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Author:

Orawannukul, Poravee

Title:

An experimental study of forced flame response in technically premixed flame in a lean premixed gas turbine combustor

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Forced flame response
technically premixed flames
combustion instabilities
flame transfer function

File:

Download Poravee_Orawannukul.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Xinyu

Title:

Transported Probability Density Function Methods for Coal Combustion: Toward High Temperature Oxy-coal for Direct Power Extraction

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

oxy-coal combustion
combustion modeling
probability density function method
spectral photon Monte Carlo
finite-rate chemistry

File:

Download xzz105-dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member

Author:

Sokolowski, Christopher Henry

Title:

Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOX by NH3 for Diesel Exhaust Aftertreatment

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

selective catalytic reduction
SCR
NH3-SCR
diesel
NOX
nitrogen oxides
catalyst deactivation
zeolite
iron zeolite

File:

Download Sokolowski_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Yongsheng Chen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarma V Pisupati, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P Mathews, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gibson, La

Title:

Measurement and modeling the coefficient of restitution of char particles under simulated entrained flow gasifier conditions

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Coefficient of Restitution
Gasification
Critical Velocity
Population Model
Ash Deposition
Sticking Probability

File:

Download Gibson_Dissertation__Final___1__.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarma V Pisupati, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Yaw Yeboah, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Dr Lawrence Shadle, Special Member

Author:

Kulga, Ihsan Burak

Title:

ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICACY OF CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION IN DEPLETED SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

PSU-SHALECOMP
numerical model
CO2 injection
shale gas
artificial neural network
stimulated reservoir volume
srv
ann

File:

Download Ihsan_Burak_Kulga_Phd.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Zhen Lei, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

Author:

Bu Khamseen, Nader

Title:

Applications of Artificial Expert Systems in the Diagnosis and Analysis of Unexpected Spatial and Temporal Changes in Reservoir Production Behavior

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Artificial neural network
reservoir simulation
artificial expert systems
history matching
prediction
unexpected behavior.

File:

Download Thesis_def_d2.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Griffin, Committee Member
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member

Author:

Bukhari, Abdulwahab

Title:

Optimizing Corporate Decisions for Dominant Hydrocarbon Producers under Uncertainty

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Optimization
Risk Analysis
Decision Analysis
VOI
petroleum economics
optimization
monte carlo simulation
stochastic

File:

Download Bukhari_PhD_Dissertation_Submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anastasia Shcherbakova, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Paul Griffin, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Anastasia Shcherbakova, Special Member