Journal of Energy Resources Technology: Recent submissions
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Improving the Rheological and Mechanical Properties of Oil Well Cement Slurries Using Multiple Chemical Admixtures for Enhancing Zonal Isolation: A Laboratory Evaluation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The study uses chemical and mineral admixtures to understand the critical processes affecting the cement slurry characteristics, including rheological properties, free water, compressive strength, and thickening time. Using ... -
A Review on the Use of Chemicals as Steam Additives for Thermal Oil Recovery Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)We summarize the major recovery mechanisms of both steam-based recovery process and steam-chemical-based recovery process. Next, we review the previous lab-scale/field-scale studies examining the applications of surfactants, ... -
Wellbore Stability Analysis of Horizontal Wells for Shale Gas With Consideration of Hydration
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)With the wide application of extended reach wells and horizontal wells, the geological conditions faced during the drilling process have become increasingly complicated, and the resulting wellbole collapse problem has ... -
Shock Tube and Flame Speed Measurements of 2,4,4-Trimethyl-1-Pentene: A Co-Optima Biofuel
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The combustion of 2,4,4-trimethyl-1-pentene (diisobutylene, C8H16), which is a biofuel and a component of surrogate fuels, is examined in this work. Carbon monoxide time–histories and ignition delay times are collected ... -
Machine Learning Assisted Analysis of an Ammonia Engine Performance
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Currently, the interest in utilizing ammonia in internal combustion engines stems from the trend toward decarbonization, as ammonia is a zero-carbon footprint fuel. Existing studies on ammonia engines are limited and most ... -
Computational Study of the Effects of Ignition Parameters Changes on a Spark Ignition Engine Fueled With Syngas
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)This article presents the development of a geometric model for the full-cycle simulation of a spark ignition engine fueled with a biomass-derived syngas. The engine simulations are carried out in KIVA 4, using a global ... -
Computational Investigations of Spray Atomization and Evaporation Under Cold-Start Conditions of a Diesel Engine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Unburnt hydrocarbon emissions and combustion instability are severe issues in diesel engines during cold starting. This simulation study aims to provide insights for improving the cold-start issues of diesel engines. ... -
Transient Flow and Heat Transfer in a Horizontal Rectangular Channel Considering Thermal–Fluid–Structure Interaction
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)For the supercritical n-decane horizontally flowing in a rectangular channel of an active regenerative cooling system, a transient thermal–fluid–structure coupling method is employed to investigate the unsteady thermal-hydraulic ... -
How to Quickly Evaluate the Thermodynamic Performance and Identify the Optimal Heat Source Temperature for Organic Rankine Cycles?
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Organic Rankine cycle (ORC) is a promising technology to convert low- and medium-temperature energy into power. Identifying the optimal working fluids and heat source temperature are always the focuses in the ORC field. ... -
Evaluation of Heat Transfer Enhancement on Rotational Gas Turbine Blade Internal Cooling Channel With Dimpled Surface
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The present investigation represents the rotational effect on gas turbine blade internal cooling with a uniform heat flux of 2000 W/m2 at the bottom wall. The experiment was conducted with three different rpms, such as 300 ... -
Investigation on Viscosity Behavior of Anionic Polyacrylamide Copolymer in Brine Solutions for Slickwater Fluids Applications at High Salinity and Hardness Conditions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Slickwater fluids, used to undertake fracturing in low-permeability reservoirs, may be derived from produced water consisting of a range of dissolved salts. The fluids are pumped downhole at high flowrates, and hence ... -
Conventional and Advanced Exergy and Exergoeconomic Assessment of an Optimized System Consisting of Kalina and Organic Rankine Cycles for Waste Heat Recovery
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The use of different technologies to recover the waste heat from various sources is receiving a wide currency worldwide. The current study proposes a Kalina-organic Rankine cycle (ORC)-based system in order to make use of ... -
The Impact of Carbon Capture Storage and Utilization on Energy Efficiency, Sustainability, and Production of an Offshore Platform: Thermodynamic and Sensitivity Analyses
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Oil and gas production in FPSOs (floating, production, storage, and offloading) faces a dual challenge: meeting variation in energy demand while decreasing its negative environmental impact. The present article integrates ... -
Multi-Objective Optimization of Lobed Enclosure for Wind Turbine Applications Using Gray Relation Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Lobed mixer wind turbines have the lobed mixer added around the turbine, enhancing the wind power compared to conventional wind turbines. This article aims to design a bare lobed mixer that satisfies the multi-objectives ... -
Performance Assessment of Solar Parabolic Trough Collector-Assisted Combined Organic Rankine Cycle and Triple Pressure Level Ejector-Absorption Refrigeration Cycle
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)A novel solar-assisted combined power and cooling system comprising a parabolic trough collector (PTC) assisted organic Rankine cycle (ORC) and ejector-absorption cooling cycle (EARC) is presented and analyzed in this ... -
A Comprehensive Review on Analytical Formulations of Wind Turbine Wake Models and Future Scope in the Development of Wind Farms of Assorted Configurations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Of late, the design and development of large and small wind farms are gaining importance to meet the growing energy demand. In this aspect, several wind turbine wake models have been proposed over the years, some of which ... -
Computational Optimization of a Spark Ignition Engine Fueled With Biomass-Derived Syngas
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)This article presents the computational optimization of a spark ignition engine fueled with biomass-derived syngas. KIVA 4 is used as simulation platform, where a three-dimensional model is implemented considering the valve ... -
Study of Diesel Spray Impinging Ignition and Combustion Characteristics Under Variable Ambient Densities Based on the Visualization Experiment
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The application of turbocharged intercooler direct injection (DI) diesel engine in large diesel vehicle transportation and construction machinery will be indispensable for a long time in the future. The extreme condition ... -
Fault Tolerant Robust Passivity-Based Control Design for a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Power Supply
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) best exploitation needs to be based on reliability and fault tolerant control. One of the issues to fulfill this objective is ensuring high reliability indexes of the associated ... -
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 ...