Wind energy conversion systems; Wind power--Technological innovations; Wind power--Research
This thesis proposes a new Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) algorithm employed in Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS). One of the major issues discussed in the literature concerning HCS is its inefficiency in detecting the peak power when...
Solar energy--Technological innovations; Electric current rectifiers
Solar energy offers a large potential as a source of energy and in light of financial
and ethical reasons, people are looking to harvest it for their energy needs. The
conversion of solar energy to electricity is performed by solar cells. There...
American literature--Hispanic American authors; Santiago, Esmeralda; Ortiz, Cofer, Judith, 1952-
United States capitalist development efforts, known as Operation Bootstrap, created an economic need for Puerto Ricans. Two authors, Esmeralda Santiago and Judith Ortiz Cofer, are both women of Puerto Rican decent who lived through this historic...
Buildings; Public accommodation facilities; Hotels
The two- and three-story white wood West Point Hotel in West Point, Kentucky, 1936. The hotel has two sections, with the right side having an extra level. A first floor window on the three story section says "West Point Hotel" at the top...
"School gardens are not intended to create gardeners or farmers but to afford the growing boy or girl an opportunity for many aided developments." In the school garden the children are taught by one who can inspire them with a love not...
Two sets of railroad tracks curving around a high rock wall on the left and a two-story building on the right. A group of men stand on the tracks between the cliff and the building. Behind the building is a smaller building. Title: View at...
F.M. Hunter. Black-and-white portrait of Point Pleasant player F. Hunter. The team is in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Verso: Series No. 4. Old Mill Cigarettes. Base Ball Subjects - Large Assortment. Factory No. 25, 2d Dist. VA.
Three cars are parked at the Iroquois Park observation point which faces downtown Louisville. A flag pole flies the U.S. flag as park-goers look out over the view. The observation point is a flattened space at the top of a hill which is surrounded...
Illinois Central Railroad Bridge over Salt River at West Point, Kentucky. The round stone pillars of the bridge are very different widths. Bridge in background was the old US 31W bridge.
Train station at West Point, Kentucky. The station is a one-story wood building in two perpendicular segments, each with a pyramid-shaped roof. From the roof at the right side hangs a sign that says, "Westpoint." Directly left of the...
Buildings; Public accommodation facilities; Hotels; Taverns (Inns)
The two-story Youngs Inn at West Point, Kentucky in 1936. The building is light wood with a porch on the right with thin pillars, shuttered windows, and a peaked roof with vertical roofing. In front of the inn, a diagonal tree grows leaning right.
Floods; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River; Streams; Towers; Men; Women; People
A group of men and women stands on an exposed patch of land next to a small brick tower at the Point. Water is on either side. There is a row of sandbags. Flooded Beargrass Creek at the Point partially covering a small wood building. Labeled: Ohio...
Two views of a brick-and-concrete building under construction at the Point as part of the sewage pumping station. Inscribed on the building is a sign reading The Point Sewage Pumping Station 1936.
Group portraits; Cadets; Military education; Military uniforms; United States Military Academy--Buildings--New York (State)--West Point--1850-1860
Portrait of a group of six young men on steps with four sitting, one leaning against the wall and another leaning on the hand rail. Written under the photograph, identifying the men is: "Hildt. Poe. Biggs. Hascall. McMillan. Lorain."
