NOx Research at BYU

Reduced Mechanisms for Lean Premixed CH4-Air Combustion (Gas Turbines)

Paper at May 2001 US/Ukraine Gas Turbine Workshop (1.96 Mb PDF file)

Paper at Fall 1996 WSS/CI on Reduced Mechanisms
Mallampalli 5-step model
Updated 5-step model, Explanation of updated 5-step model

NOx Research for Coal Combustion

  1. Sowa, J. M. and T. H. Fletcher, “Investigation of an Iron-Based Additive on Coal Pyrolysis and Char Oxidation at High Heating Rates,” Fuel Processing Technology, 92, 2211-2218 (2011).
  2. Sowa, J. M., K. K. Kolste, and T. H. Fletcher, “Investigation of Nitrogen Release during Coal Pyrolysis in an Oxy-fuel Combustion Process,” Energy & Fuels, 24, 6411-6416 (2010).
  3. Zhang, H. and T. H. Fletcher, "Nitrogen Transformations during Secondary Coal Pyrolysis," Energy and Fuels, 15, 1512-1522 (2001).
  4. Perry, S., T. H. Fletcher, R. J. Pugmire, M. S. Solum, “A Global Free-Radical Mechanism for Light Gas Nitrogen Release from Coal during Devolatilization,” Energy and Fuels, 14, 1094-1102 (2000).
  5. Genetti, D. and T. H. Fletcher, "Modeling Nitrogen Release during Devolatilization on the Basis of Chemical Structure of Coal," Energy and Fuels, 13, 1082-1091 (1999).
  6. Kelemen, S. R., M. L. Gorbaty, P. J. Kwiatek, T. H. Fletcher, M. Watt, M. S. Solum, and R. J. Pugmire, "Nitrogen Transformations in Coal during Pyrolysis," Energy and Fuels, 12, 159-173 (1998).
  7. Baxter, L. L., R. E. Mitchell, T. H. Fletcher, and R. E. Mitchell, "Nitrogen Release during Coal Combustion," Energy and Fuels, 10, 188-196 (1996).



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