Welcome to the Utah Energy Discovery Conference 2007

Thomas H. Fletcher

     
Affiliation:  

Brigham Young University

     
Education:   • PhD Chemical Engineering, BYU, 1983
• MS Chemical Engineering, BYU, 1980
• BS Chemical Engineering, BYU, 1979
     
Research Focus:   • Solid fuel devolatilization, combustion, and gasification science (coal, biomass, oil shale)
• Nitrogen Evolution from organic materials
• Soot formation from coal tar and heavy hydrocarbons
     
Current Projects:   • A Mechanistic Investigation of Nitrogen Evolution and Corrosion with OxyCombustion, DOE/UCR
• Fundamental Combustion Characteristics of Live Wildland Fuels, USDA Forest Service
• Deposition of Alternative (Syngas) Fuels on Turbine Blades with Film Cooling, DOE/Clemson SCIES
• Coal Gasification Kinetics & Soot Formation, Utah Clean Coal Center (DOE through U of Utah)
• Nitrogen Evolution during Coal Pyrolysis, Siemens
• A Reaction Model for Oil Shale, Chevron (through U of Utah)
• The CHESS Oil Shale Retort System, Carlos Adams
• Mechanisms for Enhanced Coal Combustion Using an Additive, Oryxe International