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Author:

Hill Bembenic, Meredith A

Title:

The Chemistry of Subcritical Water Reactions of a Hardwood Derived Lignin and Lignin Model Compounds with Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

lignin ether cleavage
lignin model compounds
lignin depolymerization
cellulosic ethanol
subcritical water reactions with lignin
high temperature water reactions with lignin

File:

Download HillBembenic.Dissertation_11.9.2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Caroline Elaine Clifford, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Caroline Elaine Clifford, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Nicole Robitaille Brown, Committee Member

Author:

Louw, Enette

Title:

Structure and combustion reactivity of inertinite-rich and vitrinite rich South African coal chars: quantification of the structural factors contributing to reactivity differences

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Coal
char
reactivity
structure
molecular modeling
South Africa

File:

Download Final_Thesis_Enette_22July.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan P Mathews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Semih Eser, Committee Member

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

Author:

Das, Debanjan

Title:

Electrochemical Degradation, Kinetics & Performance Studies Of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
Impedance Spectroscopy
Electrohcemical Degradation
Electrochemical Frequency Modulation
Kinetics

File:

Download Final_Thesis___Debanjan_Das.pdf

Committee Members:

Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Jiang, Xiao

Title:

Palladium-Copper Bimetallic Catalysts for Selective Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Methanol

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

CO2 hydrogenation
Methanol
Pd-Cu bimetallic catalysts
Pd-Cu alloy.

File:

Download Ph.D._dissertation_XJiang_111915.pdf

Committee Members:

Chunshan Song, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chunshan Song, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Mukherjee, Amrita

Title:

Progression Towards Optimization Of Viscosity Of Highly Concentrated Carbonaceous Solid-water Slurries By Incorporating And Modifying Surface Chemistry Parameters With And Without Additives

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

petcoke
coal
slurry
viscosity
interfacial interactions
aggregation networks
free water
bound water

File:

Download Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarma V Pisupati, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Stephen Klima, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Quan, Wenying

Title:

Selective Hydrogen Sulfide Removal from Biogas on Nitrogen-Modified Adsorbents

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

H2S Removal
Biogas Purification
Selective Adsorption
Nitrogen-Modified
Porous Materials

File:

Download Dissertation_Wenying_Quan.pdf

Committee Members:

Chunshan Song, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chunshan Song, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Xiaoxing Wang, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Outside Member