Research Areas:
Pyrolysis and Gasification
- Media: CO2/Air/Oxygen/Steam
- Feed stocks: Coal, Biomass, Waste, Agricultural Waste,
Industry Waste, Tire, Plastic
Thermochemical splitting of CO2
- CO2 utilization integrated with solar energy extraction
- Redox cycling of mixed-metal oxides for syngas
Colorless Distributed Combustion (CDC)
- Low-calorific value fuels
- Turbulence in distributed combustion
- Distributed combustion flow field
- Biofuels combustion
- Flow visualization
- CFD Analysis
- Intensities up to 400 MW/ m3 · atm
Micro Combustion
- Thermal Intensities 1 GW/m3 · atm
- Using gas/liquid fuels
- Fuel lean combustion
High Temperature Air Combustion (HiTAC)
- Oxygen concentration in oxidizer 2-5% by volume
- Furnace applications - heat release intensity=0.1-1MW/ m3 · atm
Simulated Underwater Propulsion
- Investigate exhaust jet dynamic behavior in a two-phase system
- Applications - underwater combustion systems, torpedoes,
autonomous underwater vehicles
Hydrocarbon Reforming (Fluidized Bed)
- Auto-thermal reforming of fuels to syngas
- Flow visualization in a fluid aspect
Biofuel Combustion in a Gas Turbine
- Alternative fuels
- Drop-in fuel flexibility
- Liquid and prevaporized liquid fuels
