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Integration of Combined Heat and Power Generators into Small Buildings - A Transient Analysis Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Small combined heat and power generators have the potential to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of residential buildings. Recently, much attention has been given to these units. To date, the ... -
Integration of design and control for large-scale applications: a back-off approach
(University of Waterloo, 2020-02-14)Design and control are two distinct aspects of a process that are inherently related though these aspects are often treated independently. Performing a sequential design and control strategy may lead to poor control ... -
Integration of Design and Control under Uncertainty: A New Back-off Approach using PSE Approximations
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-02)Chemical process design is still an active area of research since it largely determines the optimal and safe operation of a new process under various conditions. The design process involves a series of steps that aims to ... -
Integration of design and NMPC-based control of processes under uncertainty
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-16)The implementation of a Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) scheme for the integration of design and control demands the solution of a complex optimization formulation, in which the solution of the design problem ... -
Integration of Environmental Costs in Ontario’s Pavement Management Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-04)This study aims to quantify the health and environmental damages of emissions released by pavement management activities in Ontario. The construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation of pavement results in greenhouse gases ... -
Integration of Geochemical and Isotopic Analyses of Fracture Minerals and Fluids to Assess the Deep Geological Stability at Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-30)The crystalline bedrock underlying the Chalk River Laboratories (CRL) at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) provides a valuable analogue for potential nuclear waste storage sites. As the main pathways for fluid flow in ... -
The Integration of Green Infrastructure and Equity within Urban Planning: An Academic and Applicative Exploration
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-20)This thesis examines the integration of green infrastructure and equity within academia and in practical applications such as comprehensive city plans. With climate change worsening and affecting urban areas with extreme ... -
Integration of Hydrogen and CO2 Management within Refinery Planning
(University of Waterloo, 2008-12-02)The petroleum refining industry is considered to be one of the most important industries affecting daily life. However, this industry is facing many new and challenging situations, including such new trends as increased ... -
Integration of Hydrogen Technology into Large Scale Industrial Manufacturing in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-12)Power-to-Gas is particularly applicable in Ontario’s energy market, due to the abundance of curtailed renewable energy. During off peak hours this results in not only low carbon, but low-cost electricity making hydrogen ... -
Integration of Learning, Situational Power and Goal Constraints Into Time-Dependent Electronic Negotiation Agents
(University of Waterloo, 2002)In the past decade, electronic negotiation has become an important research topic in the field of information systems. A desirable goal of negotiation agents is to understand their owners' requirements, and to learn ... -
Integration of Local Positioning System & Strapdown Inertial Navigation System for Hand-Held Tool Tracking
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-25)This research concerns the development of a smart sensory system for tracking a hand-held moving device to millimeter accuracy, for slow or nearly static applications over extended periods of time. Since different operators ... -
Integration of Nanoparticle Cell Lysis and Microchip PCR as a Portable Solution for One-Step Rapid Detection of Bacteria
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-20)Bacteria are the oldest, structurally simplest, and most abundant forms of life on earth. Its detection has always been a serious question since the emerging of modern science and technology. There has been a phenomenal ... -
Integration of Nanostructures and Quantum Dots into Spherical Silicon Solar Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-26)In order to improve the optical losses of spherical silicon solar cells, new fabrication designs were presented. The new device structures are fabricated based on integration of nanostructures into spherical silicon solar ... -
Integration of New Technologies into Existing Mature Process to Improve Efficiency and Reduce Energy Consumption
(University of Waterloo, 2009-06-30)Optimal operation of plants is becoming more important due to increasing competition and small and changing profit margins for many products. One major reason has been the realization by industry that potentially large ... -
Integration of non-traditional stable isotopes and synchrotron measurements
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-31)Selenium is well named after the moon, because statements about this element must often be qualified, making it feel ever changing; for instance, Se is a nutrient, but an excess of 400 µg per day is toxic for humans. High ... -
Integration of Ozone and Ultrasound Activated Sludge Pre-Treatments into a Wastewater Treatment Whole-Plant Simulator
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-20)Modern wastewater treatment provides great benefit to society by reducing the transmission of disease. In recent years computer simulation of whole plants has allowed for improved design and more economical consideration ... -
Integration of paleolimnological and contemporary hydroecological analyses to decipher effects of multiple stressors on water-rich northern landscapes
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-16)Northern freshwater ecosystems provide important habitat and resources which support abundant wildlife and waterfowl populations and the traditional lifestyle of many First Nation communities. However, concerns have been ... -
The Integration of Remote Sensing and GIS to Facilitate Sustainable Urban Environmental Management: The Case of Bangkok, Thailand
(University of Waterloo, 2002)Cities in developing countries are facing serious problems as a result of rapid urban population growth. Not the least of these problems is the creation of environmental stresses at the rural-urban fringe of these cities ... -
Integration of Satellite Data, Physically-based Model, and Deep Neural Networks for Historical Terrestrial Water Storage Reconstruction
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-08)Terrestrial water storage (TWS) is an essential part of the global water cycle. Long-term monitoring of observed and modeled TWS is fundamental to analyze droughts, floods, and other meteorological extreme events caused ... -
Integration of Scheduling and Control for Chemical Batch Plants under Stochastic Uncertainty: A Back-off Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2022-02-18)Due to competitiveness in the chemical industrial sector, methodologies must be developed for an optimal programming of activities of a plant and a safe operation of its equipment. The formulation of a problem that involves ...