A solar cooking system using vacuum-tube collectors with heat pipes containing a refrigerant as working fluid has been fabricated, and its performance has been analysed experimentally. The experiments were conducted during clear days in July and August of 2002 in Elazı g, Turkey under similar meteorological conditions for three refrigerants and water. Detailed temperature distributions and thei...

Combining the Capacitively Coupled Contactless Conductivity Detection (C4D) technique and the principle of cross correlation flow measurement, a new method for flow rate measurement in millimeter-scale pipes was proposed. The research work included two parts. First, a new five-electrode C4D sensor was developed. Second, with two conductivity signals obtained by the developed sensor, the flow ra...

Genetic programming can be used to evolve an algebraic expression as part of an equation representing measured input-output response data. Parts of the nonlinear differential equations describing a dynamic system are identified along with their numerical parameters using genetic programming. The results of several such optimisations are analysed to produce a nonlinear physical representation of...

The use of non-metallic composites that are durable, low cost, and lightweight is growing fast in various industries. A commonly used form these materials the shape pipes can be used, for instance, oil gas industry. Such damaged due to material loss (defects holes), erosions, more which may cause major production failures or environmental mishaps. To prevent issues, non-destructive testing (NDT...

Cassia singueana (Delile) Lock from the family Fabaceae is a well-known medicinal plant that grows abundantly in Nigeria and other African countries, and has long been used in the treatment of various ailments including malaria and other infectious diseases. The present study aimed at  assessing the composition, and bioactivity of the essential oil of the flowers of C. singueana collected from ...

In the oil, gas and geothermal drilling industry, use of a drill pipe is vital for its as an addition to length depth. Another function channel high pressure mud (drilling fluid / fluid) bit. During operation, several problems were encountered, such broken, bent, leaking or wash-out pipes. This very detrimental company because time replace new will take long time, disrupt program which result i...

Internal corrosion is a common problem in pipelines transporting oil and gas containing corrosive components such as CO2 and H2S. In many mature oil wells, the water cut and CO2 content may reach high level which forms a suitable environment for initiation and growth of corrosion. To avoid the consequences of corrosion, process parameters should always be controlled within safe operating limits...

High-density polyethylene pipes (HDPE), crossbonded polyethylene pipes (PEX) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes for drinking water were tested with respect to migration of volatile organic components (VOC) to water. The odour of water in contact with plastic pipes was assessed according to the quantitative threshold odour number (TON) concept. A major migrating component from HDPE pipes was 2,4...

oil and gas transmission pipelines are critical items of infrastructure in providing energy sources to regions and countries. steel pipes are commonly used which can be subject to both internal and external corrosion. this paper presents an advanced nondestructive inspection technique for detection of oil-gas pipeline corrosion defect. the pulsed eddy current (pec) method has been successfully ...