With the development of municipal modernization, the governance and supervision of municipal solid waste become more and more complicated. New supervision methods are required. From the perspective of big data chain, this paper designs the specific…
At present, the big data industry is developing rapidly in many fields around the world, and it brings opportunities for the transformation and upgradation of the traditional oil industry. The whole oil business chain is of large scale, and there are…
Biomass is an important source of renewable energy which is derived from the living mechanism such as photosynthesis of plant due to the lower contents of sulfur and nitrogen in the biomass. Pyrolysis is a technology that can directly produce a…
The authors have been proposing methods to dewater, and fractionate coal by using the sequential thermal solvent extraction. They have recently showed that the degradative extraction at around 350°C using a non-polar solvent such as…
Hydrogen, due to its high energy density and sustainability potential, is considered a leading chemical energy storage alternative to fossil fuels. Given the absence of natural sources of hydrogen, hydrogen has to be procured from substances such as…
The increase demand of power worldwide with high quality and sustainability, and the need of clean energy using renewable resources, had put a lot of challenges in modern power systems. Microgrid has the ability to overcome all these challenges with…
Pipeline is a common transportation mode in oil and gas industry. Erosion wear is one of the important factors leading to pipeline failure. In order to better analyze the erosion of the inner wall of t-tee pipe, the erosion of gas-solid two-phase…
In this paper, an experimental study was conducted using terahertz (THz) spectroscopy to assess the electromagnetic properties in the THz range of various materials that can be found in oil and gas fields. This includes the absorbance, transmittance,…
Wax deposition can cause serious problem to crude oil transportation especially in offshore transport pipelines. It is cause by the heat transfer between the crude oil and the surrounding if there is no or insufficient thermal insulation layer…
Oily sludge is widely produced in the processes of petroleum exploitation, storage, transportation, and refining, and becomes more stable during aging. The interfacial stability of aging oily sludge hinders the recovery and disposal of oil resources.…
Oily sludge is widely produced in the processes of petroleum exploitation, storage, transportation, and refining, and becomes more stable during aging. The interfacial stability of aging oily sludge hinders the recovery and disposal of oil resources.…
The easy detection of fouling in duct systems is a persistent problem and remains a relevant demand for the chemical, oil, food, and pharmaceutical industries. The fouling process is the slow unwanted layer deposition of heavy organic and other…
Fouling detection is a relevant problem for chemical, oil, food and pharmaceutical industries. Fouling consists of the deposition of heavy organic materials and other dissolved solids or in suspension in fluid transport system. The ultrasonic guided…
In this paper, an experimental study was conducted using terahertz (THz) spectroscopy to assess the electromagnetic properties in the THz range of various materials that can be found in oil and gas fields. This includes the absorbance, transmittance,…
Fouling detection is a persistent and relevant problem for the chemical, oil, food and pharmaceutical industries. The fouling process is the slow, unwanted layer deposition of heavy organic and other dissolved solid material out of transported fluids…
Sulfur transmission lines have been a continual challenge to the industry because of both the upper and lower temperature limits that are necessary for sulfur product quality. To pump the sulfur a minimum temperature is needed, but if heated to an…
In this paper, an electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) system for real-time measurement of solid contaminants in gas pipelines is presented. It consists of a ring of eight electrodes evenly distributed in the circular cross section of the probe.…
This paper suggests a new near-infrared (NIR)-based device to accurately measure the concentration of solid contaminants passing through gas-oil pipelines. It consists of a ring of NIR sources and receivers, which are evenly distributed across a…
Fouling detection is a relevant problem for chemical, oil, food and pharmaceutical industries. Fouling consists of the deposition of heavy organic materials and other dissolved solids or in suspension in fluid transport system. The ultrasonic guided…
Directly coupled converter-fed electric motors for oil & gas applications, especially for pipeline and process compressors, have become more common in recent years due to increased efficiency and precise process control. The pipeline industry is…
Pipeline health is crucial to the continuous and uninterrupted flow of oil, gas, or any liquid. Pipelines in the oil industry are critical, where any damage or loss in their integrity
Wax deposition can cause serious problem to crude oil transportation especially in offshore transport pipelines. It is cause by the heat transfer between the crude oil and the surrounding if there is no or insufficient thermal insulation layer…
Net plant efficiencies of fuel cell power plants, operated with natural gas fuel, are analyzed on the basis of expected fuel cell performance. A comparison of net plant efficiencies of three types of fuel cell power generation systems is discussed.…
Wax precipitation and deposition is one of the most important flow assurance problems in production and transportation of crude oil. A thermodynamic and experimental study is proposed for determination of wax deposition and study of its effect on…
During transshipment of dry bulk solids spillage from grabs regularly takes place due to several reasons. So far, the effect of this spillage on the water quality in ports is unknown. This research investigated the effect of commonly handled dry bulk…
Alaska's 720,000 people live in over 200 “energy islands” with no electricity grid connection to North America. Smaller communities have no road connection to each other, the rest of Alaska, or the continent. Most energy is imported: diesel for…
The authors have been proposing methods to dewater, and fractionate coal by using the sequential thermal solvent extraction. They have recently showed that the degradative extraction at around 350°C using a non-polar solvent such as…
Non-thermal plasma is an alternative technology of exploiting biomass for efficient production of value added energy carriers. In this study, plasma catalytic liquefaction (PCL) system is successfully developed to achieve rapid and efficient…
In the North American energy market, natural gas (NG) prices have been gradually decreasing during the past several years, primarily due to advances in shale gas extraction techniques. The availability of cheaper NG, while seen as an attractive…
In this paper, an experimental study was conducted using terahertz (THz) spectroscopy to assess the electromagnetic properties in the THz range of various materials that can be found in oil and gas fields. This includes the absorbance, transmittance,…
Through experimental studies on detection methods, influence factors and control measures of the fuel and fuel system microbial contamination, ways of detection, prevention and sterilization are analyzed.
Oily sludge is a common by-product of petroleum processing, storage and transport. It is currently treated to a minor extent before it is disposed of in a landfill. However as energy casts rise, and environmental impacts become of greater concern,…
The settlement of MSW landfill is remarkable in both during the filling process and after the covered landfill, it will bring disadvantages to man-made hill's preservation and the shape of esthetic appearance. The compression of the refuse soil is…
Alaska's 720,000 people live in over 200 “energy islands” with no electricity grid connection to North America. Smaller communities have no road connection to each other, the rest of Alaska, or the continent. Most energy is imported: diesel for…
New data are reported from powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) investigations of fractions obtained from separation of the bulk heptane-asphaltenes into subfractions using toluene-heptane mixtures. The latter indicate that when removing large parts of the…