Thomas H. Fletcher |
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| Affiliation: | Brigham Young University |
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| Education: | • PhD Chemical Engineering, BYU, 1983 • MS Chemical Engineering, BYU, 1980 • BS Chemical Engineering, BYU, 1979 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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