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1. Modeling the CO2 Footprint of the U.S. Coal Mining Industry and the Potential Economic Costs of CO2 Legislation

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Author:
Aziz, AbdulMajeed
Title:
Modeling the CO2 Footprint of the U.S. Coal Mining Industry and the Potential Economic Costs of CO2 Legislation
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
cost
legislation
coal
mining
CO2
footprint
File:
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Committee Members:
Dr Vladislav Kecojevic, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Vladislav Kecojevic, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

3. STRUCTURAL ELUCIDATION, MOLECULAR REPRESENTATION AND SOLVENT INTERACTIONS OF VITRINITE-RICH AND INERTINITE-RICH SOUTH AFRICAN COALS

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Author:
Van Niekerk, Daniel
Title:
STRUCTURAL ELUCIDATION, MOLECULAR REPRESENTATION AND SOLVENT INTERACTIONS OF VITRINITE-RICH AND INERTINITE-RICH SOUTH AFRICAN COALS
Graduate Program:
Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:
coal-to-liquids
solvent extraction
coal
macerals
reflectance
petrography
molecular modeling
File:
Download Daniel_Van_Niekerk_2008_high_quality.pdf
Committee Members:
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member
Caroline Elaine Clifford, Committee Member
Paul C Painter, Committee Member

4. PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM/COAL BLENDS AS FEEDSTOCKS IN LABORATORY-SCALE AND PILOT-SCALE COKERS TO OBTAIN CARBONS OF POTENTIALLY HIGH VALUE

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Open Access
Author:
Escallon, Maria Mercedes
Title:
PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM/COAL BLENDS AS FEEDSTOCKS IN LABORATORY-SCALE AND PILOT-SCALE COKERS TO OBTAIN CARBONS OF POTENTIALLY HIGH VALUE
Graduate Program:
Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:
solubility parameters
needle coke
petroleum
coal
co-coking
interactions
File:
Download Escallon_PhD_thesis_11-12-08.pdf
Committee Members:
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Alan W Scaroni, Committee Member

5. Evaluation of co-cokes from bituminous coal with vacuum resid or decant oil, and evaluation of anthracites, as precursors to graphite

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Open Access
Author:
Nyathi, Mhlwazi Solomon
Title:
Evaluation of co-cokes from bituminous coal with vacuum resid or decant oil, and evaluation of anthracites, as precursors to graphite
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
graphitization
coke
coking
coal
graphite
isotropic
File:
Download MHLWAZI_SOLOMON_NYATHI_THESIS.pdf
Committee Members:
Harold Harris Schobert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Caroline Elaine Clifford, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Kenan Unlu, Committee Member
Peter J Pappano, Committee Member

7. FROM RENEWABLE TO ALTERNATIVE: WASTE COAL AND THE PENNSYLVANIA ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PORTFOLIO STANDARD

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Open Access
Author:
Thomas, Robert Roy
Title:
FROM RENEWABLE TO ALTERNATIVE: WASTE COAL AND THE PENNSYLVANIA ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PORTFOLIO STANDARD
Graduate Program:
Rural Sociology
Keywords:
classifications
categories
naming
rhetoric
renewable portfolio standard
metaphor
ecological modernization
clean energy
waste coal
coal
alternative energy
renewable energy
discourse analysis
boundaries
File:
Download final_to_penn_state_july_18th.pdf
Committee Members:
Leland Luther Glenna, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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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

9. STUDY ON THE APPLICATION OF ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSING IN GREEN SAND FOUNDRIES

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Open Access
Author:
Wang, Yujue
Title:
STUDY ON THE APPLICATION OF ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSING IN GREEN SAND FOUNDRIES
Graduate Program:
Environmental Engineering
Keywords:
advanced oxidation
green sand foundry
air emission
clay
coal
File:
Download Dissertation_Yuje_Wang.pdf
Committee Members:
Fred Scott Cannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

10. Gas transport, sorption, and mechanical response of fractured coal

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Open Access
Author:
Wang, Shugang
Title:
Gas transport, sorption, and mechanical response of fractured coal
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Gas transport
sorption
desorption
poromechanical
coal
File:
Download Shugang_Wang_PhD_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member

11. Permeabilities of coal-biomass mixtures for high pressure gasifier feeds

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Open Access
Author:
Belvalkar, Rohan Anirrudha
Title:
Permeabilities of coal-biomass mixtures for high pressure gasifier feeds
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
permeability
porosity
kozeny-carmen
coal
biomass
gasifier
feed
particle size
stress
strain
isotropic
pulse decay
File:
Download thesis_r.pdf
Committee Members:
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P Mathews, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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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

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

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Open Access
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

15. Liberation of Graphene-like Nanoplatelets and Sub-micron Particles from Anthracite Coal through Chemically Aided Attrition Milling

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Author:
Rosoff-Verbit, Brett
Title:
Liberation of Graphene-like Nanoplatelets and Sub-micron Particles from Anthracite Coal through Chemically Aided Attrition Milling
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering (MS)
Keywords:
Graphene
anthracite
coal
nanomaterial
nano
attrition
milling
File:
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Committee Members:
James Hansell Adair, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
John C Mauro, Committee Member