2010 University Coal Research/Historically Black Colleges and Universities
and Other Minority Institutions Contractors Review Conference
June 2-3, 2010

Table of Contents

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PRESENTATIONS

• Opening Remarks [PDF-3MB]
  • Paula Flenory, Project Manager, Fuels Division
    U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
  • Steven Markovich, Project Manager, Fuels Division
    U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
    
  • Robert Romanosky, Technology Manager, Advanced Research
    U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

SESSION 1

• Plasmonics Based Harsh Environment Compatible Chemical Sensors [PDF-1.6MB]
  Nicholas Joy, University of Albany-SUNY
  
• Effects of Combustion Induced Vortex Breakdown on Flashback Limits of Syngas Fueled Turbine Combustors [PDF-2MB]
  Ahsan Choudhuri, University of Texas at El Paso
  
• Hybrid Optical Sensors for Power Generation Systems [PDF-1MB]
  Nabeel Riza, University of Central Florida, CREOL
  
• Spectroscopic and Microscopic Analysis of WO3 Thin Films [PDF-2.7MB]
  Felicia Manciu, University of Texas, El Paso
  
• Development of Novel Ceramic Nanofilm-Fiber Integrated Optical Sensors for Rapid Detection of Coal Derived Synthesis Gas [PDF-11.2MB]
  Hai Xiao, University of Cincinnati

SESSION 2

• Experimental and Computational Investigators of Boundary Condition Effects on CFD Simulations of Thermo-Acoustic Instabilities [PDF-1.5MB]
  Robert L. West, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
• Reactor Modeling and Process Simulation on the Syngas Chemical Looping Process [PDF-1.4MB]
  Liang Zeng, Ohio State University

SESSION 3

• Fabrication of Pd/Pd-alloy Films by Surfactant Induced Electroless Plating for Hydrogen Separation from Advanced Coal Gasification Processes [PDF-6.9MB]
  Shamsuddin Ilias, North Carolina A&T State University
  
• Novel Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework /Polymer Membranes for Hydrogen Separations in Coal Processing [PDF-29MB]
  Inga Musselman, University of Texas at Dallas
  
• Bimetallic Nanocatalysts in Mesoporous Silica for Hydrogen Production from Coal-derived Fuels [PDF-3.1MB]
  Debasish Kuila, North Carolina A&T State University
  
• A Study of Advanced Materials for Gas Turbine Coatings at Elevated Temperatures Using Selected Microstructures and Characteristic Environments for Syngas Combustion [PDF-941KB]
  Ravinder M. Diwan, Southern University & A&M College
  
• Computer Aided Multi-Scale Design Of Sic-Si3n4 Nanoceramic Composites for High-Temperature Structural Applications [PDF-8.3MB]
  Vikas Tomar, Purdue University-West Lafayette

SESSION 4

• Computational & Experimental Design of Fe-Based Superalloys for Elevated Temperature Applications [PDF-4.3MB]
  Peter Liaw, University of Tennessee
  
• Computational Studies of Physical Properties of Boron Carbide [PDF-846KB]
  Lizhi Ouyang, Tennessee State University
  
• Use of DNS Method to Reduce Uncertainties in Multiphase Two-Fluid Modeling [PDF-1.1MB]
  Zhi-Gang Feng, University of North Texas
  
• LDV Measurements and Analysis of Gas and Particulate Phase Velocity Profiles in a Vertical Jet Plume in a 2d Bubbling Fluidized Bed [PDF-1.3MB]
  Alexander Mychkovsky, University of Michigan

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