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29th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS)
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)This special issue of the Journal of Energy Resources Technology (JERT) is dedicated to the 29th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS), ... -
3-D Stress Analysis of Cross-Ply Laminated Composites
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1994)A consistent higher-order theory is presented for static deformation and stress analysis of cross-ply thick laminates. Emphasis is placed on consistence with the 3-D boundary conditions and ... -
A Biomass Combustion-Gasification Model: Validation and Sensitivity Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1995)The aim of the present paper is to study the gasification and combustion of biomass and waste materials. A model for the analysis of the chemical kinetics of gasification and combustion ... -
A Case Study on the Influence of Selected Parameters on Microexplosion Behavior of Water in Biodiesel Emulsion Droplets
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Microexplosion behavior of water in biodiesel emulsion droplets was studied by suspending a single droplet on a wire type thermocouple. Water in biodiesel emulsion droplets with 9%, 12%, 15%, and 18% water by volume was ... -
A CFD Based Correlation for Erosion Factor for Long-Radius Elbows and Bends
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)A model for predicting sand erosion in 90 degree elbows and bends has been developed based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD), particle tracking and erosion data. After the flow field was ... -
A Comparative Analysis of Exhaust Gas Temperature Based on Machine Learning Models for Aviation Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)The main objective of this study is to investigate elaborately the relationship between exhaust gas temperature (EGT) and various operational parameters specific to aero-engine for the cruise phase. EGT prediction is ... -
A Comparative Analysis of Single Nozzle and Multiple Nozzles Arrangements for Syngas Combustion in Heavy Duty Gas Turbine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Heavy duty gas turbines are the core components in the integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) system. Different from the conventional fuel for gas turbine such as natural gas and light diesel, the combustible component ... -
A Comparative Analysis of the Kinetic Experiments in Polyethylene Pyrolysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)A review of literature has been conducted to survey the kinetic data of lowdensity polyethylene (LDPE) pyrolysis. The review reveals large variations in the reported global kinetic parameters. The cause of variation has ... -
A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment on Nuclear-Based Clean Ammonia Synthesis Methods
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This paper evaluates the impacts of nuclear ammonia synthesis options on the environment through the life cycle assessment (LCA) technique. Ammonia is synthesized via the mature Haber–Bosch technique that combines hydrogen ... -
A Comparative Numerical Study of the Combustion Performance of the Syngas-Fueled HCCI Engine Using a Toroidal Piston, Square Bowl Piston, and Flat Piston Shape at Different Loads
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)This study analyzes the combustion performance of a syngas-fueled homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engine using a toroidal piston (baseline piston), square bowl, and flat piston shape, at low, medium, and high ... -
A Comparative Study of Genetic and Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithms and Their Hybrid Method in Water Flooding Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)Optimization of oil production from petroleum reservoirs is an interesting and complex problem which can be done by optimal control of well parameters such as their flow rates and pressure. Different optimization techniques ... -
A Comparative Study of Metaheuristic Techniques for the Thermoenvironomic Optimization of a Gas Turbine-Based Benchmark Combined Heat and Power System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This paper presents a comparative study of four metaheuristic techniques, namely, the particle swarm optimization (PSO), genetic algorithm (GA), simulated annealing (SA), and the harmony search (HS), used in thermoenvironomic ... -
A Comparative Study of Multi-Stage Approaches for Wind Farm Layout Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The wind farm layout optimization (WFLO) problem is a complex and nonconvex optimization problem. Even though many different heuristic algorithms and mathematical programming methods have been tested and discussed, there ... -
A Comparative Study of Syngas Production From Two Types of Biomass Feedstocks With Waste Heat Recovery
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)This paper deals with an integrated biomass system developed for syngas production with waste heat recovery option and analyzes this system thermodynamically using both energy and exergy approaches. Also, an aspenplus ... -
A Comparative Study of Thermal, Luminous, and Infrared Radiation Characteristics of Natural gas Flame in the Presence of Alkali, Alkali-Earth, and Transition Metallic Solution Additives
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Experiments were performed to find out the effect of alkali, alkali-earth, and transition metallic additives on thermal, luminous, IR, and total radiative properties of natural gas flame. A total of 25 mL of 0.5 M alkali ... -
A Comparison of Constraint and Constraint Potential Forms of the Rate Controlled Constraint Equilibrium Method
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)A comparative assessment is made of two implementations of the ratecontrolled constrainedequilibrium (RCCE) method. These are the constraint and constraint potential formulations in which rate equations are solved for the ... -
A Comparison of Different Nanoparticles’ Effect on Fine Migration by Low Salinity Water Injection for Oil Recovery: Introducing an Optimum Condition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Today, enhance oil recovery (EOR) methods are attracting more attention to increase the petroleum production rate. Some EOR methods such as low salinity water flooding can increase the amount of fine migration and sand ... -
A Comparison of Gasoline, Liquid Petroleum Gas, and Hydrogen Utilization in an Spark Ignition Engine in Terms of Environmental and Economic Indicators
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Research on alternative fuel development gains importance day by day with respect to environmental concerns and issues. Alternative fuel research can yield a revolution for spark ignition (SI) engines due to their being ... -
A Comparison of Methods for Optimizing Air-Conditioning Systems According to the Exergonomic Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)This paper discusses the comparison of three different methods for the optimization of an air-conditioning system from an exergonomic point of view. The reference design is an all air system ... -
A Comparison of Methyl Decanoate and Tripropylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether for Soot-Free Combustion in an Optical Direct-Injection Diesel Engine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Oxygenated fuels have beneficial effects for leaner lifted-flame combustion (LLFC), a nonsooting mode of mixing-controlled combustion associated with lift-off length equivalence ratios below approximately 2. A single-cylinder ...