Vanadium sesquioxide (V2O3) is a promising electrode material for lithium-ion batteries and beyond, yet it encounters structural and cyclic instability issues. Although advances have been made with diverse material combination prototypes, the…
Organic redox polymers have received increasing attention as battery electrode materials due to their low toxicity and the possibility to produce them from renewable resources or petroleum. Phenothiazine is a redox-active group with highly reversible…
The sequential excavation method (SEM) is extremely useful for excavating caverns with high sidewalls and large spans. A new SEM for excavating large-scale underground water-sealing oil storage caverns and protecting groundwater level is proposed.…
Flexible electronic devices (FEDs) based on hydrogels are attracting increasing interest, but the fabrication of hydrogels for FEDs with adhesiveness and high robustness in harsh-temperature conditions and long-term use remains a challenge. Herein,…
In this study, oil production and retention were observed and compared in 72 reservoir simulation cases, after which an economic analysis for various CO2 and oil prices was performed. Reservoir simulation cases comprise different combinations of…
The continual increase in energy demand and inconsistent supply have attracted attention towards sustainable energy storage/conversion devices, such as electrochemical capacitors with high energy densities and power densities. Perovskite oxides have…
Carbon dioxide storage in geological formations is one of the mature strategies developed for controlling global warming. This paper represents a comprehensive experimental and geochemical modeling study to analyze CO2-brine-rock interactions in a…
Clean energy resources, like wind, have a stochastic nature, which involves uncertainties in the power system. Introducing energy storage systems (ESS) to the network can compensate for the uncertainty in wind plant output and allow the plant to…
Phase change materials (PCMs) provide a state-of-the-art thermal energy storage capability and offer enormous potential for solar energy storage systems. However, the widespread adaptation of PCMs in advanced energy systems is often limited by low…
Carbon capture and storage is considered as an amelioration technique to address the increasing level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Depleted oil and gas reservoirs are potential candidates for the long sequestration of the captured carbon…
An understanding of fault seal is crucial for assessing the storage capacity and containment risks of CO2 storage sites, as it can significantly affect the projects on across-fault and along-fault migration/leakage risk, as well as reservoir pressure…
Solidified natural gas technology shows significant potential for storing safely multi-fold volumes of natural gas in clathrate hydrates, but the main concern is the stochastic and slow process of hydrate nucleation making it unstable and…
In the process of CO2 geological sequestration, there is a risk that CO2 will leak into groundwater, resulting in a series of physical and chemical reactions, with influence on chemical compositions of groundwater. In this work, numerical simulation…
Now, many users have stored files on multiple clouds, and sometime, a large number of files are migrated between clouds. Because cloud providers and cloud servers are not entirely trusted, the corruption of user's files event occur from time to time…
Storage of cellulose solution can be practically ineluctable before it is manufactured into various regenerated products (e.g., fibers, films), especially in the case of industrial production. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the effect of…
This study was aimed to optimize mixtures of ashwagandha powder and giloy powder along with wheat flour for the production of sponge cake. Ashwagandha powder and giloy powder were applied 2 to 5% and 5 to 8%, and yogurt was used as fat-replacer 50%.…
This study proposes the application of basalt powder (BP) as a supplementary cementitious material (SCM) in cement formulations for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) wells. From experimental results, we identified that the BP can be characterized as a…
Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) is considered a major part of the Portuguese strategy for reducing CO2 emissions. Some industrial sectors, the most prominent being the cement sector, require the implementation of CO2 storage to reach…
Hydrogen is a clean fuel that can potentially revolutionize the energy supply chain and decarbonize fuel consumption. However, a key hurdle that needs to be overcome before a full-scale hydrogen economy can be established is hydrogen storage which is…
A silicon microparticulate material (SiMP) used as the anode for lithium-ion batteries promises higher volumetric capacity and less interfacial reactions than its costly nanoparticulate counterpart. However, what mostly hinders its practical use is…
Conversion/alloying anode materials exhibiting high K storage capacities suffer from large volume variations and unstable electrode/electrolyte interfaces upon cycling. Herein, taking SnS/reduced graphene oxide (SnS/rGO) anodes as an example, the…
The nanocomposites of tungsten oxide and cadmium sulfide (WO3-nCdS) with different mass ratios (n = 0 %, 5 %, 15 %, 30 % and 100 %) of CdS in WO3 were synthesized by pulsed laser ablation in liquid (PLAL). Anchoring of CdS on WO3 brought about…
Energy storage is a critical issue and it becomes increasingly vital due to rapidly diminishing of fossil fuels and as renewable energy resources are currently intermittent. The thermal energy storage is the dawn of thermal management field. The lack…
In this study, experimental and mathematical studies were carried out to investigate heavy oil production performance using the carbon dioxide (CO2) huff-n-puff process, as well as the potential of CO2 storage in abundant reservoirs. Five experiments…
N-doping can endow carbon materials with high electrochemical activity. Besides the widely validated sp2-hybridized nitrogen doping, sp-hybridized nitrogen (sp-N) atoms are also expected to be new active sites. However, both sp-N atoms and cyano (CN)…
Oil-water stratification is an inevitable phenomenon in the petroleum industry. The present study describes stratified oil-water draining from a square tank through a 9 mm diameter drain pipe. The purpose of this study is to understand the flow…
Several studies have been performed to model the storage and transport in organic matter present in shale gas. However, the unconventional formation does not only contain organic matter but also inorganic mineral matrix. The studies necessitated by…
Oxide perovskites have emerged as an important class of materials with important applications in many technological areas, particularly thermocatalysis, electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, and energy storage. However, their implementation faces…
Underground water-sealed storage cavern is an important way for petroleum strategic reserve in China, which owns lots of outstanding advantages, such as low operating costs, high safety, and land resource conservation. As the major structure in…
Algerian crude oil displays a marked propensity for asphaltene precipitation, leading to solid deposits during extraction, transportation, and storage. The relationship between precipitation and chemical composition is unclear
The proceedings contain 236 papers. The topics discussed include: transport behavior of liquid hydrocarbon in shale matrix with mixed wettability nanopores
Helium-3, a potential fusion fuel which is widely deposited in the lunar regolith, may act as a leading role in the future energy supply. Despite abundant investigations of the lunar regolith properties, the research of the transport behavior of…
The acoustic emission testing standards ASTM E1930, BS EN 15856, JB/T 10764 and Q/SY GD 0211 for atmospheric storage tank are compared and analysed. Combined with production practice, the revision direction and reference suggestions of acoustic…
Novel cement based mortars containing bottom ash (BA) and phase change material (PCM) as thermal energy storing material were developed for thermal controlling of buildings. Form-stable BA/Capric-Stearic (C-S) acid eutectic mixture composite was…
The proceedings contain 52 papers. The topics discussed include: impact of CO2 specifications on design and operation challenges of CO2 transport and storage systems in CCUS
Ion storage structure widely exists in organisms, which is used to harvesting energy in environment and converting it into ion concentration gradient to maintain complex life activities. The construction of ion storage structures relies on isolating…
The effects of operating pressure and ground stress on the seepage parameters (permeability and porosity) of surrounding rock and stability and tightness of salt cavern have been investigated, and a method is proposed for safe operating pressure…
Ultrasonic microwave-assisted vacuum frying (USMVF) process was investigated to achieve better process efficiency and shorten the frying time and improve the quality of fried edamame at lower frying temperature. Kinetics of oil uptake in vacuum…
The microscopic understanding of adsorption and storage of CO2 in minerals is of great significance for large-scale geological storage of CO2. The behaviors of the H2O CO2 system absorbed on the kaolinite surfaces with oscillating and static…
The article presents an assessment of the effective use of directional wells as a way to increase the productivity of underground gas storage. It analyzes the solutions to the problem of gas inflow to a horizontal well based on the use of a flat…
Power fluctuations caused by Photovoltaics (PV) prevent the penetration of large-scale PV power into the grid as it causes multiple instabilities such as frequency deviations, voltage fluctuations, and decreased output power quality. Additionally, it…
One of the current prospective solutions that can contribute to significant carbon dioxide emission mitigation is carbon capture and storage in geological formations. The most challenging issue in underground storage is the provision of safe and…
Uses of Internet of things (IoT) devices and sensors have increased to a great extent in recent years. In order to facilitate computational and storage needs of low powered end devices for time-sensitive applications such as data analytic, which use…
Hydrogen is presently evaluated as a clean fuel to mitigate anthropogenic CO2 emissions and reduce the greenhouse gas effect. However, one of the major challenges for implementing a full hydrogen economy is hydrogen storage (as hydrogen is highly…
In the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, there is a huge gap in the capacity of natural gas peak regulation. Due to the influence of fault development and complex structure in Jizhong Depression, the evaluation of fault sealing ability is the top…
Some emerging countries, such as Brazil, have large remaining natural gas resources but relatively poor infrastructure to monetize it. When most of the natural gas extraction derives from associated gas, this results in high reinjection rates in…
Geomechanical evaluation of CO2 underground disposal is complex and can be even more challenging in coal reservoirs due to natural fractures and combined effects of multi-component transport. The objective of the research work presented in this paper…
Kitchen waste (KW) can be regarded not only as waste, but as a kind of resource, which is composed of a large amount of energetic and nutritional ingredients. KW derived hydrochar (KWHC) is the carbonaceous materials obtained through the hydrothermal…
CO2 sequestration is a process for eternity with a possibility of zero-degree failure. Monitoring, Measurement and Verification (MMV) planning of CO2 sequestration is crucial along with geological site selection, transportation and injection process.…