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AME Department Seminar

Speaker: Rich Axelbaum, Jens Professor of Environmental Engineering Science. Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering. Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO.

Talk Title: The Global Dependence on Coal and How Oxy-Combustion Can Help

Abstract: The global demand for energy is rapidly rising, while at the same time there is growing concern that the continued use of fossil fuels, specifically coal, is irreversibly damaging our environment. Coal accounts for 50% of electricity production in the U.S., 80% in China and 75% in India. Why has coal become such an integral part of our energy mix? Does it need to be? Are there ways to utilize coal while having minimal impact on the environment? The first part of this talk will address these questions and give the audience an appreciation of the global challenges and possible solutions to our demand for clean, affordable energy. In the second part of the talk, one of the more promising solutions, Oxyfuel combustion with carbon capture and storage (CCS), will be described. Then the characteristics of oxy-fuel combustion will be addressed from a fundamental sense, and will be shown to have the potential to produce soot-free, stable flames provided the stoichiometric mixture fraction is sufficiently high. The reason for the suppression of soot chemistry under conditions of high stoichiometric-mixture-fraction will be discussed.

Host: Prof. P. Ronney

More Info: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcoming

Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: April Mundy

Event Link: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcoming