remarkable resources of energy. The reducing high quality oil resources and increase of oil price contributed to production from heavy oil reservoirs in recent years. This paper investigates the heavy crude oil properties and evaluates the steam-assisted gravity drainage(SAGD) which has become the method of choice for oil sand producers and it is therefore critical to optimize this process. Analysis has been done to realize the influence of different parameters on SAGD. The effects of parameters such as
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1 Honors Laboratory: Specific Heat and Conservation of Energy When energy in the form of heat Q is added to a material‚ the temperature of the material rises. Note that temperature‚ in units of degrees Celsius (°C) or Kelvin (K)‚ is a measure of how hot or cold a substance is‚ while heat‚ in units of joules (J) or calories (cal)‚ is a measure of its thermal energy. 1cal = 4.19J. A measure of the efficiency with which a substance can store this heat energy is known as specific heat capacity‚ or simply
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Introduction Specific heat is defined as the measure of the ability of a substance to change temperature. Specific heat of a substance is the heat needed to change the temperature of 1 gram of a substance once degree Celsius. The more Joules (unit of heat) needed‚ the higher the specific heat will be. The goal is to determine specific heat of a soil sample as compared to water. This difference has many ramifications regarding our climate‚ with local and global. Hypothesis I predict that after
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Hydraulics Prof. B.S. Thandaveswara 9.3 Application of Specific Force and Specific Energy 1. Determine the energy Loss in a NHJ Solution: Applying Momentum equation γQ ( V2 − V1 ) = P1 − P2 g γ Q 2 ( y1 − y 2 ) gb 2 y1y 2 2 2 2 = y1 − y 2 ( ) Q2 2gb Q2 b 2 = ( y1 + y2 ) y1y2 4 = q2 q 2 ( y1 + y 2 ) y1y 2 = (1) 2g 4 Specific energy equation y1 + V12 V2 = y 2 + 2 + ∆E 2g 2g Q2 2 2gy1 b 2 ∆E = y1 + − y2 − Q2 2 2gy 2 b 2 1 ⎤ q2 ⎡ 1 ∆E = ( y1 − y
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The Native Hawaiians Right to Self Determination Monikalynn Hawkins ANT 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Dr. Ronald K. Bolender October 22‚ 2009 Ancient Hawaiian genealogy suggests settlement of the islands by Tahitian navigators sometime between A.D. 300 and A.D. 800. (Trask‚ 1993‚ p.4) Before the coming of colonizers‚ the native society was organized as a familial society‚ consisting of tribes and chiefdoms‚ which provided
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solution‚ then the enthalpy of the reaction can be indirectly calculated with the following equation. q = Cp ( m ( ∆T The term q represents the heat energy that is gained or lost. Cp is the specific heat of water‚ m is the mass of water‚ and ∆T is the temperature change of the reaction mixture. The specific heat and mass of water are used because water will either gain or lose heat energy in a reaction that occurs in aqueous solution. Furthermore‚ according to a principle known as Hess’s law‚ the
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analysis covers Treasury bills with 10 years maturity. The empirical estimates show that a long-run relationship exists between each of these interest rates and the policy rate‚ WPI inflation and GDP growth rate. Also‚ what we have taken into account is specific impacts on bond yields during a particular period in time in the economy taking that period into account. Part I Current Status of Indian Bond Market In 2012‚ the size of the Indian bond market was approximately equivalent to 27% of the
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THE GRAVIMETRIC DETERMINATION OF SULFATE Learning Goals. 1. To determine the amount of Sulfate in an Unknown sulphate sample. 2. To perform and develop skills in precipitation Gravimetric method of quantitative analysis. DISCUSSION: Gravimetric analysis is one of the oldest analytical techniques and for this reason is referred to as a "classical method." Gravimetric procedures are usually very accurate‚ but more tedious than other methods. The only major equipment needed
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Robert Pittman 1/26/2012 Physics Circular motion creating artificial gravity Artificial gravity is a must have for any and every space station‚ if the human is living there for a long period of time. If there isn’t any artificial gravity present then the human body is extremely stunned which forces all the biological functions to break down. Astronauts that are in orbit for a long period of time tend to show major decreases in their bone strength‚ muscular tone‚ and also
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Findings Analysis to determine the sex of our case study AFA was done using a physical exam karyotyping and PCR-based sex testing. The results from our physical exams on AFA showed well-developed female external genitalia‚ presence of breasts‚ no menstrual cycle‚ and no facial or chest hair. This led to a conclusion that AFA is a sterile female. The results from the Karyotype Analysis showed presence of 22 pairs of autosomes chromosomes and two X’s revealing that she is female. Lastly the PCR-based
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