Can the California grid support 100% renewables and 100% EVs? Rigorous analysis in this area says the answer is yes, but this would require large energy storage and charging EVs during the day. Doubling green energy imports, such as Canadian hydro, will be also required. This th…
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Soil properties functionally associated with soil quality are largely controlled by active organic carbon. In this study a simple test of active carbon was evaluated as a of soil quality. Sixty-one soils representing a wide range of properties were analyzed for total and active …
Carbon forestry projects have proliferated over last few years on the premise of cost efficient climate mitigation along with co-benefits of biodiversity conservation and livelihood improvement. Multilateral, bilateral, public and private sources have invested billions of dollar…
Inland waters play an important role in the transport, transformation, loss and storage of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) in the pathway between terrestrial and marine systems. Inland waters can act as both sources to the atmosphere through evasion of GHGs such as CO2, CH4 and N2O,…
The United Kingdom Government has mandated ambitious carbon objectives, requiring an 80% reduction in emissions by 2050, and a 20% interim reduction by 2020. Their achievement will require government and large companies to work together, and for each to be assured of the other’s…
The flat panel display market requires new and improved technologies in order to keep up with the requirements of modem lifestyles. Electron field emission from thin film amorphous semiconductors is potentially such a technology. For this technology to become viable, improvement…
This thesis reports an investigation of Iron Age diet in Britain using carbon and nitrogen stable isotope data obtained from skeletal material from four locations across England and southern Scotland. Both human and animal bone Collagen has been analysed from Wetwang in East Yor…
This thesis examines the informational efficiency of the European carbon market based on the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). The issue is approached from three different perspectives. I explore whether the volatility embedded in carbon options is a rational for…
In recent years, concern has grown over the consequences of global warming. The arctic region is thought to be particularly vulnerable to increasing temperatures, and warming is occurring here substantially more rapidly than at lower latitudes. Consequently, assessments of the s…
The work in this thesis addresses the synthesis and characterization of porous carbon substrates, and their electrochemical and fuel cell evaluation. The approach involves using porous carbon materials of different pore characteristics as electrocatalyst materials for use as cat…
In nanomaterials there is a strong correlation between structure and properties. Thus, the design and synthesis of nanomaterials with well-defined structures and morphology is essential in order to produce materials with not only unique but also tailorable properties. The unique…
A total of eight hundred chicks were obtained from a commercial hatchery in Siloam Springs, AR. Half of the chicks were Cobb 500 and half were Ross 308 breed. Each of the four hundred birds was composed of half male and female. Chickens for the performance study were housed in t…
The studies covered in this dissertation concentrate on the various forms of diamond films synthesized by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method, including microwave CVD and hot filament CVD. According to crystallinity and grain size, a variety of diamond forms primarily includi…
As the objective of the present work is to maximize the adsorption of Benzene (B), Toluene (T) and Xylene (X) through adsorption using activated carbon (AC), six different ACs were utilized for investigating the removal of BTX. The highest adsorption capacity corresponds to AC C…
In order to address how aquaculture has influenced the Setiu estuary and lagoon of northeast peninsular Malaysia, foraminifera, sediment grain-size, and carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios and abundances were analyzed in surface samples collected from beneath and around three flo…
Plant-soil interactions and soil carbon dynamics are an essential part of soil function. Land-use change can affect the soil's ability to accumulate and store carbon. Deforestation and conversion to croplands has decreased tree species cover and diversity in the tropics resultin…
This dissertation investigated the antecedent and outcome of environmental management. The study started with a comprehensive literature review on the antecedent of environmental management (Study 1). For this, I focused on how firms' level of decentralisation can influence envi…
Renewable energy is being increasingly deployed at both small and large scales. At large scale, the intermittent nature of renewable energy sources prohibits a full integration with the current power grid. Among others, redox flow battery is a promising energy storage technology…
Özellikle son yıllarda mühendislik alanında yaşanan gelişmeler sayesinde yüksek dayanım/yoğunluk ve elastik modülü/yoğunluk oranı elde edilmesiyle daha üstün nitelikli kompozit malzeme üretimi ve performans özellikleri üzerine yapılan araştırma ve geliştirme faaliyetleri artarak…