Coal dust

This informative article by Lutz Kilian discusses shale oil and its effect on oil prices in the United States. Shale oil is a term used by the oil industry for oil that is obtained from low-permeability rock, and it has caused a resurgence of oil production in the United States. This type of oil production was not available until quite recently, because of several technological advances in the industry. Currently, shale oil production, mostly from western states, accounts for a sizeable amount…

he Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a crucible as, “a vessel of a very refractory material used for melting and calcining a substance that requires a high degree of heat.” Other interpretations of the word mean, “a severe test,” and “a place or situation in which concentrated forces interact to cause or influence change or development.” The Crucible by Arthur Miller and today’s society are very much like the inside of a crucible because they have social pressures, private pressures, and…

1. What are Seismic Imaging Technology and Chevron use of the technology? Seismic Imaging is a tool/technique to find the availability of crude oils and natural gas underground. It is also known as reflection Seismology as it is a process of inspection geophysics to evaluate the properties of Earth’s subsurface by using the principles of seismology from the reflected seismic waves. Sound waves are recorded by Seismologists using an ultrasensitive device called geophone as they echo under the…

sulfate kills fungi and algae is it binds to the proteins, this damages the cells making them leak and die. The way copper sulfate kills snails is it harms the normal function of the skin cells and enzymes. Copper sulfate can be a liquid, crystal, or dust. If copper sulfate is inhaled or eaten it will enter the bloodstream, when inside the copper will bind to proteins and different organs. The copper (if taken in large amount) will take 13 to 33 days to fully kill you. The safest form of storage…

Diesel engine The diesel engine (also known as a compression-ignition engine) is an internal combustion engine that uses the compression to initiate ignition and burn the fuel that has been injected into the combustion chamber. This contrasts with spark-ignition engines such as a petrol engine (gasoline engine) or gas engine (using a gaseous fuel as opposed to gasoline), which use a spark plug to ignite an air-fuel mixture. The diesel engines have the highest thermal efficiency in any internal…

Introduction For the past three years—due to the global surplus of crude oil production resulting in lower crude prices—oil & gas industry has become a dynamic marketplace and the constant drive for survival and excellence has put the companies on toes to modify their strategies for the next round of competition. Consequently, cost optimization is the near-term strategy in the whole oil & gas industry, and Qatar Petroleum (QP) is no exception. As part of cost optimization, QP examined all the…

1. INTRODUCTION Graphene is the most required engineering material in the twenty first century, largely due to its exceptional mechanical, thermal and electrical properties. For Example monolayer of graphene sheet has Young’s modulus of about 1 TPa [Ref], shear modulus of 280 GPa [Ref], fracture strength of 130 GPa [Ref], thermal conductivity of 5000 W/mK [Ref], longitudinal sound velocity of 20Km/s [Ref], melting temperature of 4900 K [Ref] and also it has high electron mobility of 250,000…

Remote Handling (RH) is now a day’s an essential part of industries, especially the ones which involve nuclear and hazardous environments. Apart from their ability to work in confined spaces or locations with limited accessibility, the prime advantage of using remote handling tools in the nuclear industry is that they minimize the exposure of human beings to radiations thus ensuring safety of personnel. Remote Handling has certain challenges associated with it like vacuum compatibility, residual…

In the era that we live in today, mankind has become dependent on fossil fuel just as much as water and oxygen. We continue to depend on fossil fuel for every aspect of our daily lives while at the same time fighting against mother nature. As we continue this ignorant battle against nature who knows what the future will look like. Will we still have fossil fuel? Will we still have water? In Octavia Butlers, “Parable of the Sower”, she creates a world full of chaos and catastrophe yet a world…

The talk about using nuclear power as a new energy source has been a big discussion amongst many. Many shared their views on nuclear energy being our new soce of power. Negative and positive feedback from many articles, professors, funders, and ordinary people have made it hard to come to an agreement on whether or not to move forward with making nuclear power the new source of energy. Events such as the one in Fukushima and the radiation spill in Pennsylvania have caused many to fear and fight…