Experimental Evaluations of a Novel Invented Wind Turbine for Solar Chimney Power Plant

The power conversion unit of a large solar chimney power plant converts the fluid power, first into mechanical power, and then into electrical power. In this dissertation an experimental setup is developed to analyze the novel turbine used to harness the wind energy using a theoretical model validated with the measurement of the existing prototype in UTP. First, the solar chimney concept and the related studies on the turbine performance are introduced, and it is shown how the turbines works based on the solar chimney concept. Then, an experimental setup and turbine model is developed. The experimental procedures of the turbine analysis, testing procedure and equipment involved were being determined through numbers of literature reviews and availability of equipment inside university laboratory. Preliminary data are investigated experimentally and numerically. The aim of the experimental investigation is to further validate the findings based on the existing prototype shows that the novel turbine is capable of operating at lower than 3.5 m/s of air flow which is less than the conventional turbine which runs on average of 6.0 m/s of air flow. The methodology of this project study had been arranged accordingly from initial literature review of the subject until the experimental procedures and the analysis method was determine

Experimental Evaluations of a Novel Invented Wind Turbine for Solar Chimney Power Plant

The power conversion unit of a large solar chimney power plant converts the fluid power, first into mechanical power, and then into electrical power. In this dissertation an experimental setup is developed to analyze the novel turbine used to harness the wind energy using a theoretical model validated with the measurement of the existing prototype in UTP. First, the solar chimney concept and the related studies on the turbine performance are introduced, and it is shown how the turbines works based on the solar chimney concept. Then, an experimental setup and turbine model is developed. The experimental procedures of the turbine analysis, testing procedure and equipment involved were being determined through numbers of literature reviews and availability of equipment inside university laboratory. Preliminary data are investigated experimentally and numerically. The aim of the experimental investigation is to further validate the findings based on the existing prototype shows that the novel turbine is capable of operating at lower than 3.5 m/s of air flow which is less than the conventional turbine which runs on average of 6.0 m/s of air flow. The methodology of this project study had been arranged accordingly from initial literature review of the subject until the experimental procedures and the analysis method was determine

ANALISIS BIOMEKANIKA SHOOTING PADA ATLET UKM FUTSAL UNIVERSITAS NEGERI SURABAYA

Dalam olahraga futsal teknik menendang adalah aspek yang penting guna mendukung dalam mencapai tujuan permainan, yaitu mencetak gol. Dengan menguasai teknik menendang yang baik setiap pemain memiliki kesempatan untuk mencetak gol dan memenangkan pertandingan dan dapat meraih prestasi yang maksimal. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis teknik shooting dalam olahraga futsal ditinjau dari aspek biomekanika. Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu metode korelasional yang dimana membandingkan antara variable satu dengan variabel yang lain dalam penelitian. Sampel peneltian sebanyak 6 orang. Hasil uji statistik pearson correlation menunjukan bahwa terdapat hubungan yang sangat kuat antara Panjang lintasan forward swing hingga impact dengan kecepatan bola (P 0,898) sedangkan terdapat hubungan yang sangat lemah antara kecepatan bola dengan knee angel dan sifat hubungan yang berlawan (P -0,125) dan terdapat hubungan yang sedang antara forward swing angular velocity dengan keepatan bola sebesar (P 0,567). Hasil penelitian juga menunjukan bahwa ada pengaruh secara bersama-sama antara panjang lintasan forward swing hingga impact, knee angel, dan forward swing angular velocity¸dengan kecepatan bola sebesar 98,6 % dan sisanya dipengaruhi oleh faktor lain Jadi dapat disimpulkan bahwa ketiga variabel tersebut berpengaruh terhadap kecepatan bola

Governing the governors : a case study of college governance in English further education

This paper addresses the nature of governors in the governance of further education colleges in an English context (1). It explores the complex relationship between governors (people/agency), government (policy/structure) and governance (practice), in a college environment. While recent research has focused on the governance of schooling and higher education there has been little attention paid to the role of governors in the lifelong learning sector. The objective of the paper is to contribute to the debate about the purpose of college governance at a time when the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) commissioning era ends, and new government bodies responsible for further education and training, including local authorities, arrive. The paper analyses the nature of FE governance through the perspectives and experiences of governors, as colleges respond to calls from government for greater improvement and accountability in the sector (LSIS, 2009a). What constitutes creative governance is complex and controversial in the wider framework of regulation and public policy reform (Stoker, 1997; Seddon, 2008). As with other tricky concepts such as leadership, professionalism and learning, college governance is best defined in the contexts, cultures and situations in which it is located. College governance does not operate in a vacuum. It involves governors, chairs, principals, professionals, senior managers, clerks, community, business and wider agencies, including external audit and inspection regimes. Governance also acts as a prism through which national education and training reforms are mediated, at local level. While governing bodies are traditionally associated with the business of FE - steering, setting the tone and style, dealing with finance, funding, audit and procedural matters – they are increasingly being challenged to be more creative and responsive to the wider society. Drawing on a recent case study of six colleges, involving governors and key policy stakeholders, this paper explores FE governance in a fast changing policy environment

Fat, Queer, Dead: ‘Obesity’ and the Death Drive

That contemporary discourses of the ‘obesity epidemic’ are engaged in the construction of fatness as pathological, immoral and socially undesirable has been the subject much recent critical inquiry within Fat Studies. This paper contributes to that literature with a re-reading of obesity discourse via what queer theorist Lee Edelman (2004) has called ‘reproductive futurism’. Edelman contends that queerness figures the social order's death drive, and is thus abjected in order to assure the reproduction of that social order. This paper argues that, like the queer, fatness is increasingly being figured as anti-social and as that which must be eliminated in the name of a viable future. Framing obesity in this way makes possible an analysis of the presumed ‘threat’ of obesity, frequently referred to, but seldom unpacked, in the existing literature. A comparative analysis of the UK government's Change 4 Life (2009) public health campaign and nineteenth century theories of degeneracy is used to illustrate the cultural anxieties about immorality, disease, civilization and death that undergird both discourses. This analysis suggests the centrality of rationality and self-control, understood as moral, to the reproduction of the social order. Furthermore, reading the ‘obesity epidemic’ as couched in the logic of reproductive futurism opens up potential alternative approaches to fat politics. In the light of Samantha Murray's (2008) critique of the liberal humanist underpinnings of fat activist discourse, this paper considers whether Edelman's advocacy of ‘future-negating’ for queers, offers a productive trajectory for fat politics

Entrepreneurial academics and regional innovation systems: the case of spin-offs from London's universities

In this paper we explore the spin-off process from London’s universities using a regional innovation systems (RIS) framework. We examine the pattern of spin-offs in the context of changes in institutional support systems, both within the universities and in the London region. The majority of the university-related spin-offs are small and medium-sized enterprises concentrated in biomedical sectors, as elsewhere. However, over a third have left London. We explore these patterns, the implications for understanding the role of universities in RIS, and consequent policy implications

Raising the participation age in historical perspective : Policy learning from the past?

The raising of the participation age (RPA) to 17 in 2013 and 18 in 2015 marks a historic expansion of compulsory education. Despite the tendency of New Labour governments to eschew historical understanding and explanation, RPA was conceived with the benefit of an analysis of previous attempts to extend compulsion in schooling. This paper assesses the value of a historical understanding of education policy. The period from inception to the projected implementation of RPA is an extended one which has crossed over the change of government, from Labour to Coalition, in 2010. The shifting emphases and meanings of RPA are not simply technical issues but connect to profound historical and social changes. An analysis of the history of the raising of the school leaving age reveals many points of comparison with the contemporary situation. In a number of key areas it is possible to gain insights into the ways in which the study of the past can help to comprehend the present: the role of human capital, the structures of education, in curriculum development and in terms of preparations for change

Comfort radicalism and NEETs: a conservative praxis

Young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) are construed by policy makers as a pressing problem about which something should be done. Such young people's lack of employment is thought to pose difficulties for wider society in relation to social cohesion and inclusion and it is feared that they will become a 'lost generation'. This paper(1) draws upon English research, seeking to historicise the debate whilst acknowledging that these issues have a much wider purchase. The notion of NEETs rests alongside longstanding concerns of the English state and middle classes, addressing unruly male working class youth as well as the moral turpitude of working class girls. Waged labour and domesticity are seen as a means to integrate such groups into society thereby generating social cohesion. The paper places the debate within it socio-economic context and draws on theorisations of cognitive capitalism, Italian workerism, as well as emerging theories of antiwork to analyse these. It concludes by arguing that ‘radical’ approaches to NEETs that point towards inequities embedded in the social structure and call for social democratic solutions veer towards a form of comfort radicalism. Such approaches leave in place the dominance of capitalist relations as well as productivist orientations that celebrate waged labour

Risking innovation:Understanding risk and public service innovation - evidence from a four nation study

This paper presents new evidence about the governance of risk in public service innovation. It finds that risk is currently poorly understood with public service organizations. Either it is presented as a professional issue or it is dealt with purely as an actuarial or health and safety issue. There is little understanding of risk as a core component of innovation. In response, this paper argues for a more nuanced risk governance approach that calls for transparent decision-making on risk in public service innovation in relation to its intended outcomes. Politicians and public service managers need to understand that risk is an inherent element of innovation, because it engages with uncertain outcomes. A framework needs to be evolved to balance these risks against potential benefits and which can drive forward transparent risk governance involving politicians, public service mangers, citizens and local communities and other key stakeholders. This approach also needs to accept that failure can often by an outcome of innovation. The key here is not to maintain the blame culture that has dominate the debate to date but rather to embrace failure as an opportunity to learn and to improve public services and their outcomes

Internationalisation and religious inclusion in United Kingdom higher education

Although not new, the concept of internationalisation, the inclusion of intercultural perspectives and the development of cross-cultural understanding, has gained particular currency and support across the United Kingdom (UK) higher education sector over the last decade. However, within the academic literature, as well as within institutional policy and practice, there has been little disaggregation of the concept of ‘culture’; rather there appears to be a tacit belief that all aspects of students’ cultures should be valued and ‘celebrated’ on campus. Through the stories told by fifteen Sikh, Muslim, Jewish and Christian students studying at a UK post-1992 university the paper highlights the ways in which religion, a fundamental aspect of the cultural identity, values and practices of many students, is rarely recognised or valorised on campus. This lack of recognition can act to ‘other’, marginalise and isolate students and thus undermine the aims of internationalisation, in particular cross-cultural understanding. The paper concludes by arguing that religion should be considered within debates around internationalisation so that all students are represented within a multicultural institutional ethos and to ensure meaningful cross-cultural engagement for all students