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Well Integrity Diagnostics for Sustained Casing Pressure and Faulty Gas-Lift Valve Based on Pressure Transient Modeling
(2014-10-20)
A problem frequently present in the oil and gas industry is the difficulty of measuring well integrity parameters; particularly, for high-pressure high-temperature wells. For this reason, many relevant parameters, indicators ...
Measuring The Effectiveness of Groundwater Management Policies for the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer of Texas
(2014-11-03)
In the United States, more than 80% of the population now lives in urban areas. By 2050, a significant portion of that population will live in megaregions consisting of two or more metropolitan areas linked with interdependent ...
Environmentally related water trading, transfers and environmental flows: welfare, water demand and flows
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
This dissertation reports on economic studies of Texas Interbasin Water Transfers
(IBT) as a way to lessen expected water shortages, Texas minimum freshwater inflows
requirements (FWIB) to protect environmental flows and ...
Design of Inherently Safer Complex Reactive Processes: Application on the N-Oxidation of Alkylpyridines
(2014-04-18)
Alkylpyridine N-oxides are important intermediates in the pharmaceutical industry. The N-oxides are produced via the homogeneously catalyzed N-oxidation of the respective alkylpyridines using hydrogen peroxide as the ...
Experimental Study of Polyethylene and Sulfur Dust Explosion Characteristics
(2018-05-01)
Polyethylene and sulfur are widely used substances in today’s industries, and therefore, the assessment and control of dust explosion risks associated with their production, storage, and usage are of paramount importance ...
Methodology for Inherent Safety Assessment of Heat Exchangers in Early Design Stages
(2018-02-13)
Shell and tube heat exchangers are used extensively in the process industry; they are a part of every process and make up for significant part of the capital cost investment. Due to high number of heat exchangers present ...
Stabilizing High Expansion Foam Using Zirconium Phosphate
(2018-04-25)
Natural gas has been a fast developing industry for its advantages over other energy sources such as coal. Natural gas is usually stored as Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). In the case of a leak of LNG, a potential risk for a ...
Optimize Ventilation Systems in Confined Workplaces Using Computational Fluid Dynamics
(2018-04-30)
Chemical industry and society always want to eliminate the damage to the environment and lower the casualty if an incident occurs. Finding a more efficient and effective way to achieve this goal is now more critical than ...
Thermal Stability Analysis of Hydroprocessing Unit
(2018-05-06)
Thermal stability is one of the most critical safety issues in the hydroprocessing units. Runaway reactions in the units can lead to catastrophic consequences as the reactors are being operated at high temperature and ...
Mass Integration for Hazardous Wastewater Reuse with Incorporation of Economic and Safety Objectives
(2018-04-25)
With the development of society and the increasing population, the water crisis has been a severe problem for several regions in the world. Although various water-treatment technologies have been developed, water shortages ...