Past Research Projects
“SusChEM: Co-firing Biomass and Coal under Pressurized Oxy-fired Combustion Conditions,” U.S. National Science Foundation.
“Biomass Co-firing Demonstration at Hunter Unit 3,” PacifiCorp/Rocky Mountain Power.
“Coal to Carbon Fiber Program,” Utah Office of Energy Development.
“Production of Carbon Fiber from Coal-derived Pitch,” U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economic Development Administration.
“Production of Hydrogen Through Photoelectrocatalytic Oxidation of Coal using TiO2 Nanotube Arrays,” University of Utah Research Foundation, Seed Grant (w/Bobby Mohanty).
“Oxycoal Simulation: Experimental Data and Analysis for V/UQ,” U.S Department of Energy, Carbon Capture Multidisciplinary Simulation Center (w/ Terry Ring).
“Development of a Sub-surface Burner Technology for In-situ Heating,” AMSO, LLC (w/Geoff Silcox).
“Hydroprocessing of Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oils,” Dept. of Transportation Sun Grant w/ Utah State University.
“NSF Workshop on Combustion,” U.S National Science Foundation.
“Development of Combustion Tuning Guidelines,” Korea South-East Power (KOSEP) w/ Pusan National University.
“Characterization of Oxy-combustion Impacts in Existing Coal-Fired Boilers,” U.S. Department of Energy, w/ Reaction Engineering International.
“Development of Burner Technology for In-situ Oil Shale Processing,” AMSO, LLC
“Depolymerization of Waste Plastics to Produce Liquid Fuels,” PK Clean Technologies, Inc
“Char Burnout of Largest Fraction of Pulverized Coal Grinds Under Oxycoal Conditions,” Praxair, Inc
“IR Camera Diagnostics & V/UQ for Temperature Measurements,” U.S. Department of Energy, Clean and Secure Energy from Coal program, co-PI w/Terry Ring
“Advanced Diagnostics for Oxycoal Combustion,” U.S. Department of Energy, Utah Clean Coal Program, co-PI w/Terry Ring
“Bench-Scale Simulation of Underground Thermal Treatment of Coal,” U.S. Department of Energy, Utah Clean Coal Program
“Oxycoal Single Particle Combustion: Fluidized Beds,” U.S. Department of Energy, Utah Clean Coal Program
“Pilot-Scale Oxy-Coal Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion,” U.S. Department of Energy, Utah Clean Coal Program
“NOx Reduction During Pulverized Coal Combustion Using Various Chemical Agents,” Reaction Engineering International
“Comparison of Pinion Pine/Juniper Wood Co-Firing in Raw, Torrefied and Pyrolyzed Forms,” U.S. Forest Service/Utah State University
“Bio-Derived Fuels from the Pyrolysis of Waste Biomass Feedstocks,” WRE Biofuels
“Emissions from Waste Biomass (Stover) Filter Cake and Syrup,” Detroit Stoker Company
“Oxy-Coal Combustion using Oxygen Transport Membranes,” U.S. DOE/Praxair, Inc.
“Experimental Studies on Burner Characteristics, Ash Deposition, Corrosion and Chemistry under Oxycoal Combustion Conditions,” U.S. Department of Energy, w/ Reaction Engineering International, co-PI w/Jost Wendt, JoAnn Lighty
“Co-Combustion of Biomass/Bio-Derived Oil with Fossil Fuels,” PetroAlgae, LLC
“Evaluation of a Coal-Drying Process,” Syncoal Solutions, Inc.
“Oxyfiring of Coal in Entrained-Flow and Fluidized Bed Combustors,” Praxair, Inc.
“Validation of Simulations for Jet Fuel Pool Fires – Year 6-10,” through the Center for Simulation of Accidental Fires and Explosions (C-SAFE)
“Development of Fundamental Rate Parameters for Circulating Fluidized Beds,” U.S. Department of Energy, Utah Clean Coal Program
“Biomass Fuel Characterization in Stoker-Fired Furnaces,” Detroit Stoker Co.
“Investigation of the Emission Characteristics of Modified Coals”, Headwaters Energy Services, Inc.
“Activated Carbon Drying & Raw Rice Hull Combustion & Gasification,” Producers Rice Mill, Inc.
“Detailed Study of Shale Pyrolysis for Oil Production,” U.S. DOE/Utah Heavy Oil Center, co-PI w/Milind Deo
“Chemical Production from Coal and Oil Shale Using a Retort,” Millennium Synfuels, Inc., co-PI w/JoAnn Lighty, Kevin Whitty, Geoff Silcox
“Combustion Characteristics of Corn Stover in a Stoker-Fired Furnace”
“Combustion Characteristics of Suspension-Fired Distiller Grains and Palm Kernels”
“Emission Characteristics of Catalytically-Modified Pulverized Coal”
“Pilot-scale Demonstration of Advanced Layered Technology Approach (ALTA) for NOx Control in Coal-Fired Utility Boilers”
“SO2 Evolution and Capture on Cement Raw Materials”
“Performance-Enhancing Liquid Additives for Coal-Fired Power Generation”
“Mercury Evolution from Cement Raw Materials”
“Multifunctional Fuel Additives for Reduced Jet Fuel Particulate Emissions”
“Performance of Catalytic Additives for Enhancing Fuel Nitrogen Release”
“Cofiring Bagasse and Cane Waste in Stoker-fired Boilers”
“Investigation of Fuel Chemistry and Bed Performance in a Fluidized Bed Black Liquor Steam Reformer”, co-PI with Kevin Whitty
“Enhanced Coal Reburning Under Oxidizing Conditions”
“Residual Ash from Coconut Char Sorbent”
“Oxygen Enhanced Combustion for NOx Control”
“Flame Stability of Pulverized Petroleum Coke”
“Catalytic NOx Reduction Using Waste Paint Pigments”
“Design of Catalyst Slipstream Reactor”
“Construction and Testing of a Corrosion Management Methodology for Coal-Fired Boilers”
“Hydrocarbon Emissions from Cement Raw Materials”
“NOx Control Optimization and Integration to Utility Boilers”
“Fuel Additives for Reduced Jet Fuel Particulate Emissions”
“Development and Demonstration of Novel Low NOx Burners for Boilers”
“Evolution of Nitrogenous Species from Mining Leachate Residues”
“Conversion and Deposition Behavior of Black Liquor and Biomass during Thermal Conversion, co-PI w/Kevin Whitty
“Validation of Simulations for Jet Fuel Pool Fires – Years 1-5”, U.S. DOE program through the Center for Simulation of Accidental Fires and Explosions (C-SAFE) at the University of Utah, co-PI with Adel Sarofim
“Destruction of Biosludge in a Stoker-Fired Furnace”
“Construction of a Pilot-Scale Stoker Furnace”
“Methods for the Reduction of NOx Emissions and Unburned Carbon in Ash – Phase II” co-PI with David Pershing
“Low Emission Boilers Systems (LEBS)” co-PI with David Pershing
“Minimization of NOx Emissions From Multi-Burner Coal-Fired Boilers” co-PI with David Pershing and Adel Sarofim
“Fuel-Rich SNCR”
“Thermal Soil Desorption”
“Processing and Drying of Biomass Residue for Feedstock to a Dedicated Cogeneration Facility”
“Kinetics of Sulfur Evolution During Coal Combustion”