1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463407703321

Autore

Herriott Scott R.

Titolo

Feasibility analysis for sustainable technologies : an engineering-economic perspective / / Scott R. Herriott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : , : Business Expert Press, , 2015

ISBN

1-63157-028-5

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Collana

Environmental and social sustainability for business advantage collection, , 2327-3348

Disciplina

628

Soggetti

Sustainable development - Management

Feasibility studies

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-293) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Sustainable technologies -- 2. Capacity -- 3. Efficiency -- 4. Constraints -- 5. Dependability -- 6. Cost structure -- 7. Break-even analysis -- 8. Basic financial analysis of technology -- 9. Valuation of commercial projects -- 10. Accounting for environmental benefits -- Appendices -- About the author -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book leads the reader into a professional feasibility analysis for a renewable energy or energy efficiency project. The analysis begins with an understanding of the basic engineering description of technology in terms of capacity, efficiency, constraints, and dependability. It continues in modeling the cash flow of a project, which is affected by the installed cost, the revenues or expenses avoided by using the technology, the operating expenses of the technology, available tax credits and rebates, and laws regarding depreciation and income tax. The feasibility study is completed by discounted cash flow analysis, using an appropriate discount rate and a proper accounting for inflation, to evaluate the financial viability of the project. The elements of this analysis are illustrated using numerous examples of solar, wind, and hydroelectric power, biogas digestion, energy storage, biofuels, and energy-efficient appliances and buildings.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019490303321

Autore

Tanaka Kazuo <1962->

Titolo

Fuzzy control systems design and analysis : a linear matrix inequality approach / / Kazuo Tanaka and Hua O. Wang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Wiley, c2001

ISBN

9786610367658

9781280367656

1280367652

9780470352212

0470352213

9780471465225

0471465224

9780471224594

0471224596

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WangHua O

Disciplina

629.832

Soggetti

Linear control systems

Fuzzy systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Wiley-Interscience publication."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

FUZZY CONTROL SYSTEMS DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACRONYMS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 1.1 A Control Engineering Approach to Fuzzy Control; 1.2 Outline of This Book; 2 TAKAGI-SUGENO FUZZY MODEL AND PARALLEL DISTRIBUTED COMPENSATION; 2.1 Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Model; 2.2 Construction of Fuzzy Model; 2.2.1 Sector Nonlinearity; 2.2.2 Local Approximation in Fuzzy Partition Spaces; 2.3 Parallel Distributed Compensation; 2.4 A Motivating Example; 2.5 Origin of the LMI-Based Design Approach; 2.5.1 Stable Controller Design via Iterative Procedure

2.5.2 Stable Controller Design via Linear Matrix Inequalities2.6 Application: Inverted Pendulum on a Cart; 2.6.1 Two-Rule Modeling and Control; 2.6.2 Four-Rule Modeling and Control; Bibliography; 3 LMI CONTROL PERFORMANCE CONDITIONS AND DESIGNS; 3.1 Stability Conditions; 3.2 Relaxed Stability Conditions; 3.3 Stable Controller



Design; 3.4 Decay Rate; 3.5 Constraints on Control Input and Output; 3.5.1 Constraint on the Control Input; 3.5.2 Constraint on the Output; 3.6 Initial State Independent Condition; 3.7 Disturbance Rejection; 3.8 Design Example: A Simple Mechanical System

3.8.1 Design Case 1: Decay Rate3.8.2 Design Case 2: Decay Rate + Constraint on the Control Input; 3.8.3 Design Case 3: Stability + Constraint on the Control Input; 3.8.4 Design Case 4: Stability + Constraint on the Control Input + Constraint on the Output; References; 4 FUZZY OBSERVER DESIGN; 4.1 Fuzzy Observer; 4.2 Design of Augmented Systems; 4.2.1 Case A; 4.2.2 Case B; 4.3 Design Example; References; 5 ROBUST FUZZY CONTROL; 5.1 Fuzzy Model with Uncertainty; 5.2 Robust Stability Condition; 5.3 Robust Stabilization; References; 6 OPTIMAL FUZZY CONTROL

6.1 Quadratic Performance Function and Stabilization Control6.2 Optimal Fuzzy Controller Design; Appendix to Chapter 6; References; 7 ROBUST-OPTIMAL FUZZY CONTROL; 7.1 Robust-Optimal Fuzzy Control Problem; 7.2 Design Example: TORA; References; 8 TRAJECTORY CONTROL OF A VEHICLE WITH MULTIPLE TRAILERS; 8.1 Fuzzy Modeling of a Vehicle with Triple-Trailers; 8.1.1 Avoidance of Jack-Knife Utilizing Constraint on Output; 8.2 Simulation Results; 8.3 Experimental Study; 8.4 Control of Ten-Trailer Case; References; 9 FUZZY MODELING AND CONTROL OF CHAOTIC SYSTEMS; 9.1 Fuzzy Modeling of Chaotic Systems

9.2 Stabilization9.2.1 Stabilization via Parallel Distributed Compensation; 9.2.2 Cancellation Technique; 9.3 Synchronization; 9.3.1 Case 1; 9.3.2 Case 2; 9.4 Chaotic Model Following Control; References; 10 FUZZY DESCRIPTOR SYSTEMS AND CONTROL; 10.1 Fuzzy Descriptor System; 10.2 Stability Conditions; 10.3 Relaxed Stability Conditions; 10.4 Why Fuzzy Descriptor Systems?; References; 11 NONLINEAR MODEL FOLLOWING CONTROL; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Design Concept; 11.2.1 Reference Fuzzy Descriptor System; 11.2.2 Twin-Parallel Distributed Compensations; 11.2.3 The Common B Matrix Case

11.3 Design Examples

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive treatment of model-based fuzzy control systems This volume offers full coverage of the systematic framework for the stability and design of nonlinear fuzzy control systems. Building on the Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy model, authors Tanaka and Wang address a number of important issues in fuzzy control systems, including stability analysis, systematic design procedures, incorporation of performance specifications, numerical implementations, and practical applications. Issues that have not been fully treated in existing texts, such as stability analysis, systematic design, and



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Record Nr.

UNIORUON00046000

Titolo

Agricultural development in Asia / edited by T.R. Shand

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra, : Australian National University, 1969

Descrizione fisica

XXI, 360 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Classificazione

INT XII

Soggetti

Economia agraria - Asia - Sviluppo

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia