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Tom Robl |
Associate Director - Environmental and Coal Technologies
Scientist IV/Engineer Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky Research interests include: beneficiation of ponded coal combustion waste
at power plants; development of recovery techniques resulting in materials appropriate for
use as fillers, pozzolans, and lightweight aggregates, as well as carbon suitable for
reburning; beneficiation of IGCC slag; investigation into the presence of mercury,
arsenic, and other trace elements in coal combustion by-products, and their quantitative
relationship to combustion processes and the source coal itself; use of ammoniated fly ash
in concrete products. Expertise in management and utilization of coal combustion products;
ss development for waste material beneficiation; environmental geochemistry and analysis of
water, waste water and waste leachates; environmental assessment of waste disposal methodology;
development of, and participation in, multidisciplinary research and education programs.
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Jack Groppo |
Engineer Associate - Program Manager I - Environmental and Coal Technologies
Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Research Interests focus on mineral and combustion ash beneficiation
processing concepts centered on increasing by-product utilization. Specialization is in
lab and pilot-scale process development and evaluation, and commercial-scale plant design
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Kevin Henke |
Scientist II - Environmental and Coal Technologies
Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Areas of research include: mercury chemistry, heavy metal removal from
waste waters, metamorphic petrology, mineralogy, geochemistry, and science-education
issues. |
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John Hiett |
Geologist III/Manager - CAER/OMSL - Environmental and Coal Technologies
Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Maintains the Mine Map Repository and Mine Map Information System for the
Kentucky Department of Mines & Minerals regarding all of the Commonwealth's coal mine maps
and data dating back to 1884. Coordinates all related research.
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Jim Hower |
Scientist III - Applied Petrology - Environmental and Coal Technologies
Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Research focuses on coal and fly ash petrology; characterization of
by-products from coal combustion; and assessment of coal-combustion by-product production
in Kentucky. General expertise is in coal geology and coal petrology. |
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Bob Jewell |
Scientist I - Environmental and Coal Technologies
Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Research focuses on vibracoring ground-penetrating radar; geographical information systems; sampling
and analysis of ash ponds with interest in sedimentary geology. |
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Zhe Lu |
Post Doctoral Scholar - Environmental and Coal Technologies
Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Expertise includes development of high value material from coal fly ash; synthesis and characterization of sorbent materials; adsorption process modeling; coal gasification; recovery and utilization of coal combustion by-products; and CO2 capture and storage. |
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Robert Rathbone |
Geologist IV - Environmental and Coal Technologies
Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Investigates the utilization of coal combustion by-products; the effects
of unburned carbon on fly ash quality; problems associated with the use of SCR fly ash in
concrete; and application of FBC ash as a grout to fill abandoned mine voids. |
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Aurora Rubel |
Scientist III - Environmental and Coal Technologies
Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Investigations include: improved utilization of coal, coal combustion, and
gasification by-products; use of coal by-products for NOX, SO2 and Hg emissions control
from flue-gas; the chemistry of ammonia capture by fly ash; TG/DTA/DSC-MS applications to
fossil-fuel derived materials; application of high pressure thermal analysis to energy and
carbon research. Expertise is in thermal analysis/differential thermal
analysis/differential scanning calorimetry - mass spectrometry (TG/DTA/DSC-MS);
high pressure thermal analysis (HPTG); operation and design of bench-scale fixed and
fluid bed reactors for pyrolysis; gasification and combustion of materials;
chromatography (GC, GLC, TLC, column, etc.); and spectrometry (UV, IR).
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John Wiseman |
Engineer Tech Associate - Environmental and Coal Technologies
Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Assists with fabrication and operation of experimental equipment. Provide analytical results from research
testing. Travels to several locations to conduct field testing. |
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