Shaopeng Liu¹, Guowei Wang^2,3,*, Pengfei Liu¹, Dong Ye¹, Jian Song¹, Xing Liu¹, Yang Cheng^2,3

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.12, pp. 3045-3058, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.029810

Abstract Foam drainage is the flow of liquid through the interstitial spaces between bubbles driven by capillarity and gravity and resisted by viscous damping. The so-called foam drainage gas recovery technology is a technique traditionally used to mitigate the serious bottom-hole liquid loading in the middle and late stages of gas well production. In this context, determining the optimal concentration of the bubble drainage agent is generally crucial for the proper application of this method. In this study, a combination of indoor experiments and theoretical analysis have been used to determine the pressure drop related to the foam-carrying capacity in a… More >

Lei Yang¹, Guangyan Huang^1,2,*, Tao Wang^1,*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.26, No.4, pp. 1-2, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.09759

Abstract In order to evaluate the blast mitigation effect of polyurethane foam in cylindrical explosion containment vessels (CECVs), a three-dimensional numerical simulation model was established. The Structured Arbitrary Lagrange-Euler (S-ALE) algorithm was applied in current simulations to define the coupling contact between TNT and Lagrange algorithm. The numerical model was verified by comparing the dynamic deformation and permanent deformation of the experiments. Based on the numerical simulation model after verification, the influence of polyurethane foam filling inside CECVs on the mitigation effect was investigated. The results revealed that compared with the ALE algorithm, the numerical simulations based on the S-ALE algorithm… More >

Shuai Wang^1,*, Lihong Liang^1,*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.26, No.4, pp. 1-2, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.09163

Abstract Compared to pure carbon nanotube (CNT) foam (CF) and pure graphene foam (GrF), the CNT/graphene composite foam show enhanced mechanical properties, using coarse-grained molecular dynamics method, the tensile and compressive properties and corresponding deformation mechanism of several typical CNT/graphene composite foams were studied. The CNT coating could enhance the bending resistance of graphene, based on the CNT-coated graphene flakes, the CNT-coated graphene foam (CCGF) is constructed, which shows better compressive modulus due to the enhanced bending resistance of CNT-coated graphene flakes compared to graphene in pure GrF [1]. CNT can enhance the mechanical properties of graphene foams not only by… More >

Elham Azadeh¹, Ummi Hani Abdullah^2,3, Christine Gerardin^1,*, Antonio Pizzi^1,*, Philippe Gerardin¹, Cesar Segovia⁴

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.11, No.10, pp. 3625-3645, 2023, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2023.030373

Abstract Water repellant, flexible biofoams using tannin esterified with various fatty acid chains, namely lauric, palmitic and oleic acids, by reaction with lauryl chloride, palmitoyl chloride, and oleyl chloride were developed and their characteristics compared with the equivalently esterified rigid biofoams. Glycerol, while initially added to control the reaction temperature, was used as a plasticizer yielding flexible biofoams presenting the same water repellant character that the equivalent rigid foams. Acetaldehyde was used as the cross-linking agent instead of formaldehyde, as it showed a better performance with the esterified tannin. The compression results showed a significant decrease of the Modulus of Elasticity… More >

Shehab Khan Noor¹, Arif Mawardi Ismail¹, Mohd Najib Mohd Yasin^1,*, Mohamed Nasrun Osman¹, Thennarasan Sabapathy¹, Shakhirul Mat Salleh², Ping Jack Soh³, Ali Hanafiah Rambe⁴, Nurulazlina Ramli⁵

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.47, No.1, pp. 537-551, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.037381

Abstract This paper presents a flexible and wearable textile array antenna designed to generate Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) waves with Mode +2 at 3.5 GHz (3.4 to 3.6 GHz) of the sub-6 GHz fifth-generation (5G) New Radio (NR) band. The proposed antenna is based on a uniform circular array of eight microstrip patch antennas on a felt textile substrate. In contrast to previous works involving the use of rigid substrates to generate OAM waves, this work explored the use of flexible substrates to generate OAM waves for the first time. Other than that, the proposed antenna was simulated, analyzed, fabricated, and… More >

Fangzhou Wang^a,* , Gennifer A. Riley^b, Munonyedi Egbo^c, Melanie M. Derby^b, Gisuk Hwang^c, Xianglin Li^a,†

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.15, pp. 1-8, 2020, DOI:10.5098/hmt.15.1

Abstract This study conducts pore-scale simulations and experiments to estimate the permeability of two different types of porous materials: metal foams and sintered copper particles with porosities of approximately 0.9 and 0.4, respectively. The integration of micro X-ray computed tomography with pore-scale computational fluid dynamics simulations develops a unique tool to capture the pore-scale geometry of porous media and accurately predict non-isotropic permeability of porous media. The pore-scale simulation not only results in improved prediction accuracy but also has the capability to capture non-isotropic properties of heterogeneous materials, which is a huge challenge for empirical correlations, volume averaged simulations, and simulations… More >

Elham Azadeh¹, Antonio Pizzi^1,2,*, Christine Gerardin-Charbonnier^1,*, Philippe Gerardin¹

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.11, No.6, pp. 2823-2848, 2023, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2023.027651

Abstract Non-isocyanate polyurethane (NIPU) foams from a commercial hydrolysable tannin extract, chestnut wood tannin extract, have been prepared to determine what chemical species and products are taking part in the reactions involved. This method is based on two main steps: the reaction with dimethyl carbonate and the formation of urethane bonds by further reaction of the carbonated tannin with a diamine-like hexamethylene diamine. The hydroxyl groups on the tannin polyphenols and on the carbohydrates intimately linked with it and part of a hydrolysable tannin are the groups involved in these reactions. The carbohydrate skeleton of the hydrolysable tannin is also able… More > Graphic Abstract

Jing Zhao, Jun Yang^*

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.7, pp. 1951-1961, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.026115

Abstract Low-Tension-Foam (LTF) flooding is an emerging enhanced oil recovery technique for low-permeability carbonate reservoirs. Foam capacity is closely related to the salinity environment (or, equivalently, the phase behavior of the oil/water/surfactant system). Therefore, the interactions between microemulsion and foam components are of primary importance in the LTF process. In this study, the phase behavior of an oil/water/surfactant system under equilibrium is analyzed, firstly by assuming perfect mixing. Meanwhile, the formation kinetics of microemulsion are monitored through a novel low-field NMR technique, which is able to provide quantitative assessment on the microemulsion evolution characteristics. Then, foam stability is examined in the… More >

Yiwen Zhang¹, Jianjun Xie^1,*, Minghui Sun¹, Shaolong Wang¹, Tengfei Xu^2,3, Yonggen Xu^2,3, Xiaoqing Ding^2,3, Ying Shi¹, Lei Zhang¹

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.11, No.5, pp. 2125-2141, 2023, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2023.025127

Abstract Foam glass is a kind of green building material that is widely used because of its excellent thermal insulation and mechanical properties. In this study, the borosilicate foam glass was fabricated by powder sintering method using recycled soda lime waste glass, quartz, and borax as the primary raw materials. CaCO₃ was used as a foaming agent and Na₂CO₃ as a flux agent. Results showed that as the quartz content decreases from 30 to 17.5 wt.% and borax content increases from 5 to 17.5 wt.%, the pore size, porosity, and thermal insulation of borosilicate foam glass increase significantly, while the compressive strength decreases… More > Graphic Abstract

Nidal Qasem^*, Ahmad Alamayreh

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.46, No.1, pp. 417-431, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.035603

Abstract Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) is an intrinsic feature of electromagnetic waves which has recently found many applications in several areas in radio and optics. In this paper, we use OAM wave characteristics to present a simple method for beam steering over both elevation and azimuth planes. The design overcomes some limitations of traditional steering methods, such as limited dynamic range of steering, the design complexity, bulky size of the steering structure, the limited bandwidth of operation, and low gain. Based on OAM wave characteristics, the proposed steering method avoids design complexities by adopting a simple method for generating the OAM-carrying… More >