DCU Expo 2023 Final Year Projects

50 72. The Application of Energy Storage Technologies to Provide Energy Flexibility for Residential Homes This project aims to achieve energy flexibility for a residential apartment in Dublin, by using a combined renewable solar PV system, battery energy storage system, and time-of-use demand side management. The electricity consumption during peak hours is shifted to off-peak hours, utilising time-of-use price incentives and battery storage to provide energy flexibility. The scenarios were designed, modelled and simulated using amodern Open-Source simulation software, OpenModelica. Simulation results show up to 63% reduction in CO 2 emissions and up to 57% reduction in electricity costs over amonth. Class Mechanical andManufacturing Engineering (Year 4) Project Area Renewable Energy Technology, Simulation, Energy Storage Technology Project Technology Excel/VB, OpenModelica Student Name(s) Cathal O’Reilly Email cathal.oreilly97@mail.dcu.ie Supervisor Dr Mohammad Saffari 73. LabLocator This project involves the creation of amobile application that combines Indoor Localisation and Machine Learning to provide a simplified version of a tracking app that can identify whether or not a user is located within a given room. It uses DCU’s McNulty building’s computer laboratories as a use case for this idea. This project intends to serve as a proof of concept and feasibility study of both possible Indoor Localisation solutions and as ameans to supply a user with a recommendation of the least busy computer laboratory they can visit for a peaceful work or study session. Class Computer Applications Project Area Android, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Mobile App, Software Development Project Technology Docker, Java, MySQL, Python, SQL, XML Student Name(s) Ethan Clarke  |  Evelina Prosyankina Email ethan.clarke42@mail.dcu.ie  |  evelina.prosyankina2@mail.dcu.ie Supervisor Dr Darragh O’Brien 74. Cr (III)Water Contamination Detection Assay on Lab-on-a-Disc (LoaD) An engineer’s goal is to solve problems in a cost-effective manner. This project investigates the efficiency and accuracy of using a Lab-on-a-disc (LoaD) assay to test for Cr (III) water contamination. The microfluidic device is designed andmanufactured to assimilate the work conducted in laboratories to provide a portable, rapid and affordable alternative. The aimof this project is to emphasize the importance in microfluidic testing and to show how the technology can further improve global accessibility to diagnostic testing. Class Biomedical Engineering (Year 4) Project Area 3-DModelling, Biomedical Engineering, FluidMechanics, Water Treatment Project Technology Solidworks Student Name(s) Luke Fallon Email luke.fallon4@mail.dcu.ie Supervisor Dr Eadaoin Carthy