Can the magnetic orientation of driver gas in the interplanetary medium observed at Earth be predicted when its solar source is identified? Based on the exploratory assumption that the free magnetic energy present when a coronal mass ejection (CME) is initiated is transferred almost totally to other forms of energy by the time the CME stops acceleration, the potential field model can appropriat...

Emissions from flares typical of those found at oil-field battery sites in Alberta, Canada, were investigated to determine the degree to which the flared gases were burned and to characterize the products of combustion in the emissions. The study consisted of laboratory, pilot-scale, and field-scale investigations. Combustion of all hydrocarbon fuels in both laboratory and pilot-scale tests pro...

Many sites are contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs). In some cases, these PHCs may be biorecalcitrant and therefore the soils contaminated with these PHCs are not amenable to remediation by biological treatment methods. Examples of sites containing biorecalcitrant PHCs are old flare pit sites. Flare pits are earthen pits that were once used for the storage and disposal of natural gas...

Noise is an audible acoustic energy that adversely affects the health, physiological and psychological well being of the individuals or populations. One of the major pollutants from gas flaring is the noise emanating from gas flaring stations in the Niger – Delta area of Nigeria. Noise dispersion produces many adverse effects on man and animals. Experimental analysis of noise dispersion and wea...

We present a unified approach for both continuum and near-continuum flows based on the Boltzmann equation and kinetic theory. We use the gas-kinetic scheme (GKS) developed from the linearized Boltzmann equation for the continuum flows and a modified GKS with a variable relaxation time for the near-continuum flows. The gas-kinetic schemes are validated with simulations of the hypersonic flow pas...