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Delay-Aware Control Designs of Wide-Area Power Networks: Proofs of the Results
(2017-04-07)The purpose of this document is to provide proofs of the results in Dibaji et al. (2017). -
A Delay-Aware Cyber-Physical Architecture for Wide-Area Control of Power Systems
(2015-06-28)In this paper we address the problem of widearea control of power systems in presence of different classes of network delays. We pose the control objective as an LQR minimization of the electro-mechanical states of the ... -
Description of boiling project burnout detector
(Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Heat Transfer Laboratory, [1957], 1957)Introduction: In order to effectively utilize the high heat flux available through the mechanism of nucleate boiling in forced convection heat transfer, it is of primary importance that the maximum flux or "burnout" ... -
Design and Manufacturing of Educational Fiber Extrusion Device and Smart Factory
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-06)Fiber Extrusion Device (FrED) is a desktop fiber extrusion system that mimics continuous fiber draw process for hands-on learning and/or laboratory experience on data acquisition, control system, and smart manufacturing. ... -
Design and Projected Performance of a Flapping Foil AUV
(Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2004-07)The design and construction of a biomimetic flapping foil autonomous underwater vehicle is detailed. The vehicle was designed as a proof of concept for the use of oscillating foils as the sole source of motive power for ... -
Designing-in of Quality Through Axiomatic Design
(Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 1995-06)Decisions made during the design stage of product & process development profoundly affect product quality and process productivity. To aid in design decision making, a theoretical framework is advanced: the axiomatic ... -
The deterioration in heat transfer to fluids at super-critical pressure and high heat fluxes
(Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Engineering Projects Laboratory, [1968], 1968)Introduction: Several supercritical steam generators in the American Electric Power system have shown evidence of tube overheat in the lower furnance at the point where the water bulk temperature is about 670 0 F. The ... -
The deterioration in heat transfer to fluids at supercritical pressure and high heat fluxes
(Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Engineering Projects Laboratory, [1968], 1968)At slightly supercritical pressure and in the neighborhood of the pseudo-critical temperature (defined as the temperature corresponding to the peak in specific heat at the operating pressure), the heat transfer coefficient ... -
Dispersed flow film boiling
(Cambridge, Mass. : Heat Transfer Laboratory, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [1980], 1980)Dispersed flow consists of small liquid droplets entrained in a flowing vapor. This flow regime can occur in cryogenic equipment, in steam generators, and during nuclear reactor loss of coolant accidents. A theoretical ... -
Drag reduction in fish-like locomotion
(Cambridge University Press, 1999)We present experimental force and power measurements demonstrating that the power required to propel an actively swimming, streamlined, fish-like body is significantly smaller than the power needed to tow the body straight ... -
Dryout droplet distribution and dispersed flow film boiling
(Cambridge, Mass. : Heat Transfer Laboratory, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [1982], 1982)Dispersed flow film boiling is characterized by liquid-phase droplets entrained in a continuous vapor-phase flow. In a previous work at MIT, a model of dispersed flow heat transfer was developed, called the Local Conditions ... -
A Dynamic Market Mechanism for Integration of Renewables and Demand Response
(2015-04-21)The most formidable challenge in assembling a Smart Grid is the integration of a high penetration of renewables. Demand Response, a largely promising concept, is increasingly discussed as a means to cope with the intermittent ... -
The effect of nonuniform axial heat flux distribution on the critical heat flux
(Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, [1965], 1965)A systematic experimental and analytic investigation of the effect of nonuniform axial heat flux distribution on critical heat rilux was performed with water in the quality condition. Utilizing a model which ascribes the ... -
The effect of surface conditions on nuceate pool boiling heat transfer to sodium
(Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, [1965], 1965)A simplified theoretical model for bubble nucleation stability has been proposed, and an approximate stability criterion has been developed. This criterion contains both fluid and surfqce properties, and it predicts that ... -
The effect of surface roughness and waviness upon the overall thermal contact resistance
(Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, [1966], 1966)A thermal contact conductance equation was developed which considers both the effect of surface roughness and waviness. It was shown that the overall thermal contact conductance is determined by the roughness at large ... -
The Effect of vapor subcooling on film condensation of metals
(Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Engineering Projects Laboratory, [1968], 1968)This work presents an analysis of the interfacial "vapor-condensate" temperature distribution, which includes the effect of subcooling (supersaturation) in the vapor. Experimental data from previous investigators for ... -
The effects of surface conditions on boiling characteristics
(Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Engineering Projects Laboratory, [1972], 1972)A unified model relating surface variables to the nucleate pool boiling characteristics was developed. A simple vapor trapping mechanism was postulated and a geometrical model constructed for idealized conical cavities ... -
The effects of surface instabilities on laminar film condensation
(Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, [1965], 1965)Heat transfer rates for laminar film condensation of Freon-1l3 were measured on the underside of horizontal surfaces, inclined surfaces, and vertical surfaces. Several distinct regimes of flow were observed. On the underside ... -
Entrance effects in a developing slug flow
(Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Division of Industrial Cooperation, [1960], 1960)The kinetics of a Taylor bubble, as it rises behind a series of other bubbles in a gas-liquid slug flow, have been determined. The rise velocity of a bubble is expressed as a function of separation distance from the bubble ...