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The Firece Green Fire: Vol. 10 Issue 13, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Workability Of Dominican University Of California (Duoc) Transitioning To A Community Choice Aggregation (Cca) Program Energy Supply, Alexandra Fuentes

Master's Theses

For almost 10 years Community Choice Aggregation (CCA), or community based energy programs, have been developing and or providing clean energy resources to both commercial and residential customers in various regions around the United States. Although there are several programs in communities in the surrounding regions of California, this study focuses on a specific California program known as MCE. This research examines the feasibility of Dominican University of California (DUoC) transitioning from Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) to becoming a client of MCE in the future. Out of the 19 community energy programs currently available in the state, MCE is …

Vintage Report 2019: North Willamette Valley, Gregory V. Jones

Linfield University Wine Studies Reports

This report describes the impacts of climate and phenology on vintage for the North Willamette Valley in Oregon in 2019. A relatively mild early winter in 2018 was followed by a cold and wet second half of winter in 2019 and then a wet, but warm, spring. The growing season saw a few mild frosts during late April, but started off warmer than average, moderating through mid-vintage with fewer than average heat spikes. Near-record precipitation amounts during late June and early July brought increased disease pressure to the region. The vintage will be remembered for the early rains in September …

The Distribution Of Ultra-Diffuse And Ultra-Compact Galaxies In The Frontier Fields, Steven Janssens, Roberto Abraham, Jean Brodie, Duncan Forbes, Aaron Romanowsky

Faculty Publications

Large low-surface-brightness galaxies have recently been found to be abundant in nearby galaxy clusters. In this paper, we investigate these ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) in the six Hubble Frontier Fields galaxy clusters: A2744, MACS J0416.1−2403, MACS J0717.5+3745, MACS J1149.5+2223, AS1063, and A370. These are the most massive (1–3 × 1015 M ⊙) and distant (0.308 < z < 0.545) systems in which this class of galaxy has yet been discovered. We estimate that the clusters host of the order of ~200–1400 UDGs inside the virial radius (R 200), consistent with the UDG abundance–halo-mass relation found in the local universe, and suggest that UDGs may be formed in clusters. Within each cluster, however, we find that UDGs are not evenly distributed. Instead their projected spatial distributions are lopsided, and they are deficient in the regions of highest mass density as traced by gravitational lensing. While the deficiency of UDGs in central regions is not surprising, the lopsidedness is puzzling. The UDGs, and their lopsided spatial distributions, may be associated with known substructures late in their infall into the clusters, meaning that we find evidence both for formation of UDGs in clusters and for UDGs falling into clusters. We also investigate the ultra-compact dwarfs (UCDs) residing in the clusters, and find that the spatial distributions of UDGs and UCDs appear anticorrelated. Around 15% of UDGs exhibit either compact nuclei or nearby point sources. Taken together, these observations provide additional evidence for a picture in which at least some UDGs are destroyed in dense cluster environments and leave behind a residue of UCDs.

Making Renewables Profitable For Lincoln Electrical System, Jack Mensinger

Op-Eds from ENSC230 Energy and the Environment: Economics and Policies

The potential for Nebraska to integrate renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind, in a financially sustainable and profitable method, has been proposed and shot down. Too many Nebraskans continue to doubt and reject renewables due to the perception that they are too expensive and the continued cost over traditional energy sources are too high. Most of Nebraska’s energy comes from coal, (63%) as of 2018, with the remainder lying primarily in nuclear (15%), and wind (14%). With the innovations and adoption of renewables by other states, what is keeping Nebraskans from joining the renewable party? The primary reason …

Facts, Not Feelings, Gannon Rush

Op-Eds from ENSC230 Energy and the Environment: Economics and Policies

“The world is gonna end in 12 years if we don't address climate change and your biggest issue is how are we gonna pay for it? ” This is a direct quote from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a sitting U.S. congresswoman. In the next few sentences, she also proceeds to say that climate change is “our generations World War II”. 70 million people died in World War II, not only is it doing disrespect to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice, but it is physically impossible to compare war to climate change. What she and others, such as Greta Thunberg and Al …

Pre-Juvenile Naked Goby (Gobiosoma Bosc) Age And Growth, Annamaria Deitz, Juliana Harding

Honors Theses

Due to the abundance of larval naked gobies, Gobiosoma bosc, within the estuarine ichthyoplankton, it is important to understand their age and growth. Naked gobies are a largely distributed, both geographically and within an estuary, small, benthic fish species. There are 3 pairs of otoliths, calcium carbonate structures within the ear canal, that detect vibrations and record the age of the fish, both daily and annually. Using laboratory-reared gobies of a known age (Tremont et al. 2015), daily signatures on the sagittal otoliths were first validated to be daily, then a growth curve for the wild caught larvae was …

The Rockaway Project - Townes, Diara Jepris D. Townes

Capstones

The Rockaway Project is a story-driven website that provides information on the government response to Superstorm Sandy recovery on the Rockaway peninsula in Queens, New York. Dozens of climate resiliency projects have been delayed or remain unfinished, despite millions of dollars in funding and six years of promises. The website hosts audio, visual and digital content, gathered through interviews and data collection.

Link to capstone project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAq2BeR4bS0&t=1s

Basal Travertine Of The Bouse Formation: Geochemistry, Diagenesis And Implications For The Integration Of The Colorado River, Christina Ferguson

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

The Pliocene Bouse Formation is discontinuously exposed in the lower Colorado River region and is a record of the first arrival of the Colorado River to the Gulf of California 5 million years ago. It consists broadly of a lower carbonate member (travertine, marl, and bioclastic units) and an upper siliciclastic member (claystone, mudstone, and Colorado River sands). This paper focuses on the basal travertine (synonymous with “tufa”) unit of the lower carbonate member. Because of its basal position and its chemical encrustation of pre-Bouse topography, the travertine can offer insight into the earliest depositional settings and may be a …

Point Cloud Processing With Neural Networks, Stephanie Miller, Jiahao Li

All Computer Science and Engineering Research

In this project, we explore new techniques and architectures for applying deep neural networks when the input is point cloud data. We first consider applying convolutions on regular pixel and voxel grids, using polynomials of point coordinates and Fourier transforms to get a rich feature representation for all points mapped to the same pixel or voxel. We also apply these ideas to generalize the recently proposed "interpolated convolution", by learning continuous-space kernels as a combination of polynomial and Fourier basis kernels. Experiments on the ModelNet40 dataset demonstrate that our methods have superior performance over the baselines in 3D object recognition.

Is More Investment Needed In Solar & Biogas Energy Sources In Rwanda?, Herve Christian Kabanda

Op-Eds from ENSC230 Energy and the Environment: Economics and Policies

The Rwanda Third National Communication Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change mentions that Green House Gas (GHG) emissions per capita increased from 532.39kg (2006) to 676.23kg (2015) with an annual increase of 2.46%. As of 2015, the dominant emissions are from agriculture (70.4%) followed by energy (20.11%). Urea application in agriculture have increased from 1,246,400 to 2,559,000 tons of CO2 eq. Charcoal or wood being the primary source for cooking; emissions from domestic energy use has increased from 626,800 to 741,400 tons of CO2 eq. If such trends continue severe health issues, deforestation, soil erosion and droughts …

Adaptation To Climate Change, Pascal Ntaganda

Op-Eds from ENSC230 Energy and the Environment: Economics and Policies

Climate is changing rapidly. Some scientists say that the effects are now irreversible. The foundation on which government organizations, some of them being the congress in the United States, is not strong enough to stop climate change. The fact that the approaches being taken target market-based situations, makes it inefficient. Governments create solutions to reduce the impacts, as they make sure that these activities do not affect their economies. The level at which effects of climate change threaten life and resources of a country, is what stimulates the economy to adapt to the strategies set to mitigate climate change. In …

Intelligent Manufacturing Plan Management Based On Digital Twins, Yingying Xiao, Wang Mei, Liqin Guo, Xing Chi, Changhui Zhuang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: For the multi-variety and small-batch manufacturing mode, the planning management system cannot be timely automatically adjusted according to uncertain factors. This paper proposes an intelligent manufacturing plan management system based on factory digital twins. The plan management PDCA business process model is established. In addition, the processing logic model and constraints of the periodic static scheduling model and the dynamic emergency scheduling model are proposed. Based on the planning management case of hybrid assembly of two types of aerospace complex products, it is verified that the management model proposed in this paper can support the intelligent dynamic adjustment of …

Design Of Universal Control Load System Of Helicopter Flight Simulator, Chen Zhen, Haikuan Yang, Jiang Nan, Yuancheng Wang, Tianjiao Jiang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To improve the universality and handling quality of control system of helicopter flight simulator, a universal control load system of helicopter flight simulator suitable for helicopter flight simulator is designed. The dynamic feedback model is proposed to solve the contradiction between control rigidity and stability, control precision and response frequency, the control rigidity and kinematic accuracy are improved.The operating load mechanism is designed, the system structure and drive system are simplified, the smoothness of force perception is improved; the third order smoothing algorithm and fieldbus technology based on EtherCAT are applied to improve the anti-jamming capability and response speed, …

Numerical Simulation Analysis Of Anti-Blast Impact Of Underground Rescue Capsule Based On Ls-Dyna, Zhang Fan, Yuanhua Yang, Xiaoxu He, Deng Yu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the strength problem of the underground rescue cabin under explosion impact load, a finite element model of overall explosion impact load and fluid-solid coupling structure response is established in transient dynamic soft LS-DYNA. The flow field impact load is generated by explosion algorithm, and the propagation of the impact load in the air is calculated. The dynamic response of the rescue cabin structure under the impact load is calculated by the fluid-solid coupling method. The results show that the maximum load occurs on the end surface closest to the explosion source, and the structural deformation is small …

Synergic Production Scheduling Method For Distributed Multi-Plants Based On Fusion Decision Tree, Wang Yan, Tianlun Jiang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In the synergic production scheduling optimization problem of distributed multi-plants, it is necessary to consider the two stages of job allocation between factories and job scheduling in factories at the same time. This paper first establishes a distributed multi-plant scheduling model with total cost and advance/delay as the optimization objectives, and then proposes a nested optimization algorithm framework integrating ID3 decision tree with Gauss particle swarm optimization. In this framework, independent scheduling optimization within the factory is nested in the process of inter factory allocation optimization, and elite retention strategy is introduced to improve the algorithm optimization. In …

A Parallel Simulation Method For Combat Organization And Implementation, Yaxin Tan, Jianhua Luo, Fan Rui, Zhiming Dong

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the difficult problem of battle parallel simulation, the realization of parallel simulation based on combat organization is analyzed theoretically. Furthermore, a parallel simulation based on combat organization is proposed. One by one, the methods of the simulation task partitioning, the simulation task integration and interaction between integration method are given. This paper breaks through the key technology of parallel simulation, based on the parallel simulation integration framework, implements the system integration, builds the parallel simulation prototype system of the size of the brigade, develops parallel simulation task allocation software, designs the operational application case, and tests parallel …

Research On Simulation Optimization Of Disk-Based Storage Operation Mode In Warehouse, Danlan Xie, Liu Meng, Haihong Yu, Chen Jing, Yubo Zhou, Kazi Mohiuddin

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: As the efficiency of operation affects the overall competitiveness of the port, it is very necessary to design the storage operation mode reasonably. A disk-based storage operation mode is proposed. And the simulation model is established by using the logistics simulation software FlexSim based on the operational requirements of the warehouse. Through a large number of simulation experiments, comparing the primary storage mode with the disk-based storage mode, the results of the increase in total idle rate and the more balanced distribution of each hour utilization ratio of the forklifts are obtained. The result verifies the feasibility and effectiveness …

Design Of Combat Simulation And Visualization System Of Hypersonic Vehicle, Yu Ying, Weidong Liang, Xiujuan Zhu, Jianlin Wang, Wang Ling

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Based on the thought of combat simulation, the system of combat simulation and visualization is designed to show the typical combat mode and the characteristics of near space vehicles. Taking the aircraft attacking a fixed target as an example, the formulation of combat plan, the deployment of forces and the design of combat process of both sides are realized. On the one hand, a combat simulation platform which covers various combat modes of attack and defense is established. On the other hand, the whole process of combat confrontation of hypersonic vehicles is presented, driven by the real-time simulation data. …

On Operational Experiment Systematization, Xiaogang Qiu, Duan Hong, Bin Chen

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: With the complexity of military simulation object, the way of operational experiment is changing. Based on the discussion of operational experiment requirements, we first present the concepts, objectives, requirements, ideas and related technologies of operational experiment systematization, discuss the requirements, objectives and tasks of the construction of the operational experiment system and point out that simulation engineering in military field is the basis of efficient systematic operational experiment. After that, we describe the concept of domain simulation briefly, and analyze the work needed to be carried out in military simulation engineering from the perspective of sharing the results of …

Design And Implement Of Semi Physical Simulation System For Underwater Acoustic Imaging, Ruonan Fan, Jijun Jiang, Naiwei Sun

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: A semi physical simulation system based on underwater scale target and acoustic imaging is designed. Functional requirements are presented, the echo models of underwater scale target acoustic image are established through the planar element method, the structure, hardware and software are designed, the real-time signal generation techniques of applying the model to the simulation system are researched. The results of underwater experiment show that the simulation system can simulate the acoustic imaging echo signal of Benchmark submarine model, the imaging results are recognizable to some extent, it can be promoted to any underwater scale target and meet the …

Research On The Simulation Technology For Multi-Aerocraft Cooperative Guidance, Li Jing, Han Jian, Zhang Qing

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The formal system of multi- aerocraft cooperative simulation system is identified as the discrete event system & different equation system specifications (DEV&DESS) through the analysis of the composition and running mechanism. The running control problem of cooperative simulation system is transformed into simulation control problem of a specific DEV&DESS system. A dynamic operation control method for cooperative guidance simulation system based on coordinator is proposed, and this method is validated by real-time mathematical simulation experiments.

Comparison Of Charge Storage Properties Of Prussian Blue Analogues Containing Cobalt And Copper, Amanda Rensmo, Jennifer R. Hampton

Faculty Publications

Prussian blue analogues are of great interest as alternative battery materials because of their long life cycle and potential use of earth-abundant elements. In this work, thin film mixed-metal hexacyanoferrates (HCFs) based on NiCo and NiCu alloys were fabricated in an all electrochemical process. The structure and composition of the samples were characterized, along with the charge storage capacity and kinetics of the charge transfer reaction. For both NiCo-HCF and NiCu-HCF samples, the total charge capacity increased with the substitution of Ni with more Co or Cu, and the increase was larger for Cu samples than for Co samples. On …

Survey Of Vision-Based Augmented Reality 3d Registration Technology, Shouming Hou, Han Ji, Yudong Zhang, Ziqiu Zhu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Three-dimensional registration technology is one of the core technologies for augmented reality system implementation. In recent years, with the maturity of augmented reality hardware technology and the expansion of application fields, vision-based three-dimensional registration technology has received more attention and development. This paper introduces the basic principles and classification methods of 3D registration technology, focuses on the analysis of the principles and research status of three kinds of visual three-dimensional registration technology based on artificial identification, natural feature points and model.Furthermore, the defects and treatment methods of three visual registration technologies are discussed. The development prospect of visual 3D …

Decision-Making Method For Formulating Spares Reserve Scheme Based On Deep Neural Network, Yunjing Zhang, Guangming Tang, Xiaoyu Xu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Spare parts classification is important for spare parts storage and is a key part of spare parts decision-making activities. This paper analyzes the factors affecting the reserve scheme of wartime spares. Then by analyzing the inherent attributes of wartime spares, two methods of spare parts classification are proposed to determine the variety and quantity of wartime spares based on deep neural network: (1) Ranks wartime spares according to their importance. A relatively simple deep neural network is used to analyze every attribute of the wartime spares in turn; (2) Inputs all the attributes of wartime spares into a relatively …

Moving Object Detection Based On Deep Convolutional Neural Network, Yuqiu Lu, Jinyu Sun, Shiwei Ma

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: A deep convolution neural network MONet is designed for the intermittent motion problem in moving objects detection. In the absence of training data sets, a synthetic dataset GoChairs is generated by affine transformation, and on this basis the network training and testing are performed. The results show that the trained MONet can effectively detect the moving objects based on the correspondence between the pixels. The traditional datasets CDnet and I2R are also tested to verify the generalization performance of the network. In addition, MONet is compared qualitatively and quantitatively with classical methods for the intermittent motion problem of …

Modeling And Simulation Of Complex Equipment Health Management System Based On Cloud Computing, Tianrui Zhang, Chuansheng Qu, Baoku Wu, Jianan Xu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: For complex equipment operation safely, the health management problems of complex equipment life cycle is analyzed. In order to realize remote service, complex equipment health management mode based on cloud computing is proposed. Aiming at the accuracy problem in the process of extracting and recognizing complex equipment characteristic data, the feature knowledge acquisition method based on ontology is researched, and the expression and acquisition algorithm of state characteristic knowledge is proposed. A task sequencing algorithm faults based on fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method is proposed, an appropriate task assignment model is selected for scheduling health management technicians. …

Simulation Of Vehicle Startup Delay At Green Light And Its Direct And Chain-Reaction Impact On Traffic Flow, Longxi Luo, Lijun Xie, Jianping Wu, Xu Ming

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In current traffic simulations, it is implicitly assumed vehicles are driven by ideal drivers. Therefore, simulated vehicles make the most reasonable decisions such as moving out immediately when traffic lights turn green, resulting in a gap between simulations and real traffics. Research shows that drivers, including those who follow the rules, show a delay in starting-up their vehicles at the green light. The vehicle startup delay (SUD) is even more significant for drivers by things such as cell phones during waiting. However, the SUD has rarely been considered in simulations. The SUD is simulated to study its impacts on …

Microscopic Simulation Based Evaluation Of Congestion Pricing For Beijing Urban Area, Jingchen Dai, Ruimin Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to study the potential effect of congestion charging policy in large-scale road network, a micro-simulation platform Paramics is used to establish a simulation model within Beijing fourth ring road. On this basis, multiple congestion pricing scenarios are assessed in consideration of charging zones size, charging rate, and travel mode shift. When the travel mode shift is put aside, the analysis shows that selecting a larger charging zone is more effective on reducing vehicle kilometers of travel and may increase the total charge revenue. However, congestion pricing appears no potential to significantly affect the average speed of …

Numerical Simulation Of Rock Breaking Mechanism For Compound Percussion Drilling, Yumei Li, Liwei Yu, Zhang Tao, Su Zhong, Jianming Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The ABAQUS dynamic impact module is used to establish the numerical calculation model for PDC single tooth-rock impact. The effects of PDC cutting teeth on the dynamic rock breaking mode and rock breaking effect under the combined action of rotating speed, drilling pressure, alternating impact torque and alternating impact force are studied. The study shows that the torsional impact mode is 39.28% higher than the rock breaking efficiency of the rotary impact, and the compound percussion mode is 27.79% higher than the rock breaking efficiency of the torsional impact. Under the same conditions of impact time, the rock surface …