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Author:

Hartwell, Bradley J.

Title:

MICROWAVE-INDUCED PYROLYSIS OF CORN STOVER: THE INFLUENCE OF POTASSIUM ON THE GAS FRACTION

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

catalysis
catalyst
gas fraction
potassium
corn stalk
corn stover
pyrolysis
microwave
hydrogasification

File:

Download 20100420_MICROWAVE-INDUCED_PYROLYSIS_OF_CORN_STOVER.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarma V Pisupati, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarma V Pisupati, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Burket, Christopher L

Title:

GENESIS AND EVOLUTION OF POROSITY AND MICROSTRUCTURE IN NANOPOROUS CARBON DERIVED FROM POLYFURFURYL ALCOHOL

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

molecular sieves
graphitization
nanoporous carbon
activated carbon
non-graphitizing carbon
carbon
polymerization
pyrolysis
activation
capacitors

File:

Download Burket_ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Henry C Foley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Angela Lueking, Committee Member

Author:

Alvarez Rojas, Yesica E.

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF A REACTIVE COARSE-GRAINING APPROACH FOR THE UTILITY ENHANCEMENT OF COMPLEX LARGE-SCALE MOLECULAR MODELS OF COAL

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

pyrolysis
simplification
coarse-graining
molecular modeling
lattice
coal
large scale
biomass

File:

Download Yesica_Alvarez_MS_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan P Mathews, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P Mathews, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chang, Yi-Ping

Title:

COMBUSTION BEHAVIOR OF HAN-BASED LIQUID PROPELLANTS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

pressure exponents.
burning rate controlling mechanisms
decomposition
autocatalytic
pyrolysis
propellants
hydroxylammonium nitrate
combustion

File:

Download THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member

Author:

Frantz, Curtis Wendelin

Title:

Characterization of pyrolyzed lignin chars for use in a novel foundry fuel source

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

lignin
pyrolysis
NMR
char

File:

Download Curtis_Frantz_Thesis_post-defense.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicole Robitaille Brown, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mc Vey, Thomas Matthew

Title:

CONTINOUS SEPARATION OF COMMODITY CHEMICALS FROM PARTIALLY DEOXYGENATED PYROLYSIS OILS VIA FLASH DISTILLATION

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

pyrolysis
bio-oil
distillation
BTX
benzene
toluene
xylene
biomass
pyrolysis oil
separation
continuous distillation

File:

Download McVey_Final_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Edward Ciolkosz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Ali Demirci, Committee Member

Author:

Ishihara, Hisaaki

Title:

Application of Bio-based Composites for the Automotive Industry: Material Characteristics of Switchgrass Biochar-Reinforced Polypropylene

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems

Keywords:

biochar
switchgrass
polypropylene
surface modification
pyrolysis
thermal modification
Biochar
Switchgrass
Polypropylene
Surface modification
Pyrolysis
Thermal modification

File:

Download Hisaaki_Ishihara_Graduate_Thesis2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey M Catchmark, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alicyn Marie Rhoades, Committee Member
Stephen C Chmely, Committee Member
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ekinci, Berkay

Title:

On the Effects of Non-Thermal Plasma Discharge in Solid Fuel Pyrolysis

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

plasma assisted combustion
plasma
combustion
pyrolysis
wire-mesh
high voltage
high current
coal

File:

Download On_the_Effects_of_Non_Thermal_Plasma_Discharge_in_Solid_Fuel_Pyrolysis__25_.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean David Knecht, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lele, Aditya

Title:

STUDY OF REACTION DRIVEN PROCESSES USING MOLECULAR DYNAMICS: APPLICATIONS OF REAXFF FOR COMBUSTION CHEMISTRY AND MATERIAL SYNTHESIS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

ReaxFF
Molecular Dynamics
Combustion
2D-materials
Biofuels
CVD
Material synthesis
hBN
soot
pyrolysis

File:

Download Thesis_aditya_lele.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline O'Connor, Major Field Member
Randy Vander Wal, Outside Unit & Field Member
Yuan Xuan, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair