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2004 Conference Proceedings

University Coal Research / Historically Black Colleges and Universities & Other Minority Institutions Contractors
Review Meeting

June 9-10, 2004

Table of Contents

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Papers and Presentations

  • Opening Session
    • Keynote Speaker:
      Will your R&D Project Make it To Market?
      Dr. Jack Thatcher, Vice President for Dawnbreaker Inc.
  • Session A
    • Intelligent Monitoring System with High Temperature Distributed Fiberoptic Sensor for Power Plant Combustion Processes
      Kwang Y. Lee, The Pennsylvania State University
    • Multifunctional (NOx/CO/O2) Solid State Sensor for Coal Combustion Control
      Eric D. Wachsman, University of Florida
    • Elevated Temperature Sensors for On Line Critical Equipment Health Monitoring
      James R. Sebastian, University of Dayton
    • Development of All Solid State Sensors for Measurement of Nitric Oxide and Ammonia Concentrations by Optical Absorption in Particle Laden Combustion Exhaust Streams
      Robert P. Lucht, Purdue University
    • Innovative Instrumentation and Analysis of the Temperature Measurement for High Temperature Gasification
      Seong W. Lee, Morgan State University
    • Kinetics of Slurry Phase Fischer Tropsch Synthesis
      Dragomir B. Bukur, Texas A&M University
    • Improved Catalyst for Heavy Oil Upgrading Based on Zeolite Y Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Stable Nonporous Host
      Conrad W. Ingram, Clark Atlanta University
    • Ab Initio Studies of Coke Formation on Ni Catalysts During Methane Reforming
      David S. Sholl, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Session B
    • Material System for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
      Uday B. Pal, Boston University
    • Bi-Layer P-N Junction Devices for Coal-Based Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Interconnections
      Srikanth Gopalan, Boston University
    • Modeling and Design for a Direct Carbon Fuel Cell with Entrained Fuel and Oxidizer
      Alan A. Kornhauser, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    • Carbon Ionic Conductors for Use in Novel Carbon-Ion Fuel Cells
      W. Neal Simmons, Duke University
    • Spouted Bed Electrodes (SBE) for Direct Utilization of Carbon in Fuel Cells
      Joseph Calo, Brown University
    • Carbon-Based Fuel Cell
      Steven S.C. Chuang, University of Akron
    • A Novel Treatment for Acid Mine Drainage Utilizing Reclaimed Limestone Residual
      Horace Keith Moo-Young Jr., Lehigh University
    • Innovative Fresh Water Production Process for Fossil Fuels Plants
      James Klausner, University of Florida
    • Hydrogen Separation Through Pore Size Engineered Zeolite Membranes
      Mei Hong, University of Colorado
    • Radically New Adsorption Cycles for CO2 Sequestration
      James A. Ritter, University of South Carolina
    • Use of Molecular Modeling to Determine the Interaction and Competition of Gases within Coal for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration
      Jeffrey F. Evanseck, Duquesne University
    • Development of Highly Durable and Reactive Regenerable Magnesium-Based Sorbents for CO2 Separation in Coal Gasification Process
      Javad Abbasian, Illinois Institute of Technology
    • Dual Phase Inorganic Membrane for High Temperature Carbon Dioxide Separation
      Jerry Y.S. Lin, University of Cincinnati
    • CO2 Separation From Flue Gas By Phase Enhanced Absorption
      Liang Hu, Hampton University

    Abstract Only

    • Palladium/Copper Alloy Composite Membranes for High Temperature Hydrogen Separation
      J. Douglas Way, Colorado School of Mines
    • Processing, Microstructure and Creep Behavior of Mo-Si-B-Based
      Intermetallic Alloys for Very High Temperature Structural Applications

      Vijay K. Vasudevan, University of Cincinnati
    • Embedded Optical Sensors for Thermal Barrier Coatings
      David R. Clarke, University of California, Santa Barbara
    • Advanced Gasification By-Product Utilization
      Ari Geertsema, University of Kentucky
    • Investigation of Fly Ash and Activated Carbon Obtained from Pulverized Coal Boilers
      Edward Levy, Energy Research Center, Lehigh University
    • Fundamentals of Mercury Oxidation in Flue Gas
      JoAnn S. Lighty, University of Utah
    • Novel Corrosion Sensor for Vision 21 Systems
      Heng Ban, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    • The Homogeneous Forcing of Mercury Oxidation to Provide Low-Cost Capture
      John C. Kramlich, University of Washington
    • Development of CO2 Sequestration Module by Integrating Mineral Activation and Aqueous Carbonation
      M. Mercedes Marotor-Valer, Pennsylvania State University
    • Development of Superior Sorbents for Separation of CO2 from Flue Gas
      at a Wide Temperature Range during Coal Combustion: IC Phase II

      Panagiotis G. Smirniotis, University of Cincinnati
    • Development of a Novel Catalyst for NO Decomposition
      Ates Akyurtlu and Jale F. Akyurtlu, Hampton University
    • Heat of Dissolution Measurements for CO2 in Mixed Alkanolamine Solvents
      Vinayak N. Kabadi, North Carolina A&T State University
    • Mathematically Reduced Chemical Reaction Mechanisms Using Neural Networks
      Nelson K. Butuk, Prairie View A&M University
    • An Integrated Hydrogen Production-CO2 Capture Process from Fossil Fuels
      Yaw D. Yeboah, Clark Atlanta University
    • Dense Membranes for Anode Supported all Perovskite IT-SOFCs
      Rambabu Bobba, Southern University and A&M College
    • Study of Reservoir Heterogeneities and Structural Features Affecting Production in the Lower Shallow Oil Zone, Eastern Elk Hills Area, California
      Janice M. Gillespie, California State University Bakersfield
    • Exploratory Research on Simulation of CO2-Brine-Mineral Interactions
      Chen Zhu, Indiana University

    Abstract & Poster Presentation of Project Accomplishments

    • Advanced Solid State Sensor Technology Base for Vision 21 Systems
      Charter D. Stinespring, West Virginia University
    • Novel Electrode Materials for Low-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
      Meilin Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • An Ab Initio Approach toward Engineering Fischer-Tropsch Surface Chemistry
      Siddharth Chopra, University of Virginia
    • Nanostructured Ceramics and Composites for Refractory Applications in Coal Gasification
      Paul Brown, Pennsylvania State University
    • Dynamic Testing of Gasifier Refractory
      Devdutt P. Shukla, University of North Dakota
    • Nanocomposite Membranes for Hydrogen Separations
      Benny D. Freeman, University of Texas at Austin
    • Modeling of Syngas Reactions and Hydrogen Generation over Sulfides
      Kamil Klier, Lehigh University
    • Reformulation of Coal-Derived Transportation Fuels:
      Selective Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide on Metal Foam Catalysts

      Paul Chin, North Carolina State University
    • CO2 Sequestration and Recycle by Photosynthesis
      Steven S. C. Chuang, University of Akron
    • Enhancing the Atomic-Level Understanding of CO2 Mineral
      Sequestration Mechanisms via Advanced Computational Modeling

      Andrew Chizmeshya, Arizona State University
    • Attrition Resistant Iron-Based Catalyst For F-T SBCRS
      Adeyinka A. Adeyiga, Hampton University
    • Reforming of Liquid Hydrocarbons in a Novel Hydrogen-Selective
      Membrane-Based Fuel Processor

      Shamsuddin Ilias, North Carolina A&T State University
    • Numerical Simulation of a Natural Gas-Swirl Burner
      Ala R. Qubbaj, University of Texas Pan American
    • Simulation Modeling of an Enhanced Low-Emission Swirl Cascade Burner
      Ala R. Qubbaj, University of Texas Pan American

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