The decisions animals make to adjust their antipredator behavior to rapidly changing conditions have been well studied. Inducible defenses in plants are an antipredator behavior that acts on a longer time scale, but sensitive plants, Mimosa pudica, have a much more rapid antipredator response; they temporarily close their leaves when touched. The time they remain closed is defined as hiding tim...

Photovoltaic (PV) conversion systems are in continuous development due to their increasingly competitive prices. The traditional configuration of large-scale PV plants is based on high-power central inverters, which have reduced cost by increasing power rating. However, this reduction expected saturate the near future, mainly an increase dc wiring. Cascaded appeared as potential solutions conti...

Construction time and overruns for infrastructure projects have been frequently studied; however, the construction of power plants has not studied. This lack study is problematic, as more renewable energy plants, such wind solar, are planned many jurisdictions. Accurately estimating a plant will assist planning, budget estimates, policy development encouraging use sources. The times utility sca...

Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) is a power generation process that harnesses the salinity gradient between two water bodies of different salinities. Using high as draw solution, this work assesses techno-economic feasibility technology to generate electricity using single and multistage systems. This utilizes simulator built on rigorous Q-Electrolattice equation state mass transfer model accoun...