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The demand for independent power generation has been increased in recent years due to the growing demand in distributed networks, losses and power qaulity in power systems. These losses occur in transmission to distribution networks from the generation sites to the end-user loads which have harmonic losses besides fundamental losses.. The non-linear load makes the harmonics flow in the line and create the harmonic losses. However, in a distributed network with several DGs of different types and with all kinds of variable nature loads, an optimal power balance in the system has to be achieved. This optimal objective, which results in minimal energy losses over a specific period of time,... 

In this work, a model was presented for an MCFC fuel cell with internal reforming and combustion chamber. The model consists of mass and heat transfer equations beside the chemical and electrochemical reaction rate equations. Velocity distribution due to reactions and temperature distribution along the cell is considered. The model has been simulated in steady state form using finite difference method in MATLAB package environment accompanied by the analysis of the dynamic behavior of cell using method of lines in Simulink environment. Simulation results have been validated with experimental data extracted from literature. The last part of the work concerns with sensitivity analysis of some... 

This thesis is focused on the preparation and use of polysaccharides as extractive phases in various extraction methods, such as the micro solid phase extraction (µ-SPE), needle trap microextraction (NTME) and thin film microextraction (TFME).In the first research, feasibility of the online µ-SPE method using cellulose acetate (CA) fibers was investigated. For this purpose, CA fibers were prepared by electrospinning technique and then placed into µ-SPE cartridge. With this method, it was possible to simultaneously extract the drug compounds in the urine and plasma samples. The enrichment factor and limits of detection (LODs) were obtained in the range of 194-210 and 1.0-2.4 μg L-1,... 

The need to supply energy of low voltage electronic circuits such as sensors and wireless systems has attracted many researchers in recent years. As a solution to this problem, the energy needed for electronic devices can be obtained from the surrounding environment. An important part of energy harvesters are the systems that use vibrating energy of mechanical devices known as vibration power generators. Most linear vibration generators are systems that operate in resonance mode. As the frequency of the environment moves away from the natural frequency of the generator, the amount of converted energy decreases significantly. For this reason, some solutions are needed to solve this problem. ... 

Due to both dynamic and opportunistic spectrum access, Cognitive radio networks is a promising solution for spectrum scarcity problem. In cognitive radio networks, users need to have a control channels in order to cooperate for sharing the sensing information, channel sharing and etc. In Ad-hoc cognitive radio networks because of the absence of infrastructure and central nodes, every user runs a distributed algorithm to create a common control channel. If the control channel gets jammed, network’s performance degrades dramatically, therefore the jammer’s target in cognitive radio networks is the control channels to disturb the networks’ performance. The traditional solution to confront... 

By far, the most expensive part of the production optimization process is the evaluation of the objective function because this requires computationally expensive reservoir simulations to be performed.One way to reduce this high computational cost isby using surrogates or proxies for the reservoir simulator. There are different methods for constructing a surrogate that their aims are mimicking the reservoir behavior with high accuracy and low computational cost. In reservoir engineering surrogate modeling has been used for the problem of well placement optimization,while in the context of production optimization it has not yet been investigated in the literature. Moreover, most of surrogate... 

Overcoming environmental problems caused by fossil fuel consumption and responding to the increasing energy demand creates the need for energy systems to transition towards low-carbon systems. The residential sector, as one of the sub-sectors of demand, accounts for a significant fraction of energy consumption, especially for heating and cooling. To achieve sustainable development goals, energy consumption management in this sector is essential. The use of high-efficiency appliances is a determining factor in demand and one of the most important requirements for energy consumption management. However, most energy system models include economic characteristics of technologies and do not... 

The main goal of this thesis is the design and development of a rehabilitation device for helping patients “to improve blood circulation” & retain and recover their abilities if possible that were lost during the stroke or a accident like that (my research in karaj/iran shows that it is possible by just movement of the specific body part). The focus is on hand in this thesis because Injuries to the hand are common and can be very debilitating since our hands are our primary means for interacting with our world. For rehabilitation in case of human hand there are several practices that should be done for patients either in home or in a rehabilitation center, time and money that is supposed to... 

In the past few decades, shaking tables are widely used to evaluate system response of structures under seismic excitations. These devices are used without any fundamental research performed on a shaking table system as an entity model. In most of these studies for simplicity, it is assumed that there exist no considerable vibration and displacement around the shaking tables, and no attention is paid to the peripheral substances such as soil settled under the foundation.
In this thesis, result of ambient vibration test on shaking table system (solid deck, concrete foundation and soil layer) has been presented. Precise sensors known as low frequency and high accuracy accelerometers have...