Distribution System Development Policy: Resilience and Rapid Industrial Development in Ireland

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Diskin ◽  
D. Hynes
Keyword(s):  
Distribution System ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
System Development

Resiliency-driven strategies for power distribution system development

2021 ◽  
Vol 197 ◽  
pp. 107327
Author(s):  
Illia M. Diahovchenko ◽  
Gowtham Kandaperumal ◽  
Anurag K. Srivastava ◽  
Zoia I. Maslova ◽  
Serhii M. Lebedka
Keyword(s):  
Power Distribution ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
System Development ◽  
Power Distribution System

Surface Ship Machinery—A Survey of Propulsion, Electrical, and Auxiliary System Development

1992 ◽  
Vol 29 (03) ◽  
pp. 115-143
Author(s):  
Timothy J. Doyle ◽  
Raymond W. Kornbau ◽  
Arthur L. Smookler
Keyword(s):  
Distribution System ◽  
Molecular Sieves ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Composite Structures ◽  
Membrane Separation ◽  
System Development ◽  
Ventilation System ◽  
Variable Speed ◽  
Screw Pump ◽  
Uninterruptible Power

Propulsion, auxiliary, and electric machinery developments for surface combatants are surveyed---overall system characteristics are covered to permit a broad coverage of related activities. Prime movers in both propulsion and ship service sizes are discussed. All will demonstrate improved economy, especially at part power, and increased attention to thermal and acoustic signatures. Gas turbines are the source of propulsion power, but diesels join turbines in ship service application. Electric drives may be selected where machinery is widely separated or geometries are restrictive. Reversing motors or reversing gears will provide backing power without the inefficiencies of controllable--pitch (CP) propellers. Transmission component improvements, including surface-hardened gears and composite shafts, will increase power density. Shaftline elements compatible with contrarotating propellers may lead to significantly increased propulsive coefficients. Auxiliary machinery developments are driven by the need to improve performance in smaller, simpler packages with lower acquisition and operating costs. This encourages the development and adaption of new materials and design approaches such as composite structures, rotary screw pump and compressor arrangements, variable speed or geometry units, and molecular sieves and membrane separation for gas and fresh-water production. Ventilation system requirements will be expanded and integrated with the new demands of collective protection. The ship's service generation and distribution system will reflect the increasingly nonlinear character of electric loads. Developments will emphasize power quality and continuity in system arrangements which promote both survivability and energy efficiency. Propulsion-derived ship's service, uninterruptible power at the system and component levels, and variable-speed auxiliary motor drives reflect these thrusts.

scholarly journals Using real options for an eco-friendly design of water distribution systems

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Marques ◽  
Maria Cunha ◽  
Dragan A. Savić
Keyword(s):  
Real Options ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Distribution Systems ◽  
Water Distribution ◽  
System Development ◽  
Water Distribution Systems ◽  
Distribution Networks ◽  
Embodied Energy ◽  
Real Options Approach ◽  
Materials Used

This paper presents a real options approach to handling uncertainties associated with the long-term planning of water distribution system development. Furthermore, carbon emissions associated with the installation and operation of water distribution networks are considered. These emissions are computed by taking an embodied energy approach to the different materials used in water networks. A simulated annealing heuristic is used to optimise a flexible eco-friendly design of water distribution systems for an extended life horizon. This time horizon is subdivided into different time intervals in which different possible decision paths can be followed. The proposed approach is applied to a case study and the results are presented according to a decision tree. Lastly, some comparisons and results are used to demonstrate the quality of the results of this approach.

Analysis on Game Behavior of Local Governments in Reverse Logistics of ELV

2013 ◽  
Vol 483 ◽  
pp. 471-478
Author(s):  
Chun Xin Bao ◽  
Xian Zhong Mu
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Recycling Industry ◽  
Supervision And Management ◽  
The Game Theory ◽  
Article Analysis ◽  
Development Goals

This article analysis the game relationship between local governments without cooperation or not by the game theory during the recycling process of ELV, and then get the optimal strategy choice. Results show that regional income and environmental monitoring are the important factors that affect regional game, as a result, although our country has clearly defined the responsibility of" supervision and management " to local government in the reverse logistics of ELV, this can only play a guiding significance in the process of implementation and the operability is not strong. So we should need to improve the management of special funds, strengthen financial support, adjust the national industrial development policy, establish a regional mechanism of cooperation, setting the development goals scientifically of the recycling industry of ELV, and do further refinement of local government powers and duties, so as to promote the development of recycling industry of ELV healthily.

High-Technology Industries as a Vehicle for Growth in Israel's Peripheral Regions

1993 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Shefer ◽  
E (Lambert) Bar-El
Keyword(s):  
Development Policy ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
High Technology ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Peripheral Region ◽  
Alternative Strategies ◽  
Policy Strategy ◽  
Technology Industries ◽  
High Technology Industries ◽  
Peripheral Regions

This paper is a discussion of the subject of high-technology industrial development in peripheral regions. Findings from the literature are utilized to analyze critically the prospects for promoting high-technology industrial growth in Israel's peripheral regions. Alternative strategies for development are proposed. In section 2, the specific case of Israel, where the development of high-technology industries has recently been given high priority and attracting high-technology industries has been proposed as a viable strategy for promoting growth in peripheral regions, is discussed. This is presented in the context of the history of Israel's industrial development in general and of its high-technology industrial development policy in particular. In section 3, three alternative strategies for development policy are proposed, and the suitability of each to Israel is analyzed. The alternatives—the ‘Silicon Glen’ model, the specific area focus, and local-based development—all pursue strategies that sometimes contradict one another, sometimes overlap, and sometimes reinforce one another, thus generating the possibility of a fourth, and more optimal, policy strategy. In conclusion, it is not proposed that there exists a single policy strategy that could be claimed to be optimal for every peripheral region. Thus, no attempt is made to evaluate the superiority of one strategy alternative over another. This conclusion is reached after comparing the international literature to the case of Israel. It is apparent that high-technology industries are not necessarily always the best solution to the dilemmas of economic development in every region, particularly the ‘outer-ring’ border regions. A separate plan must be made for each peripheral region in light of its specific socioeconomic and locational characteristics. In drafting a regional development policy, planners must then deliberate whether or not high-technology industry is indeed likely to succeed in promoting regional economic growth.

The Principles of the ‘New Competition’: An Empirical Assessment of Ireland's Position

1998 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Roper
Keyword(s):  
Development Policy ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Collaborative Relationships ◽  
Manufacturing Plants ◽  
Similar Product ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Development Spending

An assessment is provided of the extent to which industrial development policy and manufacturing firms in Ireland have embraced the four principles of the ‘New Competition’ outlined by Professor Michael Best. Comparisons with Germany arc made throughout the paper. A functional analysis of industrial development spending in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland suggests that less than a tenth of all expenditure is targeted at improving sectoral competitiveness. Less than 2% is aimed directly at developing collaboration and cooperation between firms, The remainder is counterstrategic, grant aiding the development of individual firms. Although plants in Ireland are found to have more extensive network linkages than those in Germany, these were predominantly between companies which were part of the same group rather than collaborative relationships between independent plants. The limited information available suggests that the production operations of manufacturing plants in Ireland are less flexible than those of German plants. In terms of product development, plants in Ireland had more multifunctional involvement and less functional demarcation than plants in Germany. Plants in Ireland also had similar product-quality aspirations to their German counterparts. Political and operational difficulties are likely to arise in the adoption of a more strategic industrial policy. Firms in Ireland may also be constrained by available human and financial resources in their attempts to embrace the principles of the New Competition.

scholarly journals The competitive platform for industrial development in South Africa

2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-125
Author(s):  
E. P. J. Kleynhans
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Industrial Location ◽  
Manufacturing Industries

The competitive platform of South African industries was investigated in this study. The theoretical foundation of industrial development policy and industrial location was considered first, followed by an empirical investigation of the competitive platform of manufacturing industries.

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