Investigation of the Optimum Clocking Position in a Two-Stage Axial Turbine by Dieter Bohn, Sabine Ausmeier, Jing Ren

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Effect of Operating Conditions on Catalytic Gasification of Bamboo in a Fluidized Bed by Thanasit Wongsiriamnuay, Nattakarn Kannang, Nakorn Tippayawong

“…From the results obtained, it was shown that at 400°C with air/steam gasification, maximum hydrogen content of 16.5% v/v, carbon conversion efficiency of 98.5%, and tar conversion of 80% were obtained. …”
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Thermal Hydraulic Analysis of a Passive Residual Heat Removal System for an Integral Pressurized Water Reactor by Junli Gou, Suizheng Qiu, Guanghui Su, Douna Jia

“…A theoretical investigation on the thermal hydraulic characteristics of a new type of passive residual heat removal system (PRHRS), which is connected to the reactor coolant system via the secondary side of the steam generator, for an integral pressurized water reactor is presented in this paper. …”
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Combustion Characteristics and NO Formation Characteristics Modeling in a Compression Ignition Engine Fuelled with Diesel Fuel and Biofuel by Jean Paul Gram Shou, Marcel Obounou, Rita Enoh Tchame, Mahamat Hassane Babikir, Timoléon Crépin Kofané

“…The results obtained from biodiesel fuel are compared with the ones of diesel fuel in terms of performance, adiabatic flame temperatures, and NO emissions. The steam injection method could decrease NO emissions and improve the engine performances. …”
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Nanofibre Electrospinning Poly(vinyl alcohol) and Cellulose Composite Mats Obtained by Use of a Cylindrical Electrode by Anna Sutka, Silvija Kukle, Janis Gravitis, Rimvydas Milašius, Jolanta Malašauskienė

“…A study of nanofibre composites obtained by electrospinning from poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) solutions of steam exploded hemp fibres and shives is reported. …”
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General Analysis of System Efficiency in Application of Combined Power Plants for Gas-Distribution Station by A. D. Kachan, V. M. Kopko, S. A. Kachan, M. V. Kopko, V. I. Kravtsov

“…The paper proposes utilization of discharged heat of gas-piston engine (GPE) or contact steam-gas plants (SGP) with the purpose to heat up gas at gas-distribution stations (GDS) of combined power plants with turbine and gas-expansion units. …”
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Development of compact heat exchanger with additive manufacturing (Evaluation of condensation thermal-hydraulic characteristics of block type compact heat exchanger) by Kota CHIBA, Chikako IWAKI, Masayuki SATO, Yoshinori KATAYAMA, Katsunori SHIIHARA, Shota ARAKI, Hideshi NAKANO, Tooru TANAKA

“…In the tests, condensation heat exchange tests with cooling water and steam and single-phase heat exchange tests with cooling water and hot water were conducted. …”
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Selected Quality Attributes of Wheat Flour Added with Overozonized Wheat Flour by Wei Zhang, Xianli Luo, Liuyan Li, Zaixi Shu, Pingping Wang, Xuefeng Zeng

“…Peak, trough, and final viscosities of the three mixed flour were between those of unozonized and overozonized flour. Steamed bread of three mixed flour had larger specific volume and better texture than that of overozonized flour, with steamed bread of M3 flour showing the best attributes. …”
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Adsorption Characteristics of Coal-based Activated Carbons. II. Adsorption of Water Vapour, Pyridine and Benzene by Th. El-Nabarawy, N.Sh. Petro, S. Abdel-Aziz

“…Chemically-activated carbons were prepared by carbonizing Maghara coal with different amounts of phosphoric acid at 873 K. Steam-activated carbons of different burn-off were prepared by gasifying non-activated carbon prepared by carbonization at 873 K with steam at 1173 K. …”
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Moving Bed Gasification of Low Rank Alaska Coal by Mandar Kulkarni, Rajive Ganguli

“…Carbon conversion increased with increasing oxygen-coal ratio and decreased with increasing steam-coal ratio. Steam to coal ratio and oxygen to coal ratios impacted produced syngas composition, while pressure did not have a large impact on the product syngas composition. …”
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Simultaneous non-contrast assessment of cardiac microstructure and perfusion in vivo in the human heart by Camila Munoz, Eunji Lim, Pedro F. Ferreira, Dudley J. Pennell, Sonia Nielles-Vallespin, Andrew D. Scott

“…Methods: Here we introduce a novel STEAM-IVIM sequence incorporating phase cycling to obtain true non-diffusion weighted images (b = 0 s/mm2). …”
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Prediction of Heavy Oil Production Based on Geomechanical Analysis in Entire Lifecycle of SAGD by Dengke Li, Shaowen Zhu, Yanchao Li, Shijie Shen, Zupeng Chen, Zhanli Ren, Yuxuan Zhou, Yanfang Gao

“…ABSTRACT Steam‐assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) technology is an essential means of efficient development of heavy oil, super heavy oil, oil sands, and other unconventional resources in the world. …”
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Technical and Economic Advantages of Turbo-Drive Variant with TRB Turbines over Turbo-Generator Variant in Low Power Engineering by N. V. Panteley

“…Calculation has been made for the following steam parameters: turbo-drive input – 12 kgs/cm and 250 and parameters behind turbo-drive – 1kgs/cm. …”
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Numerical Study of Natural Circulation Flow in Reactor Coolant System during a Severe Accident by Dae Kyung Choi, Won Man Park, Sung Man Son, Kukhee Lim, Yong Jin Cho, Choengryul Choi

“…The rupturing of steam generator tubes leads to serious accidents in nuclear power plants. …”
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Assessment of Enzymatic Browning and Evaluation of Antibrowning Methods on Dates by Mariam Al-Amrani, Ahmed Al-Alawi, Insaaf Al-Marhobi

“…Polyphenol oxidase was shown to be active in all treatments except the samples treated with SO2 gas and steam blanching for ten minutes. Likewise, peroxidase activity showed a similar trend in all samples, but a decrease in activity was observed in sulfated samples and total inactivation in steam blanching for ten minutes. …”
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ANALYSIS OF ASTUE AT OJSC «BSW – MANAGEMENT COMPANY OF «BMC» HOLDING» ON THE BASIS OF SINIS by S. V. Demyanov

“…An automated system of technical calculation of energy resources intended to account for the of power means: delivery water, steam, natural gas, etc. is considered.…”
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Activated Carbons from Crosslinked Novolac Resin by Janusz Pajak, Grzegorz Labojko, Andrzej Lachowski

“…Relative to carbon dioxide, the use of steam generated a narrower, but more extensive, microporosity in the char obtained from cured Novolac resin.…”
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Entropy-Based Stochastic Optimization of Multi-Energy Systems in Gas-to-Methanol Processes Subject to Modeling Uncertainties by Xueteng Wang, Jiandong Wang, Mengyao Wei, Yang Yue

“…First, mechanistic models are developed for major chemical equipments, including the desulfurization, steam boilers, air separation, and syngas compressors. …”
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A Trihybrid Approach for Enhancing Crude Oil Recovery Using Effervescent‐Tablet‐Based Nanofluids by Naser Ali, Husain Bahzad, Nawaf F. Aljuwayhel, Shikha A. Ebrahim, Abbas T. Hamoud, Hussain Al‐Mazidi, Huda B. Al‐Naser, Mohammad A. Al‐Attar, Sohaib Kholosy, Ayas Al‐Zanki, Mohammad Banyan, Mumayaz Alenezi

“…Thirteen recovery scenarios are investigated using a core flooding system, and include the use of single conventional fluids, steam and hot water cycles, steam with effervescent‐tablet‐based nanofluids, and steam with conventional nanofluids. …”
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Enhancing the flexibility and safety of electric-resistance heating on thick-walled pressure parts of utility boilers in coal-fired power plants by Zhiwen Hou, Liping Pang, Binghao Zhang, Jun Wang, Liqiang Duan, Huimin Wei, Xiaoze Du

“…This start-up process involves the application of electric-resistance heating to a steam-water separator to shorten the boiler water filling time. …”
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