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Shake table test a structure retrofitted using 2-4 Direction Displacement Dependent (D3) viscous dampers
(2017)Many seismic codes are modified to represent increased hazard or performance expectations of structures. According to the new code, many structures require retrofit to meet these increase performance expectations. Fluid ... -
Post Seismic Capacity of Damaged and Repaired Reinforced Concrete Plastic Hinges Extracted from a Real Building
(2017)This paper presents preliminary results of an experimental campaign on three beam-column joint subassemblies extracted from a 22-storey reinforced concrete frame building constructed in late 1980s at the Christchurch’s ... -
Measuring glucose control: can one metric rule them all?
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Analysis of zeotropic mixture in a geothermal organic rankine cycle power plant with an air-cooled condenser
(2013)The purpose of this research is to investigate a zeotropic working fluid mixture in terms of its performance in an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) and the heat transfer characteristics in an air-cooled condenser (ACC). ... -
Optimizing wind-diesel hybrid energy systems including a demand side management strategy
(2014)The New Zealand research station at Scott Base, Antarctica is used as a study of incorporation of wind power generation into an isolated micro-grid powered by diesel generator. The generation plant at Scott Base uses ... -
Strategic analysis adaptation assessment: an alternative to the economic storyline scenario
(2014)Scenarios of future trends are widely used by government and international agencies to inform decision-making. Story line scenarios usually assume a continued growth in energy demand projected from historical trends. ... -
Commissioning, initial testing and results from an experimental one kilowatt organic Rankine cycle
(2014)Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) systems are capable of utilising low-enthalpy heat sources to generate power. The aim of the Above Ground Geothermal and Allied Technologies (AGGAT) research programme is to develop ORC systems ... -
Experimental characterisation of the thermal performance of a finned-tube heat exchanger
(2013)Finned-tube heat exchangers are frequently used in industry for gas-to-liquid heat transfer. For ORC power cycles, they are employed when heat is recovered from exhaust gas streams. The heat exchanger can either be used ... -
Design and Build of a 1 Kilowatt Organic Rankine Cycle Power Generator
(2013)Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) systems are capable of utilising low-enthalpy geothermal sources. The aim of the Above Ground Geothermal and Allied Technologies (AGGAT) research programme is the development of ORC systems ... -
Methodology of pre-feasibility study for a binary geothermal power plant utilizing moderate-temperature heat resources
(Geothermal Institute, University of Auckland, 2015)The exploitation of medium-low temperature geothermal reservoirs is a potential resource that does not yet have mature commercial technology solutions. This study describes a methodology of pre-feasibility study for a ... -
Titania-based Photocatalytic Coatings on Stainless Steel Hospital Fixtures
(2015)A scaled-up pulsed-pressure MOCVD system was used to deposit TiO2 coatings from tetra-isopropoxide precursor solution on stainless steel substrates and on 3- D objects. The objective of the work is the production ... -
Preliminary Investigation into the Current and Future Growth and Affordability of ORC Electricity Generation Systems
(2015)The Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) provides a way to produce power from heat resources that are at too low of a temperature to be competitively converted using steam-Rankine cycles. While ORC systems using geothermal, biomass, ... -
Work Unit City: A Study of the Transport Design for Chinese Small City Urban Form
(2015)Facing environmental degradation and peak oil, western countries have begun to deliberate over the compact city form to decrease energy consumption and air pollution. In the rapid process of urbanization, China however ... -
Designing Organic Rankine Cycle Plants Based on a Design to Resource Method
(Geothermal Institute, University of Auckland, 2016)This paper discusses a methodology for analysing and optimization of organic Rankine cycle (ORC) designs using a new thermo-economic design to resource (DTR) method. The objective of the DTR method is to obtain the ... -
Dynamic Modeling of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) System for Fault Diagnosis and Control System Design
(Geothermal Insistute, University of Auckland, 2016)Dynamic simulation plays an important role of providing a higher-level of process analysis of the system and supporting system configuration, operation, maintenance, diagnosis and design of the control system. The purpose ... -
Commuting distance and transport energy resilience: quantifying human commuting distribution to explore low carbon potentials with transition projects
(2017)Human commuting activity plays a significant role in understanding urban transport systems. This paper proposes a novel approach to modelling commuting distance distribution in a concise way. Having studied a small number ... -
Energy and exergy analysis of an air-cooled geothermal power plant with fixed nozzle turbine in subsonic expansion and supersonic expansion via CFD analysis
(2014)The performance of air-cooled geothermal power plants is susceptible to the changes in ambient temperature especially in New Zealand due to the large difference in the atmospheric temperature for summer and winter seasons. ...
