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    Application of abandoned wells integrated with renewables

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    The large thermal potentials with geothermal gradient of abandoned wells provide the possibility and opportunity for carbon-neutrality transition of district heating systems, whereas energy harvesting from abandoned geothermal wells is full of challenges, due to the considerable initial investment in economic cost, system performance degradation, and so on. In this chapter, a systematic and comprehensive review on the application techniques of abandoned wells is presented, in terms of advanced thermal/power conversions, renewable integrations for district heating, and strategies for performance enhancement. Discussions on real applications have been conducted and future prospects presented, from perspectives of lifetime system performance, techno-economic feasibility analysis, and potential assessment of abandoned wells for carbon-neutrality transition. The results of this chapter can provide preliminary knowledge and cutting-edge technologies on renewable integrations with abandoned wells, so as to demonstrate techno-economic-environmental potentials of abandoned wells and contributions toward carbon-neutrality transition.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Design & Construction Managemen

    Professor Wells: the Educational Purposes of H.G. Wells’ Works

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    reservedThis dissertation analyses the educational purposes of H.G. Wells’ works. Wells is known as one of the fathers of science fiction, and as one of the most influential writers of the late nineteenth century. However, I will not focus on H.G. Wells as an author. I will focus on H.G. Wells as a teacher. Education played a key role in the life of this remarkable author. He not only spent some of his early years working as a teacher, but he also wrote a textbook meant for biology students. Furthermore, in the later stages of his life Wells actively advocated for the need to reform the British school system, introducing scientific subjects in the school curricula. He also dedicated himself to writing popularizing articles about scientific topic. The strong connection between Herbert George Wells and education is, to me, quite evident. Every chapter of this work will focus on a different work written by Wells. I chose to follow on some of his most famous works: The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Time Machine (1895), and The World of the Worlds (1898). Here, I will analyse the content of each work, trying to point out the educational narrative proposed by Wells. I am not proposing anything new as far as the interpretation of these works is concerned. In order to carry out my researches for the dissertation, I attentively read many essays and articles that proposed an interpretation of Wells’ texts. Among the authors I refer to, there are authoritative Wells’ scholars such as Patrick Parrinder. The purpose of the work is not providing a new interpretation of the themes and motifs behind H.G. Wells’ works, but demonstrating that these books had been written in order to teach something to their reading public. The last chapter focuses on Wells’ utopian novel A Modern Utopia (1905). It is different from the others because I will not limit myself to describing the educational purposes of the book. A Modern Utopia is a programmatic text, and this gave me the possibility to have a closer look at Wells’ beliefs and plans for society. As I propose in the fifth chapter, some of his views would be considered completely unacceptable by modern-day readers. I focus on two specific topics. First, I will take into exam the treatment received by criminals, feeble-minded, drunkards, and other sorts of people considered “undesirable” by the Victorians. And then I focus on the role of the woman in the utopian state imagined by Wells. As I will discuss, Wells’ ideas were far from progressive as far as these topics were concerned. Or, at least, they could not be considered progressive nowadays. The final chapter is not a way to stigmatise Wells. Rather, it is a way to contextualise both the man and his works. As I propose, contextualising Wells is the only way to truly appreciate the innovative contributions of his works.This dissertation analyses the educational purposes of H.G. Wells’ works. Wells is known as one of the fathers of science fiction, and as one of the most influential writers of the late nineteenth century. However, I will not focus on H.G. Wells as an author. I will focus on H.G. Wells as a teacher. Education played a key role in the life of this remarkable author. He not only spent some of his early years working as a teacher, but he also wrote a textbook meant for biology students. Furthermore, in the later stages of his life Wells actively advocated for the need to reform the British school system, introducing scientific subjects in the school curricula. He also dedicated himself to writing popularizing articles about scientific topic. The strong connection between Herbert George Wells and education is, to me, quite evident. Every chapter of this work will focus on a different work written by Wells. I chose to follow on some of his most famous works: The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Time Machine (1895), and The World of the Worlds (1898). Here, I will analyse the content of each work, trying to point out the educational narrative proposed by Wells. I am not proposing anything new as far as the interpretation of these works is concerned. In order to carry out my researches for the dissertation, I attentively read many essays and articles that proposed an interpretation of Wells’ texts. Among the authors I refer to, there are authoritative Wells’ scholars such as Patrick Parrinder. The purpose of the work is not providing a new interpretation of the themes and motifs behind H.G. Wells’ works, but demonstrating that these books had been written in order to teach something to their reading public. The last chapter focuses on Wells’ utopian novel A Modern Utopia (1905). It is different from the others because I will not limit myself to describing the educational purposes of the book. A Modern Utopia is a programmatic text, and this gave me the possibility to have a closer look at Wells’ beliefs and plans for society. As I propose in the fifth chapter, some of his views would be considered completely unacceptable by modern-day readers. I focus on two specific topics. First, I will take into exam the treatment received by criminals, feeble-minded, drunkards, and other sorts of people considered “undesirable” by the Victorians. And then I focus on the role of the woman in the utopian state imagined by Wells. As I will discuss, Wells’ ideas were far from progressive as far as these topics were concerned. Or, at least, they could not be considered progressive nowadays. The final chapter is not a way to stigmatise Wells. Rather, it is a way to contextualise both the man and his works. As I propose, contextualising Wells is the only way to truly appreciate the innovative contributions of his works

    Letter from J. Tullos Wells to San Antonio Business Leaders: 1995-05-15

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    Letter from J. Tullos Wells to 12 San Antonio business leaders regarding South Texas Trip. Document includes list of participants.https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/hcard/1047/thumbnail.jp

    Letter from J. Tullos Wells to David E. Allex: 1995-06-19

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    Letter from J. Tullos Wells to David E. Allex regarding South Texas Border Region Civic Leaders Trip. Document includes suggested itinerary for South Texas tour.https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/hcard/1050/thumbnail.jp

    Wells futurologo

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    Una lettura critica del saggio di H.G Wells "La scoperta del futuro" con cui l'autore di letteratura di fantascienza definisce i caratteri di una nuova disciplina che alcuni decenni più tardi si sarebbe chiamata Futurologia.A critical reading of the essay by H.G Wells "The discovery of the future" with which the author of science fiction literature defines the characteristics of a new discipline that a few decades later would be called Futurology

    Georgia, Florida and Alabama

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    Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.; In top margin: left "30", right "McNally's system of geography ; map no. 11"; In bottom margin: left "Drawn by J. Wells N.Y.", right "Eng. by Geo. E. Sherman N.Y."; States colored.; Verso: Exercises relating to Map of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina

    Weinstein, Robert J., October 19, 2004 [Interview]

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    Robert J. Weinstein was interviewed on October 19, 2004, by Nicholas Wells-Bundtzen about his experiences during World War II.World War I

    Dig for the digger [music] /

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    For voice and piano.; Caption title.; "Dedicated to the Women's Peace Loan Committee by the author, John K. Wells"--Cover.; Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.mus-vn3291520

    Wells

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    'WELLS. Engraved by J Greig from an Original Drawing by G Arnald Publish'd Jany,, 1st,, 1802 by J Walker No,, 16 Rosoman Street London'. Above right 'Vol. V. Pl 239'. Accompanied by notes

    Wells, Robert J. - An inaugural dissertation on alcohol

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    Handwritten inaugural dissertation on alcohol by Robert Wells, of Tennessee.Inaugural dissertation; no. 243
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