Journal of Energy Resources Technology: Recent submissions
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An Assessment of Seal Ability of Tubing Threaded Connections: A Hybrid Empirical-Numerical Method
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Oil and gas development has strict requirements for the seal ability of premium threaded connections (PTCs) of tubing. Assessing the seal ability of joints can help reduce the risk of leakage after running the string. Using ... -
Design of Structure Parameters of Sliding Vane Pump Based on Lifting Characteristics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Limited by the harsh downhole working environment and its structural feature, the sliding vane pump (SVP), which is an all-metal artificial lift method considered to be widely used in thermal recovery well and high gas/oil ... -
Molecular Simulation of Methane Adsorption Behavior on Coal: Effects of Maturity and Moisture Content
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The adsorption behaviors of multiphase fluids in coal are vital for estimating their transfer and flow mechanisms. In this study, taking the classical coal structures as instances, the impacts of maturities and moisture ... -
Novel Organobimetallic Liquid Catalyst for Enhancing Oil Recovery in Sand-Pack Columns
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The employing of a self-synthesized organobimetallic catalyst as a viscosity reducing agent to upgrade the heavy oil as well as the mechanisms of enhancing heavy oil recovery are investigated in this study. The components ... -
Assessment of Combustion and Acoustic Characteristics of Scenedesmus dimorphus Blended With Hydrogen Fuel on Internal Combustion Engine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Biodiesel, which may be produced from crops, animal fat, as well as waste products from both industrial and residential sectors, is one of the alternative fuels that are utilized extensively. These biodiesels may either ... -
Investigation of Burn Parameters and Cyclic Variations of a Spark Ignition Engine With Different Combustion Chambers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The tightening of the exhaust emission limits and the desire to reduce fuel consumption determine the direction of research on internal combustion engines. As it is known, the leaning of the mixture in spark ignition engines ... -
Design of Energy Storage for Assisting Extraction Condensing Unit to Peak Regulation and Frequency Modulation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Coupling energy storage system is one of the potential ways to improve the peak regulation and frequency modulation performance for the existing combined heat power plant. Based on the characteristics of energy storage ... -
Exploring the Effects of Guide Vane on Dimpled Cooling Channel of Gas Turbine Blade
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The purpose of the current study is to find out the heat transfer and pressure drop phenomena of the cooling channel with dimples and guide vane and compare the results with the no guide vane dimpled cooling channel. The ... -
Study on the Influence of Tripping Operation on Annular Transient Surge-Swab Pressure of Herschel–Bulkley Fluid
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The accurate prediction of transient surge-swab pressure, during the tripping operation under a narrow pressure window, is an important premise to ensure the safety of tripping operation and drilling. Different rheological ... -
Small-Scale Toroidal Fluidized Bed Gasification System: Development and Experimental Aspects
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)This article deals with system development and experimental aspects of a small-scale toroidal fluidized bed gasifier (TFBG) using sawdust feedstock (carpentry waste) with average particle size of 4.18 mm. The reactor and ... -
Investigation of a Newly Developed Slotted Bladed Darrieus Vertical Axis Wind Turbine: A Numerical and Response Surface Methodology Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)In the past few years, wind energy became the most reliable and clean energy source throughout the world. This research broadly has focused on the 2D design of the conventional (without slot) wind turbine blades as well ... -
Research on the Main Controlling Factors for Injection and Production Allocation of Polymer Flooding
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)A clear understanding of the main controlling factors for injection and production allocation of polymer flooding is the key to successful differential adjustment for well management in high water cut reservoirs. Generally, ... -
The Burning Characteristics of Transformer Oil Spill Fire on Horizontal and Inclined Substrate Under Continuous Leakage Condition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Spill fire is a typical fire type that endangers industrial safety. This work systematically investigates the burning characteristics of transformer oil spill fire under different fuel leakage rates and substrate tilt ... -
A Photoconductance Mechanism for Oil Shale Pyrolysis Process Detection
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Kerogen in oil shale plays a crucial part in the shale oil and gas generation. Here, photoconductive measurement was used to evaluate the decomposition process of Huadian oil shale. The photoconductivity of the semi-coke ... -
The Blue Hydrogen Economy: A Promising Option for the Near-to-Mid-Term Energy Transition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Hydrogen is recently being promoted immensely as the primary energy carrier to replace fossil fuels for the envisioned environmentally friendly and sustainable future energy system, given its peculiar properties and ... -
Permeability and Rigidity of Green River Shale Before and After Exposure to Water
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Acoustic travel times through Green River shale samples both parallel and perpendicular to bedding are measured to investigate water interactions with Green River shale and the impact of pertinent factors including exposure ... -
Atomization Characteristics of Low-Volatility Heavy Fuel for Low-Pressure Direct Injection Aviation Piston Engines
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Due to safety and convenience, aviation heavy fuel (AHF) is quite suitable for use as an energy source in aviation piston engines for small aerial drones, although its atomization is an important issue. The purpose of this ... -
Research on the Emission Characteristics of a Passenger Car Powered by Ethanol, Methanol, and Liquefied Petroleum Gas Under Real-World Running Conditions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Alternative fuels have gained considerable attention because of their excellent sustainable energy conservation and emission reduction characteristics. In this study, emission characteristics and fuel economy of three ... -
Large Eddy Simulation Studies on Effects of Soot Productivity in a Momentum Dominated Strained Diffusion Jet Flames
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The present numerical study is to determine the soot volume fraction, rate of soot nucleation, rate of coagulation, rate of surface growth, and rate of surface oxidation for flame configurations having the fuel mixture ... -
Energy and Exergy Analyses of Multiple Biodiesel Blended Diesel Engine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)This paper deals with the experimental investigation of direct injection compression ignition (DICI) engine runs with multiple biodiesels–diesel blended and neat diesel fuels along with the energy-exergy analysis to evaluate ...