The U.S. Deepwater Gulf of Mexico (DGOM) area that has some the most prolific oil reservoirs is still awaiting development a viable enhanced recovery (EOR) process. Without it, DGOM will remain severely untapped. Exorbitant well costs, in excess $200 million, preclude having extensive injection patterns, commonly used EOR design frameworks. Aside from even operationally waterflooding met with s...

– Experiments on foam drainage have so far only been performed in essentially one-dimensional flow geometries aligned with the direction of gravity. Here a foam-filled HeleShaw cell is used to examine pulsed drainage, which is the flow of a finite liquid volume, both along and perpendicular to the direction of gravity. An exact similarity solution to the generalized foam drainage equation exist...

In this study, extraction of essential oil, polyphenols and pectin from orange peel has been optimized using microwave and ultrasound technology without adding any solvent but only "in situ" water which was recycled and used as solvent. The essential oil extraction performed by Microwave Hydrodiffusion and Gravity (MHG) was optimized and compared to steam distillation extraction (SD). No signif...

We report the synthesis of a new hierarchical mesoporous TS-1 type zeolite by a simple steam-assisted crystallization method. This novel product exhibits high catalytic activity and a strongly prolonged lifetime in the selective oxidation of 2,3,6-trimethylphenol to trimethyl-p-benzoquinone.

We report the synthesis of a new kind of uniform hollow zeolite microspheres with hierarchical macro-/meso-/microporosity by an efficient strategy combining bi-templating, steam-assisted crystallization and then a mild alkaline etching method. This novel product has a hollow architecture, highly crystallized zeolite shells and more importantly, high dye adsorption capabilities.

Background/Introduction Minimally-invasive cardiac surgery is increasingly used in conjunction with peripheral cannulation. However, due to the relatively small diameter of the access vessels, thin walled venous cannulas are usually used in conjunction with augmentation. We have previously reported about 36F self-expanding cannulas which allow for remote cannulation and full flow (2.4 l/min m2)...

The Upper McMurray Formation of Canada, more specifically samples from the estuarine depositional settings taken in Athabasca, displayed high porosity based on an initial study. This work involved thin section imaging and micro CT-scanning in determining reservoir characteristics. The results from the thin section analysis for the porosity estimation showed that the estimated porosity lay betwe...