Engineering thesis and dissertation collection
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Instream generation using tethered kites in the carousel configuration
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)In recent years, kites are beginning to be considered as viable alternatives to oshore wind turbines, due to the potential reduction in levelised cost of energy and the increase in exploitable resource due to versatility ... -
Novel route to tailoring the performance of liquid thermoplastic acrylic resins for composite applications
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)As strict global government directives continue to incentivise research activities aimed at addressing environmental issues such as the sustainability of fuel resources, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and waste ... -
Offshore wind cost optimisation: developing market strategies for the next generation of offshore wind farms
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-02-23)Offshore Wind has a vast potential to reduce carbon emissions and create economic prosperity, as well as increasing energy security of supply. For these potential resources to be exploited, and to build an offshore wind ... -
Adsorption and migration mechanisms of methane and carbon dioxide in gas shales at pore scale
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)Storage and production mechanisms in gas shales are controlled by pore-scale adsorption and diffusion, respectively. Using a series of experimental and numerical techniques these processes that occur at a molecular ... -
Investigations of RNA production and processing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)Over the course of 10 years and 14 publications, 7 of which are described in this thesis, I made significant contributions to the field of RNA processing, particularly RNA splicing in budding yeast. These contributions ... -
Analysis, modelling and state estimation for large scale electric demand response
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)The need for additional reserves increases alongside the intermittency of generation and whilst rotating (conventional) generation is replaced, the system’s inertia reduces and balance volatility increases. Conceptually, ... -
Molecular modelling approaches to phase equilibria in facilitated transport membranes
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)Facilitated transport membranes (FTM) are a promising new class of materials for CO2-selective gas separation, with potential for application to post-combustion carbon capture and sequestration. FTM separation takes advantage ... -
Superconducting generators for large direct-drive wind turbines
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)This thesis further improves upon the original 10 MW design of the double claw pole generator, by systematically addressing its shortcomings. The original design is a fully iron cored machine with a stationary superconducting ... -
Progressive damage mechanisms and failure predictions of fibre-reinforced polymer composites under quasi-static loads using the finite element and discrete element methods
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Glass and Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (GFRP/CFRP) composites are currently being utilised widely in an increasing range of engineering applications due to their chemical re- sistance, design flexibility, and high ... -
Development of stable and efficient visible-light-driven photocatalysts through heteroatom doping strategy
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)The photocatalysis is one of the most promising sustainable technologies to tackle the challenges of environmental pollutions. However, traditional photocatalysts such as TiO2 exhibit the narrow light absorption range ... -
Design tools for port and grid infrastructure planning for floating wind and wave industries
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)This thesis considers the development of one floating wave and one floating wind energy technology for their application in the Western Europe marine Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and the associated port and ... -
Electrospinning for skin tissue engineering and drug-eluting antimicrobial biomaterials
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)A critical challenge in the design of biomaterials for tissue engineering relies on the development of tissue-specific biomimetic scaffolds capable of replacing cell-matrix interactions required for the repair of injured ... -
Deep learning for computer aided diagnosis in mammography
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed and the leading cause of the cancer death for women worldwide. Mammography is an intensively used breast screening modality for early diagnosis. The manual inspection by ... -
Microwave sensing for neurodegenerative diseases
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)The rapidly increasing rate of the ageing population has led to a higher rate in people suffering from neurodegenerative diseases. Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, are characterised ... -
Assessing the market potential for wave energy innovations
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-01-08)This thesis aims to develop and apply a structured innovation approach for wave energy concept generation, in order to identify novel areas with the potential to advance the commercial viability of the wave energy sector ... -
Investigation of mooring line loads of tidal current convertors in current-only environments
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-12-10)To tackle climate change and pursue a more sustainable future, humanity ought to shift the means of electricity generation from burning hydrocarbons to renewable sources such as tidal currents. Tidal current convertors ... -
Enabling tools for the development of marine renewable energy: A case study of wave energy converter ocean trials; and, A novel sensor to measure energetic marine currents
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-12-16)Marine renewable energies, including wave and tidal are considered part of the solution to decarbonise electricity generation and contribute to meeting widely agreed Greenhouse Gas emission reduction targets. Differences ... -
Towards resilience evaluation of buildings when exposed to fire based on English and USA fire statistics
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)This research arises from the necessity to fill the lack of data present in the international fire safety community related to pre and post-fire conditions of real buildings subjected to real fires and create probabilistic ... -
Design tools for wave energy converters with flexible membranes
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)The Earth’s oceans contain vast amounts of energy in the form of ocean waves that propagate towards our shores. As we aim to meet the challenge of limiting global heating to, at most, 2 degrees Celsius the use of Wave ... -
Non-linear equalisation techniques for high-speed step-index plastic optical fibre communication
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)Step-index plastic optical fibres (SI-POF) have become a promising candidate as the media for short-range in-home and automotive networks due to their low cost and their ease of installation. However, they have the ...
