Journal of Energy Resources Technology: Recent submissions
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Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Performance of a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Based on the Magnetic Levitation Concept
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)In this research, a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) with a Magnetic Levitation (Maglev) design was fabricated and tested. Numerical simulations were conducted to predict the magnetic flux distribution and generated voltage ... -
Impact of Integration of the Production Systems and Reservoir of a Benchmark Based on Carbonate Fields
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Integrating production system and reservoir is used in several studies of offshore oilfield development and management for improved production forecasts through more realistic boundary conditions. This study evaluates the ... -
Statistical Methods to Improve the Quality of Real-Time Drilling Data
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The age of easy oil is ending, and the industry started drilling in remote unconventional conditions. To help produce safer, faster, and most effective operations, the utilization of artificial intelligence and machine ... -
Localization of Thermal Wellbore Defects Using Machine Learning
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Defect detection and localization are key to preventing environmentally damaging wellbore leakages in both geothermal and oil/gas applications. In this study, a multistep, machine learning approach is used to localize two ... -
Model Regeneration Scheme Using a Deep Learning Algorithm for Reliable Uncertainty Quantification of Channel Reservoirs
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Reservoir characterization is one of the essential procedures for decision makings. However, conventional inversion methods of history matching have several inevitable issues of losing geological information and poor ... -
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Machine Learning Technologies in Improving Real-Time Drilling Data Quality
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Due to high demand for energy, oil and gas companies started to drill wells in remote environments conducting unconventional operations. In order to maintain safe, fast, and more cost-effective operations, utilizing machine ... -
An Experimental Study on Efficient Demulsification for Produced Emulsion in Alkaline/Surfactant/Polymer Flooding
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Tertiary oil recovery technologies, for example, alkaline/surfactant/polymer (ASP) flooding, can enhance oil recovery as an important oil displacement technology noteworthy in the present oilfields. However, it is the fact ... -
Performance Enhancement and Emission Control of a Direct Injection-Diesel Engine Using a Self-Rotating Injection Strategy—A Numerical and Experimental Study
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Fuel injection system influences the spray characteristics to achieve faster combustion and better control over emissions. The combination of orifice number, diameter, injection duration, and rotation is suggested for ... -
Recognition of Distributed Combustion Regime From Deep Learning
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Swirl-assisted distributed combustion was examined using a deep-learning framework. High intensity distributed combustion was fostered from a 5.72 MW/m3 atm thermal intensity swirl combustor (with methane fuel at equivalence ... -
Initial Results on a New Light-Duty 2.7-L Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition Multi-Cylinder Engine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Gasoline compression ignition (GCI) is a cost-effective approach to achieving diesel-like efficiencies with low emissions. The fundamental architecture of the two-stroke Achates Power Opposed-Piston (OP) Engine enables GCI ... -
Effects of Backpressure on the Performance of Internal Combustion Engine and Automobile Exhaust Thermoelectric Generator
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The maximum generated power of automobile exhaust thermoelectric generator (AETEG) can be enhanced by applying inserted fins to its heat exchanger, because the temperature difference of thermoelectric modules (TEMs) is ... -
Design and Cost Study of Improved Scaled-Up Centrifugal Particle Receiver Based on Simulation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)A numerical model of the CentRec® receiver has been developed and validated using the measurement data collected during the experimental test campaign of the centrifugal particle system at the solar tower Jülich. The model ... -
Electrical and Optical Characterization Methodologies for Advanced Spark Ignition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Due to the high transiency and high voltage characteristics of spark ignition (SI), precise measurements are in demand for efficient ignition in future clean combustion engines. The practical challenges of SI systems arise ... -
Adsorption Beds: The Significance of Thermodynamic Properties and Particle Size on System-Level Heat Pump Performance
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The performance of an adsorption heat pump is a function of the equilibrium uptake and diffusion resistances of a particular system, which determines the refrigerant throughput during a cycle. Previous studies have sought ... -
Performance Analysis of a Novel Cascade Vapor Compression System for Small-Scale Desalination and Cooling
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The demand for improving living standards has led to increasing freshwater consumption and comfort cooling, requiring significant performance improvements. In this regard, a novel and efficient cascade refrigeration system ... -
Wind Tunnel Probe Into an Array of Small-Scale Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbines Operating at Low Tip Speed Ratio Conditions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)In recent times, the small wind farms consisting of small-scale horizontal-axis wind turbines (SHAWTs) have emerged as suitable candidates for electric power generation. In view of this, an experimental study on the arrays ... -
Experimental and Numerical Assessments of the Effects of Vacuum and Solar Film on the Performance of a Low Concentration Eccentric Solar Collector
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Low concentration collectors are usually recommended for water heating and refrigeration systems. The literature reveals lack of information on numerical modeling, experimental data, and thermal performance of eccentric ... -
Analysis of Low- and High-Temperature Heat Release in Dual-Fuel RCCI Engine and Its Relationship With Particle Emissions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)This study presents the influence of low-temperature heat release (LTHR) and high-temperature heat release (HTHR) on the combustion and particle number characteristics of the RCCI engine. The study investigates the ... -
Application of Various Machine Learning Techniques in Predicting Water Saturation in Tight Gas Sandstone Formation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Water saturation (Sw) is a vital factor for the hydrocarbon in-place calculations. Sw is usually calculated using different equations -
Investigation of Influential Parameters on Oil/Water Interfacial Tension During Low-Salinity Water Injection
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Injecting low-salinity water has proved to be an efficient displacement process in oil reservoirs, owing to its ability to modify the properties at the fluid-rock and fluid-fluid interfaces in favor of mobilizing more oil. ...