Essays about: "water flows"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 304 essays containing the words water flows.

  1. 16. Sustainable Production Patterns for Hydropower Units

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för fysik och elektroteknik (IFE)

    Author : Hannington Kayanja; [2023]
    Keywords : Automatic control; Hydropower modelling; PD-controller; Sustainable power production; Water level control.;

    Abstract : Globally, a significant portion of energy comes from hydropower. However, harnessing hydro energy interrupts the natural state of river flows, thus affecting the ecological processes of the surrounding communities. READ MORE

  3. 17. Sustainable water treatment in the manufacturing industry : Investigation of the water treatment system at VCE, Hallsberg

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Energisystem

    Author : Johan Hagströmer; Forsberg Emma; [2023]
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    Abstract : Transitioning to circular flows is essential to economize the planet’s resources. One of the most important resources on earth is water as it is vital for all living things. However, water purification methods have proven to be very energy intensive, and increasing the circular water flows is therefore challenging. READ MORE

  4. 18. Adaptive Fishway Design : Designing a Bypass Channel to Fit Large Discharge Fluctuations

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Melina Sattelmeier; [2023]
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    Abstract : Especially with regard to achieving the goals of the European Water Framework Directive, the construction of fishways is becoming more prominent in Sweden's hydraulic engineering sector. Particularly the importance of nature-like bypass channels is increasing, being the type of fishway that is currently implemented in most cases of small scale hydropower. READ MORE

  5. 19. Modelling the Impact of Climate and Socio-Economic Changes on Nutrient Dynamics in the Catchment of Lake Vomb

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Yanhe Zhou; [2023]
    Keywords : Climate change; hydrological modelling; nutrient; RCP; socioeconomic development; SSP; SWAT; water quality modelling;

    Abstract : Climate change and socio-economic development are greatly affecting the quality of freshwater, especially the excessive accumulation of nutrients (N and P), which eventually leads to the occurrence of eutrophication. Lake Vomb is one of the main sources of drinking water in southern Sweden and the nutrient load from the catchment makes it a eutrophic lake with recurring algal blooms. READ MORE

  6. 20. Freight Transport in the Car-Free City : Towards a more sustainable urban freight sector

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Melisa Marta; [2023]
    Keywords : Car-free city; sustainable urban freight transport; urban consolidation center; cargo bicycles;

    Abstract : Freight transport of goods is an indispensable part of everyday life. Without it there would be no delivery of products such as food, water, construction material, technology, furniture, clothes and society, as we know it today, would collapse.  However, there are more and less sustainable ways of transporting goods. READ MORE