Journal of Energy Resources Technology: Recent submissions
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A Numerical and Experimental Study on the Effects of CO2 on Laminar Diffusion Methane/Air Flames
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Flue gas recirculation (FGR) is an effective method to reduce NOx emissions from the combustion of fuels, such as natural gas. Nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and water are the main components of flue gas. Nitrogen is an inert ... -
Pyrolysis of Delonix Regia and Characterization of Its Pyrolytic Products: Effect of Pyrolysis Temperature
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Pyrolysis of a rarely researched biomass feedstock, Delonix regia (DR), at different pyrolysis temperatures carried out in a tubular reactor at an atmospheric pressure of one bar. In addition to the fuel and physical ... -
Fuel Injection Strategy for Utilization of Mineral Diesel-Methanol Blend in a Common Rail Direct Injection Engine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Methanol fueled internal combustion (IC) engines have attracted significant attention due to their contributions in reducing environmental pollution and fossil fuel consumption. In this study, a single-cylinder research ... -
Thermodynamic Study on Blends of Hydrocarbons and Carbon Dioxide as Zeotropic Refrigerants
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Finding alternative refrigerants is of extreme importance to mitigate anthropogenic climate change. Among the next-generation refrigerants, hydrocarbons (HCs) are of technical interest because they are natural, efficient, ... -
Biodiesel Spray Characteristics and Their Effect on Engine Combustion and Particulate Emissions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Spray analysis is used to characterize the fuel spray evolution and spray shape, which affects in-cylinder combustion and particulate emission characteristics of compression ignition (CI) engines. In this study, spray ... -
Characteristics and Kinetic Analysis of Ignition for Different Gasoline Surrogate Fuel Models
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Based on the experimental and the calculated results, the differences and similarities of ignition characteristics for different gasoline surrogate fuels have been investigated in this paper. The results show that the ... -
Burning Resistance of Lignitic Coals Under Oxygen-Enriched Conditions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Oxygen-enriched air combustion of low-grade fuels with high inorganic matter is of great interest due to the efficient burning of such fuels and mitigation of emissions. For this purpose, this study aims to investigate the ... -
Modeling Absorbers in WFGD System and Prediction of SO2 Removal Rate Based on Size Parameters
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In this study, research was carried out on absorber (in and exit) in the wet flue gas desulfurization (WFGD) system of a local thermal power plant. WFGD plays a vital role in terms of environment since it includes water, ... -
Numerical Analysis of an Active Thermomagnetic Device for Thermal Energy Harvesting
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The abundance of low-grade waste heat necessitates energy harvesting devices to convert thermal energy to electrical energy. Through magnetic transduction, thermomagnetics can perform this conversion at reasonable efficiencies. ... -
Flame Stability in Inverse Coaxial Injector Using Repetitive Nanosecond Pulsed Plasma
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Recently, methane has been investigated as a feasible fuel for propulsion systems. The higher boiling point and higher density of methane, compared with hydrogen, makes its storage tank lighter, cheaper, and smaller to ... -
Thermoelectric Energy Storage Using Auxiliary Solar Thermal and Geothermal Energy
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Multi-megawatt thermoelectric energy storage (TEES) based on thermodynamic cycles is a promising alternative to pumped-storage hydroelectricity (PSH) and compressed air energy storage (CAES) systems. The size and cost of ... -
Vortex Tube Operational Temperature Regime
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)New temperature limits model of the Ranque–Hilsch vortex tube has been proposed within the presented paper. The model originates from the local compression/expansion and inner friction hypothesis anticipated to be responsible ... -
Design and Analysis of Energy-Efficient Low-Flow Centrifugal Compressors
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)With the increasing demands of energy-saving from industries, the low-flow coefficient and low specific speed centrifugal compressors have gained more attention. The design of this type of compressor faced many challenges, ... -
Hydro Energy Harvesting by Using Compliant Surfaces: Preliminary Experimental Assessment
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In this work consideration is given for hydro energy harvesting contained in residual water streams. The idea lies in the bifurcation of the stream into two channels separated by a compliant surface or membrane which, ... -
Numerical Fluid–Structure Interaction Analysis of a Wells Turbine With Flexible Blades
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Direct energy conversion from ocean waves requires some method of rectifying the oscillatory motion to produce a unidirectional output. The Wells turbine accomplishes this with horizontally mounted symmetric blades, which ... -
Self-Healing of Wind Turbine Blades by Pressurized Delivery of Healing Agent
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Self-healing is a promising way to solve the difficulty in wind turbine blades repair, yet the embedded healing agent may have a disadvantage because of being exposed to outdoor for a long time. Pressurized delivery of the ... -
Two-Dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics Study on the Performance of Twin Vertical Axis Wind Turbine With Deflector
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The offshore wind industry is undergoing a rapid development due to its advantage over the onshore wind farm. The vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) is deemed to be potential in offshore wind energy utilization. A design ... -
Thermoporoelastic Analysis of Artificially Fractured Geothermal Reservoirs: A Multiphysics Problem
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Geothermal systems are identified as either open-loop system (OLGS) or closed-loop systems (CLGS). In OLGS, fluid is produced from the subsurface, while there might be a concurrent fluid injection into the reservoir. The ... -
Detailed Hydrodynamic Study for Performance Optimization of a Combined Lift and Drag-Based Modified Savonius Water Turbine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)A combined lift and drag (CLD) Savonius water turbine is an advanced form of Savonius water turbine that has higher efficiency than the latter. However, its detailed hydrodynamic performance optimization is still unexplored, ... -
Turbulent Flames in Enclosed Combustion Chambers: Characteristics and Visualization—A Review
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Remarkable progress has been achieved in measuring the flame propagation rate accurately under laminar conditions, which can be used to predict turbulent flame propagation rates using some correlations fitted to experimental ...