Shortand long-term ground deformation at the cyclic steam stimulation (CSS) enhanced oil recovery sites in the Cold Lake region of Alberta, Canada, was measured with RADARSAT-2 differential interferometric synthetic aperture radar (DInSAR) during 2011–2016. The interferometric processing of 84 highresolution spotlight images revealed extensive short-term ground uplift and subsidence greater tha...

1. ABSTRACT: The US Military needs reliable, secure, and low-environmental impact sources of base and shore power for its installations. US Navy ships need generating systems for main propulsion, on-board power, catapults, heat/air conditioning, and other applications. These needs can be met with a unique, drive-gas generator that produces a high enthalpy mixture of high purity steam and carbon...

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...

Integrated solar thermal steam generation and heavy-oil recovery projects have garnered interest because of their ability to decrease the variability of steam generation costs arising from fluctuations in natural gas prices as well as life-cycle carbon dioxide emissions. The viability of a solar thermal steam generation system (with and without natural gas back-up) for thermal enhanced oil reco...

In the era of coal power station phase-out, natural gas fired combined cycle will drive energy transition towards sustainable generation. a panorama strong requirement for grid flexibility and non-dispatchable renewable penetration, survival thermal plant is strictly linked with operating successfully in compensating fluctuating production through flexible The Italian case taken as reference, c...

gas turbines play an important role in supplying power for the country especially in peak electricity load. the main disadvantages are the turbines, they produce large changes are a result of climate change. however, in times of peak electricity grid and at the same time warm months, can produce gas turbines under the effect of ambient temperature, the amount of reduced considerably. the method...

The most widely applied methods to unlock heavy oil and natural bitumen resources in the world are still based on steam injection techniques. Improving efficiency of hydrothermal processes poses a great challenge. co-injection various additives is practiced lower steam-to-oil ratio (SOR), viscosity alteration improve properties. Organic solvents, non-condensable gases, air surfactants preferred...

Steam-water capillary pressure is of central importance in geothermal reservoir engineering, however it is still poorly known due to the difficulty making direct measurements. To this end, we have conducted experimental and theoretical studies over the past five years and have made significant progress in understanding fundamental steamwater flow. In this paper, we summarize and discuss the res...

An integrated solar combined cycle (ISCC) is analyzed at "off-design" operating conditions. Using the principles of thermodynamics heat and mass transfer a computer code is developed in FORTRAN programming language to simulate the system’s hourly performance under steady state conditions. Three scenarios are considered for the study. In the first one, only the combined cycle (CC) is studied. In...