Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Jacobs, Timothy"
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Pommier, Forrest G (2020-04-09)The natural gas industry has entered a substantial boom recently as the world seeks out more forms of inexpensive, reliable, and more environmentally friendly energy. Moving this natural gas requires a complex network of ...
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Demko, Andrew Robert (2017-05-02)Composite solid propellants are typically used in rocket propulsion systems due to their simplicity and relatively low cost. They are mixtures of the fuel, oxidizer, and various catalysts. Oftentimes, bonding agents and ...
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Li, Jue (2017-12-12)Fuel properties impact the combustion and emissions behavior of diesel engines through their influence on the physical process associated with fuel injection, entrainment and fuel-air mixing, as well as by changes to the ...
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Wallace, Elizabeth Michelle (2014-10-16)From September 2011 to July 2013 the percentage of flared associated gas produced in the Bakken shale formation decreased from 36% to 29%. Although the percentage decreased, the volume of associated gas produced has almost ...
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Kim, Jun-Hyeok (2013-06-25)This research investigates the tribological performance of crystalline and amorphous powders of boron as additives in lubricants: grease and mineral oil for potential applications of wind turbine. This research is focused ...
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Sikes III, Travis Glenn (2018-06-18)Organophosphorus compounds (OPCs) have significant fire suppression capabilities but are not well understood. Chemical kinetics mechanisms can provide invaluable information about how OPCs suppress flames; however, the ...
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Choi, Sang-Yeon (2019-07-25)Currently, many engineering challenges addressing the flow of mixtures exist. Slickwater hydraulic fracturing is an economical method of unconventional resource extraction that can accelerate mixture flow. For this thesis, ...
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Murray, Trevor Dale (2017-07-14)At compressor stations, fugitive methane emissions from compressor piston rod packing and engine crankcases are vented directly into the atmosphere. In an effort to reduce compression station carbon footprint, this study ...
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Morrow, Gordon R (2017-04-27)The burning rates of IPDI-cured AP/HTPB propellants with a standard curing ratio were analyzed. It is well known that the particle size of AP as well as their concentration greatly affects the burning rate, yet there exists ...
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Lee, Kyungjun (2019-11-12)Hybrid materials are a cornerstone technology for triblological applications because the weakness of each material can be made up and their strength can be improved. Material failure caused by the unpredictable wear is ...
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Lin, Guanjing (2012-12-07)Commercial building owners spent $167 billion for energy in 2006. Building commissioning services have proven to be successful in saving building energy consumption. However, the optimal energy performance obtained by ...
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Eseltine, Dustin E. (2012-02-14)The research presented focuses on the use of Carbon-dioxide (CO₂), Nitrogen (N₂) and Argon (Ar) as purge gases for torrefaction. Torrefaction using CO₂ as a purge gas may further improve the fuel characteristics of the ...
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Pillai, Rahul Radhakrishna (Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)The recent pollution norms have brought a strong emphasis on the reduction of diesel engine emissions. Low temperature combustion technology such as premixed compression ignition (PCI) has the capability to significantly ...
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Penny, Michael (2014-06-25)With increasingly stringent governmental regulations on engine emissions such as oxides of nitrogen (NO_(X)) and particulate matter (PM), there is a strong motivation to decrease the production and release of these harmful ...
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Sakurai, Yasuko (2016-09-14)This record of study presents the intern’s engineering and management experiences during her doctoral internship with Utilities & Energy Services (UES), Texas A&M University (TAMU) in partial fulfillment of the requirements ...
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Plichta, Drew (2013-04-03)Fuel flexibility in gas turbines is of particular importance because of the main fuel source, natural gas. Blends of methane, ethane, and propane are big constituents in natural gas and consequently are of particular ...
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Homan-Cruz, Gabriel Dylan (2015-11-05)Aqueous solutions of hydroxylammonium nitrate (HAN) are promising as possible replacements for hydrazine as liquid rocket propellants. HAN-based propellants offer lower toxicity, higher density, and possibly higher specific ...
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A Feasibility Study of Laser-Assisted Titanium Implant Drilling for Periprosthetic Fracture Repair Vangsness III, Carleton Thomas (2017-07-26)This body of work studies the feasibility of hand drilling through a titanium implant located in the femur. This is hypothesized to be achievable via laser-assisted drilling with carbide tools. A series of tests were ...
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Narayanan, Shankar Bhaskaran (2012-10-19)It is common for an oil well to produce a mixture of hydrocarbons that flash when exposed to atmospheric pressure. The separation of oil and gas mixtures on site may prove expensive and lead to higher infrastructure and ...
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Suh, Junho (2014-08-06)The present study is focused on accurate prediction of Morton effect problem including journal asymmetric heating and the corresponding long period amplitude oscillations using a nonlinear time transient rotordynamic ...