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Reaction Engineering for Combustion and Pyrolysis


Description:
Topics covered range from detailed chemical kinetics and reacting flow simulation methods and experimental measurements through practical industrial engineering of high-temperature processes.

Sponsor:
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division


Chair:
Sedigheh Faraji
Assistant Professor
California State University, Long Beach
Chemical Engineering Department
1250 Bellflower Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90840
Email: sfaraji@csulb.edu

Co-chairs:
Daniel H. Chen
Lamar University
Dan F. Smith Department of Chemical Engineering
P.O. Box 10053
Beaumont, TX 77710
Fax Number: 409-880-2197
Email: daniel.chen@lamar.edu

S.S. Kumaran
Productline Engineer
Cabot Corporation
Fumed Metal Oxides
700 E. US Highway 36
Tuscola, IL 61953
Fax Number: 217-253-5530
Email: Soundar_Kumaran@cabot-corp.com


Papers:
Soot Oxidation Kinetics: Pressure and Fuel Comparisons
Joseph Levinthal, The University of Utah; Cristina Jaramillo, University of Utah; JoAnn S. Lighty, University of Utah
Parametric Study of Industrial Ethylene/Propylene Flares Using CFD Simulations
Kanwar Devesh Singh, Lamar University; Tanaji Dabade, Lamar University; Preeti Gangadharan, Lamar University; Daniel H. Chen, Lamar University; Xianchang Li, Lamar University; Helen H. Lou, Lamar University; Christopher Martin, Lamar University; Kuyen Li, Lamar University
Reengineered Feedstocks for Coal Combustion Emissions Control
Geoffrey A. Tompsett, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Sheng Chu, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Cheng Zhu, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Dingrong Bai, ReCommunity Inc; Paula A. Calabrese, ReCommunity Inc; George W. Huber, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Paul J. Dauenhauer, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Combustion Characteristics of Alternative Fuels: Butanol
Shamel Merchant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Analysis of Fuel NOx Formation in an Industrial Burner Using Biomass Derived Producer-Gas
Sujith Sukumaran, Iowa State University; Song-Charng Kong, Iowa State University
Comparison of Gas Phase Mechanisms for the Prediction of Coke Deposition During Thermal Cracking of Light Hydrocarbons
Astrid Yuliana Ramirez Hernandez, Universidad Nacinal de Colombia-Sede Medellín; Markus Kraft, University of Cambridge; Alejandro Molina, Universidad Nacinal de Colombia-Sede Medellín; Luis Oswaldo Almanza Sr., Instituto Colombiano del petróleo, Ecopetrol; July Carolina Vivas Baez, Instituto Colombiano del petróleo ICP
Cu Based Oxygen Carriers for Chemical Looping Processes
Egwono Okpoko, Imperial College London; Paul S Fennell, Imperial College London; Klaus Hellgardt, Imperial College London
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