Essays about: "material infrastructure"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 244 essays containing the words material infrastructure.

  1. 1. Prospects for standardisation of industrial PET plastics to support the transition towards a circular economy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljö- och energisystem

    Author : Agnes Ström; [2024]
    Keywords : Standard; standardisation; industrial PET; polyethylene terephthalate; circular economy; plastic; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Plastkonsumtionen har ökat markant över tid och har utvecklats till ett viktigt material i dagens samhälle, men med utmaningen att råvaran främst kommer från fossila källor. Användningen av plast är i linje med den linjära ekonomin och den så kallade slit-och-släng-kulturen, vilket bidrar till felaktig hantering av plastavfall och en ineffektiv användning av resurser. READ MORE

  3. 2. Constructing a civilized wilderness. An intersectional discourse analysis of the Sierra Club 1893-1910

    University essay from

    Author : Eleonor Ivdal; [2023-10-05]
    Keywords : the Sierra Club; intersectional theory; discourse analysis; civilization; American wilderness; national park movement; gender; class; race; ethnicity;

    Abstract : This study investigates if and how the Sierra Club adapted complex and contradictory rationalizations to legitimize their authority in wilderness and civilization. The study aims thereby to enhance our understanding of the origin narrative of the American preservation and conservation movement at the turn of the twentieth century which depicted white male heroes as discoverers and protectors of a pristine wilderness. READ MORE

  4. 3. Protection of Digital Infrastructures in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction in International Law

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Natasha Mattsson Larsson; [2023-02-02]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In this master’s thesis, a bifocal approach is applied in order to investigate international law aspects related to the protection of digital communications infrastructures in areas beyond national jurisdiction. The two focal areas are the international law of the sea and the international law of outer space, respectively. READ MORE

  5. 4. Energy in the Transportation System - A comparison of charging infrastructure scenarios

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Industriell elektroteknik och automation

    Author : Judith Lai Jakobsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Charging infrastructure; road transport electrification; battery capacity need; electric vehicles; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : A functioning charging infrastructure is crucial for achieving full-scale national electrification within the transport sector. The system is likely to consist of different charging technologies, all with the main objective of providing efficient energy replenishment services. READ MORE

  6. 5. Development of a microfluidic device to study simultaneous crystallization in the LIBs recycling process

    University essay from KTH/Kemiteknik

    Author : Shefali Paresh Solanki; [2023]
    Keywords : Battery recycling; microfluidics; simultaneous crystallization; simulation; crystal technology; microfluidics experimental setup; Batteriåtervinning; mikrofluidik; simultan kristallisering; simulering; kristallteknologi; mikrofluidikexperimentuppställning;

    Abstract : Återvinning av litiumjonbatterier (LIB) är avgörande på grund av kritiska råmaterialreserver och miljöhänsyn vid kassering. Hydrometallurgisk LIB-återvinning, en framstående industriell teknik, står inför kostnadseffektivitets- och komplexitetsutmaningar. READ MORE