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Journal articles on the topic "VTOS centres"
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Hughes, Captain Terry. "When is a VTS not a VTS?" Journal of Navigation 62, no. 3 (June 15, 2009): 439–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0373463309005396.
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This paper traces the birth and formation of Vessel Traffic Services, examines the rapid growth of such schemes worldwide and notes the tendency for mandatory ship reporting systems to be operated from VTS centres. Questions are asked about this tendency and thoughts are provided.
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Stuurman, Pieter M. "The Development of Inland VTS in the Netherlands." Journal of Navigation 49, no. 3 (September 1996): 289–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0373463300013527.
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This paper, and the two following papers, were included in the VTS-96 Symposium held in Rotterdam in April 1996. They are reproduced by kind permission of the Symposium Organizing Committee.In the Netherlands, inland waterways occupy an important position in the transport of goods to and from the hinterland. To guarantee safety at dangerous junctions, VTS-centres have been introduced since 1952. Some years ago an extra dimension was added to some of these VTScentres, namely the promotion of the optimal use of a limited waterway, to guarantee a smooth traffic flow. This is certainly necessary for the river Waal, which can be considered as the aorta to the German hinterland.Automatic data exchange between all inland VTS-centres and the German information centres along the Rhine contributes to a great extent to the operation of the VTS-centres. In case of an accident, appropriate measures can be taken immediately, saving human life and respecting the environment.
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Andiema, Nelly, and Echaune Manasi. "Female Students Participation in Technical Vocational Education and Training in West Pokot County, Kenya." East African Journal of Education Studies 3, no. 1 (April 7, 2021): 61–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.37284/eajes.3.1.314.
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Quality and affordable technical vocational education and training are one of the United Nations Sustainable Development agenda items for ensuring equal access to education for all women and men by the year 2030. This means that all women in the country need to have relevant skills for employment, job creation and entrepreneurship. Data from West Pokot County, Kenya department of technical and vocational education show the number of female students being admitted in vocational training centres for the past five years has remained low. Whereas the government of Kenya has viewed TVET as a critical element of attaining Sustainable Development Goal and Kenya’s Vision 2030 goals, the number of female students graduating from vocational training and being absorbed in the job market remains low. This study looks at enrolment trends for female students in vocational training centres and further examines factors discouraging female students from joining vocational training institutions (VTCs). To collect data, interviews and documentary evidence were used. The respondents for the study involve managers of selected VTCs in West Pokot County. Analysis of data was done through qualitative and quantitative methods. The study found out that the distribution of students in all public VTCs in West Pokot County favoured the male gender over female students. For women enrolled in various programmes, only 45.0% fully completed their programme. It was found out that courses offered in VTCs tend to attract more male students compared to female ones. The distribution of the teaching workforce in VTCs was found to be male-dominated and therefore, female students did not have role models to look up to. The research also found out that majority of girls who were unable to proceed to secondary and tertiary education were not aware of the opportunities available in VTCs in the county. The paper concludes that social-cultural factors, lack of role models and poverty were some of the barriers affecting female students’ participation in vocational education and training. The paper suggests more work needs to be done by all stakeholders to ensure that courses offered in VTCs are attractive to female students, remove social, cultural and physical barriers which prevent female students from enrolling and completing vocational training in West Pokot County, Kenya.
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Audras, Diane, Alex Zhao, Chuck Isgar, and Yucheng Tang. "Virtual teaching assistants: A survey of a novel teaching technology." International Journal of Chinese Education 11, no. 2 (May 2022): 2212585X2211216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2212585x221121674.
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This study centers around virtual teaching assistants (“VTA”) and the potential application of VTAs to reduce the burden on teachers across secondary schools in China exacerbated by the Double Reduction Policy. It seeks to understand how VTAs could be implemented in the classroom while ensuring student and teacher well-being, success, and happiness. Through interviews with fourteen different experts spanning industry, academia, and education, combined with extensive review of the existing literature and ecosystem of VTAs, research shows that VTAs are potentially a major aid in the context of exam review, after school tutoring, automated grading, and student performance reporting. However, they need to be created carefully with an attentive eye towards student support to ensure that the learning experience is not diminished. It must be clearly communicated to all stakeholders that the goal of a VTA is not to replace teachers, but rather to support them such that they can spend more time with students and less time on mundane tasks.
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Wawruch, Ryszard, Jarosław Cydejko, and Marek Dziewicki. "Testing the Quality of Information on Tracked Vessels in a VTS Centre with GNSS." Journal of Navigation 52, no. 2 (May 1999): 252–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0373463399008310.
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This paper describes selective tests performed in the areas of Gdansk and Gdynia VTS Centres. The main goal of the tests was to determine the accuracy of position, speed and course estimations measured by shore-based radar VTS tracking systems by using measurements of the same parameters available on board a tracked vessel equipped with GPS and GLONASS receivers. Six DGPS/GPS/GLONASS receivers were installed on board a survey vessel, and all of them recorded the vessel's route simultaneously with two different VTS radars – one at Gdansk and one at Gdynia (20 km apart). All DGPS receivers tracked the same reference station. Presented results show that the radar information can be used by VTS operators to provide navigation assistance within certain limits, but these limits must be understood. A more detailed description of the experiment was presented during the IALA Conference in Hamburg in June 1998.
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OLOMI, DONATH R., and ROSE S. SINYAMULE. "ENTREPRENEURIAL INCLINATIONS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION STUDENTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MALE AND FEMALE TRAINEES IN IRINGA REGION, TANZANIA." Journal of Enterprising Culture 17, no. 01 (March 2009): 103–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218495809000242.
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This study examined entrepreneurial inclinations among vocational training centres (VTCs) using a sample of 508 trainees from 12 VTCs in Iringa region, central Tanzania. A majority of VTC trainees have interest in starting own businesses, motivated primarily by the need to have control over their own lives. While gender and having taken entrepreneurship courses have no significant effects on start-up inclinations, perceived chances of getting a job and background of entrepreneurial family are positively associated with interest in entrepreneurial intention. Results suggest a need to re-examine entrepreneurship training in VET and for policy makers to be careful in promoting entrepreneurship as an alternative career for those unable to secure paid jobs.
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Maingi, Josephine M., Samuel O. Obaki, and Anthony Sang. "Institutional Factors Influencing Acquisition of Vocational Skills by Trainees in Public Vocational Training Centers in Kakamega County-Kenya." World Journal of Education and Humanities 2, no. 1 (October 9, 2019): p15. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/wjeh.v2n1p15.
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Vocational Training Centers (VTCs) are anchored in the Technical Vocational Education and Training ACT (2013), which emphases on imparting vocational and technical skills in trainees. The purpose of this study was to determine the institutional factors influencing acquisition of vocational skills by trainees in public vocational training centres in Kakamega County. The study adopted a descriptive survey. The target population of the study was 1740 comprising of 60 county polytechnic, 60 county polytechnic principals, 480 instructors and 1200 second year finalist trainees. A sample size of 282 was picked consisting of 18 county polytechnic principals, 144 instructors and 120 second year finalist trainees as the respondents. Stratified random, purposive and simple random sampling was employed. Questionnaires were used to collect data from county polytechnic principals, instructors and trainees. Data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The study established that instructors were inadequate and the existing ones lacked in-service and industrial updates, financial resources were also inadequate to cater for training facilities and payment of more Board of Management instructors, tools and equipment were inadequate and not up to date and this forced instructors to use teacher-centered methods of instructing.
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Okinyi, Rachel. "Internal efficiency of public vocational training centres in Kenya." African Educational Research Journal 9, no. 2 (April 26, 2021): 375–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.30918/aerj.92.21.057.
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The efficiency of educational institutions is critical in the justification of resource allocation and use. However, some developing countries like Kenya face efficiency challenges regarding resource utilisation and the flow of students through the school system at various levels of education and programs. Past research in Kenya has focused more on resource utilisation in public schools. Very few studies have looked at the internal efficiency of public vocational training centres (VTCs). This paper assesses the level of internal efficiency in Kenya's public vocational training institutions through a mixed research design. The findings reveal low levels of internal efficiency as indicated by low enrolment, high dropout and low completion rates in the VTC institutions. The result also shows a low level of tutor utilisation. These results provide vital insights into improving the internal efficiency of public vocational training institutions in developing countries. The study recommends, among other things, subsidisation of examination fees to enhance students' completion rates.
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Aylward, Katie, Anders Johannesson, Reto Weber, Scott N. MacKinnon, and Monica Lundh. "An evaluation of low-level automation navigation functions upon vessel traffic services work practices." WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs 19, no. 3 (June 9, 2020): 313–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13437-020-00206-y.
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Abstract The Sea Traffic Management (STM) Validation Project is a European-based initiative with ambitions to improve maritime safety and efficiency through information sharing in real time. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the “STM services,” which can be categorized as low-level automated functions designed to improve information exchange between ship and shore. Full-scale simulated scenarios were developed and tested on 16 professional vessel traffic service (VTS) operators comparing VTS operations as they are today with the added STM functionality. Data collection involved observations which assessed the frequency and type of interactions between ships and VTS, followed by questionnaires to provide an overall assessment of the user experience. The results indicate that the frequency and method of communication patterns between VTS operators and ships will be affected by the integration of the STM services. Additional access to navigational information could change the role of VTS operators in traffic situations compared with traditional operations. This paper discusses the findings from a socio-technical systems perspective while also addressing the individual STM services and their potential impact on VTS operations. This research provides valuable information for European VTS centers that could be affected by the implementation of e-Navigation and, specifically, the STM services.
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Bruce, Iain, Nicola Harman, Paula Williamson, Stephanie Tierney, Peter Callery, Syed Mohiuddin, Katherine Payne, Elisabeth Fenwick, Jamie Kirkham, and Kevin O’Brien. "The management of Otitis Media with Effusion in children with cleft palate (mOMEnt): a feasibility study and economic evaluation." Health Technology Assessment 19, no. 68 (August 2015): 1–374. http://dx.doi.org/10.3310/hta19680.
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BackgroundCleft lip and palate are among the most common congenital malformations, with an incidence of around 1 in 700. Cleft palate (CP) results in impaired Eustachian tube function, and 90% of children with CP have otitis media with effusion (OME) histories. There are several approaches to management, including watchful waiting, the provision of hearing aids (HAs) and the insertion of ventilation tubes (VTs). However, the evidence underpinning these strategies is unclear and there is a need to determine which treatment is the most appropriate.ObjectivesTo identify the optimum study design, increase understanding of the impact of OME, determine the value of future research and develop a core outcome set (COS) for use in future studies.DesignThe management of Otitis Media with Effusion in children with cleft palate (mOMEnt) study had four key components: (i) a survey evaluation of current clinical practice in each cleft centre; (ii) economic modelling and value of information (VOI) analysis to determine if the extent of existing decision uncertainty justifies the cost of further research; (iii) qualitative research to capture patient and parent opinion regarding willingness to participate in a trial and important outcomes; and (iv) the development of a COS for use in future effectiveness trials of OME in children with CP.SettingThe survey was carried out by e-mail with cleft centres. The qualitative research interviews took place in patients’ homes. The COS was developed with health professionals and parents using a web-based Delphi exercise and a consensus meeting.ParticipantsClinicians working in the UK cleft centres, and parents and patients affected by CP and identified through two cleft clinics in the UK, or through the Cleft Lip and Palate Association.ResultsThe clinician survey revealed that care was predominantly delivered via a ‘hub-and-spoke’ model; there was some uncertainty about treatment strategies; it is not current practice to insert VTs at the time of palate repair; centres were in a position to take part in a future study; and the response rate to the survey was not good, representing a potential concern about future co-operation. A COS reflecting the opinions of clinicians and parents was developed, which included nine core outcomes important to both health-care professionals and parents. The qualitative research suggested that a trial would have a 25% recruitment rate, and although hearing was a key outcome, this was likely to be due to its psychosocial consequences. The VOI analysis suggested that the current uncertainty justified the costs of future research.ConclusionsThere exists significant uncertainty regarding the best management strategy for persistent OME in children with clefts, reflecting a lack of high-quality evidence regarding the effectiveness of individual treatments. It is feasible, cost-effective and of significance to clinicians and parents to undertake a trial examining the effectiveness of VTs and HAs for children with CP. However, in view of concerns about recruitment rate and engagement with the clinicians, we recommend that a trial with an internal pilot is considered.FundingThe National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment programme. This study was part-funded by the Healing Foundation supported by the Vocational Training Charitable Trust who funded trial staff including the study co-ordinator, information systems developer, study statistician, administrator and supervisory staff.
Books on the topic "VTOS centres"
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VTMS 4. (1999 London, England). Vehicle thermal management systems: VTMS 4 ; held on 24-26 May 1999 at the One Great George Street Conference Centre, London, UK. Bury St. Edmunds: Professional Engineering Publishing, 1999.
Find full textBook chapters on the topic "VTOS centres"
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"A Decision Support Tool for VTS Centers to Detect Grounding Candidates." In Transport Systems and Processes, 153–58. CRC Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b11347-28.
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Ferrara, Vincenza. "Learning through Art in Medical Education." In Medical Education for the 21st Century [Working Title]. IntechOpen, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.101213.
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Medical Humanities approach is becoming an important action in the health curriculum. Art can play a central role in the training of care staff for the development of skills and for the humanization of the therapeutic path. The application of art as a tool for learning and its historical relationship with medicine can be a valid support for the development of skills such as observation, active listening, problem solving and empathy, useful for improving the profession and the relationship with the patient. It is possible to rediscover the link between art, medicine, and care to help health professionals to improve their activities and resilience. Particular methods such as that of the Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) can help health students and professionals to become better actors in the care context.
Conference papers on the topic "VTOS centres"
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Fouladi, K., A. P. Wemhoff, L. Silva-Llanca, and A. Ortega. "Optimization of Data Center Cooling Efficiency Using Reduced Order Flow Modeling Within a Flow Network Modeling Approach." In ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2014-39558.
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Much of the energy use by data centers is attributed to the energy needed to cool the data centers. Thus, improving the cooling efficiency and thermal management of data centers can translate to direct and significant economic benefits. However, data centers are complex systems containing a significant number of components or sub-systems (e.g., servers, fans, pumps, and heat exchangers) that must be considered in any synergistic data center thermal efficiency optimization effort. The Villanova Thermodynamic Analysis of Systems (VTAS) is a flow network tool for performance prediction and design optimization of data centers. VTAS models the thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer inherent to an entire data center system, including contributions by individual servers, the data center airspace, and the HVAC components. VTAS can be employed to identify the optimal cooling strategy among various alternatives by computing the exergy destruction of the overall data center system and the various components in the system for each alternative. Exergy or “available energy” has been used to identify components and wasteful practices that contribute significantly in cooling inefficiency of data centers including room air recirculation — premature mixing of hot and cold air streams in a data center. Flow network models are inadequate in accurately predicting the magnitude of airflow exergy destruction due to simplifying assumptions and the three-dimensional nature of the flow pattern in the room. On the other hand, CFD simulations are time consuming, making them impractical for iterative-based design optimization approaches. In this paper we demonstrate a hybrid strategy, in which a proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) based airflow modeling approach developed from CFD simulation data is implemented in VTAS for predicting the room airflow exergy destruction. The reduced order POD tool in VTAS provides higher accuracy than 1-D flow network models and is computationally more efficient than 3-D CFD simulations. The present VTAS – POD tool has been applied to a data center cell to illustrate the use of exergy destruction minimization as an objective function for data center thermal efficiency optimization.
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Schajnoha, Sharon, Hali Barber, Guy Larose, Maryam Al-Labbad, and Alanna Wall. "The Safety of Advanced Air Mobility and The Effects of Wind in the Urban Canyon." In Vertical Flight Society 78th Annual Forum & Technology Display. The Vertical Flight Society, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4050/f-0078-2022-17611.
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The safe integration of vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (VTOLs) into an urban setting requires careful consideration of the effects of the wind flows through the urban canyon, which are complex and cannot be predicted with the reliability level necessary to enable safe operations. The assessment of wind in the urban canyon is critical to the siting and design of vertiports and safe operations of VTOLs. Vertiport design guidance related to the effects of wind flows in the urban canyon is limited and draws from helipad design guidance. The guidance recommends that wind conditions be assessed across a vertiport, but the guidance does not suggest how the study should be conducted nor does it provide design thresholds for wind. RWDI, the National Research Council Canada and Transport Canada have joined forces to identify and study the wind characteristics that would be important for the aerodynamic performance of VTOL and how these characteristics would be influenced by buildings and structures in the urban environment. In the framework of this research effort, an experimental approach was developed, centered on several sites in Canadian cities, representing a range of urban densities and surrounding topographies, as wind conditions are highly dependent on the built environment, including building footprint, building features, combinations of buildings and the local climatology. The work involved a quantitative approach in which physical models of several urban sites were built, instrumented and tested in boundary layer wind tunnels. In the wind tunnel experiments, "red flag" wind conditions were identified and measured. Detailed data capturing these flow features were collected around roof tops of lower and taller buildings, representing prospective vertiport locations and along prospective flight paths. This paper provides the details of the wind tunnel testing conducted for one of the urban sites; a site with an existing helipad at a hospital and a low-rise parking garage. The wind tunnel measurements were compared to published helipad design thresholds and combined with long term meteorological conditions representative of the site to determine how often vertiport operations will be limited by unfavourable urban wind conditions on an annual basis and by season. The wind tunnel study provides a case study and demonstrates how to evaluate the safety of a vertiport now, based on limited availability of VTOL aerodynamic performance capabilities and into the future as more information becomes available on VTOL performance in turbulent winds.
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Wemhoff, A. P., M. del Valle, K. Abbasi, and A. Ortega. "Thermodynamic Modeling of Data Center Cooling Systems." In ASME 2013 International Technical Conference and Exhibition on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Microsystems. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipack2013-73116.
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The Villanova Thermodynamic Analysis of Systems (VTAS) is a flow network tool for modeling the thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer inherent to an entire data center system, including contributions by individual servers, the data center airspace, and the heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) components. The framework for the VTAS design simulation involves the coupling of steady-state energy flows between components via a novel loop formulation. Models for all of the main components of the data center are included in VTAS as MATLAB functions. The application of VTAS towards an example legacy air cooled data center show that the largest portions of exergy destruction pertain to the server and room airflow components.
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Bhalerao, A., and A. P. Wemhoff. "Thermodynamic Analysis of Full Liquid-Cooled Data Centers." In ASME 2015 International Technical Conference and Exhibition on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Microsystems collocated with the ASME 2015 13th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipack2015-48439.
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One way to model the thermodynamic efficiency of a data center is to perform a second-law analysis using exergy calculations of the individual components. The in-house data center modeling tool Villanova Thermodynamic Analysis of Systems (VTAS) was applied to determine the effect of direct liquid cooling with cold plates on data center efficiency. The effectiveness of the cold plate as a function of the heat output of the servers was also examined. VTAS was used to study a configuration of two rows with eight racks each. Each rack was assumed to have twelve servers, each producing 200 W of heat. In addition to the cold plates and servers, this configuration also included a computer room air handling (CRAH) unit, a chiller, and a cooling tower. Preliminary results show that data center second-law efficiency increases as the cold plate removes more heat than the CRAH unit. Specifically, when using cold plates to remove all of the heat from the servers, the overall data center exergy destruction was reduced by over 30% compared to a configuration with only a CRAH unit and between 12–18% compared to a configuration with hybrid liquid-air technologies, thus showing that configurations with direct liquid cooling are thermodynamically more favorable. Furthermore, the effectiveness of the cold plate increases as the heat output of each server increases, suggesting that cold plates are most effective when removing a greater amount of heat.
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Wang, Xingyi, Yu Li, Yiquan Chen, Shiwen Wang, Yin Du, Cheng He, YuZhong Zhang, et al. "On Workload-Aware DRAM Failure Prediction in Large-Scale Data Centers." In 2021 IEEE 39th VLSI Test Symposium (VTS). IEEE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/vts50974.2021.9441059.
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Bhalerao, A., A. Ortega, and A. P. Wemhoff. "Thermodynamic Analysis of Hybrid Liquid-Air-Based Data Center Cooling Strategies." In ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2014-38359.
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Energy savings in data center cooling systems equate to cost savings for the data center operator. Recently, investigators have considered alternative hybrid liquid-air technologies for data center thermal management such as in-row coolers, rear door heat exchangers, and overhead coolers. This study employs the in-house data center modeling tool Villanova Thermodynamic Analysis of Systems (VTAS) software package to ascertain the influence of hybrid liquid-air components on overall data center exergy destruction. The results show that the exergy destruction decreases for a hybrid liquid-air system using only an in-row cooler. As the in-row cooler removes a greater fraction of heat from the hot aisle, the total exergy destruction in the data center increases by a small amount. This analysis is extended for various configurations containing an in-row cooler, an overhead cooler, a rear door heat exchanger, and a CRAH unit to show that using hybrid liquid-air technologies without a CRAH unit is the most thermodynamically favorable.
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Carter, Sean, Jenna Beckwith, Marc Compere, Darris White, Brandon Smith, Zachary Karstetter, and Brian Harries. "Progression Over the Years: The EcoEagles Student-Designed Biodiesel Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle." In ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2011-65495.
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The Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) EcoEagles are participating in the EcoCar: The NeXt Challenge competition. The competition is a three-year collegiate event where 16 teams from North America compete to build a more efficient and better performing GM production vehicle. The three year collegiate competition is sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE), General Motors (GM), and Argonne National Labs (ANL). The advanced vehicle technology competition has a history, and has been organized and ran for the past 20 years. The competition challenges collegiate minds to reduce the environmental impact of a Chevrolet EcoCAR by minimizing fuel consumption and reducing emissions while retaining the vehicle’s performance, safety, and consumer appeal. The main focus of the competition is to use real world vehicle development strategies and processes that would meet GM’s standard practices and safety protocols. All of the sponsors of the competition provide teams with engineering tools, equipment needed to create a realistic vehicle, and project design support to the teams throughout the competition. The ERAU team, the EcoEagles, has successfully devised a Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) propulsion system that meets those requirements. The electrification of the powertrain and the use of biodiesel fuel are central themes in the EcoEagles’ strategy for improving fuel economy and tailpipe emissions. The team selected an electric range of approximately 25 miles based on the average commuter driving less than 33 miles per day [1]; meaning that most of the vehicle operation will be conducted using either fully electric or electric-assisted propulsion. The vehicle design consideration was accomplished by implementing a 1.3L GM Turbo Diesel coupled with a 2-Mode electrically variable transmission (EVT) and an A123 Lithium-Ion Iron-Phosphate 330V 12.8kWhr battery pack. The EcoEagles design will reduce petroleum energy consumption by 78%, improve fuel economy by 66%, and reduce well-to-wheel greenhouse gas (WTWGHG) emissions by 30%. The paper will focus on the 99% production readiness. The paper will also discuss and include vehicle test data supporting the energy efficiency, emissions, and performance / utility capabilities of the vehicle as determined by the first two years of vehicle development. The vehicle architecture and background information will also be presented to help the reader understand why the given architecture was chosen and how it might compare to the Chevrolet EcoCAR. Performance predictions made from simulations will be contrasted against those from the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) development. Finally, on-road testing will also be compared with the same predictions with the goal of showing why the model-based, HIL enhanced, and vehicle technical specifications (VTS) did or did not agree.