Optimal Design of Multilayer Optical Color Filters for Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Applications

Herein, the application of a comprehensive modeling framework that can help optimize the design of multilayered optical filters for coloring photovoltaic (PV) modules is presented based on crystalline silicon solar cells. To overcome technical issues related to the implementation of color filters (CFs) on PV modules, like glare and color...

A geothermal heatpipe prototype

Heatpipes are promising devices for geothermal energy extraction owing to their<br/>effectiveness to transport heat. The goal of this research is to validate an analytical heatpipe model with experiments and to investigate the difficulties in designing and constructing geothermal heatpipes. There is a lack of literature and research concerning...

Design of a Moto2 competition chassis and bodywork

This thesis describes the design of a new supersport motorcycle for Bakker Frames, a Dutch chassis builded, intended to participate in a world leading competition called the Moto2. A supersport motorcycle design is a compromise between performance and pleasure and styling against geometric restrictions. Performance asks for a compact and form...

Scheduling in high performance buffered crossbar switches

High performance routers are the basic building blocks of the Internet. Most high performance routers built today use crossbars and a centralized scheduler. Due to their high scheduling complexity, crossbar-based routers are not scalable and cannot keep pace with the explosive growth of the Internet. This dissertation studies a slight variation...