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Mistry, Priyen C. "Coated metal hydrides for stationary energy storage applications." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2016. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/38798/.
Full textPersson, Fredrik. "Energy Storage for Stationary Applications – A Comparative, Techno-Economical Investigation." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-280016.
Full textStrömavbrott, underdimensionerade elnät och förnybar energi är tre exempel där ett stationärt energilager kan tillämpas. I den här masteruppsatsen undersöks två typer av stationära elektrokemiska energilager; ventilreglerade bly-syra-batterier och litium-järnfosfat-batterier (LFP), för att finna det mer fördelaktiga alternativet i stationära applikationer. De två teknikerna analyseras i ett stort antal elnätsapplikationer i en tekno-ekonomisk studie. Kostnaden per levererad kWh av energilagret används som jämförelsebas vilken beräknas utifrån batteridegraderingsdata med avseende på C-rate, SoC, DoD, temperatur, lagringstid och cykelfrekvens för att estimera kalender- och cyklisk åldring. Modellering visar att inget av batterialternativen är överlägset i alla situationer men LFP är det mångsidigare alternativet. Bly-syra-batterier kan vara mer kostnadseffektiva för applikationer som kräver mindre än 1 (full-ekvivalent) cykel/dag vid temperaturer lägre än 30C, korta projektlivstider samt när batterilagren används bortom 80% EoL. Investeringskostnaden är lägre för bly-syra-batterier när likadan C-rate appliceras. Negligerade kostnadsposter kommer minska chanserna att bly-syra-batterier är det billigaste alternativet. Från ett hållbarhetsperspektiv är LFP nästan uteslutande den mindre energikrävande och mindre CO2-intensiva tekniken. Bly-syra-batterier har dock en klar fördel när det kommer till återvinningsbarhet.
Andersson, Joakim. "Lifetime estimation of lithium-ion batteries for stationary energy storage system." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för kemivetenskap (CHE), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-212987.
Full textPORRU, MARIO. "Management and control of energy storage systems for stationary and automotive applications." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11584/266607.
Full textLangmi, Henrietta Wakuna. "Zeolites as an alternative to carbons in hydrogen storage for large-scale stationary applications." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.404468.
Full textBonora, Giulia. "Analysis of the impact of stationary energy storage systems in trolleybus grids using Simulink-based modelling." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2022. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/25832/.
Full textChacón, Lisa, Benjamin Hornblow, Daniel Johnson, and Chris Walker. "Strategic Sustainable Development for the Stationary Power Sector : Is Carbon Capture and Storage a Strategic Investment for the Future?" Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2382.
Full textTruong, Cong Nam [Verfasser], Andreas [Akademischer Betreuer] Jossen, Andreas [Gutachter] Jossen, and Thilo [Gutachter] Bocklisch. "Assessment and Optimization of Operating Stationary Battery Storage Systems / Cong Nam Truong ; Gutachter: Andreas Jossen, Thilo Bocklisch ; Betreuer: Andreas Jossen." München : Universitätsbibliothek der TU München, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1201481503/34.
Full textMcVicker, William D. "Mapping and Visualizing Ancient Water Storage Systems with an ROV -- An Approach Based on Fusing Stationary Scans within a Particle Filter." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2012. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/885.
Full textIsaksson, Maja, and Ellen Stjerngren. "Opportunities, Barriers and Preconditions for Battery Energy Storage in Sweden : A Study Investigating the Possibilities of Grid Connected Lithium-Ion Battery Energy Storage Systems in the Swedish Electricity Market." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-264270.
Full textDagens energisystem är under förändring. Det sker en omvandling där energisystemet går från att vara centraliserat och fossilbaserat till att bli mer decentraliserat och baserat på förnybar energi. Detta kommer att utmana balanseringen av elproduktion och elkonsumtion, vilket betonar vikten av flexibilitet i elnätet. I den stundande utmaningen kommer energilagring att spela en viktig roll eftersom det kan bidra med flexibilitet och samtidigt stödja integrationen av mer förnybar elproduktion. Mer specifikt har energilagersystem med litiumjon-batterier flertalet tekniska fördelar och värdefulla användningsområden i elnätet. Det här examensarbetet utforskar möjligheter och hinder för en framtida implementering av nätanslutna litiumjonbatterilager på den svenska elmarknaden och ger en överblick över perspektiv på utsikter för batterilager från flertalet marknadsaktörer. Syftet med den utforskande studien är att få en ökad förståelse för framtidsutsikterna för storskaliga batterilager i Sverige. Genom en omfattande litteraturstudie och en empirisk studie, baserad på fjorton intervjuer med olika aktörer på elmarknaden, samlades data in och analyserades. Analysen av de empiriska resultaten resulterade i två tabeller som sammanfattar möjligheter och hinder för implementering av batterilager i Sverige. Möjligheterna och hindren kategoriseras i tre hierarkiska nivåer; kontextuell nivå, kraftsystemnivå och batterilagersystemnivå, med hänvisning till var i systemet fördelarna eller barriärerna är lokaliserade. Dessutom utvärderas flera betydande diskussionsteman relaterade till batterilager (såsom lagringstid, ägande, nättjänster, kostnad, prissignaler och kunskapsluckor). För att förstå möjligheterna för att etablera batterilager i Sverige har en möjlig affärsuppställning utvärderats och analyserats. Detta för att identifiera förutsättningar för att batterilager ska vara attraktivt på den svenska elmarknaden. Examensarbetets resultat tyder på att nätflexibilitet sannolikt kommer att bli ett betydande problem inom 10-20 år. Den troliga avvecklingen av den svenska kärnkraften kommer att resultera i instabilitet i elnätet om inte lösningar finns på plats. Därför behöver lösningar för att uppnå flexibilitet i elnätet utvärderas och planeras i god tid och uppsatsens resultat visar på att batterilager kan vara en möjlig del av lösningen. Fram till nu har det funnits oklarheter i regelverket gällande energilagring, vilket har lett till osäkerheter hos marknadsaktörerna. Nya lagar och förordningar kommer att klargöra flertalet osäkerheter och möjliggöra potentiella affärer med batterilager. När det förändrade regelverket är på plats, ser vi potential för nya aktörer på marknaden. Vår analys visar på att batterilager med största sannolikhet kommer att ägas av kommersiella aktörer för att möjliggöra kombinerade användningsområden av batterilager. Möjligheterna till implementering av batterilager på den svenska elmarknaden påverkas i hög grad av kostnaden för batterilager. Vi anser att kostnadsaspekten är avgörande för sannolikheten att utnyttja batterilager i Sverige. Vår slutsats är att det finns flertalet förutsättningar för att batterilager ska bli attraktivt och lönsamt i Sverige. Dessa är; minskade kostnader för batterilager, acceptans från marknadsaktörer, ökad kunskap, en handelsplattform för nättjänster som tillhandahålls av batterilager, samordning mellan marknader samt lastprognoser. Om dessa förutsättningar uppnås anser vi att litiumjon-batterilager har en chans att påverka den svenska elmarknaden.
Müller, Marcus [Verfasser], Andreas [Akademischer Betreuer] Jossen, Andreas [Gutachter] Jossen, and Isabell M. [Gutachter] Welpe. "Stationary Lithium-Ion Battery Energy Storage Systems : A Multi-Purpose Technology / Marcus Müller ; Gutachter: Andreas Jossen, Isabell M. Welpe ; Betreuer: Andreas Jossen." München : Universitätsbibliothek der TU München, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1160674264/34.
Full textAli, Haider Adel Ali, and Ziad Namir Abdeljawad. "THERMAL MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES APPLIED FOR STATIONARY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS : Investigation on the thermal behavior of Lithium-ion batteries." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-48904.
Full textNaumann, Maik [Verfasser], Andreas [Akademischer Betreuer] Jossen, Andreas [Gutachter] Jossen, and Ulrich [Gutachter] Wagner. "Techno-economic evaluation of stationary battery energy storage systems with special consideration of aging / Maik Naumann ; Gutachter: Andreas Jossen, Ulrich Wagner ; Betreuer: Andreas Jossen." München : Universitätsbibliothek der TU München, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1169304222/34.
Full textNaumann, Maik Verfasser], Andreas [Akademischer Betreuer] [Jossen, Andreas [Gutachter] Jossen, and Ulrich [Gutachter] Wagner. "Techno-economic evaluation of stationary battery energy storage systems with special consideration of aging / Maik Naumann ; Gutachter: Andreas Jossen, Ulrich Wagner ; Betreuer: Andreas Jossen." München : Universitätsbibliothek der TU München, 2018. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:91-diss-20180822-1434981-1-9.
Full textAnderson, Matthew John. "Economic and Environmental Analysis of Cool Thermal Energy Storage as an Alternative to Batteries for the Integration of Intermittent Renewable Energy Sources." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51195.
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Christin, Rémy. "Modélisation multiphysique de cellules sodium chlorure de nickel." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015GREAI089/document.
Full textThe growing production capacity of wind turbines or photo-voltaic plants has revealed an acute need for electric energy storage systems. Electrochemical accumulator technologies are able to address this issue, in particular sodium nickel chloride batteries, a high temperature battery system. But to enhance the energy management of these batteries, it is necessary to have a deep knowledge of the electro-thermal behavior of its unit cell component. This thesis presents the development of a comprehensive multiphysics 2D model of a commercial Na-MCl2 cell, able to simulate its operation in constant current discharge. This model was built on a thorough study of electrochemical mechanisms at work with this type of technology, and its associated thermal effects. It is also based on the synthesis of existing models, and their critique. The new model proposed in this manuscript can take into account two simultaneous electrochemical reactions, as well as the thermal behavior of the cell. The model was validated by comparison between simulation results and the actual electrical performances of a commercial Na-MCl2 cell (including the characterization of electrochemical phenomena by cyclic voltammetry). This model successfully simulates constant current discharges at different rates, and from different temperatures. It is also capable of predicting the electro-thermal effects consecutive to design changes of the cell (structural and relevant to the active material)
Dambone, Sessa Sebastian. "Analisi dell'accumulo elettrochimico ad alta temperatura per l'integrazione delle fonti rinnovabili nella rete di trasmissione nazionale." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3422777.
Full textIn questa tesi viene analizzata la compatibilità della tecnologia di accumulo elettrochimico stazionario dell'energia elettrica nota come Na-beta per installazioni su larga scala sulla rete elettrica di trasmissione allo scopo di supportare il sistema elettrico nella gestione delle problematiche relative alla sempre maggiore penetrazione di fonti di energia rinnovabile sulla rete. Dettagliate analisi di rischio sono state condotte in collaborazione con le aziende produttrici sulle due tipologie di batterie Na-beta, ovvero quella sodio-cloruro di nichel e quella sodio-zolfo per valutare l'affidabilità nell'esercizio, la sicurezza per le persone e la compatibilità ambientale. Viene inoltre presentato un approccio di modellizzazione matriciale innovativo per la tecnologia sodio-cloruro di nichel, facilmente estendibile alle batterie sodio-zolfo date le caratteristiche molto simili delle due tecnologie. Il modello realizzato, di tipo elettrico, è stato validato mediante confronto dei risultati con misure sperimentali effettuate in collaborazione con Terna nei laboratori ENEA di Roma su di un modulo da 7,8 kW, dando un'ottima concordanza sia in regime permanente che transitorio.
Němeček, Martin. "Vliv vnitřní tepelné akumulace konstrukcí pasivních domů na jejich letní tepelnou stabilitu." Doctoral thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-390267.
Full textCHEN, YUNG-HSIANG, and 陳永祥. "The Technological Growth Forecasting of Fuel Cell and Energy Storage Batteries in Stationary Energy Storage Industrial Application." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/55838438614859543247.
Full text輔仁大學
科技管理學程碩士在職專班
102
Facing the current global climate change,global warming and depletion of energy and other issues,environmental sustainability has become an important issue。Governments actively promote energy saving and carbon reduction and simultaneous actively develop new energy to replace fossil fuels caused by environmental pollution。Due to the unstable renewable energy such as solar power or wind power accounted for the rapid growth of grid-level energy storage system needs to provide a stable power grid renewable energy to meet future demand for renewable energy maximization。So the stationary lithium battery and the energy storage system of stationary fuel cell is the future of renewable energy and can provide a combination of electricity and power required to incorporate important forward-looking technology and general household energy storage devices。 Key technology trend forecasting core lithium battery energy storage mate-rials and the development of future technologies, This study stationary battery capacity of lithium-based energy storage technology growth forecast;using linear regression calculation methods to predict the value of its maximum capacity,and to make use of the growth curve analysis location of the industry is located。Logistic growth model with technology life-cycle assessment, the use of patent-based U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,the use of patent analysis to identify the key fuel cell energy storage technologies,and further the technology life cycle assessment of stationary fuel cell technology developed time to conduct each phase occurs trend prediction,detected stationary fuel cell go into mature stage in 2025。This study kept informed;lithium battery and fuel cell-based energy storage products in the stationary technology development and product commercialization trend forecast,the cost price of the commercialization of fuel cell power generation timing point of commercialization of fuel prices and the general petrochemical oil and power generation that differences in trend forecasting purposes。 Taiwan was once a lithium battery module manufacturing plant of the world ,so the design of stationary lithium battery energy storage,production and assembly techniques should be no technical bottlenecks, but to make a more larger unit of energy research material in lithium batteries density research and breakthroughs。Hydrogen fuel cell is a non-polluting industries; advantages of fuel diversification,global advanced countries have switched into the fuel cell research and development program of energy storage and power systems,but the key components and technology patents, mostly in Europe、America、Japan and other advanced countries to master。In Taiwan If you place the fuel cell as a long-term industrial developed,our country must identify the key technology areas of the fuel cell industry and to develop industrialization strategy。The results of this study reference for enterprises develop policies on the development of the domestic industry and help the future into the international market。
Yu, Jyun-Yi, and 余俊毅. "Row Stationary CNN Accelerator with Reduced Storage and Configurable Data Forward Network." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7z4y64.
Full text國立中正大學
電機工程研究所
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In recently years, the convolutional neural network (CNN) has achieved great success in solving once-difficult tasks such as image recognition. Due to complicated calculations, the CNN often needs to be assisted with hardware to meet performance and power requirements. Over the past few years, a variety of CNN hardware accelerators have been proposed. In 2016, the newest hardware architecture, called the Row Stationary (RS), was published at the ISSCC conference. This architecture has higher performance and lower power consumption than other CNN hardware accelerator designsthe. However, the RS achieves good data utilization and flexible operation modes at the expense of redundant registers. In this paper, we propsed the Row Stationary plus (RSplus) design to reduce the cost of registers. Meanwhile, we propose the Configurable Data Forward Network (CDFN) to approach operation mode flexibility with modest interconnection cost. Post-layout results on the same problem scale of the published RS design show that the RSplus achieves comprarable throughput with the reduction of 24.5% hardware costs.
XU, XIAO-WEN, and 徐孝文. "A Reduced Storage Row-Stationary CNN Accelerator Design With Low Wiring Complexity." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/vsnp32.
Full text國立中正大學
電機工程研究所
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Ever since its publication in 2016 ISSCC, the Row Stationary (RS) architecture has been accredited for its high performance and low energy consumption in accelerating the computation of various CNN's. As such, follow-up research works has been sustaining momentum. In a recent subsequent study, the Row Stationary Plus (RS+) architecture was proposed to reduce the number of registers in RS, but it incurred wire delay problem in the layout stage. In this thesis, we propose a Hierarchical Row Stationary Plus (HRS+) architecture that utilizes a two-level hierarchy to mitigate the wiring problem while preserving the register advantage of the RS+ architecture. The HRS+ is compared to redesigned RS, RS+, and a recent CNN accelerator design called COSY. Experiment results show that the HRS+ compares favorably in terms of area and power consumption.
Goldthorpe, Ward Hillary. "Carbon capture and storage and the Australian climate policy framework." 2009. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/7058.
Full textThis thesis aims to offer a clearer understanding of the practicalities, limitations and uncertainties surrounding future CCS use in Australia and of the contribution CCS can make to mitigating emissions from the Australian stationary energy sector in the period to 2050. It considers two central questions: Is CCS a realistic option for emissions mitigation in Australia? Are Australian climate policies formulated to facilitate CCS deployment and optimise its potential contribution? The criteria employed in this thesis for answering these questions are restricted to those having an ascertainable causal impact on the timing, pace and ultimate scale of CCS deployment within Australia. The methodology used for the research is grounded in critical approaches and integrated assessment within a holistic, trans-disciplinary paradigm.
This thesis finds that under Australia’s existing climate policy framework it is unrealistic to expect CCS can contribute more than 75 million tonnes of CO2 per annum to emissions mitigation by 2050. Australia does have sufficient potential geological storage resources to expect some environmentally safe CCS infrastructure could be engineered over time, but commencement of large scale build-out is not likely before 2025. When CCS will become a commercial mitigation option in Australia is unpredictable and dependent more on the political economy of climate change than on Australian research, development and demonstration activities.
The thesis also finds that the existing climate policy framework is increasing rather than decreasing the risks to timing and usefulness of CCS even to the level of 75 million tonnes of CO2 per annum by 2050. This thesis concludes that Australian Governments are not developing the institutional capability to oversee a holistic decarbonisation of the stationary energy sector. This capability is required not only to address the risks to CCS deployment but also to prevent market failures that foreclose an optimal contribution from all other potential mitigation technologies. The thesis proposes that an Australian national CCS company be created with responsibility for CCS integration, transport and storage services in order to develop Australian capability rather than that of international corporations.
Tsai, Chun-yi, and 蔡鈞伊. "Sales Growth Plan of Local Stationery Store." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/73734520335739663000.
Full text國立臺灣大學
企業管理碩士專班
102
This business plan uses the Chung Yuan Branch of Jinyuhtarng Stationery(金玉堂文具中原店) as the example to establish a sales growth plan of the local stationery store. I include analyses of the market, current problems of the store, the goals and the strategies of the store’s growth, and the operation and the marketing plan of the store in this business plan. Jinyuhtarng Stationery is one of the biggest stationery chain stores in Taiwan. The Chung Yuan Branch of Jinyuhtarng Stationery is around 320 ping坪 (or 11,387 sq.ft) with four floors and the elevator. Its current gross profit margin and revenue fall far below the expected performance due to its inefficient management. In this business plan aims for developing the strategies with new opearion methods in order to reach the expected goals.
Tosch, Mario. "Company growth of interieur mediterran: Business plan about the opening of a stationary retail store." Master's thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/3809.
Full textA minha tese é um plano de negócio da minha própria empresa de retalho. Fundada em 2007, a Interieur Mediterran (IM) opera como um genuíno retalhista online. O sucesso deste negócio nos últimos dois anos motivou-me a pensar numa estratégia de crescimento para a IM. O plano de negócio ajudará a avaliar as diferentes estratégias de expansão. Ao longo da tese, a abertura de um espaço comercial será destacada e analisada financeiramente. Este documento poderá ser usado como suporte para futuras apresentações desta ideia de negócio aos investidores. O plano será estruturado numa base realista. Diferentes partes serão destacadas, tais como a apresentação do modelo de negócio, uma revisão da segmentação de mercado, selecção do grupo-alvo, escolha de uma localização própria, análise interna da empresa, análise externa,selecção da estratégia, organização da empresa, logística, tácticas de marketing e uma análise financeira final de modo a provar a rentabilidade do negócio. Para avaliação dos dados, recorri essencialmente a fontes na Internet e a um historial dos dados das minhas vendas electrónicas. Uma importante fonte de informação foi uma pesquisa online que conduzi entre os meus clientes. Dos 800 compradores, 254 responderam ao inquérito. De forma a responder às exigências duma tese, cruzarei alguma da teoria mais relevante sobre este tema ao longo dos capítulos.
Chen, Yi-Ru, and 陳怡如. "Study on Consumers’ Lifestyle Aesthetic, the Case of Eslite Stationery Specialty Store in Taipei." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/91077617650664228396.
Full text國立臺北教育大學
文化創意產業經營學系
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Even though technology improves year by year, stationery industries still take a big part in human’s society. To enhance the purchase intention, some stationery stores change the normal ways of selling or promoting stationery goods by only focus on the function of the goods. They combine the lifestyle aesthetic with the stationery industries to encourage people to use or see the stationery goods in another way. Stationery items not only being office supplies or writing tools, but they also show the personal tastes. Therefore, in order to discover the affection of lifestyle aesthetic on consumers who shop at those stationery stores, the research focus on the case study of Eslite stationery specialty store in Taipei. The study takes the quantitative method as the way of data collection. It gives questionnaire to random stationery users who have shopped in Eslite stationery specialty store. To analyze the data from questionnaire, the research use SEM, Structural Equation Modeling, as the analyzing method. Selling strategy, environment atmosphere, and perceived value are the main factors that influence lifestyle aesthetic construction. The result shows that Eslite stationery specialty store have affected the consumers’ lifestyle aesthetic by these factors. Consumers identified these factors that might change their point of view of stationery goods. The change of the stationery stores shows that customers consider buying things that could echo to their personalities.
TSAI, YA-TING, and 蔡雅婷. "Research on Customer Satisfaction and Service Quality: A Case Study on 9x9 Stationery Zhongshan Flagship Store." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/3nz2rz.
Full text國立高雄應用科技大學
工業工程與管理系碩士班
104
This study aimed to examine customer satisfaction regarding the services provided by the 9x9 Stationery Zhongshan Flagship Store in Kaohsiung. In addition to understanding customers’ level of satisfaction with its services, the findings can serve as reference for the Company for future improvement. Based on the SERVQUAL Model developed by Parasuraman et al. (1988), four factors (tangibility; reliability; assurance; and responsiveness and empathy) were established in this study after integrating the data. The factors were analyzed using the statistical software SPSS22.0 to explore the relationship between the four factors and the overall satisfaction. The results showed that all factors have a positive correlation with the overall satisfaction. Moreover, the demographic variables have significant correlations with five factors (tangibility; reliability; assurance; responsiveness and empathy; and overall satisfaction). The hypotheses that age and education background variables are correlated with reliability, assurance, care and empathy, as well as overall satisfaction; and that visiting time is correlated with assurance, were supported; all other hypotheses were not supported. Finally, the recommendations based on the findings are provided for the Company’s reference.