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Nuclear Engineering - Ph.D. / Sc.D.
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)The transport of lithium ions between the electrolyte-electrode interface and the electrode bulk is an essential and presently rate limiting process in the high-current operation of lithium-ion batteries. Despite their ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)The goal of this thesis is to develop a methodology to evaluate the engineering and economic implications of maximizing performance of the United States' commercial fleet of nuclear power plants. This methodology addresses ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Small-angle scattering (SAS) has been widely applied to study the microstructure of colloidal systems. Although colloids cover a wide range of materials, in general they can simply be viewed as basic building particles ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Monte Carlo (MC) methods for reactor analysis are most often employed as a benchmark tool for other transport and diffusion methods. In this work, we identify and resolve a few of the issues associated with using MC as a ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)High-performance operation in tokamaks is characterized by the formation of a pedestal, a region of suppressed transport and steep gradients in density, temperature, and pressure near the plasma edge. The pedestal height ...
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