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Ignacio B. Osorno, California State University, Northridge
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) ்Where "்ܸ " is the thermal potential and it is equal to and “K” is the BOLTZMAN constant, “q” is the charge of an electron and “T” in C is temperature, and "ܸ" is the applied voltage. 0 ܫൌ ܫ௦ െ ܫ (2) ೇ ܫൌ ܫ௦ െ ܫ ൜݁ ೇ െ 1ൠ (3)The open circuit voltage occurs when ܫൌ 0 and therefore we obtain the following equations
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Abed El Hameed El Madwar, University of Northern Iowa; Kenan Baltaci, University of Northern Iowa; Reg Recayi Pecen, University of Northern Iowa
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. [Online] 2001.https://www1.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/tech_validation/pdfs/fcm04r0.pdf.5. FuelCell Energy. Benefits of Fuel Cell Technology. [Online] 2011. http://www.fuelcellenergy.com/benefits-fuel-cell-technology.php.6. Elgowainy, A and Wang, M Q. Fuel Cycle Comparison of Distributed Power Generation Technologies. Argonne,IL : Center for Transportation Research, Argonne National Laboratory, 2008.7. Pehnt, Martin and Ramesohl, Stefan. Fuel Cells for Distributed Power: Benefits, Barriers, and Prespectives.Belgium : World Wide Fund For Nature, 2003.8. EG&G Technical Services. Fuel Cell Handbook. Springfield, VA : National Technical Information Service, 2004.9. Wankewycz, Taras. [Online] 2011. www.horizonfuelcell.com/files
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Saeed Sean Monemi, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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Systems Figure 3. Data Systems for a typical Energy Distribution NetworkTable below is a summary of some application software that was used in the course to aid thestudents in learning the materials related to the data systems. The prices are considered to fit thebudget of a typical student. However, some other software may be researched and considered. System Description Company Software Price AVL Automatic Vehicle Locator using GPS Q-GPS LAS 3100 $240 Trimble Lassen N/A IVR Interactive Voice Response and trouble calls NCH IVM $ 84 SCADA Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition FastTrak FTAlarm
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Patrick A. Tebbe, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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. Occupancy Requirements (e.g., existing building--building must be fully occupied for 12 continuous months as described in minimum program requirements) P. USGBC Policies (e.g., trademark usage; logo usage) Q. Requirements to Earn LEED AP CreditII. Project Site Factors A. Community Connectivity 1. Transportation (e.g., public transportation; bike storage; fuel efficient vehicle parking; parking capacity; car pool parking; car share membership [e.g. Zipcar™]; shuttles; carts) 2. Pedestrian Access (e.g., circulation and accessibility such as cross walks; ramps; and trails) B. Zoning Requirements (e.g., density components such as calculations -site area and floor area ratio; construction limits
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Hassan Moghbelli, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, Department of Mathematics; Haitham Abu_Rub, Texas A&M University at Qatar, ECE Department
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internal shunt resistor in the model, the current-voltagecharacteristics of a solar cell can be obtained from (1) and (2): Page 22.44.5 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, Canada, June 2011 Fig.4. Simplified equivalent circuit of a solar cell (1) (2)Where, Iq is light generated current, Isat is the reverse saturation current, q is the electroniccharge, A is a dimensionless factor, K is the Boltzmann constant, T is the temperature in
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Robert McMasters, Virginia Military Institute
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l Pressure P V T Pi i 1 i 1 i Ti 1ViTemperature Found by an iterative process by a pre-programmed routine to match Ucalc and U(T)Time t 360( RPM )q Normalized combustion function of time shown in Figure 2.Ucalc Internal energy of the fuel/air/exhaust mixture from the previous step minus the work from the previous step.U(T) Internal energy of the fuel/air/exhaust mixture as a function of
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Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University; Ayhan Zora, Deere & Company
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, Minneapolis, MN.[4] Jeffrey L. Wieringa, Electric Motor Drive for A Boat. Patent Number: 5580287, December 31996. Accessed on January 10, 2011.http://www.google.com/patents?hl=en&lr=&vid=USPAT5580287&id=58slAAAAEBAJ&oi=fnd&dq=electric+boat+project&printsec=abstract#v=onepage&q=electric%20boat%20project&f=false[5] 3.5kW Hydrogen fuel cell assisted sail boat. Accessed on December 29, 2010.http://www.agoenvironmental.com/Under_development.htm[6] Solar Powered Electric Boats. Accessed on January 7, 2011.http://sunboat.com/history/history.html[7] General Dynamics. Electric Boat. Accessed on January 11, 2011. http://www.gdeb.com/[8] Duffy Boats. Accessed on January 15, 2011. http://www.duffyboats.com/[9] Nauticraft