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Experimental Study on the Carbon Conversion Efficiency and Emission Indices of a Lab-Scale Air-Assisted Flare
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A lab-scale coflow burner was used to investigate the effect of air assist on the carbon conversion efficiency (CCE) and emission indices (EIs) of industrial flare operations in the upstream and downstream energy sectors of the oil and gas industry. A 25.4 mm diameter burner was constructed of...
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Experiments and Computer Simulations on Aerodynamic Drag Reduction of Light Vehicle-Trailer Systems
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Wind-tunnel experiments and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) were performed to study the effect a deflector had on the flow and drag force associated with a 2010 F-150 truck and cargo trailer (Light Vehicle-Trailer System - LVTS). Image Correlation Velocimetry (ICV) on smokewire streaklines...
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Exploration of the effects of pressure and temperature on the evaporation rate of selected liquids
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The rate of evaporation of liquids has been a topic of research for over a century. A detailed understanding of this phenomena is required to make scientific advancements in various areas. The principal objective for conducting this work was to study the effect of pressure on the rate of...
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Explorative Investigation into the Thermal and Mechanical Properties of 2D Tubular Braided Composites with an outlook on the future of Green Composites
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Due to their tailorable mechanical and physical properties, 2D tubular braided composites (TBCs) have many potential applications in fields including aerospace, construction and medicine. Over the past 70 years, many studies have thoroughly investigated several aspects of braided composites...
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Spring 2012
Homogenous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) is a promising technology that offers high fuel economy and low oxides of nitrogen and particulate emission for automotive and stationary engines. A significant challenge with HCCI is the large number of partial burn/misfire cycles within the lean...
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Spring 2014
Customer-oriented manufacturing demands that engineering design and production planning are fully integrated. This study proposes a generic feature association method and a detailed framework for the implementation of an advanced Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that can unify product...
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Fabricating and Characterizing Multifunctional Graphene Nanoplatelets-based Polylactide Nanocomposites
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With rising environmental concerns related to plastic pollution and dependency on petrochemical resources, biopolymers have been gaining attention. Polylactide (PLA) as one biopolymer option has attracted much interest. However, the low thermal and electrical conductivities limit its full...
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Fabrication and Characterization of Micro-patterned Porous Membranes Using Hydrogel Facilitated Phase Separation Method
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Membrane separation processes are now well-established technologies in a wide range of applications, including biotechnology, pulp and paper, pharmaceutical, food processing, petroleum, wastewater treatment, and seawater desalination. The main challenges in membrane separation processes are (i)...
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Fabrication and Characterization of Photolithographically Patterned Rough Surfaces Demonstrating Extreme Contact Angle Behavior
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This thesis features experimental work done to fabricate and characterize silicon surfaces patterned using photolithographic techniques, both standard and novel, to produce a variety of surfaces with roughness of controlled geometric properties. In specific, one set of the surfaces fabricated...