon for reduksjon av gassovermetning i Otra
(Master thesis, 2019)If air is drawn into the intake system of a power plant, super saturated gas may develop.Super saturated gas can occur if air is dissolved in water under a pressure higher than theatmospheric pressure. Downstream Brokke ... -
Chemical Vapour Deposition of Pure Titanium Using a Heated Wire Reactor and TiI4
(Master thesis, 2017)An experimental reactor system has been optimized throughout a series of experiments for making titanium tubes from an electrically heated titanium coil filament by a chemical vapour deposition method, based on the ... -
Comparison of ideal solar cell concepts using infield data
(Master thesis, 2018)The work done in this thesis has been focused on the comparison of the power production in the ideal single junction cell, intermediate band solar cell, the unconstrained tandem cell, and the area de-coupled 2-terminal ... -
Cost optimization of an offshore wind farm integrated to an oil & gas platform
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Demand side management of electric water heater with a photovoltaic system
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis presents the development of a load controller, which can be used to store self- produced electricity as hot water in a regular electrical water tank. The electricity market today facing challenges towards ... -
Design and Fabrication of Solar Water Distillation System for Developing Countries
(Master thesis, 2017)The local population in Somalia is experiencing a shortage of fresh drinking water due to high salt content in the ground water. The humanitarian organization Yme is a big contributor for providing clean and safe drinking ... -
Design and installation of a grid-connected PV system
(Master thesis, 2014)As the worlds electrical demand is being more covered by photovoltaic (PV) systems, Germanyinstalled 3.3 GW of the worlds PV systems in 2013 compared to 0.6 MW being installed inNorway. Irradiation measurements done for ... -
Design and verification of a solar powered automatic rooftop hydroponic system with real time individual measuring of potassium and calcium
(Master thesis, 2019)This report covers development and implementation of two hydroponic systems. One at a lab inside theUniversity of Agder, and one at the roof on the J-Building at the University. This report tries to answer thefollowing ... -
Design of an Alkaline Electrolysis Stack
(Master thesis, 2017)Renewable energy promises a green energy future for the world. Hence, the electrol- ysis process has been identi ed as the most important method to produce hydrogen using renewable energy source. Moreover, during the ... -
Design of Photovoltaic System for Rural Electrification in Rwanda
(Master thesis, 2017)In this century of accelerated development in various domains, some African countries are still facing a challenge of lack of power due to its scarce in some places, where by the main source of power (generation of ... -
DESIGN, MODELING, AND FABRICATION OF THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR FOR WASTE HEAT RECOVERY IN LOCAL PROCESS INDUSTRY
(Master thesis, 2017)The waste heat from energy company consumption sectors, when rejected into atmosphere, are useless and it contributes to global warming. Nowadays industrial activities and energy sectors (power stations, oil refineries, ... -
Development and Electrochemical Evaluation of Tape Cast Substrates for SOFC Single Cells
(Master thesis, 2013)As a means to reduce the solid oxide fuel cell material cost and make it more adapted to other fuels, titania as a candidate catalyst material has been investigated. A low-cost, high precision, self made tape casting ...