Essays about: "katastrof"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 essays containing the word katastrof.

  1. 1. Community Continuity Management : An Exploration of the Energy Production and Use of a Fictional Stockholm Neighbourhood in a Crisis

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Nils Brattgård; [2023]
    Keywords : Business Continuity Management; Community Continuity Management; Energy Community; Energy Resilience; Energy; Resilience; Preparedness; Adaptation; Wellness; Wellbeing; Blackout; Power Failure; High Impact Low Probability; Crisis; Disaster; Kontinuitetshantering; Community Continuity Management; Energigemenskap; Energiresiliens; Energi; Resiliens; Beredskap; Anpassning; Välmående; Välbefinnande; Strömavbrott; Elkris; High Impact Low Probability; Kris; Katastrof;

    Abstract : In an increasingly interconnected, and electricity-reliant world, households are asked to build up their resilience to crises. Local, distributed electricity production within a microgrid with capability to operate disconnected from the larger grid has been shown to be an effective tool for increasing power system resilience in the past. READ MORE

  3. 2. Performance Evaluation of LoRa networks for Air-to-Ground Communications

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Kiana Khorsandi; Sareh Jalalizad; [2023]
    Keywords : IoT; LPWAN; LoRaWan; UAV; LAP; Bit error rate; Line of sight;

    Abstract : The current focus on the Internet of Things (IoT) has led to the emergence of many network scenarios with unlimited use cases, including smart homes, smart cities, smart agriculture, and more. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have become increasingly popular due to their versatility and ability to collect and transmit data through various sensors and cameras. READ MORE

  4. 3. Compounding the Problem? : Gated Communities in Climate and Environmental Disaster Fiction

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Ryan Nicholas Walsh; [2023]
    Keywords : Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ecocriticism; post-apocalypse; critical dystopia; climate change criticism; gated community; urban studies; agency; the Other; video game studies; ergodic literature.; Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ekokritik; postapokalyps; kritisk dystopi; klimatfiktion; grindsamhällen; urbana studier; agens; det Andra; spelforskning; ergodisk litteratur.;

    Abstract : The gated community motif occurs frequently within climate and environmental disaster fiction. This thesis investigates its occurrence across three media to establish how the gated community mode of living, as rendered in post-apocalyptic speculative fiction, responds to the threat and consequences of climate and environmental crisis. READ MORE

  5. 4. Integrated membrane reactor for the production of butyl butyrate starting from biomass

    University essay from KTH/Fiber- och polymerteknologi

    Author : Carlos Rubio; [2023]
    Keywords : butyl butyrate; butanol; butyric acid; membrane technology; enzymatic catalysis; butylbutyrat; butanol; smörsyra; membrane teknologi; enzymatisk katalys;

    Abstract : Efterfrågan på energi ökar snabbt, och denna trend förväntas bestå. Det råder dock ingen tvekan om att världen för närvarande befinner sig i en energikris, som är en katastrof både ekonomiskt och miljömässigt. Följaktligen är sökandet efter alternativa energikällor för att ersätta fossila bränslen absolut nödvändigt. READ MORE

  6. 5. Development and Assessment of Re-Fleet Assignment Model under Environmental Considerations

    University essay from KTH/Optimeringslära och systemteori

    Author : Prashant Prashant; [2020]
    Keywords : Aviation; Fleet Assignment; Greenhouse Gases; Linear Optimization; Resource Management; Applied Mathematics; Mathematical Modelling; Flygindustrin; Tillämpad Matematik; Linjär Optimering; Fleet Assignment; matematisk modellering;

    Abstract : The imminent threat of global catastrophe due to climate change gets more real by each passing year. The Aviation trade association, IATA, claims that Aviation accounts for approximately 2% of the Greenhouse Gases (GHG) caused by human activities, and 3.5% of the total Radiative Forcing. READ MORE