In 2021, solar and wind power for the first time provided more than 10% of the world’s electricity [1]. This makes wind a major and strategic part of the mix to achieve the energy transition and a green economy. Despite broad public support for renewables in general, challenges in social acceptance for wind continue to occur regionally and locally. The opposition usually focuses on aspects such as wildlife safety, biodiversi-ty protection, noise, visibility and landscape impacts, and loss in property values [2, 3]. For the effective implementation of wind farms, it is crucial to understand and address these varying facets of social accept-ability. This study aims to assess the perspectives of residents living near wind farms across different Euro-pean regions, employing Multicriteria Satisfaction Analysis (MUSA) [4]. The objective is to devise region-specific strategies to enhance the acceptability of wind energy projects. Additionally, this research will ex-plore the relationship between socio-demographic and geographical characteristics of the residents and their acceptance of wind power, aiming to uncover underlying factors influencing the social acceptability of wind energy. - Engineering and Technology
- Master Thesis
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In this master thesis, the student will investigate different linear motor types and
topologies for the future 3km AlphaTube vacuum transport demonstrator, such as the
permanent magnet synchronous motor and the synchronous reluctance motor. - Electrical Engineering
- Master Thesis
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In this project, you will compare conventional LCL-filter design methods and analyze the impact of controllers on the design methods. Then, you will investigate a new design method of LCL filters when MPC is applied. - Electrical Engineering
- Master Thesis
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In this master thesis, the student will consider the expected power profile of a
hyperloop vehicle, and the models relative to the propulsion and levitation systems will be
extracted and compared with the corresponding one of high speed railway. After having
established the expected performance, the thesis will focus on which power system
architecture is most suitable of future Hyperloop systems. - Electrical Engineering
- Master Thesis
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In this project, you will first analyse an implemented quadratic program (QP) solver using Intel high-level-synthesis (HLS) tool and develop an optimization routine to compare the performance considering hardware resource constraints. - Electrical Engineering
- Master Thesis
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An alternative solar particle receiver (SPR) configuration is proposed, in which particles are falling inside a duct against a counter-current air flow. The aim of this work is to investigate the thermal performance of the receiver and to gain a better understanding of the physical phenomena taking place. - Fluidization and Fluid Mechanics, Heat and Mass Transfer Operations, Mechanical Engineering
- ETH Zurich (ETHZ), Master Thesis
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In this project, you will search the suitable current measurement methods and design the measurement system for strand current. You will validate your design with simulation tools like FEM. Finally you will implemented and test your design. - Electrical Engineering
- Master Thesis
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In this project, you will implement analytical switching loss models from literature in Matlab, simulate switching losses in LTspice, and compare them to the measurement results with an existing PCB. - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Master Thesis, Semester Project
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Development of a software tool which visualises the geometry of a basic switching cell based on geometrical parameters derived by converter optimisation procedures - Electrical Engineering
- Master Thesis, Semester Project
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Development of switching cell mechanical models in the X3D format based on geometrical parameters derived by converter optimisation procedures - Electrical Engineering
- Master Thesis, Semester Project
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