Journal of Energy Resources Technology: Recent submissions
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Design of a 1 MWth Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Primary Heat Exchanger Test System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)A new generation of concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies is under development to provide dispatchable renewable power generation and reduce the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) to 6 cents/kWh by leveraging heat ... -
Carbon Dioxide Bubbles Removal by Capillary Actuation in the Anode Channel of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)On the anode side of a direct-methanol fuel cell, carbon dioxide bubbles are generated as a result of the methanol oxidation reaction. The accumulation of such bubbles prevents methanol from reaching the diffusion layer ... -
A Techno-Economic Analysis of Solar-Driven Atmospheric Water Harvesting
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Water may be produced from atmospheric humidity anywhere on Earth; however, current approaches are energy-intensive and costly, thus limiting the deployment of atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) technologies. A system-level ... -
Feasibility Study of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Compressed Renewable/Natural Gas Vehicles in Canada
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Concerns about environmental degradation and finite natural resources necessitate cleaner sources of energy for use in the transportation sector. In Canada, natural gas (NG) is currently being appraised as a potential ... -
A Techno-Economic Assessment of Syngas Production by Plasma Gasification of Municipal Solid Waste as a Substitute Gaseous Fuel
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)The updraft plasma gasification process of different municipal solid wastes (MSWs) to produce syngas as a substitute gaseous fuel was assessed from a techno-economic viewpoint. The plasma gasification process was modeled ... -
Optimization of Managed Drawdown for a Well With Stress-Sensitive Conductivity Fractures: Workflow and Case Study
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The effect of bottomhole-pressure (BHP) drawdown schedule on the well performance is generally attributed to the stress sensitivity in propped finite-conductivity fractures. The purpose of this work is to develop a detailed ... -
A New Methodology of Production Performance Prediction for Strong Edge-Water Reservoir
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Material balance is a basic principle in reservoir engineering, which is still used as a quick and easy analytical tool for reservoir evaluation. In this article, a new methodology of production performance prediction for ... -
Investigation on Tripping in Magnetic Generator in Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage Wells Based on Numerical Simulation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Magnetic Guidance Technology can meet the precise measurement requirements when drilling steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) oil wells. Magnetic generator is a key part in the Magnetic Guidance Technology. When magnetic ... -
New Treatment for Improving the Productivity of Shale Reservoirs Using Thermochemical Fluids
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Shale reservoirs are characterized with very low productivity due to the high capillary pressure and the ultra-low rock permeability. This article presents an effective treatment to improve the hydrocarbon productivity for ... -
Evaluation of the Pore Structure Variation During Hydraulic Fracturing in Marine Shale Reservoirs
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Hydraulic fracturing becomes a necessary method to exploit shale gas, and the imbibition behavior of fracturing fluid can cause the pore structure variation. At present, the evaluation of this variation has less been ... -
Laboratory Investigation on Oil Increment and Water Cut Control of CO2, N2, and Gas Mixture Huff-n-Puff in Edge-Water Fault-Block Reservoirs
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Excessive water production is a common matter that seriously affects production efficiency during the development of edge-water fault-block reservoirs. Gas huff-n-puff is an effective water shutoff technology that has the ... -
Modeling Study on Reviving Abandoned Oil Reservoirs by In Situ Combustion Without CO2 Production While Recovering Both Oil and Heat
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)A large number of oil wells have been or will be abandoned around the world. Yet, a very large amount of oil and energy is left behind inside the rocks in abandoned reservoirs because of technological and economic limitations. ... -
Use of Mathematical Model to Predict the Maximum Permissible Stage Injection Time for Mitigating Frac-Driven Interactions in Hydraulic-Fracturing Shale Gas/Oil Wells
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Frac-driven interactions (FDIs) often lead to sharp decline in gas and oil production rates of wells in shale gas/oil reservoirs. How to minimize the FDI is an open problem in the oil and gas industry. Xiao et al.’s (2019, ... -
Influence of Low Ambient Temperatures on the Exhaust Gas and Deposit Composition of Gasoline Engines
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)To comply with future emission regulations for internal combustion engines, system-related cold start conditions in short-distance traffic constitute a particular challenge. Under these conditions, pollutant emissions are ... -
An Automated Machine Learning-Genetic Algorithm Framework With Active Learning for Design Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)The use of machine learning (ML)-based surrogate models is a promising technique to significantly accelerate simulation-driven design optimization of internal combustion (IC) engines, due to the high computational cost of ... -
Effects of Oxygenated Biomass Fuels on the Performance of Diesel Engine and After-Treatment System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Oxygenated biomass fuels have attracted significant attention due to their contributions in reducing environmental pollution and fossil fuel consumption. In view of stricter emission regulations, the use of these alternative ... -
Analysis of Energy Savings and CO2 Emission Reduction Contribution for Industrial Facilities in USA
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Energy audits can identify energy consumptions, energy costs of the facility and evolve to develop measures to maximize efficiency, optimize supply energy, and eliminate waste. This paper investigates the potential energy ... -
Large Eddy Simulation on the Effects of Coal Particles Size on Turbulent Combustion Characteristics and NOx Formation Inside a Corner-Fired Furnace
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The effects of pulverized coal particles’ sizes on the coal combustion characteristics are numerically studied in a laboratory-scale tangentially fired furnace. The turbulent gas flow and the coal particle motion are solved ... -
A Numerical Study to Control the Combustion Performance of a Syngas-Fueled HCCI Engine at Medium and High Loads Using Different Piston Bowl Geometry and Exhaust Gas Recirculation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This study aims to analyze the effect of piston bowl geometry on the combustion and emission performance of the syngas-fueled homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engine, which operates under lean air–fuel mixture ... -
Applying a Theta-Krill Herd Algorithm to Energy Management of a Microgrid Considering Renewable Energies and Varying Weather Conditions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Recently, researchers have shown an increased interest in using renewable-based distributed generations (DGs) in microgrids (MGs). Therefore, the economic operation of MGs plays a vital role in reducing total daily costs ...