Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Jacobs, Timothy"
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Dillier, Catherine Anne Marie (2021-06-16)At higher pressures, the burning rates of AP/HTPB-composite propellants become less controllable as it experiences a transition regime often referred to as an “exponent break” typically between 20.7 and 34.5 MPa. The ...
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Xiao, Huaping (2014-07-31)Diamond has been under spotlight in industry since the discovery of its extraordinary mechanical properties, high wear resistance and excellent chemical inertia. These properties enable diamond a competitive candidate for ...
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Bittle, Joshua A (2014-04-18)Attempting to bridge the gap between typical off-line engine simulations and online real-time control strategies a computationally efficient model has been created that predicts the combustion trajectory (path through the ...
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Xiao, Peng (2015-08-11)This dissertation presents the experimental studies of low energy microplasma discharges in liquid and the model studies of microdischarge-generated microbubbles in liquid. The main focus is to determine the properties of ...
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Keesee, Charles Lewis (2019-11-12)New laminar flame speed experiments have been conducted for various traditional and alternative kerosene-based liquid fuels. These fuels included: Jet-A, RP-1, Diesel Fuel #2, Syntroleum S-8, Shell GTL, and n-decane. ...
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Slavens, Stephen M (2014-04-24)As the world’s light oil reserves diminish, the use of alternative fuels is becoming more of a necessity. In order to make use of alternative fuels, alternative processes must be developed. The goal of this research is to ...
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Wallace, Kevin La Mar (2023-05-17)The natural gas industry uses a fleet of integral compressor engines to pressurize the natural gas in pipelines. However, as emissions regulations become increasingly stringent the industry is faced with the undesirable ...
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Wallace, Kevin La Mar (2023-05-17)The natural gas industry uses a fleet of integral compressor engines to pressurize the natural gas in pipelines. However, as emissions regulations become increasingly stringent the industry is faced with the undesirable ...
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Frazier, Corey (2012-02-14)This dissertation studies how nanoadditives influence burning rates through the development and use of a model to conduct parametric studies on nanoadditive interaction and to formulate theories. Decades of research have ...
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Uggini, Hari (2012-07-16)New regulations like the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) will pose greater challenges for Coal fired power plants with regards to pollution reduction. These new regulations plan to impose stricter limits on NOX reduction. ...
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Fox, Grant R. (2010-07-14)This research conducts tribological investigation in three areas. The first area of research is to obtain basic understanding of tribological properties of high performance Inconel alloys. Pin-on-disk testing was conducted ...
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Jung, Wonbae (2021-07-27)Automotive turbochargers (TCs) rely on engine oil lubricated floating ring bearing systems to produce acceptable performance as per the engine volumetric efficiency, and along with proven reliability. However, these TCs ...
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Ward, Kyle Blair (2021-04-07)Natural gas accounts for 32 percent of the United States’ total energy consumption [1], and as emissions regulations become more stringent, the need to reduce harmful emissions produced by natural gas engines has become ...
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Reaction Kinetics Study of In-Situ Combustion: Integration of Experimental & Analytical Approaches Ismail, Norasyikin Bte (2019-11-11)In-situ combustion (ISC) is a very promising thermal enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method to recover heavy oils and bitumen as it has a high recovery rate and is applicable to use at a varied range of reservoirs. However, ...
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Hardy, Mark James (2011-02-22)Air compressor systems play a large role in modern industry. These compressors can account for a significant portion of a manufacturing facility’s electric consumption and any increase in efficiency can lead to economic ...
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Kroeger, Timothy Herbert (2017-12-06)Low temperature combustion (LTC) is popular among diesel engine researchers because it dramatically reduces NOx and smoke emissions. However, LTC is limited by increased CO and hydrocarbon emissions as well as by reduced ...
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Bandura, Ryan Alexander (2017-05-31)Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is now a ubiquitous computational tool for engine design and analysis. It is often necessary to provide well-known initial cycle conditions to commence the CFD computations. Such initial ...
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Naude, Kristi Nalene (2023-05-10)Given that burning conventional hydrocarbon fuels produces harmful carbon-based emissions contributing to global warming, recent environmental initiatives have focused on removing carbon-based fuels from the transportation, ...
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Baranova, Zuzana (2017-09-04)The objective of this dissertation is the steric insulation of diplatinum polyynediyl complexes through the assembly of [2]rotaxanes, a class of mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs). The synthetic approach to these ...
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Mashayekh, Alireza Sadegh (2017-07-31)Large bore two-stroke natural gas engines are facing more stringent emission regulations in the near future. In order to comply with these new regulations, engine manufacturers have to modify their engines. Redesigning ...