...CHAPTER ONE Introduction Background: Solar energy has been recognized over the years as a reliable and alternative source of energy. Solar energy is the energy that comes to the earth from the sun. It is commonly known as sunlight. This energy arrives in form of electromagnetic radiation, which is energy that travels in waves. A variety of modern technology is able to capture, convert and distribute solar energy mainly in forms of electricity and heat. The sun is by far the earth’s most available energy resource. If more of it could be harnessed which is just a matter of time, it will provide more than ten times the today’s global demand for energy. It is well recognized because of the energy generation process, which is clean because the source is renewable not a natural resource and it is abundant enough to satisfy the demands of the whole world with future advancements in technology. Solar technologies are broadly characterized into two active and passive. The difference between the active and passive solar techniques is due to their collection, conversion and distribution. The active solar technique which is the main topic is the use of solar energy to replace other sources making it the main supply, while the passive technique is the use of solar energy as a back up or and alternate source of energy incase of any problems with the main supply. The main benefit of solar energy is the fact that it is not only sustainable, it is renewable and this means you can never...
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...Course Outline School: Department: Course Title: Course Code: Course Hours/Credits: Prerequisites: Co-requisites: Eligible for Prior Learning, Assessment and Recognition: Originated by: Creation Date: Revised by: Revision Date: Current Semester: Approved by: Eng. Tech. & Applied Science Information and Communication Engineering Technology (ICET) Electric Circuits 1 ETEC 103 56 N/A N/A Yes Peter So Summer 2014 Peter So Summer 2014 Fall 2014 Chairperson/Dean Students are expected to review and understand all areas of the course outline. Retain this course outline for future transfer credit applications. A fee may be charged for additional copies. This course outline is available in alternative formats upon request. ETEC 103 CENTENNIAL COLLEGE Electric Circuits 1 Course Description Electric Circuits 1 introduces students to the fundamental principles and theorems of D.C. (direct current) and A.C. (alternate current) series and parallel resistive circuits. In this theory-only course, students will also be introduced to series and parallel circuit combinations in circuit simulation software. This software will be used in both ETET101 and ETEC103 to investigate the behavior of electrical components, test circuits and prove circuit theorems. Capacitors and Inductors in DC circuits will be introduced. The practical lab applications of these topics are covered in the course ETEC101 Electronics Shop Practices. Students are recommended to take ETEC101 concurrently...
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...Chapter outline: * Sending bits with electricity and copper wires * (AC) (AC) Sending bits with light and fiber-optic cables * Frequency Amplitude Phase Frequency Amplitude Phase Sending bits with radio waves and no cable Electrical Current – the amount of electricity that flows past a single point Electrical Current – the amount of electricity that flows past a single point Sending voiceand data from mobile phones through wireless wan Data: amplitude and phase shift Sending voiceand data from mobile phones through wireless wan Data: amplitude and phase shift Direct Current (DC) – flows in one direction. Alternating Current (AC) – changes direction over time. Direct Current (DC) – flows in one direction. Alternating Current (AC) – changes direction over time. Creating Circuits using Network Cable Creating Circuits using Network Cable Sending Bits with Radio Waves and No Cables (Wireless) Sending Bits with Radio Waves and No Cables (Wireless) Sending Data over Electrical Circuits Sending Data over Electrical Circuits Flexible cord with an outer plastic cover ( jacket) that holds wires (conductor). Flexible cord with an outer plastic cover ( jacket) that holds wires (conductor). -Bit rate over 1 circuit -Encoding bit over 1 circuit -Sending bits over multiple circuits -Bit rate over 1 circuit -Encoding bit over 1 circuit -Sending bits over multiple circuits SENDING BITS (DATA) USING ELECTICITY, CABLES, RADIO WAVES...
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...Business Writing Portfolio Outline Chapters 1. Cover page 2. Outline of Assignment 3. A Business Letter 4. A Business Memo 5. An E-mail Message 6. Reflection Dear Store managers: The company is writing this letter to inform every one of the new changes in the company that are effective immediately. As we all know the economy is changing and gas prices are on the rise and it is causing issues amongst our workers. In order to comply with these issues we have developed a plan to alleviate this situation. The company has decided to cut the hours of the full-time employees and managers. The store has placed them on a 10-hour, four-day work week. The store has placed the part-time workers on a minimal schedule. Their schedule will consist of one, two, or three day work week depending on the full-timer’s schedules. The stores hours of operations have also changed. We will no longer be open on Sundays. Monday through Saturday the store will open an hour later, and the store will close an hour earlier. The reasoning behind all of this is due to the downturn of the economy in addition to keeping business cost down. As a member of the team I know we must place the well-being of our workers first. Our workers are the backbone of the store, if they leave, then where would we be as a retail store. Our workers are who keep the business running. During these hard economic times, adjusting the schedules and changing hours of...
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...TECHNICAL REPORT ON STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES) AT NIGER STATE MEDIA CORPORATION RADIO NIGER BOOSTER STATION BIDA BY MUSA ALHAJI HARUNA MAT.NO.U09/FAN/PHY/016 DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, FACULTY OF APPLIED AND NATURAL SCIENCES IBRAHIM BADAMASI BABANGIDA UNIVERSITY P.M.B 11 LAPAI, NIGER STATE Department of Physics, Faculty of Applied and Natural Science, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, P.M.B.11, Lapai, Niger State. The Industrial Placement Officer, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Through, The Head of Department, Physics, Faculty of Applied and Natural Sciences, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai Dear Sir, REPORT ON STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEEME (SIWES). In compliance with the directive of the authority of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai, to prepare and present a detailed report on student industrial work experience scheme (SIWES) from June to December. Having done this as a prerequisite for the award of Bachelor of Science in Physics, I hereby submit a detailed report of the training for proper confirmation. Yours faithfully Musa Alhaji Haruna DEDICATION This technical report is dedicated to Almighty Allah who enable me to complete this training programmed successfully and to the entire member of my family, most especially my father...
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...state educational institutions. There is a possibility the community could gain the approval of the Governor to become a municipal corporation that is self-governing. The local governments are better able to handle the many differences (McClory T., 2010, p. 165). Counties The Arizona constitution guarantees that no one county would have more power than another; by keeping the officer’s terms, elections, and roles the same. The people of Arizona are ensured that they will continue to be directly involved with their government. If a decision is made to allow the counties with over 500,000 citizens, this situation could propose chapters to better serve their citizens. The Arizona constitution affects the counties of the state in various aspects which are outlined in article twelve of the document. Article twelve has nine sections that outline the laws which govern the counties of the state. Section one and two of the document identifies the organization of the counties; they will remain so unless a law change is made. In section three the roles, elections, and terms of county officers such as sheriff, county attorney, treasurer, superintendent of schools, a recorder and supervisors (Arizona State Legislature, 2007). These elected positions are held for a four year term. Section four conveys the board of survivors the ability to set salaries for elected officers....
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...world-wide deployment of digital meters expected to reach 212 million units by 2014, perceived benefits include; energy efficiency, environmental benefits, more consumer choice, better services and greater market competition. (Gerwen, Jaarsma & Wilhite R 2009, Filippini, Hrovatin & Zoric 2004, Victorian Auditor General 2009) About United Energy United Energy is an energy distributor responsible for the infrastructure required to distribute energy from the power station to the consumer. There are currently 16 major distribution networks in Australia with each energy distributor maintaining a monopoly over its designated area. (AEC 2009) Energy distributors own, operate and maintain the network of infrastructure that transports electricity from the generator to the consumer. They do not work directly with the consumer and instead work with energy retailers who are responsible for managing the relationship with the consumer. Energy retailers will bulk purchase energy from an energy generator and will then work with the distributor to ensure the reliable, safe, and efficient transportation of that energy to the consumer. (United Energy & Multi Gas 2014) As a natural monopoly United Energy does not compete for market share, instead it competes in the energy market by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of its distribution network and operational costs. Under...
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...University of Sydney Faculty of Electrical Information and Engineering 1 Introduction This is a technique report that outlines the findings and recommendations of a safety inspection within the School of AMME. All of potential hazards and other issues performing on a variety of areas in AMME, R.F HALLIDAY LABORATORY and MECHAINICAL TESTING LABORATORY, which may not satisfy the University’s WHS Policy or the NSW WHS legislation, have been listed in the following parts. The recommended solutions and methods that will address these issues to reduce risk as well as decrease the potential hazards based on University’s WHS Policy and NSW WHS Legislation are also included in this technique report. The safety management for school of AMME especially for the R.F HALLIDAY LABORATORY and MECHAINICAL TESTING LABORATORY must obey University’s WHS Policy and NSW WHS Legislation on safe manufacturing and construction. Students’ and all the other operators’ safety and healthy shall be protected during building up the lab. The principle “safety and prevention first” are insisted during inspection. Some of the safety responsible system and equipment safety shall be improved. It is necessary to talk about the potential hazards in mechanical laboratory rooms to protect health and prevent possible incidents. 2 Hazard Identification and Explanation In this chapter, it will introduce the potential hazards that have been inspected in mechanical lab rooms. It firstly starts with the hazards...
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...Table of Contents ________________________________________________________________ 3 List of Figures ___________________________________________________________________ 4 List of Tables ____________________________________________________________________ 5 CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. Introduction ________________________________________________________ 7 Definition of goal and scope ___________________________________________ 9 9 9 10 Introduction Goal definition Scope definition CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 4.1. Life cycle data inventory _____________________________________________ 15 life cycle impact assessment __________________________________________ 19 19 LCIA methodology 4.2. Environmental profiles of starch products 20 4.2.1. Environmental profile of native starches _________________________________ 20 4.2.2. Environmental profile of liquid glucose (including Glucose and Fructose syrups) __ 20 4.3. Carbon uptake 21 4.4. sensitivity analyses 22 4.4.1. sensitivity analysis for electricity _______________________________________ 22 4.4.2. sensitivity analysis for agricultural data __________________________________ 22 4.4.3. sensitivity analysis for infrastructure ____________________________________ 23 CHAPTER 5 5.1. 5.2. SUMMARY_________________________________________________________ 25 25 27...
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...CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Background to the Study Energy is crucial to any activity. It is difficult to imagine any activity that will not require some form of energy to execute. Energy, presents itself in diverse forms for the functioning of various machinery. Energy sources all around the world are crucial for production; a relation can thus be drawn between productivity levels and energy consumption. Renewable energy supply form solar, wind, geothermal, bio energy, hydropower, ocean, hydrogen and fuel Cells as well as green power are vital to our survival as a human race. These sources of energy are important because, they are clean and pose little danger to our environment than energy from fossil fuel. Additionally renewable energy...
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...Carnival Cruise Lines Crisis Communication Analysis This analysis will outline details of a major event that affected one of the biggest cruise companies in America. Carnival Cruise Lines, is world renowned as “the Fun Ship” to families far and wide. They’re mission states: “Our mission is to take the world on vacation and deliver exceptional experiences through many of the world's best-known cruise brands that cater to a variety of different geographic regions and lifestyles, all at an outstanding value unrivaled on land or at sea.” It is by this statement, that many guests come aboard their broad array of cruise line carriers. They have a ship for every budget! The Carnival Corporation umbrella holds within itself several other well known cruise lines such as, AIDA, Carnival Cruise Lines, Costa, Cunard, Holland America, Princess Cruises, P&O Cruises Australia, P&O Cruises UK and Seabourn. They are also on the brink of establishing a domestic cruise line with China. This great company was founded by Ted Arison, and has grown over time and has become Carnival Corporation & PLC. As with many great companies, “there will always be some sort of crisis” as Jack Welch states in Chapter ten of his book Winning (Winning, 2005). Unfortunately, it was no different for Carnival. While there have been several crises that took place in this organization, dating back to 1998, the one we will be discussing and analyzing directly is the Carnival Triumph disaster from...
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...production can be enhanced over time as they accumulate knowledge. • Identify the factors that influence a firm’s decision of whether to source supplies from within the company or from foreign suppliers. • Describe what is required to efficiently coordinate a globally dispersed production system. This chapter focuses on two major activities—production and materials management, and attempts to clarify how when they are performed internationally, the cost of value creation can be lowered, and how value can be added by better serving customer needs. The choice of an optimal manufacturing location must consider country factors, technological factors, and product factors. Foreign factories can improve their capabilities over time, and this can be of immense strategic benefit to the firm. Managers need to view foreign factories as potential centers of excellence and encourage and foster attempts by local managers to upgrade factory capabilities. An essential issue in many international businesses is determining which component parts should be manufactured in-house and which should be outsourced to independent suppliers. The chapter also discusses the contributions of information technology to these activities. This is especially important in the era of the Internet. The opening close explores the production challenges faced by Boeing and its global suppliers in building the 787. The closing case explores Amazon’s manufacturing strategy for its...
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...not affect the firm’s weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) or the availability of credit. This case is particularly interesting because the synthetic leases that are the focus of the case, resulting in special-purpose entities (SPEs) and off-balance sheet financing, are exactly those financing techniques which got Enron and other firms into so much trouble recently. After achieving a basic command of the facts of the case, I strongly recommend reading case Appendix 1 and studying case Appendix 2 covering the tax and accounting aspects of leasing. Ross, Westerfield, and Jaffe, Corporate Finance, Chapter 21, provides an overview of leasing and could provide a reference for lease-related terms but I think the case appendices should be enough information for most students. The issue facing management concerns the advantages and disadvantages of financing $1 billion in electricity generating plants with traditional or limited...
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...entrusted this highly relevant subject to GOPA- International Energy Consultants GmbH, and for their extensive and dedicated inputs and guidance provided during implementation. The authors express their gratitude to all project partners who provided particularly valuable and interesting insights into ongoing activities during the course of the project. It was a real pleasure and a great help to exchange ideas and learn from highly experienced management and staff and committed representatives of this programme. How to Read Citations Bibliography is cited by [Author; Year]. Where no author could be identified, we used the name of the institution. The Bibliography is listed in Chapter 10. Websites (internet links) are cited with a consecutive numbering system [1], [2], etc. The Websites are listed in Chapter 11. 3 Imprint Published by: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Nigerian Energy Support Programme (NESP) 2 Dr Clement Isong Street, Asokoro Abuja / Nigeria Contact: Daniel Werner (daniel.werner@giz.de) Phone: + 234 8057601986 Federal Ministry of Power Federal Secretariat Complex Shehu Shagari Way, Maitama Abuja / Nigeria Contact: Engr. Faruk Yusuf Yabo (fyyabo@yahoo.com) Maps: The geographical maps are for...
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...A RESEARCH PROJECT PRESENTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KABIANGA ABOUT ; SUPERVISOR; PHILIP ZEAL CHEBUNET DATE;……………………….. MEMBERS; NAME; REG. NO. PHONE; SIGN 1. KIBET CORNELIUS KIPTOO CPR/033/13 0724612633 …………….. 2. AGUNDA ALICE CPR/036/14 0719281475 ……………… 3. OLOO NBELINDA ONYANGO CPR/032/14 0714056988 ……………… 4. WANGILA JOYCE N. CPR/015/14 0704464395 ……………….. 5. ALEX KIPLAGAT CPR/026/14 0710397622 ……………….. 6. KIMUTAI SHEILLAH CPR/025/14 0703117280 ……………….. 7. ONKOBA K. PHOEBE CPR/27/14 0702573832 ………………… 8. KELVIN NZIVO CPR/007/14 0710293935 ………………… 9. WAFULA HARRIET CPR/38/13 0721180983 …………………. 10. APARENMG GODFREY CPR/016/14 0727814068 …………………. 11. SIMION KARIUKI CPR/022/14 0701917384 ………………… DECLARATION We declare that this research is our original work and has not been presented to any another university for an award of degree or diploma. Therefore, no part of this research maybe reproduced without the permission...
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