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Industrial Investment and Operation of Energy Storage for Mitigating the Risk of Power Outage
(2019)The addition of decentralised, renewable energy generation to the electric power system helps reduce the overall carbon intensity of electricity; however, the variability in energy supply also creates operational challenges within the electricity network and can increase the risk of power outage if not properly managed. Electrical energy storage has the potential to provide back-up supply as well as other electricity services. Here, the ...Master Thesis -
Untersuchung des Zusammenhangs zwischen dem physischen und dem sozialen Raum mit Place-Making
(2019)Peri-urbane Landschaften werden in Europa zukünftig die dominante Siedlungsform sein. Diese bringen zunehmend uniforme Siedlungen ohne Identität hervor. Im Rahmen des Forschungsprojektes GLOBESCAPE wird der Prozess des PLACE-MAKING untersucht, welcher durch die Umwandlung der Raumgestaltung dem Verlust des Ortsgefühls (SENSE OF PLACE) entgegenwirken kann. In dieser Masterarbeit wird durch die Integration von zwei Studien ein Beitrag zum ...Master Thesis -
Controller tuning optimization and standardization of a CNC-grinding machine
(2019)Tuning of controller parameters is a highly relevant part of the controller design of a system, because of its high influence on the controllers performance. Manual tuning is a time consuming and difficult process for complex control systems, which results in a high variance of the systems performance, due to the absence of a rigorous definition which parameters to select and how to measure the performance. Thus a standardized, safe ...Master Thesis -
Electrostatic force computation using shape calculus
(2019)In Electrostatics, it is often of interest to compute local/global forces on a body in electrostatic equilibrium. The classical formula for computing this force is a surface/volume integral, obtained using the Maxwell Stress Tensor. In the surface integral form it has some undesirable properties, affecting the accuracy when used with Boundary Element Methods. In this work, we explore a new approach for calculating the force using shape ...Master Thesis -
Lab-Scale Prototype of a Thermochemical Energy Storage System: Assembly and Experimental Investigation
(2019)Thermal Energy Storage (TES) has the potential to enable 24/7 production of clean, and infinitely abundant solar energy. Vast efforts are being made to achieve cost-competitiveness with other forms of energy. In this work, Thermochemical Energy Storage (TCS), which stores thermal energy in the form of chemical bonds, is experimentally investigated for its potential for improving the efficiency and economics of the traditional TES systems. ...Master Thesis -
The Potential of Digitalization for Sustainability: A Building Process Perspective
(2019)There is a potential of digitalization in improving sustainability throughout the entire building process. One way to address this potential is through BIM-LCA integration. Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a method for analyzing the environmental impact of buildings. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a methodology that can help to account for LCA during the Building Process. Current industry practice and research show that ...Master Thesis -
One-shot Face Reenactment
(2019)To enable realistic shape (e.g. pose and expression) transfer, existing face reenactment methods rely on a set of target faces for learning subject-specific traits. However, in real-world scenario end-users often only have one target face at hand, rendering existing methods inapplicable. In this work, we bridge this gap by proposing a novel one-shot face reenactment learning framework. Our key insight is that the one-shot learner should ...Master Thesis -
The impact of heat on labour productivity in Zurich
(2019)In recent years, summer temperatures have reached levels never recorded before. Besides having severe impacts on yields, ecosystems, and infrastructures, heat is a serious health problem. High temperatures exacerbate mortality, morbidity, and severely affect the pro ductivity of workers. So far, however, the problematic of occupational health has received relatively little attention. By integrating the three risk components, namely hazard, ...Master Thesis -
Investigating microphysical properties of MPCs and precipitation in mountainous terrain
(2019)While a majority of precipitating clouds in the Alps are mixed-phase clouds (MPCs), a lot of microphysical processes behind ice formation and precipitation initiation are still not fully understood. In this thesis, orographic precipitation events were analysed with measurement data from the RACLETS field campaign in Davos during winter 2019 in order to investigate microphysical properties of precipitation and MPCs. Precipitation was ...Master Thesis -
Delay Recovery and Reduction of Night Ban Critical Flights at SWISS
(2019)Increasing operating restrictions at European airports and shortages in the infrastructure capacity are endangering hub airlines due to large delays and resulting compensation payments. The threat of further restrictions and the increasing delay accumulation can be addressed with better disruption management. One of the key elements to allow for more options in disruption management is the prediction and pro-active identification of ...Master Thesis