It is often assumed in practice that electricity cannot be stored, even though in reality the storage of electricity is technically feasible. The issue is not whether electricity can be stored, but whether it can be stored efficiently and economically. In this paper, we present some of the current storage technologies and discuss their applications within power markets. We focus on the use of s...

The presented article deals with the description of a numerical model of a corridor at a Central Interim Spent Fuel Storage Facility (hereinafter CISFSF). The model takes into account the effect of air flows on the temperature of stored waste. The computational model was implemented in the ANSYS/CFX programming environment in the form of a CFD task solution, which was compared with an approxima...

A collaborative effort between industry and government shows progress towards the goal of identifying productive natural fractures in gas reservoirs using seismic methods. Improved geological understanding of mature gas reservoirs in offshore Gulf of Mexico points towards unrecovered resource. A simple new technique to improve primary cement jobs has resulted in a 36 percent decrease in average...

The AECOO industry is highly fragmented; therefore, efficient information sharing and exchange between various players are evidently needed. Furthermore, the information about facility components should be managed throughout the lifecycle and be easily accessible for all players in the AECOO industry. BIM is emerging as a method of creating, sharing, exchanging and managing the information thro...

IKNO (Innovation and KNOwledge) is a proposal for a multi-user facility based on an electron storage ring optimized for the generation of coherent synchrotron radiation (CSR) in the terahertz frequency range, and of broadband incoherent synchrotron radiation ranging from the IR to the VUV. IKNO can be operated in an ultra-stable CSR mode with photon flux in the terahertz frequency region up to ...

Campylobacter outbreaks are rarely detected despite Campylobacter being the most common food-borne illness notified to public health authorities. We report a prolonged outbreak of Campylobacter occurring over a three month period at a training facility. Seventy-eight cases were detected, 16 of which were confirmed Campylobacter infections. In seven affected groups of people using the facility, ...