Gas turbine

The Day After Tomorrow is a 2004 science fiction movie directed and produced by Roland Emmerich. The movie depicts the disastrous event of an abrupt climate shift, which is accompanied by several natural disasters such as tornadoes and flooding, causing a new ice age in the Northern Hemisphere (The Day After Tomorrow). After its release the movie received very negative reviews from the scientific community for being scientifically incorrect and showing natural events that are barely possible to…

Petrobras is a Brazilian oil company that was created by the Brazilian government in 1953. For the first decade Petrobras struggled to be successful despite being given a constitutional monopoly by the Brazilian government. Brazil did not have any oil reserves or the knowledge in oil exploration, and the goal for Petrobras was to become a world class oil producer. Petrobras began to see success in the 1980s when they developed deep water and ultra-deep oil production. This new technology…

Response: One of the major operation challenges in the E&P industries are stuck pipe incidents which usually lead to a considerable amount of lost time and associated costs. The increases in drilling activity, drilling in depleted and higher risk reservoirs leads to an increased risk of stuck pipe. As we can observe in this case for this NOC, the greatest impact is when the drilling performance is Non-Productive Time (NPT). We know that around 25% of the NPT is regarded to stuck pipe and this…

Stanley Donwood’s Get Out Before Saturday is a painting with several subtle symbols referencing, in my interpretation, a post-apocalyptic landscape. In this paper, I will be investigating and attempting to prove that Donwood’s inspiration for the piece stems from humankind’s deterioration of the planet through our ideological shortcomings in regards to both the environment, and global politics. Furthermore, I will be addressing my belief that Donwood intends to issue a warning through the…

The risk of climate change and global warming The world has been warming since over 100 years ago. Because of the global warming, the climate is becoming changing. When the climate is changing, so many risks are occurred in the world. The risks of climate change and global warming are: natural disaster, starvation and health problem. Natural disaster is the first risk of climate change and global warming. There are a lot of disasters happening because of climate change and global warming.…

Geothermal energy is one of the most recommended sources of renewable energy for electricity. It is more useful especially in areas where there is a lot of volcanic activity. Since geothermal energy is extracted from deep within the earth’s surface, it is safe, clean, reliable, and environment friendly. However, despite all these advantages, this type of energy suffers from its disadvantages as explained below. Disadvantages of geothermal energy Location It’s not easy to find the most…

1. INTRODUCTION I am a chemical engineer working for Sasol co. . The specialised scope of the company’s product portfolio include manufacturing of fuels, oils, chemical, polymers, fertilizers, explosives and gas. I am instructed to generate 5 ideas for Sasol and determine the best product (line) among them through the multi factor decision making process. I am instructed to use the AHP excel spreadsheet picking 4 criteria of my choice to evaluate the ideas. 2. IDEA GENERATION MIND MAP…

Mixture - 4 mg epoxy and 1 mg hardener. Sample is placed in a container and is placed in vacuum to remove air bubbles. Dye is poured into the vacuum container by as syringe. Sample is left for 15 minutes. Sample is removed and placed in a nitrogen gas pressure vessel for 24 hours at 1000 psi. Sample removed and again cut into 2X2 cm. Epoxy and hardener mixture is prepared (used to glue samples to the glass slides). Mixture - 4 mg epoxy and 1 mg hardener. Mixture is stirred for 10 minutes and…

The Earth has come under constant attack in recent history due to the actions of humans. The overuse of fossil fuels, plastics, and effect on climate change has sent the world into a spiral of issues. These issues have only escalated over time, causing Pope Francis to address them. He does so in Laudato Si’, which brought major expectations with it being the first encyclical being mainly about the environment. In Pope Francis’s encyclical, he points out the importance of the environmental issues…

BASF (Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik) Sustainable development is a shared aspiration of humankind. From a company’s point of view just fulfilling corporate social responsibility to achieve economic, environmental and social sustainability, is not sufficient, sustainable development is an inevitable part. BASF SE is the largest chemical producer in the world and has it‘s headquarter in Germany. The BASF Group comprises of subsidiaries and joint ventures in more than 80 countries and is…