The CASE Coal Program's mission is the generation of scientific and technical information to allow for the clean and efficient utilization of coal in a carbon-constrained world. Building on the existing core-competencies developed over a long history of basic and applied research in coal science and combustion processes, the research areas include:
Oxy-Coal Combustion. Jost Wendt is the key contact.
- Oxy-Coal Simulation Results
- Publications
- Y. Jia, J. S. Lighty, Ash Particulate Formation from Pulverized Coal under Oxy-Fuel 2 Combustion Conditions, Environ. Sci. Technol., Article ASAP.
- J. Ahn, R. Okerlund, A. Fry, E.G. Eddings, Sulfur trioxide formation during oxy-coal combustion, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 5(1), S127-S135.
- W. J. Morris, D. Yu, J. O. L. Wendt, "Soot, Unburned Carbon, and Ultrafine Particle Emissions from Air and Oxy-Coal Flames", Proceedings of the Combustion Institute.
- J. Zhang, K. E. Kelly, E. G. Eddings, J. O. L. Wendt, CO2 effects on near field aerodynamic phenomena in 40 kW, co-axial, oxy-coal, turbulent diffusion flames, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 5(1), Pages S47-S57.
- J. Zhang, K. Kelly, E. G. Eddings, J. O. L. Wendt, "Ignition in 40kW co-axial turbulent diffusion oxy-coal jet flames" 33rd Symposium (International) on Combustion, Beijing, China, August 2010.
High-Pressure Entrained Flow Gasification . Kevin Whitty is the key contact.
- Gasification Simulation Results
- Topical Reports
- Publications
- A. Biglari, J.C. Sutherland, A filter-independent model identification technique for turbulent combustion modeling, 2012, Combustion & Flame, in press
- S. Li, Y. Wu, K. Whitty, Ash Deposition Behavior during Char-Slag Transition under Simulated Gasification Conditions, Energy & Fuels, 2010, 24 (3), pp 1868-1876.
- A. Parente, J.C. Sutherland, B.B. Dally, L. Tognotti, P. J. Smith, Investigation of the MILD combustion regime via Principal Component Analysis, 33rd International Symposium on Combustion Beijing, China, August 1-6, 2010.
- N. Punati, J. C. Sutherland, A. R. Kerstein, E. R. Hawkes, and J. H. Chen, An Evaluation of the One-Dimensional Turbulence Model: Comparison with Direct Numerical Simulations of CO/H2 Jets with Extinction and Reignition. Proc. Combust. Inst., 331(1):1515-1522, 2011.
- Y. Wu, P. J. Smith, J. Zhang, J. N. Thornock and G. Yue, Effects of Turbulent Mixing and Controlling Mechanisms in an Entrained Flow Coal Gasifier, Energy Fuels, 2010, 24 (2), pp 1170-1175J.
Combustion Chemical Looping. JoAnn Lighty is the key contact.
- Topical Reports
- Publications
- E. M. Eyring, G. Konya, J. S. Lighty, A. H. Sahir, A. F. Sarofim and K. Whitty, Chemical Looping with Copper Oxide as Carrier and Coal as Fuel, Oil & Gas Science and Technology - Rev. IFP Energies nouvelles, 2011.
- A. H. Sahir, J. S. Lighty and H. Y. Sohn, Kinetics of Copper Oxidation in the Air Reactor of a Chemical Looping Combustion System using the Law of Additive Reaction Times, American Chemical Society, October 12, 2011
SNG from In-Situ Thermal Treatment. Philip Smith is the key contact.
Sequestration. Milind Deo is the key contact.
- Topical Report
- Publication
- P. Mandalaparty, M. Deo, J. N. Moore, Gas-Compositional Effects on Mineralogical Reactions in Carbon Dioxide Sequestration, SPE Journal, Volume 16, Number 4, December 2011, pp. 949-958
Environmental, Legal, and Policy Issues. Lincoln Davies and Arnold Reitze are the key contacts.
- Topical Reports
- Publications
- A. W. Reitze Jr., Federal Control of Carbon Capture and Storage, Environmental Law Reporter, September (41)10796 - 10824, 2011.
- A. W. Reitze Jr. and M. B. Durrant, Control of Geological Carbon Sequestration in the Western United States, Environmental Law Institute, 2011.
- A. W. Reitze Jr. and M. B. Durrant, "State and Regional Control of Geological Carbon Sequestration (Part I)", Environmental Law Reporter, April (41)10348 - 10373, 2011.