Hawraa S. Mohammed^*, Mahmoud A. Mashkour

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.9, pp. 2329-2343, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.026890 - 16 May 2023

Abstract This study considers the effect of Eichhornia Crassipes Biodiesel (ECB) blends on the performances, combustion, and emission characteristics of a direct injection compression ignition engine operated in a dual-fuel mode (DFM) and equipped with an Exhaust gas recirculation technique (EGR). In particular, a single-cylinder, four-stroke, water-cooled diesel engine was utilized and four modes of fuel operation were considered: mode I, the engine operated with an ordinary diesel fuel; mode II, the engine operated with the addition of 2.4 L/min of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and 20% EGR; mode III, 20% ECB with 2.4 L/min LPG… More >

Ramzy S. Hamied^1,*, Anwar N. Mohammed Ali¹, Khalid A. Sukkar²

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.8, pp. 2027-2039, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.027312 - 04 April 2023

Abstract The process of transporting crude oil across pipelines is one of the most critical aspects of the midstream petroleum industry. In the present experimental work, the effect of temperature, pressure drop, and pipe diameter on the flow rate of heavy crude oil have been assessed. Moreover, the total discharge and energy losses have been evaluated in order to demonstrate the improvements potentially achievable by using solar heating method replacing pipe, and adjusting the value of the initial pressure difference. Crude oil of API = 20 has been used for the experiments, with the studied pipelines sections… More > Graphic Abstract

Gul Freen¹, Sajida Kousar¹, Nasreen Kausar², Dragan Pamucar³, Georgia Irina Oros^4,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.3, pp. 4861-4879, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.032985 - 28 December 2022

Abstract The petroleum industry has a complex, inflexible and challenging supply chain (SC) that impacts both the national economy as well as people’s daily lives with a range of services, including transportation, heating, electricity, lubricants, as well as chemicals and petrochemicals. In the petroleum industry, supply chain management presents several challenges, especially in the logistics sector, that are not found in other industries. In addition, logistical challenges contribute significantly to the cost of oil. Uncertainty regarding customer demand and supply significantly affects SC networks. Hence, SC flexibility can be maintained by addressing uncertainty. On the other… More >

S. Dilip Kumar^1,*, T. V. Sivasubramonia Pillai²

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.41, No.1, pp. 19-33, 2022, DOI:10.32604/csse.2022.019366 - 08 October 2021

Abstract Fuel is a very important factor and has considerable influence on the air quality in the environment, which is the heart of the world. The increase of vehicles in lived-in areas results in greater emission of carbon particles in the environment. Adulterated fuel causes more contaminated particles to mix with breathing air and becomes the main source of dangerous pollution. Adulteration is the mixing of foreign substances in fuel, which damages vehicles and causes more health problems in living beings such as humans, birds, aquatic life, and even water resources by emitting high levels of… More >

Shunde Yin¹, Leo Rothenburg¹, Maurice B. Dusseault¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.19, No.2, pp. 111-120, 2007, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2007.019.111

Abstract Subsidence problem is of great importance in petroleum engineering and environmental engineering. In this paper, we firstly apply a hybrid Displacement Discontinuity-FEM modeling to this classic problem: the evaluation of subsidence over a compacting oil reservoir. We use displacement discontinuity method to account for the reservoir surrounding area, and finite element methods in the fully coupled simulation of the reservoir itself. This approach greatly reduces the number of degrees of freedom compared to an analyzing fully coupled problem using only a finite element or finite difference discretization. More >