Journal of Energy Resources Technology: Recent submissions
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Influence of Equation-of-States on Supercritical CO2 Combustion Mixtures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Fossil fuel based direct-fired supercritical CO2 (sCO2) cycles are gaining the attention of industry, academia, and government due to their remarkable efficiency and carbon capture at high-source temperatures. Modeling ... -
A Comparative Study of Metaheuristic Techniques for the Thermoenvironomic Optimization of a Gas Turbine-Based Benchmark Combined Heat and Power System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This paper presents a comparative study of four metaheuristic techniques, namely, the particle swarm optimization (PSO), genetic algorithm (GA), simulated annealing (SA), and the harmony search (HS), used in thermoenvironomic ... -
The Impact of Critical Operational Parameters on the Performance of the Aluminum Anode Baking Furnace
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Minimizing energy consumption and reducing pollutant emissions during the carbon anode baking process are critically important for the aluminum industry. The present study investigates the effects of oxidizer inlet ... -
Design of a Multigenerational System With Absorption Cooling for a Residential Community: A Case Study
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In this paper, a multigeneration system is proposed, which utilizes geothermal energy and a lithium-bromide absorption cooling cycle. The proposed system is capable of providing electricity, heating, cooling, and domestic ... -
Effect of Buoyancy and Inertia on Viscoplastic Fluid–Fluid Displacements in a Regular and an Irregular Eccentric Annulus
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Casing strings and liners are important subsurface structural components in petroleum and in geothermal wells. After the casing string has been run in hole, it is cemented to the formation by pumping a sequence of spacer ... -
Sulfur and Nitrogen Release From Co-Pyrolysis of Coal and Biomass Under Oxidative and Non-Oxidative Conditions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This is an investigation on the effects of pyrolysis atmosphere on the conversion of biomass/coal blends to chars and volatile matter, and on the release of sulfur and nitrogen to the gas phase. Pulverized corn straw and ... -
Solar Chimney Power Plant Performance for Different Seasons Under Varying Solar Irradiance and Temperature Distribution
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)One of the most promising renewable energy sources is solar energy due to low cost and low harmful emissions, and from the 1980s, one of the most beneficial applications of solar energy is the utilization of solar chimney ... -
Computational Analysis of an Optimized Curved-Bladed Small-Scale Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This article aims to study numerically the effect of curvature of linear blade profile on the performance of small-scale horizontal axis wind turbine (SSHAWT). Rotors with two curvature types, f forward angles 5 deg, 10 ... -
Investigation of Supercritical Flow and Shape of Flip Bucket Spillways on Coefficients of Dynamic Pressure
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Pressure fluctuation is one of the major turbulent flow characteristics. It may cause crucial problems for hydraulic structures. This research is based on experimental studies, and it focuses on the measurements of pressure ... -
Physics-Based Rate of the Penetration Prediction Model for Fixed Cutter Drill Bits
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)The drilling process is one of the most important and expensive aspects of the oil and gas industry. Its economic feasibility is a direct relation to good planning that has high dependence on an accurate prediction of the ... -
Quantitative Assessment of Potassium Hydroxide Concentration in Oxyhydrogen Cell for Optimal Gasoline Fuel Engine Performance and Emissions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Oxyhydrogen gas (Brown gas (HHO)) can be an innovative venue for cleaner energy in the auto industry. The effect of potassium hydroxide (KOH) concentration in an electrolyte solution of HHO fuel cell on GK200 Honda ... -
Annular Frictional Pressure Losses for Drilling Fluids
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)In the paper, it is demonstrated how a Herschel–Bulkley fluid model, where the parameters are selected from relevant shear rate range of the flow and are parametrically independent, can be used for pressure loss calculations. ... -
Improvement of Displacement Efficiency in Heavy Oil Reservoirs With Enzyme
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)In this study, a systematical technique has been developed to experimentally and numerically evaluate the displacement efficiency in heavy oil reservoirs with enzyme under different conditions. First, dynamic interfacial ... -
Study on the Unplugging Technology Through Electric Explosion Controllable Shock Wave
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)For the increasing well plugging in oilfield development, a new unplugging technology is presented in this paper for the downhole plugging by using high voltage pulse wave. Based on the mechanism analysis, the circuit ... -
A New Low-Damage Drilling Fluid for Sandstone Reservoirs With Low-Permeability: Formulation, Evaluation, and Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Drilling-induced formation damage is the key factor dominating the failure of the development of hydrocarbon reservoirs with low-permeability (i.e., tight formation). In this paper, a new low-damage drilling fluid was ... -
The Effect of Dissolved Cavern on the Fracture Propagation in Vuggy Carbonate Reservoir
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The acid-fracturing is applied wildly to simulate the formation in vuggy carbonate reservoirs. But it does not figure out clearly the mechanism of fracture propagation while fracture encountering dissolved cavern, and there ... -
Gas and Water Rate Forecasting of Coalbed Methane Reservoirs Based on the Rescaled Exponential Method
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The traditional production data analysis (PDA) techniques for gas wells largely relied on the implement of pseudo-functions and related type curve methods. Recently, Ye and Ayala (2012 “A Density Diffusivity Approach for ... -
A Semi-Analytical Model Based on the Volumetric Source Method to Predict Acid Injection Profiles of Horizontal Wells in Carbonate Reservoirs
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Acid treatment is an important measure to improve production for horizontal wells of carbonate reservoirs. Acid injection profile of horizontal wells (AIPHWs) is the most critical indicator of the success of the acidification. ... -
Syngas Characteristics From Catalytic Gasification of Polystyrene and Pinewood in CO2 Atmosphere
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Syngas production from catalytic gasification of polystyrene and pinewood in CO2 atmosphere was investigated over Ni-Mg/Al2O3 catalyst in a fixed-bed reactor at 900 °C. A quasi in situ method was adopted for catalytic ... -
Thermodynamic Assessment of Membrane-Assisted Premixed and Non-Premixed Oxy-Fuel Combustion Power Cycles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)This study focuses on the investigations of gas turbine power generation system that works on oxy-combustion technology utilizing membrane-assisted oxygen separation. The two investigated systems are (i) a premixed ...