Turbulent Mixed Convection Heat Transfer in the Presence of Rough Walls

Nowadays, climate change and global warming phenomena are becoming more and more serious issues. In order to sustain the enormous worldwide energy demand, society consumes a high amount of fuel, resulting into the steep increase of the level of CO\textsubscript{2} in the environment. Therefore, the massive greenhouse gases emissions in the...

Design and development of a small scale jet head for multi-lateral drilling

Extraction of hydrocarbons from the sub-surface is becoming harder with the reservoirs getting smaller and the formations increasingly tighter. Considering the current circumstances, production enhancement otherwise known as “stimulation” techniques, play a vital role in ensuring economic returns from a hydrocarbon reservoir. The use of water...