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    Development of a Bio-Refinery Based on Olive Wastes

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Hasani, Reihane (Author) ; Kariminia, Hamid-Reza (Supervisor) ; Eshraghi, Saeed (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In this project, Olive Mill Wastes (OMW) has been considered as a raw material for a bio-refinery. The project is consisted of a design section using SuperPro Designer software and an experimental section. The biorefinery was designed using the software after conducting a survey on the production of different value added material from OMW. The designed process consisted of xanthan gum, methane gas and agriculture fertilizer production. As much as 15000 L of the diluted OMW (to 50% of the initial concentration) is purified and 88 Kg xanthan gum (in 7 days), 2840 Kg methane gas and 200 Kg fertilizer in 25 days are produced at the same time.
    In the experimental section, effect of applying... 

    A new approach for solving resource constrained project scheduling problems using differential evolution algorithm

    , Article International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations ; Volume 7, Issue 2 , 2016 , Pages 205-216 ; 19232926 (ISSN) Eshraghi, A ; Sharif University of Technology
    Growing Science  2016
    Abstract
    One subcategory of project scheduling is the resource constrained project scheduling problem (RCPSP). The present study proposes a differential evolution algorithm for solving the RCPSP making a small change in the method to comply with the model. The RCPSP is intended to program a group of activities of minimal duration while considering precedence and resource constraints. The present study introduces a differential evolution algorithm and local search was added to improve the performance of the algorithm. The problems were then solved to evaluate the performance of the algorithm and the results are compared with genetic algorithm. Computational results confirm that the differential... 

    Reshaping energy policy for sustainable development: Curbing Iran’s carbon emission monster via renewable energies

    , Article Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy ; Volume 11, Issue 9 , 2016 , Pages 830-840 ; 15567249 (ISSN) Eshraghi, H ; Maleki, A ; Sharif University of Technology
    Taylor and Francis Inc  2016
    Abstract
    This paper formulates flow of energy from primary resources and import routes to different socio-economic sectors by making use of Long-Range Energy Alternatives Planning (LEAP) model. It presents a baseline of how Iran’s future production and consumption patterns evolve. It also seeks plausible scenario for renewable energies utilization and evaluates its mitigation potential and economic aspects. Model results indicate that exploitation of a "not-too-strict" package of renewable sources featuring 10 GW of wind and 19 GW of hydro by the end of 2035 will lead to CO2 emissions to be reduced up to an amount of 190.7 million tons in the study period. By accounting for the opportunity costs... 

    Development of an Analytical Framework for Evaluation of Climate Change Mitigation Policies on Iran’s Energy Security

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Eshraghi, Hadi (Author) ; Maleki, Abbas (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Climate change and energy security are key drivers for future energy policy. While energy security has been a pillar of energy policy for about a century, concern about climate change is more recent and is bound to radically change the landscape of energy policy. Policy makers are now under increasing pressure to address these twin challenges: to develop cost-effective policies that will both ensure the security of our energy system and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
    Main Effort in this Project is to construct an integrated model of Iran’s energy system to serve as a policy analysis tool, by which policymakers are able to identify the future effects of a wide range of policies in... 

    Numerical Modeling of Non-Cemented and Cemented Ballast Aggregates under Triaxial Test with a Flexible Membrane Using Discrete Element Method (DEM)

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Eshraghi, Hamid Reza (Author) ; Pak, Ali (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    This research deals with numerical simulation of triaxial test to determine behavior of non-cemented and cemented ballast aggregates used in base and subbase of roads and railroads. Ballast aggregates, thanks to their high strength and durability, are widely used in various fields including dam, river, road construction, and railway. One of the most widespread uses of this material is in the road body, and according to the recommendation of the British Highway Center, the materials used in the road body are well-graded gravel with the maximum size of 20 mm. Cement is also used as a corrective material to enhance the performance of road bodies. Therefore, knowing the characteristics of these... 

    The Impact of Information Sharing on Performance of an M/M/1 Queueing System

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Eshraghi, Mohammad Hossein (Author) ; Abouee-Mehrizi, Hossein (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Social media can be helpful to people in vast areas, especially in queuing systems, in the real world there is remarkably unknown information like service time, average waiting time or average queue length to customers, thus people are likely to share their experiences to posterior customers who want to use the same service. This research examines the impact of user-generated reviews, on the performances of a Markovian queuing system, we assumed that customers are not aware of the service rate, therefore they will assist next customers by writing reviews about their service time they had experienced. We intend to examine the impact of information on queueing performance such as system... 

    Evaluating the Effectiveness of Supportive Innovation Policies on New Technology-Based Firms’ Success in Reaching the Growth Stage

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Eshraghi, Alireza (Author) ; Miremadi, Iman (Supervisor) ; Vesal, Mohammad (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    New technology-based firms (NTBFs) are the driving force behind creating innovation and technology in countries and can play a crucial role in job creation and economic growth. These companies also facilitate technology transfer and strengthen the absorptive capacity of national innovation systems. Therefore, given the externalities of these companies, as well as their significant role in promoting innovation, governments around the world implement policies to support these firms. In Iran, the Vice President for Science and Technology has implemented policies to support NTBFs since 2013. Recently, a few studies have been carried out to evaluate these policies. However, the number of these... 

    Energy planning and policy making; The case study of Iran

    , Article Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy ; Volume 11, Issue 8 , 2016 , Pages 682-689 ; 15567249 (ISSN) Jafari, H. H ; Vakili, A ; Eshraghi, H ; Hamidinezhad, A ; Naseri, I ; Sharif University of Technology
    Taylor and Francis Inc  2016
    Abstract
    Due to the limited resources of fossil fuels, energy supply–demand management and planning especially in the supply-side of the energy system have increasingly become very important. This article assesses Iran’s energy system in order to find the main causes of the considerably high energy intensity in the country compared with similar economies in size and production. Accordingly, fundamental policies and strategies are proposed in order to manage the recognized bottlenecks. The conclusions suggest strongly that not only the fossil-based energy system, but also incompatible patterns of production and consumption in the reference energy system as well as the use of conventional technologies... 

    A Study on the Effect of Foundation Uplift on Response of Soil-Structure Systems Using Endurance Time Method

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Eshraghi Arani, Marzie (Author) ; Ghannad, Mohammad Ali (Supervisor) ; Esmaeil Pourestekanchi, Homayun (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In recent decades, the soil-structure effect has been considered in seismic studies. Most of these researches are based on the premise that the foundation is bonded to the ground. However, several examples of structures that experienced uplift have been reported. Uplift affects the soil-structure contribution and nonlinear behavior of the structure. It seems that a parametric study should be done for the simultaneous effects of the soil-structure interaction, foundation uplift and inelastic behavior of the superstructure. Although the most accurate methods to estimate the behavior of structures is the nonlinear time history analysis, this analysis is very time consuming. The endurance time... 

    Performance of three-level spectrally encoded spreadtime CDMA in the presence of multiple interferences [electronic resource]

    , Article IET Communications ; July 2011, Volume 5, Issue 10, P. 1328-1335 Mashhadi, S. (Saeed) ; Mashhadi, Saeed ; Salehi, J. A ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    In this study the authors present an in-depth study, analysis and discussion on maximum likelihood (ML)-based receiver for a typical spectrally encoded spread-time CDMA in the presence of multiple narrowband interference (NBI) signals in an additive white Gaussian noise channel. Furthermore, the authors demonstrate that by combining useful properties of ML-based receiver and three-level codes, that is, codes with values of -1, 0, +1, the authors can introduce a new strategy in which superior performance with respect to previous receiver structure based on two-level codes, that is, codes with values of -1, +1, can be attained. With the help of an example, the authors drive, first, the... 

    Investigation of Multiphase Flow in Oil Wells (with Focus on Two Phase Flow), Flow Pattern Recognition and Modeling

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Shams, Reza (Author) ; Shad, Saeed (Supervisor) ; Jamshidi, Saeed (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    The concurrent flow of oil and water is a common occurrence in the field of multiphase flow in different fields including petroleum industry. In oil and gas, production engineers often face a situation in which more than one phase is flowing through the producers. In such conditions an accurate assessment of pressure loss inside the well plays a vital role in efficient and effective production planning. Changes in well orientation, wellbore diameter, reservoir and fluid properties as well as fluid flow rates are among parameters in which will affect the flow patterns that can occur inside a well during its life time. These flow patterns are created as a result of a competition between... 

    Casing Design Optimization Considering Drilling and Production Conditions

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Sadeghi, Mahdi (Author) ; Jamshidi, Saeed (Supervisor) ; Shad, Saeed (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Casing design is one of the most expensive parts in the drilling of oil wells, and any cost reduction with the basic design of these casing strings will significantly reduce the total cost of the operation. In recent years, occurring scenarios-based casing design has become popular; Because in many cases, it eliminates non-occurring scenarios such as gas kick and saves on drilling costs. In this study, we have tried to investigate all scenarios that may occur during the lifetime of the well, whether drilling or production, and for each well, based on its own field information, possible scenarios for each casing part are selected separately and the applying loads are calculated. For this... 

    PRI (Palm Rotation Indicator): a metric for postural stability in dynamic nonprehensile manipulation [electronic resource]

    , Article Journal of MECHANIKA ; 2012, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 461-466 Beigzadeh, B. (Borhan) ; Meghdar, Ali ; Sohrabpour, Saeed ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    In this study, we discuss the postural stability of a nonprehensile manipulation problem, which deals with multibody objects. As a metric for postural stability, we define PRI. Then, the system is posturally stable, if PRI is inside the convex hull of the object-manipulator contact surface. We then discuss that dynamic biped locomotion is a special case of dynamic nonprehensile manipulation in all aspects; we prove that ZMP (zero-moment point) and FRI (zoot rotation indicator) are special cases of PRI (palm rotation indicator). Simulations and experiments corresponding to simple examples support the results  

    On the Domination Polynomial of Graphs

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Ebrahimi, Zeinab (Author) ; Akbari, Saeed (Supervisor)

    Some Applications of Combinatorial Nullstellensatz in Graph Theory and Combinatorics

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Fakhari, Amin (Author) ; Akbari, Saeed (Supervisor)

    Electrochemical Determination of Piroxicam at thin Carbon
    Nanoparticle Composite And Investigation of the Electrochemical Behavior and Synthesis of Catechols in the Presence of Mercapto Methyl Tetrazol as a Nucleophile

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Jokar, Effat (Author) ; Shahrokhian, Saeed (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    The electrochemical oxidation behavior of the anti-inflammatory drug piroxicam was investigated. A carbon nanoparticle (CNP)-chitosan (CS) film-coated graphite electrode (PGE) was fabricated and the electrochemical behaviors of piroxicam on its surface was investigated by the means of cyclic voltammetry (CV), linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). In comparison to the bare PGE, at the surface of the CNP-CS film modified electrode, the oxidation peak current of piroxicam increased significantly and the peak potential shifted negatively. Consequently, a simple and sensitive electroanalytical method was developed for the determination of piroxicam. The... 

    Chemically Modified Electrodes Based on Conducting Polymers and Carbon Nanotubes: Application to Voltammetric Determination of Some Biological and Pharmaceutical Compounds

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Asadian, Elham (Author) ; Shahrokhian, Saeed (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    There are high attractions in the development of conducting polymer (CP) coatings to improve the electrochemical properties and biocompatibility of electrodes in the area of biosensors. In the first part of this thesis, a new type of modified electrodes, constructing multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and polypyrrole is prepared in a layer-by-layer process. In this procedure, the glassy carbon electrode is casted first by a drop suspension of MWCNTs, leading to formation a thin film on its surface. In the second step, electrochemical polymerization of pyrrole in the presence of tiron (used as doping anion) is performed on the surface of the MWCNTs pre-coated electrode. The modification... 

    Probing the Electrochemical Properties of Gold Electrode Modified with Edge-Functionalized Graphene and its Application

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Aghajani, Talin (Author) ; Shahrokhian, Saeed (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In the present work, edge-functionalaized graphene was used as electrode material and its electrochemical properties were systematically characterized by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry. Two methods were applied to modify the gold electrode surface. First method was the self assembling process of graphene nanosheets on gold electrode surface. Second method was simply casting specific amounts of graphene suspension on the gold electrode surface. Nyquist plots show decrease of the charge transfer resistance on the electrode surface at both cases. In cyclic voltammetry studies, first electrode shows no significant changes while the second electrode exhibits... 

    Probabilistic Methods in Graph Coloring

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Ahadi, Arash (Author) ; Akbari, Saeed (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Graph Theory and Combinatorial Analysis like the other branches of science use the probability for solving their problems. At the first , we will introduce the most common tools from probability used in Discrete Mathematics, such as “The Lovasz Local Lemma”. Most of them are based on Linearity of Expectation, Concentration Theorems and some other innovative methods such as Deletation Method. We will present different examples for these techniques. Also we will introduce “Random Graphs” and their importance. Specially we will explain how to use “Threshold Functions” to obtain different properties about the majority of graphs. Rainbow Connection, is a natural and interesting quantifiable way... 

    Electrochemical Determination of Tyrosine and Tryptophan at the Surface of Pyrolytic Graphite Electrode Modified with Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, New Coccine and Nitrazine

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Ebrahimi, Shiva (Author) ; Shahrokhian, Saeed (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    At the first part of this thesis, a pyrolitic graphite electrode (PGE) modified with new coccine/multi-walled carbon nanotubes film (NC/MWCNT) was applied as a sensitive electrochemical sensor for determination and study of electrochemical behavior of tyrosine (Tyr) in aqueous solutions. The results showed that NC/MWCNT caused a remarkable increase in the peak current so the NC/MWCNT/PGE electrode surface was far more sensitive to the concentration of Tyr than the PGE surface. The determination of Tyr was investigated by linear sweep voltammetry (LSV). Experimental parameters, such as scan rate, pH and amount of the modifier used on the PGE surface were optimized by monitoring the LSV...