2004 Conference Presentations

2004 ACERC Conference Presentations

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2004 ACERC Conference

Thursday, February 12, 2004

Chair: Eric G. Eddings	SESSION I – NOX REDUCTION
Tom Fletcher, ACERC Director, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah	Introduction to ACERC Conference
Larry Bool, Praxair, Danbury, Connecticut	“Oxygen-Enhanced Staging for NOx Control in Coal-Fired Boilers”
Dale Tree, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah	“Nitrogen Release from Biomass”
Aaron Nackos and Xiaoyu Guo, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah	“Selective Catalytic Reduction Work at Brigham Young University”
Padmabhushana Desam, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah	“Thermal NO Predictions in Glass Furnaces: A subgrid scale validation study”
Zoran Djurisic, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah	“Modeling prompt NO Formation: Impact of physical constraints to chemical pathways”

Chair: JoAnn S. Lighty	SESSION II – MERCURY ISSUES
Matt R. Linford, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah	“ Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry of Biomass and Coal Samples"
Adel Sarofim, Reaction Engineering International, Salt Lake City, Utah	"Arsenic and Silicon Behavior in Combustion and Gasification: Some Practical Implications”
Joseph J. Helble, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut	"The Effects of SO2 and NOx on Mercury Homogeneous Chemistry”
Connie L. Senior, Reaction Engineering International, Salt Lake City, Utah	“Understanding Oxidation of Mercury Across SCR Catalysts in Coal-Fired Power Plants”
Thomas K. Gale, Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama	“The Effect of Coal Type and Burnout on Mercury Speciation Across a Baghouse”

Friday, February 13, 2004

Chair: Larry L. Baxter	SESSION IV – COMPREHENSIVE MODELING
Michael Choi and Ben Ohran, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah	"A Comprehensive 3-D Bed Model"
Brad Adams, Reaction Engineering International, Salt Lake City, Utah	“Use of Modeling to Solve Industrial Combustion Problems”
Galen Richards, Alstom Power, East Hartford, Connecticut	“CFD Modeling of Utility Boiler Components at ALSTOM Power Inc.”
Rick Wessel, Babcock & Wilcox, Barberton, OH	“CFD and Combustion Modeling - Powerful Tools for Boiler Design”
David Schowalter, Fluent Inc., Lebanon, New Hampshire	“Incorporating advanced char burnout kinetic (CBK) models and Computational Fluid Dynamics”

Chair: Tomas H. Fletcher	SESSION V – FUEL CHARACTERIZATION & SOOT FORMATION
Dong Zeng, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah	“Swelling Properties and Intrinsic Reactivities of Coal Chars Produced at Elevated Pressures and High Heating Rates”
Hong Lu, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah	“Effects of Particle Shape and Size on Biomass Reactivity”
Elvin Ip, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah	“Intermediate Sized Particle Formation During Black Liquor Droplet Combustion”
Shihong Yan, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah	“Formulation and Some Applications of Jet Fuel Surrogates”
Shrinivas Lokare, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah	“Investigation of ash Deposition and Corrosion Mechanisms in Combustion of Bio-Fuels and Fuel Blends in a Pilot-Scale Facility”