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Kathleen E. Duncan, Lina E. Dominici, Mark A. Nanny, Irene A. Davidova, Brian H. Harriman and Joseph M. Suflita
Some naval vessels add seawater to carbon steel fuel ballast tanks to maintain stability during fuel consumption. Marine sediments often contaminate ballast tank fluids and have been implicated in stimulating fuel biodegradation and enhancing biocorrosio...
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Lina E. Dominici, Kathleen E. Duncan, Mark A. Nanny, Irene A. Davidova, Brian H. Harriman and Joseph M. Suflita
The biocorrosion of carbon steel poses a risk for ships combining seawater and fuel in metal ballast tanks. Ballast tanks were simulated by duplicate reactors containing carbon steel coupons and either petroleum F76 (petro-F76), Fischer?Tropsch F76 (FT-F...
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Gerardus Janszen, Gabriele Capezzera, Antonio Mattia Grande and Luca Di Landro
In this study, self-healing and anti-sloshing materials are investigated for mitigation of impact-induced damage. The integration of these systems, for the prevention of fire or explosion due to impact or bullet damage, may significantly improve the safe...
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Vedran Mrzljak, Igor Poljak, Mate Kosor and Jelena Culin
The commingling of the two types of heavy fuel oils (fuel remaining in the tanks and fuel loaded) is determined by the company?s guidance and safety management system. Remained heavy fuel oil must be distributed in the heavy fuel oil tanks before bunkeri...
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?piro Ivo?evic, Romeo Me?trovic and Nata?a Kovac
This paper presents an approach for the model estimating the probabilistic percent corrosion depth for inner bottom plates of fuel oil tanks located in the double bottom of aging bulk carriers. Assuming that corrosion begins after four years of exploitat...
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Florian Heilemann, Alireza Dadashi and Kai Wicke
In this research article, a novel endoscopic system, which is suited to perform a digital inspection of the aircraft wing fuel tanks, is introduced. The aim of this work is to specifically design and develop an assisting system, called `Eeloscope?, to al...
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Xiaotian Peng, Donghao Fan, Doudou Qiu, Shiyu Feng, Hao Peng and Wentao Bai
Fuel vapor concentration is a key parameter for assessing the flammability of aircraft fuel tanks. However, the current research on RP-3 (Rocket Propellant-3) fuel vapor concentration is inadequate. This study categorizes fuel components by the number of...
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Kyu-Sik Park, Hung-Truyen Luong and Joonmo Choung
Tank heel minimization is a significant issue in the design of LNG fuel tanks because it is associated with stable suction pump operation and thermal shock requirements during LNG bunkering. This study examined how the LNG tank heel is minimized, maintai...
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Anagha Pathak,Kiran Deshpande,Sandesh Jadkar
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There is a huge potential to deploy solar thermal energy in process heat applications in industrial sectors. Around 50 % of industrial heat demand is less than 250 °C which can be addressed through solar energy. The heat energy requirement of industries ...
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Chaoyue Li, Huan Yang, Sha Liu, Shiyu Feng, Lei Xu and Zhiling Wang
In this study, a ground-based washing inerting (GBWI) method was proposed, and the application of GBWI in the field of fire prevention and explosion suppression of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fuel tanks was studied using a volume of fluid (VOF) two-pha...
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Guadalupe Isabel Lara Carvajal, Rodolfo Sosa Echeverría, Víctor Magaña, Georgina Fernández Villagómez and Jonathan D. W. Kahl
Accidents in port areas in the Gulf of Mexico have had great economic costs, since this is an area exposed to extreme phenomena. Tropical cyclones or cold fronts, also known as Tehuantepecers, result in intense winds and waves that impact the coastal inf...
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Mary V. Graham and Nathaniel C. Cady
Bacterial surface fouling is problematic for a wide range of applications and industries, including, but not limited to medical devices (implants, replacement joints, stents, pacemakers), municipal infrastructure (pipes, wastewater treatment), food produ...
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Yanyun Yu, Hongshuo Zhang, Zongbao Mu, Yating Li, Yutong Sun and Jia Liu
Trim optimization is an available approach for the energy saving and emission reduction of a ship. As a ship sails on the water, the draft and trim undergo constant changes due to the consumption of fuel oil and other consumables. As a result, the select...
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Tae-Ho Lee and Il-Seok Kang
A small combustion chamber was developed and manufactured for empirical combustion testing of several alternative fuels developed to meet IMO emission limits for fuel oil used in ships. The combustion chamber consists of four independent tanks and a circ...
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David I. Barton, Cesare A. Hall and Matthew K. Oldfield
Contrails are responsible for a significant proportion of aviation?s climate impact. This paper uses data from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts to identify the altitudes and latitudes where formed contrails will not persist. This re...
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Darko Glujic, Predrag Kralj and Josip Dujmovic
Carbon dioxide emissions have become a growing problem worldwide. Global institutions are addressing this problem and developing solutions. Countries that are aware of this problem are implementing regulations that affect global industry and, in particul...
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Federico Ustolin, Alessandro Campari and Rodolfo Taccani
The European Green Deal aims to transform the EU into a modern, resource-efficient, and competitive economy. The REPowerEU plan launched in May 2022 as part of the Green Deal reveals the willingness of several countries to become energy independent and t...
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Dong-Ha Lee, Seung-Joo Cha, Jeong-Dae Kim, Jeong-Hyeon Kim, Seul-Kee Kim and Jae-Myung Lee
Because environmentally-friendly fuels such as natural gas and hydrogen are primarily stored in the form of cryogenic liquids to enable efficient transportation, the demand for cryogenic fuel (LNG, LH) ships has been increasing as the primary carriers of...
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Dalibor Peru?ko, Damir Karabaic, Ivan Bajsic and Jo?e Kutin
During LNG storage and transportation by ship, a fraction of the LNG in the cryogenic tanks evaporates due to heat ingress through the insulation, resulting in boil-off gas (BOG) production and a change in LNG composition, a phenomenon known as LNG agein...
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Samuel A. Ross, Amanda E. White, Adam Andresen, Shah Saud Alam and Christopher Depcik
The Martian topography needs to be investigated in greater detail for human habitations, and this can be accomplished faster using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In this regard, the RQ-11B Raven appears suitable for remote sensing and topography-mappin...
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