Essays about: "hotspot"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 110 essays containing the word hotspot.

  1. 26. Prospective Life Cycle Assessment of an Electrochemical Hydrogenation Process Over a Nickel Foam Cathode

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Hanson Appiah-Twum; [2022]
    Keywords : Scale-up; early process design; catalysis; environmental impact; hotspot analysis; green chemistry;

    Abstract : The need for a safe and sustainable chemical industry has called for the development of emerging technologies with improved environmental performance. In this study, an emerging electrochemical hydrogenation process over Ni foam is being developed at the laboratory scale with an expectation of less environmental impacts than a conventional palladium on carbon hydrogenation process. READ MORE

  3. 27. Venture Capital flows to fintech innovators in Africa: How governmental policy and actions affect the ecosystem and capital sources

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Giove Lee; Franklin Amabo; [2021-07-06]
    Keywords : Venture Capital; Fintech; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Strategy; Fintech Entrepreneurship; Startup Capital; Funding; Investment; Policy; Economic Development;

    Abstract : This master’s thesis explores aspects of the current state of fintech and venture capital within Africa as an emerging market, bringing to light the policies and actions of the different governments that contribute to stimulate the market. The study looks at policies and actions that directly relate to fintech and those that relate to venture capital and brings out the connection between both. READ MORE

  4. 28. How much better does a concrete building have to perform energy-wise to have the same CO2-impact as a timber building? : A Life Cycle Assessment study

    University essay from KTH/Hållbara byggnader

    Author : Pinar Dagistan; [2021]
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    Abstract : This thesis aims to calculate the life cycle emission of a timber building and compare it to a concrete alternative. Furthermore, to investigate whether there is a chance that the total impact of the concrete model can be off-set completely by certain design strategies. READ MORE

  5. 29. Airbnb in Copenhagen, Denmark: The Short- Term Rent Gap, Gentrification & the Housing Market

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Emre Guerbuezer; [2021]
    Keywords : Airbnb; Short-Term Rent Gap; GIS; Gentrification; Housing Market; Copenhagen; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Short-term tourists visiting formerly residential areas are a potential source of conflict as the short-term tourists change the place they are visiting and represent an inconvenience to residents. This research uses a mixed methods approach with the short-term rent gap framework introduced by Wachsmuth and Weisler (2018) as the quantitative and an additional online expert interview as the qualitative part to analyse the effects of short-term rentals hosted on Airbnb on gentrification processes and the housing market in Copenhagen, pre- and during Covid-19. READ MORE

  6. 30. Allowing more solar power connected to the grid, using thermal and ageing models of distribution transformers.

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för information och teknik

    Author : Amena Khatun; [2021]
    Keywords : electric power distribution; solar power; renewable-electricity production; hosting capacity; distribution transformers; dynamic thermal rating; component ageing; component overloading.;

    Abstract : Increasing amounts of solar power connected to the low-voltage network will adversely affect the performance of the network. The two impacts that will most often set the limit are overvoltage with the customers and overloading the distribution transformer. READ MORE