M. Najafi

In June 1992, a full-scale field test was conducted at Louisiana Tech University to determine the capability of a new microtunneling propulsion system called "LLB" (Laying pipes of Low Bearing force) to install a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe in a range of soil conditions. The t…

Closed-loop cooling and heating cycles utilizing clathrate as the storage medium are developed to verify the system's technical operation and to evaluate system components. In addition, a macroscopic study of the clathrate solidification process is made. The constructed experime…