http://scitation.aip.org/ J. Energy Resour. Technol.: All Topics http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1115/1.4005244 J. Abdo and M. Danish Haneef<br/> The idea of pushing the limits of drilling oil and gas wells by improving drilling fluids for undemanding and cost efficient drilling operations by extracting advantage from the wonders of nanotechnology forms the basis of the work presented here. Foremost, in order to highlight the significance of ... [J. Energy Resour. Technol. 134, 014501 (2011)] published Fri Dec 23, 2011. http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1115/1.4005324 Christian Gradl, Alfred W. Eustes, and Gerhard Thonhauser<br/> There have been papers that analyze the relationship between bit design and a bit's vibrational characteristics. These papers typically are based on the analysis of three-axis near-bit down-hole vibration sensors. In this paper, the authors take a simpler approach. Using a standard microphone litera ... [J. Energy Resour. Technol. 134, 013103 (2011)] published Fri Dec 23, 2011. http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1115/1.4005284 John Yilin Wang<br/> Liquid loading has been a problem in natural gas wells for several decades. With gas fields becoming mature and gas production rates dropping below the critical rate, deliquification becomes more and more critical for continuous productivity and profitability of gas wells. Current methods for solvin ... [J. Energy Resour. Technol. 134, 013102 (2011)] published Fri Dec 23, 2011. http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1115/1.4005239 M. Motiur Rahman and M. Khalilur Rahman<br/> Sand control by hydraulic fracturing in high permeable gas formation is becoming an increasingly popular completion option. This improves the well's productivity as well as manages the sand production. So, optimizing the treatment parameters for hydraulic fracturing, which can prevent most unfavorab ... [J. Energy Resour. Technol. 134, 013101 (2011)] published Fri Dec 23, 2011. http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1115/1.4005246 Probir Kumar Bose and Rahul Banerjee<br/> With emission legislations getting more stringent in order to comply with the responsibilities of environmental obligations, engine manufacturers are turning to explore new avenues to meet the paradox of curtailing particulate matter (PM) and NOx emissions on one hand and maintaining consumer expect ... [J. Energy Resour. Technol. 134, 012601 (2012)] published Mon Jan 30, 2012. http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1115/1.4005245 Evan Le, Chanwoo Park, and Sage Hiibel<br/> Most of the current production cost in algae biodiesel plants utilizing photobioreactors comes from the high energy required for pumping, CO transfer, mixing, and harvesting. Since pumping affects the mixing and CO transfer, which are the main factors in algae productivities, solutions to reduce the ... [J. Energy Resour. Technol. 134, 011801 (2011)] published Fri Dec 23, 2011. http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1115/1.4005082 Kyungtae Yun, Rogelio Luck, Pedro J. Mago, and Aaron Smith<br/> This paper presents an analytic approach for defining optimal operation decisions for a power generation unit (PGU) in combined heating and power (CHP) systems. The system is optimized with respect to cost, and the independent variables are the thermal load and the electric load. Linear programming ... [J. Energy Resour. Technol. 134, 011301 (2011)] published Fri Dec 23, 2011. http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1115/1.4005243 Hailin Li, W. Stuart Neill, Hongsheng Guo, and Wally Chippior<br/> This paper presents the oxides of nitrogen (NO) and nitrous oxide (NO) emission characteristics of a Cooperative Fuel Research (CFR) engine modified to operate in homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion mode. N-heptane was used as the fuel in this research. Several parameters were ... [J. Energy Resour. Technol. 134, 011101 (2011)] published Fri Dec 23, 2011.