Energy stores

The expansion of the reservoir fluids, which is a function of their volume and compressibility, act as a source of drive energy which can act to support primary producf/on from the reservoir. Primary production means using the natural energy stored in the reservoir as a drive mechanism for production. Secondary recovery would imply adding some energy to the reservoir by injecting fluids such as water or gas, to help to support the reservoir pressure as production takes place. 

The previous section showed that the fluids present in the reservoir, their compressibilities, and the reservoir pressure all determine the amount of energy stored in the system. Three sets of initial conditions can be distinguished, and reservoir and production behaviour may be characterised in each case ... 

ATP IS the mam energy storing molecule for practically every form of life on earth We often speak of ATP as a high energy compound and its P—O bonds as high energy bonds This topic is discussed m more detail m Sections 28 4 and 28 5... 

The first step is to write an expression for the energy stored in a network U as a result of the elongation a. This may be written as... 

It is directly related to the energy stored in the sample per cycle of oscillation. 

The dissipation factor (the ratio of the energy dissipated to the energy stored per cycle) is affected by the frequency, temperature, crystallinity, and void content of the fabricated stmcture. At certain temperatures and frequencies, the crystalline and amorphous regions become resonant. Because of the molecular vibrations, appHed electrical energy is lost by internal friction within the polymer which results in an increase in the dissipation factor. The dissipation factor peaks for these resins correspond to well-defined transitions, but the magnitude of the variation is minor as compared to other polymers. The low temperature transition at —97° C causes the only meaningful dissipation factor peak. The dissipation factor has a maximum of 10 —10 Hz at RT at high crystallinity (93%) the peak at 10 —10 Hz is absent. 

G is called the loss modulus. It arises from the out-of-phase components of y and T and is associated with viscous energy dissipation, ie, damping. The ratio of G and G gives another measure of damping, the dissipation factor or loss tangent (often just called tan 5), which is the ratio of energy dissipated to energy stored (eq. 16). 

The total area under the curve A—D, shown as shaded in Figure 1, is the strain energy stored in a body. This energy is not uniformly distributed throughout the material, and it is this inequaUty that gives rise to particle failure. Stress is concentrated around the tips of existing cracks or flaws, and crack propagation is initiated therefrom (Fig. 2) (1). 

Vapor Pressure. The Shiley Infusaid implantable infusion pump utilizes energy stored in a two-phase fluorinated hydrocarbon fluid. The pump consists of a refillable chamber that holds the dmg and a chamber that holds the fluid. The equiUbrium vapor pressure of the fluid, a constant 60 kPa (450 mm Hg), compresses the bellows, pumping the dmg through a bacterial filter, a capillary flow restrictor, and an infusion cannula to the target body site (56,116). 

Figure 8.2 shows a non-linear elastic solid. Rubbers have a stress-strain curve like this, extending to very large strains (of order 5). The material is still elastic if unloaded, it follows the same path down as it did up, and all the energy stored, per unit volume, during loading is recovered on unloading - that is why catapults can be as lethal as they are. 

The argument, at its simplest, is as follows. The primary function of a spring is that of storing elastic energy and - when required - releasing it again. The elastic energy stored per unit volume in a block of material stressed uniformly to a stress a is ... 

If you blow up a balloon, energy is stored in it. There is the energy of the compressed gas in the balloon, and there is the elastic energy stored in the rubber membrane itself. As you increase the pressure, the total amount of elastic energy in the system increases. 

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