Email:
lds@byu.edu

Phone:
801.422.8930

Fax:
801.422.0151

Address:
435A CTB
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah 84602

L. Douglas Smoot
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Emeritus Dean, College of Engineering & Technology
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1960

General Background

Educational/Professional Experience

• B.S., Chemistry, Brigham Young University, 1957
• B.E.S., Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 1957
• M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, 1958
• Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, 1960
• Senior Technical Specialist, Lockheed Propulsion Co., 1963-1967
• Visiting Assistant Professor, California Institute of Technology, 1966-1967
• Founding Director, ACERC, Brigham Young University
• Dean Emeritus, College of Engineering and Technology, Brigham Young University
• Assistant, Associate, and Professor, Brigham Young University, 1960-1963; 1967-present

Research Interests
Combustion, gasification, energy, air pollution, combustion modeling, NOx formation, char oxidation.

Statement of Philosophy
I am convinced that research on clean and efficient use of fossil fuels and waste materials is critical to the well being of the USA and the world. Use of fossil fuels will continue to dominate the world energy production well into the next century. ACERC has contributed substantially to the more effective use of these resources. When I cam back to BYU in 1967, no work was going on in combustion. In 1973, we initiated combustion research work with foundational grants from the Bureau of Mines, the EPRI, and OCR (now DOE). These early studies were In coal mine fires and explosions, pulverized coal combustion and gasification. In the following 30 years, this work has expanded through the Combustion Laboratory to ACERC. As director during ACERC's first decade of existence, I was impressed with the levels of interdisciplinary cooperation and the quality and productivity of research among students, faculty, and professionals. I am dedicated to helping ACERC move into the next century as a significant contributor In this vital area.

ACERC Accomplishments

• Served as proposal leader In initial ERC proposal, 1985-1986
• Served as ACERC Director, 1986-1997
• Organized and co-authored two books (see list) and three encyclopedia sections based on ACERC work
• Participated In six ACERC research projects (fixed bed modeling, p.c. modeling, NOx formation (2), char oxidation (2)).
• Helped to secure over $20,000,000 In NSF funds for ACERC
• Helped to secure five other external grants and contracts for ACERC totaling about $5,3000,000 since onset of ACERC
• Authored or co-authored 30 journal publications based on ACERC work.

Center and Industrial Collaboration

• All ACERC-related research studies that I participate in are with multiple senior investigators
• Char oxidation work has been conducted jointly with AFR Co.
• 3-D model comparisons used Goudey boiler measurements
• 2-D code work incorporates industrial submodel for devolatilization
• Consulting services for Geneva Steel apply ACERC technologies to reduction In coke requirements
• Application of ACERC technologies to industrial accidental fires and explosions
  

Recent Publications
Smoot, L.D., Editor and co-author, Fundamentals of Coal Combustion, Elsevier, The Netherlands, 1993 (book).

Smith, K.L., L.D. Smoot, T.H. Fletcher, and R.J. Pugmire, The Structure and Reaction Processes of Coal, Plenum, New York, 1994 (book).

Smoot, L.D., "The Role of Research In the Fossil Energy Industry," Energy and Fuels, 7:689-703 (1993).

Smoot, L.D., R.D. Boardman, B.S. Brewster, S.C. Hill, and A. Foli, "Development and Application of an Acid Rain Precursor Model for Practical Furnaces," Energy and Fuels, 7:686-695 (1993).

Hill, S.C., and L.D. Smoot, "A Comprehensive 3-D Model for Simulation of Combustion Systems," Energy and Fuels, 7:874-883 (1993).

Hobbs, M.L., P.T. Radulovic, and L.D. Smoot, "Combustion and Gasification of Coals In Fixed Beds," Progress In Energy and Combustion Science, 19:505-586 (1993)(review paper).

Boardman, R.D., C.N. Eatough, G.J. Germane, and L.D. Smoot, "Comparison of Measurements and Predictions of Flame Structure and Thermal NOx In a Swirling, Natural Gas Diffusion Flame," Combustion Science and Technology, 93:193-210 (1993).

Blackham, A.U., L.D. Smoot, and P. Yousefi, "Rates of mm-sized Coal Particle Oxidation: 1. Simple Experiments," Fuel, 73:601-612 (1993).

Brewster, B.S., L.D. Smoot, P.R. Solomon, and J.R. Markham, "Structure of a Near-Laminar Coal-Jet Flame," Energy and Fuels, 7:684-690 (1993).

Bisio, A., and S.G. Boots, Encyclopedia of Energy Technology and the Environment, (A) L.D. Smoot, Coal Combustion, (B) L.D. Smoot, Coal Gasification, (C) L.D. Smoot and S.K. Kramer, Combustion Modeling, First Edition (Four Volumes), Wiley-Interscience, New York, In press, 1995 (book).

Several more publications since 1995.

Graduate Advisees
Paul Hedman, Max Milfeith, Gad Williams, Rand Thurgood, Dee Rees, Douglas Skinner, Stephen Kramer, Wei Chen, Philip Smith, Thomas Fletcher, Robert Douglas, Harlow Christiansen, Wayne Tufts, Gregory Anderson, Curtis Morgan, Steven Keil, Robert Stephenson, Stephen Abbott, Dennis Stowell, Larry Allred, William Hecker, Gerald Williams, Fred Goodson, Christopher Tice, Vincent Memmott, Max Lewis, Vearl Beck, Tracy Price, Wayne Wells, Michael Hobbs, Douglas Rawlins, Guy Lewis, Don Leavitt, Jeffrey Berkinshaw, Jerry Sharp, Nicholas Soelberg, Dwight Clark, Joseph Smith, Thomas Spence, Richard Boardman, Richard Cope, Steven Phillips, Lee Smith, Stanley Harding, Blaine Asay, Scott Hill, Blaine Brown, David Sloan