Essays about: "ballard"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word ballard.

  1. 1. Model on degradation of PEM fuel cells in marine applications

    University essay from KTH/Kemiteknik

    Author : Erik Östling; [2021]
    Keywords : Proton exchange membrane fuel cell PEMFC ; marine applications; durability; lifetime prediction; empirical model; PEM bränsleceller; marina tillämpningar; hållbarhet; livslängdsberäkning; empirisk modell;

    Abstract : Sjöfarten står för 3 % av världens totala växthusgaser och är idag högst beroende av fossila bränslen. Ett alternativ för att gå över till en fossilfri flotta är användning av bränsleceller och vätgas som drivmedel. READ MORE

  3. 2. The influence of deal process characteristics on Private Equity returns

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Bianca Merckling; Michael Ballard; [2020]
    Keywords : Private Equity; Deal process characteristics; Deal sourcing; Value drivers; Social networks;

    Abstract : This paper examines the influence of deal process characteristics on Private Equity (PE) returns and deal sourcing in the Nordics. We conducted a quantitative survey with eight Nordic PE firms supplemented by in-depth interviews to understand what sourcing looks like today as well as identifying favorable deal process characteristics. READ MORE

  4. 3. The reformation of Hellinikon, former international airport of Athens

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Effrosyni Stamopoulou; [2019]
    Keywords : Sustainable Urban Design Urban regeneration Urban transformation Air-field transformation; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : “Airports and air-fields have always held a special magic, gateways to the infinite possibilities that only the sky can offer.” - J.G. Ballard Man has dedicated large amounts of time and resources to construct airports. READ MORE

  5. 4. Sublime Extinctions in Anthropocene Fiction: Literary representations of geologic force in works by Ballard, McCarthy and Watkins

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Samuel Teeland; [2018]
    Keywords : Anthropocene; Extinction; Sublime; J.G. Ballard; Cormac McCarthy; Claire Vaye Watkins; Languages and Literatures; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This essay examines representations of extinction in a selection of Anthropocene fiction. The Anthropocene is a potential new geological epoch, in which the human species capacity for massive ecological transformation is rivalling that of geologic processes. READ MORE

  6. 5. Teaching Climate change : Reading the Symbiosis Between Mankind and Nature in Ballard’s The Drowned World

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Rasmus Carlsson; [2018]
    Keywords : The Drowned World; Humanity; Nature; Ecocriticism; Didactics; Climate change;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to examine J.G. Ballard’s The Drowned World to investigate how the relationship between humans and nature affects humanity, and whether humanity is indestructible. READ MORE