Journal of Energy Resources Technology: Recent submissions
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Investigation of Liquid Breakup Process Solid Rocket Motor Part A: Horizontal Converging–Diverging Nozzle
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This paper presents a solid rocket motor (SRM), both experiment and simulation of alumina molten flow patterns using the cold flow case. The combustion of aluminum composite propellants in SRM chambers causes high-temperature ... -
Investigation of Horizontal Micro Kaplan Hydro Turbine Performance Using Multi-Disciplinary Design Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This study investigates performance-based design optimization for a Kaplan hydro turbine at a maximum water head of 2.6 m (8.5 ft), a micro-sized horizontal Kaplan turbine with 7.6 cm (3.0 in) diameter that has fixed blades ... -
Optimization-Based Energy Management Strategy for a 48-V Mild Parallel Hybrid Electric Power System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The application of a 48-V mild hybrid powertrain system is one of the eco-friendly technologies for global CO2 reduction in the present sector of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). It is well known that the energy management ... -
Performance of an Isobaric Hybrid Compressed Air Energy Storage System at Minimum Entropy Generation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Efficient, large-scale, and cost-effective energy storage systems provide a means of managing the inherent intermittency of renewable energy sources and drastically increasing their utilization. Compressed air energy storage ... -
A Numerical Study Toward Harvesting Power From Train Slipstream Using Savonius Rotor
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)A novel and strategic green energy production method that utilizes relative wind generated from moving vehicles is presented. A speeding train generates an enormous wake of wind around it, which stocks a substantial amount ... -
Special Issue: Contemporary Problems of Thermal Engineering (CPOTE 2018)
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This special issue of Journal of Energy Resources Technology presents selected scientific output of the 5th Conference on Contemporary Problems of Thermal Engineering CPOTE 2018, which was held on Sept. 18–21, 2018, in ... -
Demonstration Reactor System for the Indirect Solar-Thermochemical Reduction of Redox Particles—The Particle Mix Reactor
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In contrast to thermal receivers that provide heat for steam cycles, in solar thermochemistry often receiver-reactors are used, where materials undergo a reaction while being irradiated by concentrated sunlight. When applied ... -
Preliminary Design of an All-Ceramic Discrete-Structure Particle Heating Receiver
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Discrete structure particle heating receivers (DS-PHR), as used in concentrated solar power (CSP) systems, employ suitable discrete porous structures to intermittently halt the falling particles to control the speed and ... -
Pinch Point Analysis of Air Cooler in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycle Operating Over Ambient Temperature Range
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton power cycle is getting commercially attractive for power generation due to its numerous advantages like zero water discharge, compactness, and low environmental emission and potential ... -
Exergy Analysis of Heat Recovery Steam Generator: Effects of Supplementary Firing and Desuperheater
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Comprehensive exergy analysis of a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) with two levels of delivered pressure is presented. The effects of supplementary firing as well as desuperheater set-point are considered to evaluate ... -
The Influence of Structure on the Electrochemical and Thermal Response of Li-Ion Battery Electrodes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Advancement of lithium-ion batteries for transportation applications requires addressing two key challenges: increasing energy density and providing fast charging capabilities. The first of these challenges can be met using ... -
Exergy-Based Sustainability Analysis for Tile Production From Waste Plastics in Uganda
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This paper presents an exergy-based sustainability analysis of manufacturing roof tiles from plastic waste in Uganda. This work focuses specifically on the developing country context and on utilizing waste material. A ... -
Special Section: Symposium Dedicated to Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This special issue of Symposium Dedicated to Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies is devoted to the ASME 13th International Conference on Energy Sustainability held in Bellevue, WA, June 15–17, 2019. For more than ... -
Reviewer’s Recognition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The editor and editorial board of the ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology would like to thank all of our reviewers for volunteering their expertise and time reviewing manuscripts in 2019. We are grateful to all of ... -
Stabilized Water-Cut in Carbonate Naturally Fractured Reservoirs With Bottom Water With an Implication in Well Spacing Design for Recovery Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Maximum stabilized water-cut (WC), also known as ultimate water-cut in a reservoir with bottom-water coning, provides important information to decide if reservoir development is economical. To date, theory and determination ... -
Energy Harvesting Performance of Vertically Staggered Rectangle-Through-Holes Cantilever in Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvester
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Piezoelectric vibration energy harvesting technology has attracted significant attention for its applications in integrated circuits, microelectronic devices, and wireless sensors due to high power density, easy integration, ... -
Permeability and Effective Stress in Dipping Gas Shale Formation With Bedding—Experimental Study
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Shale gas well deliverability and economics depend on extremely low permeability that is not only dependent on the rock bedding trend but also controlled by in situ stresses. The purpose of this study was to determine ... -
A Simplified Two-Phase Flow Model for Riser Gas Management With Non-Aqueous Drilling Fluids
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Gas-in-riser events can lead to rapid unloading if not timely controlled in a proper manner. When gas influx enters a wellbore with non-aqueous muds (NAMs), the ability of gas being dissolved in NAMs increases the difficulty ... -
Characterizing Two-Stage Combustion Process in a Natural Gas Spark Ignition Engine Based on Multi-Wiebe Function Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The Wiebe function is a simple and cost-effective analytical approach to approximate the burn rates in internal combustion (IC) engines. Previous studies indicated that a double-Wiebe function model can better describe the ... -
Thermodynamic Cycle Analysis of an Automotive Internal Combustion Engine With the Characteristics of the Commercial BMW N54 Spark-Ignition Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)An analytical method is presented for the thermodynamic analysis of an automotive internal combustion engine with the characteristics of the commercial BMW N54 spark-ignition model. A 3-L displacement volume, six in-line ...