Journal of Energy Resources Technology: Recent submissions
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Numerical Analysis of Spray Characteristics With Methane and Nanoparticles Under Various Injection Velocities
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 5/18/2023 )Utilization of numerical simulations has been increased rapidly to test many innovative concepts in the field of advanced fuel technologies. Implementation of chemical compound's interaction is viable option by numerical ... -
A Modified Model to Predict Liquid Loading in Horizontal Gas Wells
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 5/24/2023 )Liquid loading is inevitable during mature gas-well production, leading the liquids to accumulate at the bottomhole and additional pressure loss. Accurately predicting the liquid-loading initiation is crucial to gas-well ... -
Reduction of Pressure Pulsation for Pump-Turbine by Variable Speed Operation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 5/24/2023 )Variable speed operation has emerged as a key direction in the development of pumped storage technology. Maintaining pressure pulsation within the control range is particularly critical for ensuring operational safety of ... -
Particles Transportation and Deposition Behavior During Horizontal Wellbore Exploitation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1/11/2023 )Particles deposition and plug-in wellbore cause lots of damage and efficiency reduction during oil and gas exploitation. Transportation has been a focus for safety and production improvement. The annular flow field and ... -
Numerical Simulation of Diverting Fracturing for Staged Fracturing Horizontal Well in Shale Gas Reservoir
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1/11/2023 )Hydraulic fractures are difficult to initiate simultaneously during multi-cluster fracturing owing to the strong heterogeneity of shale reservoir and the stress interference effect between adjacent hydraulic fractures. ... -
Optimal Operation of Integrated Energy Systems Based on Multi-Energy Coupling With Power-to-Gas Technology
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1/11/2023 )Natural gas and renewable energy sources make up an increasingly large proportion of power generation due to their being environmentally friendly. Because of the intermittent and fluctuating output of renewable energy ... -
Validation of Gasoline Surrogates Through Thermodynamic Analysis of Spark-Ignition Engine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1/11/2023 )The investigation aims to evaluate the impacts of commercial gasoline and gasoline surrogates on energy and exergy efficiencies in a spark-ignition (SI) engine. In this investigation, a new approach for formulating ... -
Elliptical Bladed Savonius Rotor for Wind Energy: Efficacy of RANS Modeling for Flow Characteristics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 12/14/2022)Wind energy is a key contributor to renewable energy production. Vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) of Savonius type is advantageous in places of small-scale power production and low wind speed regions. It is a VAWT of the ... -
Numerical Investigation of the Fuel/Air Ratio Sensor Sensitivity in a Port-Fuel-Injected Spark-Ignition Engine Equipped With Three-Way Catalysts
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 12/14/2022)The internal combustion engine will continue to be the primary source of power for transportation. Spark ignition (SI) engines are still widely used for mobility due to their wide range of operating conditions. The key ... -
Investigation of Hydraulic Conditions and Shape of Flip Bucket Spillways on Cavitation Phenomenon by Considering Dynamic Pressures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 12/14/2022)Cavitation is one of the destructive phenomena which occurs in hydraulic structures and can cause considerable damage to them. This phenomenon is likely to take place in parts of hydraulic structures where the flow velocity ... -
The Phase Behaviors of Confined Shale Fluids Considering Adsorption Effect
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 11/22/2022)The molecular adsorption in nano-scale shale pores results in the reduction of effective pore volume and further strengthens the confinement effect. This study aims at examining the adsorption effect coupled with confinement ... -
An Empirical and Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Combustion Performance of a Diesel Engine Fueled With Tomato Seed Oil Biodiesel
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 11/11/2022)Tomato seed oil biodiesel (TSOB) could be considered as a second-generation and clean-burning renewable substitute for petroleum diesel. It is about 72% by weight of tomato waste, which contains an average of 24% oil. This ... -
Optimization of the Steam Alternating Solvent Process Using Pareto-Based Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 10/3/2022 )Steam alternating solvent (SAS) process has been proposed as a more environmentally friendly alternative to traditional steam-based processes for heavy oil production. It consists of injecting steam and a non-condensable ... -
Sensitivity Analysis and Feature Selection for Drilling-Oriented Models
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 8/16/2023 )Data-driven models have risen in popularity during the past 10 years, which increase the effectiveness and durability of systems without necessitating a lot of human involvement. Despite all of their advantages, they remain ... -
Reliable Initial Model Selection for Efficient Characterization of Channel Reservoirs in Ensemble Kalman Filter
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 8/18/2023 )Ensemble Kalman filter is typically utilized to characterize reservoirs with high uncertainty. However, it requires a large number of reservoir models for stable and reliable update of its members, resulting in high ... -
Breaking Mechanism and Performance of Coal Subjected to Water Jets Under High In Situ Stress
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 8/16/2023 )The effect of in situ stress on the coal-breaking characteristics of water jets remains unclear, prohibiting the deep coalbed methane (CBM) development. Water jet coal-breaking experiments under different mean three-dimensional ... -
Exergoeconomic Analysis and Tri-Objective Optimization of the Allam Cycle Co-Fired by Biomass and Natural Gas
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 6/7/2023 1)Allam cycle is known as an oxy-fuel gas-powered power cycle. A modified Allam cycle co-fired by biomass and natural gas is proposed in this paper, evaluated, and optimized. Detailed thermodynamic, economic, and exergoeconomic ... -
Parametric Analysis and Design of a Power Plant to Recover Low-Grade Heat From Data Center Electronics by Using Liquid Nitrogen
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 6/13/2023 )The purpose of this article is to expound recovery of low-grade heat deriving from cooling data center electronics, in order to sustain a thermodynamic cycle of the Rankine type, using cryogenic nitrogen as the working ... -
Performance Improving of Wind Power Generation Systems Through Parameter Optimization and Dynamic Analysis of the Speed-Regulating Differential Transmission
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 8/18/2023 )Hybrid drive wind power generation systems (WPGSs) equipped with speed-regulating differential mechanisms (SRDMs) have emerged as a promising solution for integrating large-scale wind energy into the power grid without the ... -
Comparative Spray Atomization and Evaporation Characteristics of Dimethyl Ether and Mineral Diesel
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 6/13/2023 )Dimethyl ether is a new-generation alternative fuel to mitigate cold-start issues in compression ignition engines. It has a higher cetane number and offers superior spray atomization and fuel evaporation characteristics. ...