Energetic autonomy of a hydraulic-based mobile robot requires a power source capable of both hydraulic and electrical power generation. The hydraulic power is used for locomotion, and the electric power is used for the control computer, sensors and other peripherals. In addition, the power source must be lightweight and quiet. This study presents several designs of internal combustion engine-ba...

This research adopts the quasi three-dimensional hydraulic design method for the impeller of high specific speed mixed-flow pump to achieve the purpose of verifying the hydraulic design method and improving hydraulic performance. Based on the two families of stream surface theory, the direct problem is completed when the meridional flow field of impeller is obtained by employing iterative calcu...

The University of Toledo University Transportation Center (UT-UTC) has identified hybrid vehicles as one of the three areas of the research. The activities proposed in this research proposal are directed towards the noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) solutions for hybrid vehicles. The soaring fuel prices require imperious steps in developing alternate propulsion technologies. The design and ...

plastic recycling is the process of recovering scrap or waste plastics and reprocessing thematerial into useful products that sometimes differ completely in form from their original state. an importantissue in plastic recovery and recycling is that plastic waste usually contains a variety of plastics that differ intheir physical and chemical properties. separation of recovered plastics into dis...

permeability is a property of porous medium that quantifies rock capacity to transmit fluids. frequently, core based permeability data are not available either because of the borehole conditions or due to the high cost of coring. for these reasons, over the years attempts have been made to estimate permeability by alternative ways. permeability is an elusive parameter in hydrocarbon reservoirs ...

The determination of permeability in heterogeneous and anisotropic reservoirs is a complex problem, because core samples and well test data are usually only available for limited number of wells. This paper presents hydraulic flow units and flow zone indicator for predicting permeability of rock mass from core and well log-data. The concept is applied to some uncored wells/intervals to predict ...

Groundwater sampling from open boreholes in fractured-rock aquifers is particularly challenging because of mixing and dilution of fluid within the borehole from multiple fractures. This note presents an alternative to traditional sampling in open boreholes with packer assemblies. The alternative system called ZONFLO (zonal flow) is based on hydraulic control of borehole flow conditions. Fluid f...

The development of most unconventional oil and gas resources relies upon subsurface injection of very large volumes of fluids, which can induce earthquakes by activating slip on a nearby fault. During the last 5 years, accelerated oilfield fluid injection has led to a sharp increase in the rate of earthquakes in some parts of North America. In the central United States, most induced seismicity ...

The macroscopic behaviour of air and water in porous media is often approximated using Richards' equation for the fluid saturation and pressure. This equation is parametrized by the hydraulic conductivity and water release curve. In this paper, we use homogenization to derive a general model for saturation and pressure in porous media based on an underlying periodic porous structure. Under an a...

Particles larger than a component's internal clearances are not necessarily dangerous. Particles the same size as the internal clearance cause damage through friction. But the most dangerous particles in the long-term are those that are smaller than the component's internal clearances. Particles smaller than 5 microns are highly abrasive. If present in sufficient quantities, these invisible 'si...