Selected Engineering Papers, Reports and Presentations:


Entrained Flow & Fluidized Bed Gasifiers:

M. Bockelie, M. Denison, Z. Chen, C. Senior, and A. Sarofim, “Using Models to Select Operating Conditions for Gasifiers,” to be presented at the Pittsburgh Coal Conference, September 15-19, 2003.

Z. Chen, A. Sarofim, M. Bockelie, and K. Whitty, “Modeling of Black Liquor Gasification in a Bubbling Fluidized Bed,” to be presented at the Pittsburgh Coal Conference, September 15-19, 2003.

M. Bockelie, M. Denison, Z. Chen, T. Linjewile, C. Senior, and A. Sarofim, “CFD Modeling for Entrained Flow Gasifiers in Vision 21 Systems,” presented at the Pittsburgh Coal Conference, 2002.

M. Bockelie, M. Denison, Z. Chen, T. Linjewile, C. Senior, and A. Sarofim, “CFD Modeling for Entrained Flow Gasifiers,” presented at the Gasification Technologies Conference, 2002.


NOx Control:

Marc A. Cremer, David H. Wang, Andrew P. Chiodo, Richard Brown, Paul Wolff, "CFD Based Evaluation of the Sensitivity of Furnace Conditions to Burner Air and Fuel Imbalances", presented at the 2004 EPRI-EPA-DOE-A&WMA Power Plant Air Pollutant Control Mega Symposium, August 30 - September 2, 2004, Washington, DC

K.-T. Wu, H.T. Lee, C.I. Juch, H.P. Wan, H.S. Shim, B.R. Adams, S.L. Chen, "Study of Syngas Co-Firing and Reburning in a Coal Fired Boiler", presented at the 2004 Conference on Reburning for NOx Control, "Reburning on Trial" May 18, 2004, Morgantown, West Virginia USA

James Valentine, Marc Cremer, Kevin Davis, J.J. Letcavits, Scott Vierstra, "CFD Modeling for Design of NOx Control Systems in Two Utility Boilers", presented at the 2003 Power-Gen Conference, December 9-11, 2003, Las Vegas, NV USA

B. Adams, H. Shim, K. Wu, H. Lee, H. Wan, S. Chen, "Evaluation of Co-firing Biomass Syngas in a Coal-Fired Boiler", presented at the 2003 Power-Gen Conference, December 9-11, 2003, Las Vegas, NV USA

M. Cremer, J. Valentine, H. Shim, K. Davis, B. Adams, J. J. Letcavits, S. Vierstra, CFD-based Development, Design, and Installation of Cost-effective NOx Control Strategies for Coal-fired Boilers, presented at DOE-EPRI-U.S. EPA -A&WMA Combined Power Plant Air Pollutant Control Symposium - The Mega Symposium, Washington, DC, May 19-22, 2003.

M. Cremer, J. Valentine, H. Shim, K. Davis, B. Adams, J. J. Letcavits, S. Vierstra, “CFD-based Development, Design, and Installation of Cost-effective NOx Control Strategies for Coal-fired Boilers, presented at DOE-EPRI-U.S. EPA -A&WMA Combined Power Plant Air Pollutant Control Symposium - The Mega Symposium, Washington, DC, May 19-22, 2003.

J.R. Valentine, K.A. Davis, M.K. Denison, D. Cron, R. Morrow, T. Giaier, “A Computational Model Study of NOx Reduction Strategies for a Coal-Fired Stoker Furnace,” 28th International Technical Conference on Coal Utilization and Fuel Systems, Clearwater, Florida, March 10-13, 2003.  

M. Cremer, B. Adams, J. Valentine, J.J. Letcavits, S. Vierstra, “Use of CFD Modeling to Guide Design and Implementation of Overfire Air for NOx Control in Coal-Fired Boilers,” presented at the Nineteenth Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, September 23-27, 2002.

M. Cremer, B. Adams, D. Boll, D. O’Connor, “Demonstration of Rich Reagent Injection for NOx Control at AmerenUE’s Sioux Unit 1,” presented at the Nineteenth Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, September 23-27, 2002.

C. Senior, K. Davis, M. Bockelie, L. Baxter and C. Bartholomew, K. Whitty and E. Eddings, “SCR Deactivation Mechanisms Related to Alkali and Alkaline Earth Elements” presented at the 2002 Conference on Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) and Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (SNCR) for NOx Control , Pittsburgh, PA. May 15-16, 2002.

M.A. Cremer, B.R. Adams, D.C. O'Connor, V. Bhamidipati, R.G. Broderick, "Design and Demonstration of Rich Reagent Injection (RRI) for NOx Reduction at Conectiv's B.L. England Station", presented at the U.S. EPA/DOE/EPRI MegaSymposium 2001, Chicago, Illinois, August, 20-23 2001.

M. A. Cremer, C. J. Montgomery, D. H. Wang, M. P. Heap, and J.-Y. Chen, "Development and Implementation of Reduced Chemistry for Computation Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction", in "Proceedings of the Combustion Institute", Volume 28, 2000.

M. Cremer, M. Heap, M. Zoccola, V. Ciarlante, “CFD Modeling of SNCR Performace in Conectiv's Indian River Units 3 and 4,” presented at DOE Conference on SCR and SNCR for NOx Control, Pittsburgh, PA, May 20-21, 1999.

REI Detailed Mechanism for SNCR Chemistry (REI97)

K.A. Davis, M.J. Bockelie, P.J. Smith, M.P. Heap, R.H. Hurt, J.P. Klewicki, Optimized Fuel Injector Design for Maximum In-Furnace NO x Reduction and Minimum Unburned Carbon,” presented at the First Joint Power and Fuel Systems Contractors Conference, Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, July, 1996.


Boiler Performance, Monitoring and Emissions:

Kevin Davis, Temi Linjewile, Jim Valentine, Dave Swensen, Darren Shino, J. J. Letcavits, Randy Sheidler, William Cox, Richard Carr, and Stan Harding, "On-line Monitoring of Waterwall Corrosion in a 1300 MW Coal-fired Boiler with Low NOx Burners", presented at the 2004 EPRI-EPA-DOE-A&WMA Power Plant Air Pollutant Control Mega Symposium, August 30 - September 2, 2004, Washington, DC

James Kilgroe and Constance Senior, Fundamental Science and Engineering of Mercury Control in Coal-Fired Power Plants, presented at the Air Quality IV Conference, September 22-24, 2003, Arlington, VA.

C. Senior, C. J. Bustard, K. Baldrey, T. Starns, M.Durham, Characterization Of Fly Ash From Full-Scale Demonstration Of Sorbent Injection For Mercury Control On Coal-Fired Power Plants,” at the 28th International Technical Conference on Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems, Clearwater, FL, March 10-13, 2003. 

C. Senior, D. Lignell, B. Shiley, Z. Chen and A. Sarofim, “Kinetic Models for Predicting the Behavior of Mercury in Coal-Fired Power Plants,” presented at the ACERC Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT,  February 19-20, 2003.

K. Davis, H. Shim, D. Lignell, M. Denison and L. Felix, "Evaluation of biomass co-firing injection strategies using CFD simulations: Pilot- and full-scale results," presented at the 27th International Technical Conference on Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems, Clearwater, FL, March 2002.

T. M. Linjewile, J. Valentine, K. A. Davis, N.S. Harding, W. M. Cox, “Prediction and Real-time Monitoring Techniques for Corrosion Characterisation in Furnaces,” Materials at High Temperatures, in press.

C.L. Senior, "Behavior of Mercury in Air Pollution Control Devices on Coal-Fired Utility Burners," prepared for Power Production in the 21st Century: Impacts of Fuel Quality and Operations, Engineering Foundation Conference, Snowbird, UT, October 28-November 2, 2001

K. Davis, G. Green, T. Linjewile, and S. Harding, "Evaluation of an on-line technique for corrosion characterization in furnaces," 2001 Joint International Combustion Symposium, AFRC/JFRC/IEA, Kauai, HI, September, 2001.

K. Davis, A. Dissel and J. Valentine, "The Evolution of Pyritic and Organic Sulfur from Pulverized Coal Particles During Combustion," The 2nd Joint Meeting of the US Sections of the Combustion Institute, Oakland, March 2001.

B. R. Adams, M. A. Cremer, D. H. Wang, "Modeling Non-Equilibrium CO Oxidation in Combustion Systems", presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Orlando, Florida, November 5-10, 2000.

K. Davis, J. Valentine, E. Eddings and M. Heap “Evaluating the effects of low NOx retrofits on carbon in ash levels,” The Mega Symposium: EPRI-DOE-EPA Combined Utility Air Pollutant Control Symposium, Atlanta, GA, August 1999.

K. Davis, E. Eddings, M. Heap, A. Facchiano, R. Hardman “Computational investigation of carbon-in-ash levels for a wall-fired boiler after low-NOx combustion modifications,” International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, September, 1998.


Industrial Applications:

Christopher J. Montgomery, Wei Zhao, Bradley R. Adams, REI, Dean R. Eklund, Taitech, and J.-Y. Chen, UC Berkeley, Supersonic Combustion Simulations Using Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms and ISAT, presented at the AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, Orlando, FL, June 23-26, 2003.

M.K., Denison, C.J. Montgomery, A.F. Sarofim, M.J. Bockelie, A.G. Webster, "Computational Modeling of a Chemical Demilitarization Deactivation Furnace System,” presented at the Twenty-second International Conference on Incineration and Thermal Treatment Technologies, Orlando, FL, May 12-16, 2003.

M.K., Denison, C.J. Montgomery, A.F. Sarofim, M.J. Bockelie, A.G. Webster, R. Mellon, “Advanced Computational Modeling of Military Incinerators,” presented at the Twenty-first International Conference on Incineration and Thermal Treatment Technologies, New Orleans, LA, May 13-17, 2002.  

B.R. Adams, K.A. Davis, M.P. Heap, A.F. Sarofim, G.A. Eltringham, A.A. Shook, “Application of a Reacting CFD Model to Drop Tube Kinetics and Flash Smelter Combustion,” presented at the Fourth International Conference on Copper99-Cobre00, Phoenix, AZ, October 10-13, 1999.

M. J. Bockelie, B. R. Adams, M.A. Cremer, K.A. Davis, E.G. Eddings, J.R. Valentine, P.J. Smith, M.P. Heap, “Computational Simulations of Industrial Furnaces,” presented at the International Symposium on Computational Technologies for Fluid/Thermal Systems with Industrial Applications, San Diego, CA, July, 1998.

M. Cremer, B. Adams, M. Heap, P. Smith, D. Brown, “Improving the Performance of Process Heaters through Fireside Modeling,” presented at the AFRC International Symposium, Chicago, IL, September, 1997.

D. Brown, M. Cremer, R. Waibel, “Fireside Modeling in Cracking Furnaces,” presented at the AIChE Ninth Annual Ethylene Producers Conference, Houston, TX, March, 1997.


Fuel Chemistry:

Christopher J. Montgomery, Michael J. Bockelie, Adel F. Sarofim, REI, and Jongwoo Lee and Joseph Bozzelli, NJIT, Thermochemical Properties, Reaction Paths and Kinetic Mechanism for Sulfur-Chloro Hydrocarbon Combustion: Part I: Thermochemistry and Pyrolysis of Chlorosulfides, presented at the American Flame Research Committee Internation Symposium on Combustion, Livermore, CA, Oct. 15-17, 2003.

Montgomery, C. J., Cremer, M. A., Chen, J.-Y., Westbrook, C. K., and Maurice, L. Q., "Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms for Hydrocarbon Fuels", Journal of Propulsion and Power, 18:192-198, 2002

C.J. Montgomery, S.M. Cannon, M.A. Mawid, B. Sekar, "Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms for JP-8 Combustion", presented at the 40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, January, 14-17 2002.

C. J. Montgomery, D. A. Swensen, T. V. Harding and M. J. Bockelie, "Automated Creation and Testing of Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms," AIAA Paper 01-3418, 37th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit 8-11, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 2001.

C.J. Montgomery, M.A. Cremer, M.P. Heap, J.-Y. Chen, C.K. Westbrook, L.Q. Maurice, "Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms for Hydrocarbon Fuels," AIAA Paper 99-2220, 35th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Los Angeles, CA, June 20-24, 1999, in review for publication in Journal of Propulsion and Power. (Sample Fortran source code )


Computational Tools:

Q. Tang, B. Adams, M. Bockelie, M. Cremer, M. Denison, C. Montgomery, A. Sarofim, D. J. Brown, "Advanced CFD Tools for Modeling Lean Premixed Combustion in Ultra-Low NOx Burners in Process Heaters", presented at the AFRC-JFRC Joint International Combustion Symposium 2004, October 10 - 13, 2004, Maui, Hawaii USA

Qing Tang, Martin Denison, Mike Maguire, Mike Bockelie, Jyh-Yuan Chen, "Improvements on a Newton-Krylov Based Solver for CFD Models Using Finite Rate NOx Chemistry", presented at the 5th International Bi-annual Symposium on Computational Technologies for Fluid/Thermal/Chemical/Stressed Systems with Industrial applications July 25-29, 2004, San Diego/La Jolla, USA

M.K. Denison, B.A. Sadler, C.J. Montgomery, A.F. Sarofim, M.J. Bockelie, A.G. Webster, "Computational Modeling of a Chemical Liquid Incinerator Chamger", presented at the 23rd International Conference on Incineration and Thermal Treatment Technologies May 10-14, 2004, Phoenix, Arizona USA

Mike Bockelie, Qing Tang, Martin Denison, Dave Wang, Marc Cremer, and J.-Y. Chen, "A Newton-Krylov Based Solver for CFD Models Using Finite Rate NOx Chemistry", presented at the Workshop on Solution Methods for Large Scale Non-Linear Problems, Livermore, CA, August 6-8, 2003.

M. Bockelie, D. Wang, M. Cremer, Qing Tang, and J.-Y. Chen, "A Newton-Krylov Based Solver for Modeling Finite Rate Chemistry CFD Modeling,", presented at the 2003 SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, San Diego, CA, USA, February 10-13, 2003.

M. Bockelie, D. Wang, M. Denison, C. Montgomery, M. Cremer, J.-Y. Chen, "A Newton-Krylov Based Solver for Modeling Finite Rate Chemistry in Reaction Flows," (Poster), presented at the 2003 NSF Design, Service, and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, Birmingham, AL, Jan. 6-9, 2003.

Montgomery, C. J., Shino, D. M., Yang, C., Brunson, S. D., Parkinson, A. R., Chen, J.-Y., Goldin, G. M., Kong, S.-C., and Reitz, R. D. "Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms: Application to CFD Codes and Optimization," Proceedings of the 2003 NSF Design, Service, and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, Birmingham, AL, Jan. 6-9, 2003.

Mike Bockelie, Martin Denison, Dave Swensen, Zumao Chen, Connie Senior, Adel Sarofim, "A Computational Workbench Environment For Virtual Power Plant Simulation," presented at the Clearwater Conference, 2002.

Mike Bockelie, Martin Denison, Chris Montgomery, Adel Sarofim, Fred Gouldin, and Joe Bozzelie, " Advanced Computer Simulations of Military Incinerators," presented at the Army Sciences Conference, 2002.

Mike Bockelie, Dave Swensen, Martin Denison, " Computational Workbench Environment For Virtual Power Plant Simulation," presented at the Vision 21 Program Review Conference, Morgantown, WV, Nov. 6-7, 2001.

M.J. Bockelie, D.A. Swensen, M.K. Denison, A.F. Sarofim, "A Computational Workbench Environment For Virtual Power Plant Simulation," presented at the Clearwater Conference, 2001.

J.-Y. Chen, “Development of Reduced Mechanisms for Numerical Modeling of Turbulent Combustion,” presented at the Workshop on Numerical Aspects of Reduction in Chemical Kinetics, CERMICS-ENPC, Cite Descartes – Champus sur Marne, France, September 2, 1997.

Numerical Predictions of Deposition with a Particle Cloud Tracking Technique