designing drilling fluids for drilling in deep gas reservoirs and geothermal wells is a majorchallenge. cooling drilling fluids and preparing stable mud with high thermal conductivity are ofgreat concern. drilling nanofluids, i.e. a low fraction of carbon nanotube (cnt) well dispersed inmud, may enhance the mixture thermal conductivity compared to the base fluids. thus, they arepotentially usef...

heat and mass transfer, in this paper, is considered in one-row heat exchanger, that fins are hotter than air flow and water is added to fins. related governing equations are derived by analyzing a two-dimension model in a unique cell of a heat exchange. these equations are numerically solved by finite difference method. heat transfer and efficiency under partially wet surface are calculated by...

in this study multivariate statistical analysis are used to characterize relationships between hydrochemical properties ofthermal and non-thermal springs. four factors for thermal waters and two for non-thermal springs were extracted basedon factor analysis. in thermal springs, the first factor showed high loading on ca, mg, na and k and this factor wasinterpreted as leaching of cations in the ...

The abrasion is a significant issue, especially in machining of rigid steels. A functional and suitable approach for enhancing the heat transfer from machining area is using an intermediate fluid with higher heat transfer potential instead of common fluids. The objective of this experimental study is to discuss production, stability and thermal conductivity examination of water/graphene oxide n...

Thermal properties of compost bulking materials affect temperature and biodegradation during the composting process. Well determined thermal properties of compost feedstocks will therefore contribute to practical thermodynamic approaches. Thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, and volumetric heat capacity of 12 compost bulking materials were determined in this study. Thermal properties were...

acanthophyllum laxiusculum is one of the most widely distributed species of the genus in iran that flourishes in steppe and mountainous regions of the country. in the present study, water-soluble content of a. laxiusculum roots was extracted by boiling water and further successively purified partially by a defined solvent system. surface tension measurements revealed the ability of plant extrac...

The heat capacity of supercooled water, measured down to -37°C, shows an anomalous increase as temperature decreases. The thermal diffusivity, i.e., the ratio of the thermal conductivity and the heat capacity per unit volume, shows a decrease. These anomalies may be associated with a hypothesized liquid-liquid critical point in supercooled water below the line of homogeneous nucleation. However...

MODELING THE EFFECT OF WATER ACTIVITY ON THERMAL RESISTANCE OF SALMONELLA IN WHEAT FLOUR By Danielle F. Smith Salmonella is able to survive in low-moisture environments, is known to be more heat resistant as product water activity decreases, and recently has been implicated in several outbreaks and/or recalls associated with low-moisture foods. Therefore, the specific objectives were to: (1) Ev...

We performed a sequence of tests on a partially water-saturated sand sample contained in an x-raytransparent aluminum pressure vessel that is conducive to x-ray computed tomography (CT) observation. These tests were performed to gather data for estimation of thermal properties of the sand/water/gas system and the sand/hydrate/water/gas systems, as well as data to evaluate the kinetic nature of ...

In many reservoirs, after water flooding, a large volume of oil is still left behind. Hot water injection is the most basic type of thermal recovery which increase recovery by improved sweep efficiency and thermal expansion of crude.In the present work, the effects of injection rate and the temperature of the injected water were surveyed by using core flooding apparatus. Water flooding was perf...