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2008 Conference Proceedings

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

June 10-11, 2008

Table of Contents

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Presentations

  • Paula Flenory, Gasification and Fuels Division
    U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
  • Edgar Klunder, Gasification and Fuels Division
    U.S. Department of Energy; National Energy Technology Laboratory
  • Keynote Address
    Energy Systems and Supply in a Carbon Constrained World [PDF-6.4MB]
    George Richards, Focus Area Leader for Energy System Dynamics Division
    Office of Research & Development, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Session A

  • Constitutive Models to Describe the Response of Materials for High Temperature Operating Conditions
    I. Joga Rao, New Jersey Institute Technology
  • Computational Design and Prototype Evaluation of Aluminide-Strengthened Ferritic Superalloys for Power-Generating Turbine Applications (up to 1,033 K)
    Peter K. Liaw, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • Computer Aided Multi-Scale Design of SiC-Si3N4 Nanoceramic Composites for High-Temperature Structural Applications
    Vikas Tomar, University of Notre Dame
  • Solid State Joining of High Temperature Alloy Tubes for USC and Heat Exchanger Systems
    Bimal Kad, University of California, San Diego
  • A Novel Low-Temperature Diffusion Aluminide Coating for Ultrasupercritical Coal-Fired Boiler Applications
    Ying Zhang, Tennessee Technological University
  • Rheological Behavior of Dense Assemblies of Granular Materials
    Sankaran Sundaresan, Princeton University
  • Novel Adsorbent-Reactants for Treatment of Ash and Scrubber Pond Effluents
    Bill Batchelor, Texas A&M University
  • Value-Added Products from FGD Sulfite-Rich Scrubber Materials
    Vivak M. Malhotra, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
  • Fly Ash Catalyzed Mercury Oxidation Chlorination Reactions
    Sukh Sidhu, University of Dayton
  • Analysis of Bromine-Mercury Reactions in Flue Gas
    Geoffrey D. Silcox, University of Utah
  • Development of Criteria and Identification of Particle Cluster Size Based on Measurements of Void Fraction in Gas-Solid Systems
    David Roelant, Florida International University
  • Battery-Free Wireless Temperature Sensor
    Yi Jia, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
  • Innovative Coal Solids-Flow Monitoring and Measurement Using Phase Doppler and Particles Scattering Techniques
    Stephen Seong Lee, Morgan State University
  • Hybrid Wired-Wireless Silicon Carbide-Based Optical Sensor for Extreme Sensing Environment Temperature
    Mumtaz Sheikh, University of Central Florida
  • Workshop: Project Management Expectations
    Robert Bedick, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Session B

  • Gasification Transport: A Multiphase CFD Approach & Measurements
    Mayank Kashyap, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
  • Model Predictive Control of Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Power Plants
    Priyadarshi Mahapatra, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Closures for Coarse-Grid Simulation of Fluidized Gas-Particle Flows
    Sankaran Sundaresan, Princeton University
  • Development of Nanofiller-Modulated Polymeric Oxygen Enrichment Membranes for Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides in Coal Combustion
    Jianzhong Lou, North Carolina A&T State University
  • Development of Doped Nano-Porous Carbons for Hydrogen Storage
    Angela Lueking, The Pennsylvania State University
  • Integrated Removal of NOx, with Carbon Monoxide as Reductant, and Capture of Mercury in a Low Temperature Selective Catalytic and Adsorptive Reactor
    Neville Pinto, University of Cincinnati
  • Development of Low Cost Membranes for (Ta, Nb & Cellulose Acetate) for H2/CO2 Separation for WGS Reactors
    Naidu Seetala, Grambling State University
  • Characterization of Atomic and Electronic Structures of Electrochemically Active SOFC Cathode Surfaces
    Meilin Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Abstract [PDF-211KB]
    • Presentation [PDF-0KB]
  • Novel Low Temperature Solid State Fuel Cell
    Chonglin Chen, University of Texas at San Antonio
  • Prediction of Combustion Stability and Flashback in Turbines with High- Hydrogen Fuel
    Bobby Noble, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Development of Comprehensive Detailed and Reduced Reaction Mechanisms for Syngas and Hydrogen Combustion
    Chih-Jen Sung, Case Western Reserve University
  • Accurate Determination of Syngas Flame Speeds and Validation of Kinetic Mechanisms
    Yiguang Ju, Princeton University

Posters  

  • Lab-Scale Studies of Oxyfuel Combustion
    R. L. Axelbaum, Washington University, Saint Louis
  • Attrition Resistant Fischer-Tropsch Based on FCC Supports
    Adeyinka A. Adeyiga, Hampton University
  • Nanoscale Reinforced, Polymer Dervied Ceramic Matrix Coatings
    Rajendra K. Bordia, University of  Washington
  • Novel Nanocrystalline Intermetallic Coatings for Metal Alloys in Coal-Fired Environments
    Z. Zak Fang, University of Utah
  • Optical Fiber Instrumentation for Slagging Coal Gasifiers
    Anbo Wang, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • An Evaluation of the Feasibility of Combining Carbon Dioxide Flooding Technology with Microbially Enhanced Oil Recovery Technologies in Order to Sequester Carbon Dioxide
    W. Todd French, Mississippi State University
    • Abstract [PDF-26KB]
    • Presentation [PDF-0KB]
  • Novel Anionic Clay Adsorbents for Boiler-Blow-Down Waters Reclaim and Reuse – Phase II
    Theodore T. Tsotsis, University of Southern California
  • Molecular Modeling of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anodes in the Presence of H2S
    Gerardine Botte, Ohio University
    • Abstract [PDF-83KB]
    • Presentation [PDF-0KB]
  • Novel Composite Materials for SOFC Cathode Interconnect Contact
    J.H. Zhu, Tennessee Technological University
  • Water Impacts from Coal-Burning Power Plants
    John H. Rodgers, Jr., Clemson University
  • Mercury Speciation in Coal-Fired Power Plant Flue Gas: Experimental Studies and Model Development
    Radisav D. Vidic, University of Pittsburgh
  • New Adsorption Cycles for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Concentration
    James A. Ritter, University of South Carolina
  • Ductility Enhancement of Mo Phase by Nano-Sized Oxide Dispersions
    Bruce S. Kang, West Virginia University
  • A Mechanistic Investigation of Nitrogen Evolution and Corrosion with Oxycombustion
    Dale R. Tree, Brigham Young University
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture from Flue Gas by Phase Transitional Absorption
    Liang Hu, Hampton University
    • Abstract [PDF-11KB]
    • Presentation [PDF-0KB]
  • Development of Pd-Ag Composite Membrane for Separation of Hydrogen at Elevated Temperature
    Shamsuddin Ilias, North Carolina A&T State University
  • Super-High Temperature Alloys and Composites from Nb-W-Cr System
    S.K. Varma, University of Texas at El Paso
  • Enabling Advanced Modeling and Simulations for Fuel-Flexible Combustors
    Heinz Pitsch, Stanford University

Abstracts

  • Experimental and Computational Investigations of Boundary Condition Effects on CFD Simulations of Thermo-Acoustic Instabilities
    Robert L. West, Jr., Virginia Tech
  • Effects of Combustion Induced Vortex Breakdown on Flashback Limits of Syngas Fueled Turbine Combustors
    Ahsan Choudhuri, University of Texas at El Paso
  • A Study of Advanced Materials for Gas Turbine Coatings at Elevated Temperatures Using Selected Microstructures and Characteristic Environments for Syngas Combustion
    Ravinder M. Diwan, Southern University
  • Fabrication of Pd/Pd-Alloy Films by Surfactant Induced Electroless Plating for Hydrogen Separation from Advanced Coal Gasification Processes
    Shamsuddin Ilias, North Carolina A&T State University
  • Computational Chemistry-Based Identification of Ultra-Low Temperature Water-Gas-Shift Catalysts
    Manos Mavrikakis, University of Wisconsin-Madison


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