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Author:

Lamborn, Daniel Ray

Title:

Experimental and Modeling Studies of the Hybrid Physical-Chemical Vapor Deposition of Superconducting Magnesium Diboride Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

magnesium diboride
superconductor
numerical modeling
reactor design
process development

File:

Download DRL_PhD_Thesis_080607.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Antonios Armaou, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

Author:

Gougar, Hans David

Title:

ADVANCED CORE DESIGN AND FUEL MANAGEMENT FOR PEBBLE-BED REACTORS

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

pebble-bed reactor
reactor design
genetic algorithm
optimization

File:

Download HDGTHESIS.PDF

Committee Members:

Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert M Edwards, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lawrence E Hochreiter, Committee Member
Kwang Yun Lee, Committee Member
Abdderafi M Ougouag, Committee Member
William K Terry, Committee Member

Author:

Tchapda, Aimé Hilaire Ngongang

Title:

Design and Construction of a Lab Scale Pressurized Entrained Flow Reactor for Studying the Thermochemical Conversion of Solid Fuels at High Temperature

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Pressurized entrained flow gasifier
Thermochemical conversion of biomass and coal
co-gasification
co-pyrolysis
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)
Synergistic effects of coal and biomass conversion
High temperature pyrolysis
Thermal deactivation of char
Thermodynamic modeling
Tar characterization
High pressure
char morphology
reactor design

File:

Download Dissertation_Aime.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarma V. Pisupati, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarma V. Pisupati, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan Mathews, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Yaw Yeboah, Outside Member