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

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Open Access
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

4. A Preliminary Feasibility Study of Geothermal and Mineral Extraction Applications of Hydrocarbon Wells

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Open Access
Author:
Brown, Daniel Paul
Title:
A Preliminary Feasibility Study of Geothermal and Mineral Extraction Applications of Hydrocarbon Wells
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Geothermal
Mineral Extraction
Feasibility
Marcellus Shale
Renewable Energy
File:
Download Thesis_Version_5.0_Apr_12_2016.pdf
Committee Members:
Antonio Nieto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeremy Michael Gernand, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

5. Electrochemical Corrosion of Carbon Steels in H2S-containing Brines

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Open Access
Author:
Feng, Ruishu
Title:
Electrochemical Corrosion of Carbon Steels in H2S-containing Brines
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Electrochemical Corrosion
H2S corrosion
High Pressure High Temperature
Arctic Corrosion
EIS
Tafel slope
Surface Analysis.
File:
Download Feng-Dissertation_0314.pdf
Committee Members:
Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member
Hojong Kim, Committee Member
Margaret Ziomek Moroz, Special Member

6. Laboratory Investigation of Multiphase Permeability Evolution due to Fracturing Fluid Filtrate in Tight Gas Sandstones

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Open Access
Author:
Abaa, Kelvin Nder
Title:
Laboratory Investigation of Multiphase Permeability Evolution due to Fracturing Fluid Filtrate in Tight Gas Sandstones
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Multiphase
Filtrate
Fracturing
Permeability
Sandstones
File:
Download Final_Draft.pdf
Committee Members:
Mku Thaddeus Ityokumbul, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Special Member

7. Examination of Unconventional Phenomena in Naturally Fracture Liquid-rich Gas Reservoirs: Single-block Compositional Model

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Open Access
Author:
Al Ghamdi, Bander Nasser
Title:
Examination of Unconventional Phenomena in Naturally Fracture Liquid-rich Gas Reservoirs: Single-block Compositional Model
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Liquid-Rich reservoirs
Diffusion
Naturally fractured systems
Capillary pressure
Unconventional reservoirs
Compositional
File:
Download PhD_Dissertation_Bander_Al_Ghamdi.pdf
Committee Members:
Luis F Ayala H, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Member
Mathieu Philippe Stienon, Committee Member

8. Understanding Hydrological And Geochemical Controls On Solute Concentrations At Large Scale

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Open Access
Author:
Bao, Chen
Title:
Understanding Hydrological And Geochemical Controls On Solute Concentrations At Large Scale
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Hydrologic modeling
reactive transport
watershed geochemistry
concentration discharge relationship
File:
Download Chen_phd_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Li Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Special Member

9. Gas Transport, Sorption and Fracture in Shale

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Open Access
Author:
Li, Xiang
Title:
Gas Transport, Sorption and Fracture in Shale
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
enhanced gas recovery
hydraulic fracturing
breakdown pressure
fracture complexity
adsorption
swelling
stress redistribution
File:
Download Xiang_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chirs Marone, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member

10. A Key Performance Indicator and Lifetime Analysis of Diesel vs. Battery Powered Load Haul Dump Vehicles in Underground Mining Operations

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Open Access
Author:
Schatz, Richard S
Title:
A Key Performance Indicator and Lifetime Analysis of Diesel vs. Battery Powered Load Haul Dump Vehicles in Underground Mining Operations
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Underground mining
Alternative power sources
Economic analysis
Sensitivity Analysis
Incremental Analysis
Lifetime Analysis
File:
Download RS_Thesis_Final_Draft.pdf
Committee Members:
Antonio Nieto, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeremy Michael Gernand, Committee Member
Antonios Armaou, Committee Member

11. Development of a Compositional Simulator for Liquid-Rich Shale Reservoirs

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Open Access
Author:
Rajput, Vaibhav Hiralal
Title:
Development of a Compositional Simulator for Liquid-Rich Shale Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Compositional Simulation
Liquid-rich shale reservoirs
Liquid-phase adsorption
Multi-component diffusion
Type curves
Multi-mechanistic flow
File:
Download PS_dissertation_vaibhav_rajput.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

12. Reducing the Impact of the Power Sector on Ozone Pollution: An Evaluation of Spatial and Temporal Differentiated Prices for Nitrogen Oxide Emissions

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Open Access
Author:
Stines, Zachary O'cain
Title:
Reducing the Impact of the Power Sector on Ozone Pollution: An Evaluation of Spatial and Temporal Differentiated Prices for Nitrogen Oxide Emissions
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Ozone
NOx
Electricity
Differentiated
Emissions
Spatial
File:
Download ZacharyStinesFinalThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

13. Mathematics of multiphase multiphysics transport in porous media

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Open Access
Author:
Khorsandi Kouhanestant, Saeid
Title:
Mathematics of multiphase multiphysics transport in porous media
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Enhanced oil recovery
MMP
Riemann problem
Hyperbolic equations
Method of Characteristics
File:
Download KhorsandiDissertationFinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Russell Taylor Johns, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Wen Shen, Committee Member
Alberto Bressan, Committee Member

15. Comparing Costs and Generation Mix Alternatives for the Application of the Clean Power Plan in the PJM Electricity Market: Application of Unit Commitment

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Open Access
Author:
Dupuis, Alexia Violaine
Title:
Comparing Costs and Generation Mix Alternatives for the Application of the Clean Power Plan in the PJM Electricity Market: Application of Unit Commitment
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Clean Power Plan
Carbon dioxide emissions
Unit commitment
Electricity markets
File:
Download Alexia_Dupuis_-_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

16. Inversion Scheme for Predicting Petrophysical Properties in the Blake Ridge Methane Hydrates Field from 3d Seismic Survey Data

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Open Access
Author:
Braun, Keith Eric
Title:
Inversion Scheme for Predicting Petrophysical Properties in the Blake Ridge Methane Hydrates Field from 3d Seismic Survey Data
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
hydrates
bayesian inversion
MCMC
petroleum
File:
Download 1-Thesis042016.pdf
Committee Members:
Eugene C Morgan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

17. Pseudo-pressure Type-curve approach for Permeability and Porosity estimation from Pressure-pulse Decay Data

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Open Access
Author:
Abdelmalek, Botros
Title:
Pseudo-pressure Type-curve approach for Permeability and Porosity estimation from Pressure-pulse Decay Data
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Permeability of Shale Gas
Pulse Decay
Pseudo Pressure
Type Curves
File:
Download AbdelmalekBotros-MS_thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

18. Development of hydraulic fracture network propagation model in shale gas reservoirs: 2d, single-phase and 3d, multi-phase model development, parametric studies, and verification

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Author:
Ahn, Chong Hyun
Title:
Development of hydraulic fracture network propagation model in shale gas reservoirs: 2d, single-phase and 3d, multi-phase model development, parametric studies, and verification
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Hydraulic fracture
Shale
SRV
fracture complexity
fracture surface area
File:
Download PHD_dissertation_Chong_Hyun_Ahn_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Yilin Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Terry Engelder, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member

19. 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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Open Access
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

20. Development of a Fluidized-Bed Agglomeration Modeling Methodology to Include Particle-level Heterogeneities in Ash Chemistry and Granular Physics

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Author:
Khadilkar, Aditi Bhushan
Title:
Development of a Fluidized-Bed Agglomeration Modeling Methodology to Include Particle-level Heterogeneities in Ash Chemistry and Granular Physics
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Agglomerate growth
Fluidization
Gasification
combustion
Gasification
Combustion
Granulation
Collision frequency
Ash mineral transformations
Granular kinetic theory
File:
Download Dissertation_Aditi_Khadilkar.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr. Sarma V. Pisupati, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Sarma V. Pisupati, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Dr. Mark S. Klima, Committee Member
Dr. Hojong Kim, Outside Member
Dr. Peter L. Rozelle, Special Member