Essays about: "Downscaling"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 36 essays containing the word Downscaling.

  1. 11. Envisioning an Environmentally Just Transition: A Case Study of the Democracy in Europe 2025’s Green New Deal Campaign for Societal Transformation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : James Mace-Moore; [2021]
    Keywords : climate crisis; DiEM25; green growth; degrowth; counter-hegemony; reform; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The continued increase of greenhouse gas emissions and the growing danger this poses has led to the emergence of several strategies to guide society away from further environmental degradation. Green growth is the pertinent global strategy, it calls for continued growth with the hopes to advance toward technocratic solutions. READ MORE

  3. 12. Horses vs. Machines: A Comparative Energy Analysis between Eighteenth Century- and Modern Copper Mining

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Amos Strömberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Copper mining; embodied energy; small-scale mining; degrowth; copper ore grade; Podolinsky’s principle; large-scale mining; 18th century mining; mining; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study shows the positive benefits of early 18th century copper mining in terms of energy efficiency due to the utilization of animate power, pre-industrial machinery, biofuels and a small-scale of organization. Based on the concept of embodied energy, this study calculates the inputs in early 18th century Falun Coppermine in Sweden and compares it with present-day Chibuluma Coppermine in Zambia. READ MORE

  4. 13. APPLICATION AND VALIDATION OF THE NEW EUROPEAN WIND ATLAS: WIND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF NÄSUDDEN AND RYNINGSNÄS, SWEDEN

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Heeyeon Cho; [2020]
    Keywords : New European Wind Atlas; NEWA; Wind resource assessment; WindPRO; WindSim;

    Abstract : The New European Wind Atlas (NEWA) was developed with an aim to provide high accuracy wind climate data for the region of EU and Turkey. Wind industry always seek for solid performance in wind resource assessment, and it is highly affected by the quality of modelled data. READ MORE

  5. 14. Accuracy of EMD-WRF reanalyis for wind power estimations, using WindPRO

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Industriell elektroteknik och automation

    Author : Mathieu Bruneau; [2020]
    Keywords : Wind power; wind speed estimation; reanalysis; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Developing wind farms is a long and costly task. Assessing the potential of a site is a major part of the development of a wind project. READ MORE

  6. 15. Downscaling and modelling of an ion-exchange chromatography column for purifying glucose solutions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kemiteknik (CI)

    Author : Viktor Geraldsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Ion-exchange; chromatography; glucose; purification; modelling; equilibrium isotherm; Matlab; chemical engineering; kemiteknik; Technology and Engineering; Chemistry;

    Abstract : To utilize sugars as a feedstock for renewable industries, the feedstock often needs to be very pure. This is due to ionic species contaminating the sugar feedstock being potent catalyst poisons in many cases. To remove ionic species from the sugar feedstock, it is dissolved and purified using packed ion-exchange columns. READ MORE