DCU-Final-Year-Projects-Booklet-2025

17 Mechanical and Sustainability Engineering (Year 4) NO. PROJECT TITLE PROJECTAREA PROJECT TECHNOLOGY 2 Environmental and Economic Assessment of the Irish Afforestation Scheme Renewable Energy Technology, Life Cycle Assessment Simapro 4 Levelised Cost of Energy Assessment of Static vs Dynamic Solar PV Systems 3-DModelling, Arduino, Automotive Technology, Control Systems, Energy Conservation, Mechanical Design and Manufacture, Life Cycle Assessment C/C++, Excel/VB, Solidworks 80 Electricity Use In The Home Energy Conservation Excel/VB 86 Challenges with Green Hydrogen Production Arduino, Control Systems, Educational, Renewable Energy Technology C/C++ 104 Feasibility Investigation into the Conversion of a Stone Quarry into a Pumped Storage Hydro Battery using a Case Study Renewable Energy Technology, Life Cycle Assessment ANSYSWorkbench, Excel/ VB, Solidworks 105 Exploring Solar Solutions for Buildings: Solar Thermal, Solar Photovoltaic, and Passive Techniques 3-DModelling, Renewable Energy Technology, Simulation DesignBuilder 111 Sustainable Heat Networks: Exploring the Potential of Data Centres in Urban Ireland Waste Heat Recovery EnergyPlus 120 Hydrogen Storage and its Potential Use to the Irish Grid in 2050 Energy Conservation Excel/VB 153 Harnessing Heat: Energy Recovery fromDC Electric Vehicle Charging Losses Automotive Technology, Circuit Modeling, Energy Conservation, Power Electronics, Simulation, Thermodynamics ANSYSWorkbench, Plexim PLECS 161 Feasible Retrofit Solutions for Irish Residential Buildings: A Techno-Economic Assessment 3-DModelling, Energy Conservation, Renewable Energy Technology, Simulation Excel/VB, DesignBuilder 165 Heat Pump V Boiler Comparison Energy Conservation, Renewable Energy Technology Excel/VB 231 ADetailed Techno-Economic Analysis of SEAI Residential Energy Retrofit Grants Energy Conservation, Building EnergyModelling (BEM), Financial Analysis and Cost- Benefit Analysis: Design Builder