Abstract: The concept of blocking is briefly reviewed and a definition of ?blocking High? in terms applicable to the daily sea level weather map of the eastern North Atlantic Ocean is adopted. The monthly frequency and geographical ...

Abstract: Water-lubricated pipe flow technology is an economic alternative for the long-distance transportation of viscous oils, such as heavy oil and bitumen. In the industrial-scale application of this technology, a thin oil film ...

Abstract: Preparation of large-scale homogeneous solutions of drag reducing polymers requires an appropriate mixing procedure to ensure full disentanglement of the polymer chains without chain scission due to over-mixing. The latter ...