Journal of Energy Resources Technology: Recent submissions
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Quantitative Comparison of Life Cycle Assessments of Advanced Recycling Technologies for End-of-Life Plastics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)There is growing urgency to both increase plastic recycling rates and reduce the impact of plastic waste on the environment. Mechanical recycling rates for plastics in the United States have only slightly increased from ... -
Cost Optimization and Energy Management of a Microgrid Including Renewable Energy Resources and Electric Vehicles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Penetration of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) is capable of alleviating numerous global environmental and energy challenges. Utilization of a significant number of PHEVs with significant capacity and control ... -
Dynamic Characteristics and Experimental Research of Dual-Piston Axial Oscillation Drag Reduction Tool
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Aiming at the problem of low drilling efficiency of oil and gas wells due to the high friction during the drilling, a dual-piston axial oscillation drag reduction tool (DAOT) is proposed to reduce friction for long drill ... -
The Role of Particle Size Distribution for Fluid Loss Materials on Formation of Filter-Cakes and Avoiding Formation Damage
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Numerous studies have shown that careful particle size selection is the main parameter for reducing fluid loss when drilling permeable or fractured formations. The methods are generally built around either the D50 or D90 ... -
Analyzing the Multiscale Impacts of Implementing Energy-Efficient HVAC Improvements Through Energy Audits and Economic Input–Output Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems are usually an industry’s highest consumer of energy, most of which goes toward space cooling in buildings. Industrial energy-efficiency audits not only benefit ... -
A New Molecular Insight in Effects of Alcohol Co-Solvents on Miscibility of Anhydrous Ethanol/Diesel Blends
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Sustainable policy leads to partially replace fossil diesel by bio-fuels and ethanol/diesel blends. The major challenge is how to enhance miscibility of ethanol with diesel. Molecular dynamics simulation was applied to ... -
Enhancing Performance of Small Capacity Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Using Grooved Linearized-Chord Blades
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)In the current article, E216 airfoil blades with linearized chord of a small-scale horizontal axis wind turbine are numerically investigated to enhance the performance of the turbine. The blade is modified by including ... -
Automatic Well Test Interpretation Method for Circular Reservoirs With Changing Wellbore Storage Using One-Dimensional Convolutional Neural Network
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)In order to develop reservoirs rationally, accurate reservoir parameters are usually obtained through well test analysis. However, a good deal of well test data with changing wellbore storage characteristics bring difficulties ... -
Undersaturated Oil Viscosity Based on Multi-Gene Genetic Programming
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Undersaturated oil viscosity represents an important physical property for reservoir simulation, enhanced oil recovery, and optimal production. It can be determined either by experimental measurements or by modeling through ... -
Modeling the Mechanism of Water Flux in Fractured Gas Reservoirs With Edge Water Aquifers Using an Embedded Discrete Fracture Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The invasion of aquifers into fractured gas reservoirs with edge water aquifers leads to rapid water production in gas wells, which reduces their gas production. Natural fractures accelerate this process. Traditional ... -
An Efficient Infill Well Placement Optimization Approach for Extra-Low Permeability Reservoir
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The objective of infill well placement optimization is to determine the optimal well locations that maximize the net present value (NPV). The most common method of well infilling in oil field is based on the engineer’s ... -
Integrated Optimization of Hybrid Steam-Solvent Processes in a Post-CHOPS Reservoir with Consideration of Wormhole Networks
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)In this paper, an integrated technique has been developed to evaluate and optimize performance of hybrid steam-solvent processes in a post-cold heavy oil production with sand (CHOPS) reservoir with consideration of wormhole ... -
Control Model and Optimization Study of Temperature Distribution Applied in Thermite Plugging and Abandonment Technology
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)With the continuous exploration and development of oil wells, we must pay attention to the risk of leakage from abandoned wells. Therefore, it is necessary to plug and abandon the abandoned well. However, there are many ... -
Effects of Orifice Diameter of Pre-Chamber Jet Ignition on the Combustion Characteristics and Pressure Oscillations in a Kerosene-Fueled Engine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Jet orifice diameter directly impacts the combustion process of the pre-chamber jet ignition (PJI) engine and the optimized diameter is varied with the fuel properties. However, research on the optimization of the jet ... -
Experimental Investigation of Gaseous Mixtures of Ethane, Methane, and Carbon Dioxide as an Alternative to Conventional Fuel in Spark Ignition Engines
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)This study investigates the viability and performance of certain synthetic fuels in spark ignition internal combustion engine based stationary power generation wherein the fuel comprises a mixture of methane and ethane in ... -
Evolutionary Design of Compact Counterflow Heat Exchanger
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)This investigation includes a geometric optimization for a compact heat exchanger built from hexagonal channels based on constructal design. A three-dimensional numerical analysis based on the finite volume method was ... -
Performance Analysis of Evaporation and Heat Wheel-Based Building Air Conditioning Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Air conditioning in composite weather is relatively more challenging and also carries importance as it resembles conditions of hot-dry, cold, and warm-humid climates. Bifurcation of cooling and ventilation tasks happens ... -
Exergo-Economic and CO2 Emission Analysis of Bi-Symmetrical Web Flow Photovoltaic-Thermal System Under Diurnal Conditions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The undesired heat evolved in photovoltaic (PV) module during its regular operation must be removed to aspire to reliable power output. PV installations in tropical and sub-tropical regions experience abrupt PV module ... -
Numerical Analysis and Experimental Verification on Flow Characteristics of a Pressurized Fluidized Bed System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The pressurized fluidized bed technology is recently shown to be a most promising technology for energy conversion and carbon capture. In the present work, two-phase flow characteristics of a laboratory-scale bubbling ... -
Film Cooling Performance Prediction for Air and Supercritical CO2
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The current study explores the possibility of cooling the vanes and blades of a direct-fired sCO2 turbine using film cooling. The operating conditions of a direct-fired sCO2 cycle and thermophysical properties of the fluid ...