Journal of Energy Resources Technology: Recent submissions
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Numerical Simulation of Liquid Droplet Coalescence and Breakup
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This paper studied the evolution of binary droplet collision in liquid and also a mathematical calculation method of coalescence time. Binary droplet collisions occur in many engineering applications; however, the accurate ... -
Mathematical Model of the Solar Pyrolysis of Biomass
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The paper presents a two-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of lab-scale fixed-bed pyrolytic reactor. The goal of the work was to verify assumptions regarding construction and operating parameters of the ... -
Improving Forecast Uncertainty Quantification by Incorporating Production History and Using a Modified Ranking Method of Geostatistical Realizations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The majority of the geostatistical realizations ranking methods disregard the production history in selection of realizations, due to its requirement of high simulation run time. They also ignore to consider the degree of ... -
The Transport Mechanisms and Dynamics of Shale via Multiscale Multiphysics Pore Network Modeling
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Source rocks such as shale are highly heterogeneous, consisting of organic matter and various inorganic minerals. Microscopic images suggest that microcracks serve as conduits for the gas released from organic nanopores. ... -
A Novel Model for Well Production Performance Estimate in Low-Permeability and Tight Reservoirs Considering Stress Sensitivity
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Stress sensitivity phenomenon is an important property in low-permeability and tight reservoirs and has a large impact on the productivity of production wells, which is defined as the effect of effective stress on the ... -
Numerical Modeling of the Behaviors of Sacrificial Polymers on Reducing Surfactant Loss
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The use of surfactants to alter the reservoir hydrocarbons affinity toward the injection fluids is an effective method to improve oil recovery for depleted reservoirs. However, the actual field applications of this technique ... -
Experimental Study of Premixed-Charge Compression Ignition Mode in Low Load Fueled With Butanol Isomers and Diesel Binary Fuels in a Common-Rail Diesel Engine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Low NOx and particulate matter (PM) emissions are simultaneously attempted to implement via an experimental study on diesel/butanol isomers binary fuels in premixed-charge compression ignition (PCCI) mode. N-butanol, ... -
Uncertainty Analysis of the Chemical Reactor Network Approach for Predicting the Pollutant Emissions in a Double-Swirl Combustor
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The purpose of this study is to predict the pollutant emissions generated within an aero-engine combustor model using the computational fluid dynamics-chemical reactor network (CFD-CRN) approach by modeling combustion in ... -
A Numerical Study to Investigate the Effect of Syngas Composition and Compression Ratio on the Combustion and Emission Characteristics of a Syngas-Fueled HCCI Engine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The purpose of this work is to investigate syngas composition (of constituents H2, CO, and CO2) and compression ratio (CR) effects on the combustion and emissions characteristics of a syngas-fueled homogenous charge ... -
Artificial Intelligence-Based Emission Reduction Strategy for Limestone Forced Oxidation Flue Gas Desulfurization System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The emissions from coal power plants have serious implication on the environment protection, and there is an increasing effort around the globe to control these emissions by the flue gas cleaning technologies. This research ... -
Development of a Geothermal-Based Integrated Plant for Generating Clean Hydrogen and Other Useful Commodities
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In this study, geothermal energy is considered as a renewable energy source to finally provide various useful outputs such as electricity, hydrogen, fresh and hot water, drying, heating, and cooling. In this regard, a new ... -
Experimental Evaluation of Geopolymer, Nano-Modified, and Neat Class H Cement by Using Diametrically Compressive Tests
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Cement is the prime barrier material to maintain zonal isolation during wellbore life-cycle. Different types of the cement have different performances on sealability. The primary objective of this study is evaluation of ... -
Turning Guide Vane Effect on Internal Cooling of Two-Passage Channel With Parallel Ribs
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The present work investigates the effects of various guide vane designs on the heat transfer enhancement of rotating U-duct configuration with parallel 45-deg ribs. The ribs were installed on the bottom wall of the channel, ... -
Capturing the Dynamic Stall in H-Type Darrieus Wind Turbines Using Different URANS Turbulence Models
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The occurrence of dynamic stall phenomenon in an H-type Darrieus wind turbine with low tip speed ratio (TSR) has been numerically investigated on a single-bladed rotor with NACA 0012 airfoil. The Reynolds number (Re) ∼105 ... -
Investigation of Liquid Breakup Process Solid Rocket Motor Part B: Vertical C-D Nozzle
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Aluminized propellants are frequently used in solid rocket motors (SRMs) to increase specific impulse. However, as the propellant combusts, the aluminum is oxidized into aluminum oxide (Al2O3), it agglomerates into molten ... -
Using Thermal Shock to Transform Thermal Energy Into Work
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This article discusses the use of thermal shock to transform thermal energy into work. A new concept in understanding the laws of conversion of thermal energy into mechanical energy is presented. The relevance of the ... -
Assessing Wellbore Stability With a Modified Lade Failure Criterion
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The importance of evaluating wellbore stability in analyzing and estimating the efficiency of drilling directionally into oil and gas reservoirs is well known. Geomechanical data and failure criterion can be used to model ... -
Visualized Experiments on Residual Oil Classification and Its Influencing Factors in Waterflooding Using Micro-Computed Tomography
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Pore-scale mechanism of the waterflooding process contributes to enhanced oil recovery, which has been widely emphasized in the petroleum industry. In this paper, pore-scale waterflooding experiments are carried out on ... -
Pore-Level Investigation of Heavy Crude Oil–Water/Chemicals Displacements in Heterogeneous Porous Media in the Presence of Ultrasounds
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Despite numerous studies, fundamental understanding of how pore-level displacements in heavy crude oil–water/chemicals systems are controlled by ultrasonic radiation is not well understood, especially for heterogeneous ... -
Experimental and Numerical Study on the Use of Guide Vanes in the Dilution Zone
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The importance of gas turbine blades is to convert the thermal energy into shaft work output, which makes the turbine blades as one of the critical components of the gas turbines. Besides the mechanical stresses caused by ...