Feasibility of Thermosyphons to Impede the Progress of Coastal Permafrost Erosion Along the Norther Coastline of Alaska
Presented to the Faculty of the University of Alaska Anchorage in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE This study seeks to investigate the feasibility of installing thermosyphons at Drew Point, Alaska to mitigate thermally-induced coastline erosion. Portions of...
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ftunivalaska:oai:scholarworks.alaska.edu:11122/6512 2023-05-15T15:39:38+02:00 Feasibility of Thermosyphons to Impede the Progress of Coastal Permafrost Erosion Along the Norther Coastline of Alaska Zottola, Jason 2016-05-01 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/6512 en_US eng University of Alaska Anchorage http://hdl.handle.net/11122/6512 Alaska coastline erosion thermosyphons Report 2016 ftunivalaska 2023-02-23T21:36:39Z Presented to the Faculty of the University of Alaska Anchorage in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE This study seeks to investigate the feasibility of installing thermosyphons at Drew Point, Alaska to mitigate thermally-induced coastline erosion. Portions of the northern Alaska coastline have been receding at increasing rates and putting in peril infrastructure, environmental habitats, and small villages. Slowing or eliminating the erosion would prevent emotional village relocations and costly infrastructure maintenance and relocations. Climate and soil data from Drew Point and Barrow, Alaska are used as input variables in a numerical modeling software program to determine accurate soil thermal properties to be used in a thermosyphon design. Generalized cost considerations are presented and it is determined that thermosyphons may be an effective mitigation strategy to combat coastal erosion, however, future additional modeling could optimize a design and provide for refinements in the cost analysis. Abstract / Table of Contents / List of Figures / List of Tables / Acknowledgements / Introduction and Background / Objective and Methodology / Data Collection and Climate Analysis / Modeling / Heat Transfer Analysis / Thermosyphon Design / Discussion / Conclusion / References Report Barrow permafrost Alaska University of Alaska: ScholarWorks@UA Anchorage |
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Presented to the Faculty of the University of Alaska Anchorage in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE This study seeks to investigate the feasibility of installing thermosyphons at Drew Point, Alaska to mitigate thermally-induced coastline erosion. Portions of the northern Alaska coastline have been receding at increasing rates and putting in peril infrastructure, environmental habitats, and small villages. Slowing or eliminating the erosion would prevent emotional village relocations and costly infrastructure maintenance and relocations. Climate and soil data from Drew Point and Barrow, Alaska are used as input variables in a numerical modeling software program to determine accurate soil thermal properties to be used in a thermosyphon design. Generalized cost considerations are presented and it is determined that thermosyphons may be an effective mitigation strategy to combat coastal erosion, however, future additional modeling could optimize a design and provide for refinements in the cost analysis. Abstract / Table of Contents / List of Figures / List of Tables / Acknowledgements / Introduction and Background / Objective and Methodology / Data Collection and Climate Analysis / Modeling / Heat Transfer Analysis / Thermosyphon Design / Discussion / Conclusion / References |
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Feasibility of Thermosyphons to Impede the Progress of Coastal Permafrost Erosion Along the Norther Coastline of Alaska |
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Feasibility of Thermosyphons to Impede the Progress of Coastal Permafrost Erosion Along the Norther Coastline of Alaska |
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Feasibility of Thermosyphons to Impede the Progress of Coastal Permafrost Erosion Along the Norther Coastline of Alaska |
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Feasibility of Thermosyphons to Impede the Progress of Coastal Permafrost Erosion Along the Norther Coastline of Alaska |
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Feasibility of Thermosyphons to Impede the Progress of Coastal Permafrost Erosion Along the Norther Coastline of Alaska |
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feasibility of thermosyphons to impede the progress of coastal permafrost erosion along the norther coastline of alaska |
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University of Alaska Anchorage |
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2016 |
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Barrow permafrost Alaska |
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Barrow permafrost Alaska |
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