This paper reports a plenary thermodynamic model of a novel solar system for water heating in buildings. Energy and exergy analyses are used to characterize the exergy destruction rate in any component and calculate system overall efficiency. The system consists of a solar evaporator, a heat exchanger to produce hot water, and an auxiliary pump. A computer simulation program using EES software ...

[1] Earthquake nucleation requires reduction of frictional strength = ( p) with slip or slip rate, where , n, and p are the friction coefficient, normal stress, and fluid pressure, respectively. For rate state at fixed ( p), instabilities can occur when d ss/dv < 0, where ss is the steady state friction and v is slip rate. Shear heating increases p and, if dilatancy and pore pressure diffusion ...

thermal recovery involves well-known processes such as steam injection (cyclic steam stimulation, steam drive, and steam-assisted gravity drainage), in situ combustion, and a more recent technique that consists of heating the reservoir with electrical energy. when high frequency is used for heating, it is called electromagnetic (em) heating. the applications of em heating for heavy-oil reservoi...

single-walled carbon nanotubes (swnts) with high yield and quality were synthesized using chemical vapor deposition (cvd) over co-mo/ mgo nanocatalyst in a fluidized bed reactor. different parameters such as temperature, the ratio of hydrocarbon source to hydrogen, the flow rate of gas, growth time, the size of catalyst particles, heating rate, and the kind of hydrocarbon source were examined t...