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A stochastic techno-economic comparison of alternative jet fuel production pathways
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
This study quantifies and compares the costs of production for six alternative jet fuel pathways using consistent financial and technical assumptions. Uncertainty was propagated through the analysis using Monte Carlo ...
Systems-level analysis of On Demand Mobility for aviation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
On Demand Mobility (ODM) is an emerging transportation concept that leverages pervasive telecommunication connectivity to enable the real-time matching of consumers with transportation service providers. Having experienced ...
Effects of intermittent generation on the economics and operation of prospective baseload power plants
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
The electricity system is transitioning from a system comprised primarily of dispatchable generators to a system increasingly reliant on wind and solar power-intermittent sources of electricity with output dependent on ...
Using "teacher moments" as an online practice space for parent-teacher conference simulation in preservice teacher education
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
The aim of this thesis is to investigate and improve the suitability of Teacher Moments as an online practice space for parent-teacher conference simulation in preservice teacher education. We evaluate Teacher Moments by ...
Modelling the prospects and impacts of methanol use in transportation in China at computable general equilibrium
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
The use of methanol as a transportation fuel is not a new phenomenon. However, factors such as price fluctuations, resistance to widespread introduction by special interest groups, and governmental policies have stood in ...
Public health impacts of excess NOx̳ emissions from Volkswagen diesel passenger vehicles in Germany
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
In September 2015, the Volkswagen Group (VW) admitted the use of "defeat devices" designed to lower emissions measured during VW vehicle testing for regulatory purposes. Globally, 11 million cars sold between 2008 and 2015 ...
The impact of distributed energy resources (DERs) in integrated gas-electricity energy systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Our gas and power energy systems are interconnected, which makes the decision to provide energy a non-trivial one for consumers and the system as a whole. The focus of this thesis is on the long-term planning of integrated ...