Carbon capture, utilization and storage technology (CCUS) is considered to be one of the most important technical pathways for greenhouse gas emission reduction. CO2 pipeline transportation technology in China started late, with more CO2 pipeline…
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…
In modern heat transfer systems, thermal storage not only causes the balance between demand and supply, but also improves the heat transfer efficiency in these systems. In the present study, a comprehensive review of the applications of micro- or…
Homogeneous ternary and quaternary molten nitrate salts with low melting points (110 C) with enhanced thermo-physical properties were synthesized for thermal energy storage media and heat transfer fluids. The ternary and quaternary molten salts were…
Water is an inorganic, non-flammable and easily available phase change material (PCM), which can be utilized for cold thermal energy storage (TES) application (melting point at 0C). Although water has a specific heat of about 4.18Jg1K1 and has…
Accurate prediction of thermophysical properties of compressed air is specifically crucial in optimal design and analyzing performance of a Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) system. In this regard, an advanced machine learning method, namely…
Concentrating solar power (CSP) plants have been widely commercialized for generating electricity from solar energy. Thermal energy storage (TES) systems have been deployed as a key component in CSP plants for resolving the supply-demand gap during…
Conventional thermal energy storage (TES) media and heat transfer fluids (HTFs) currently used in commercial concentrated solar power (CSP) plants are nitrate-based molten salts with working temperature up to about 565 C. Current interest in raising…
Phase Change Materials (PCMs) are used for thermal energy storage (TES) due to their high latent heat capacity. While inorganic PCMs have the ability to store large amounts of thermal energy (as they possess higher values of latent heat capacity)…
Reformer gas (syngas) addition to main fuel is a practical solution for combustion timing control in HCCI engines. This study emphasizes the understanding of various effects of reformer gas (RG) addition, with composition of 75%vol H2 and 25%vol CO,…
Homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion phasing control is one of the most difficult challenges of operating this new concept of combustion. In this study, a dimethyl ether (DME)/natural gas (NG) blend fuel HCCI engine is simulated…
Scope: This part of ISO 20765 specifies a method to calculate volumetric and caloric properties of natural gases, manufactured fuel gases, and similar mixtures, at conditions where the mixture may be in either the homogeneous (single-phase) gas…
Heat capacities of pure methane (1), propane (2) and n-heptane (3), and binary mixtures of (methane or propane + n-heptane) at n-heptane mole fractions of (0.070 to 0.750), were measured at temperatures (313 to 42) K and pressures (6.00 to 31.10) MPa…
As an unconventional, clean energy resource, natural gas hydrate is abundant and widely distributed in the subsea and permafrost area. Since the 1990s, permafrost and ocean hydrate production tests have been conducted successively by Canada, the…
By means of additional specific heat capacity and momentum source terms methods, the physical and mathematical models of the heat transfer process of waxy crude oil during its static cooling in the vault tank are established. Through the numerical…
By means of additional specific heat capacity and momentum source terms methods, the heat transfer characteristic of waxy crude oil during the gelatinization process in the floating roof tank is investigated by numerical simulation. A new kind of…
An additional specific heat capacity method and a momentum source method are used to establish a mathematical model to numerically simulate the three-dimensional heat transfer characteristics and flow characteristics of the horizontal…
The purpose of this attempt is mainly to investigate the thermal characteristics of waxy crude oil under periodic external temperature and to explore the extent of its impact. Additional specific heat capacity and momentum source terms methods are…
Phase Change Materials (PCMs) are used for thermal energy storage (TES) due to their high latent heat capacity. While inorganic PCMs have the ability to store large amounts of thermal energy (as they possess higher values of latent heat capacity)…
This paper deals with the analysis of hazards associated with accidental release of high pressure from gas-pipeline transportation system. Simplified equations which are related to the fluid properties, operating pressure, the diameter of pipeline,…
An additional specific heat capacity method and a momentum source method are used to establish a mathematical model to numerically simulate the three-dimensional heat transfer characteristics and flow characteristics of the horizontal…
The purpose of this attempt is mainly to investigate the thermal characteristics of waxy crude oil under periodic external temperature and to explore the extent of its impact. Additional specific heat capacity and momentum source terms methods are…
In industrial practice, tubular heating is known as an effective technology to ensure the security storage of waxy crude oil in the tank. Insights of the thermal and flow behaviors during the tubular heating is a key aspect to optimize the strategy…