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Kunlei Liu
Associate Director - Power Generation and Utility Fuels
Research Engineer
Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
Research interests include fossil fuel combustion and pollutant (SOx, NOx and PM) control; mercury transformation and control; carbon management in power plants; metal corrosion in utility environmental; gasification high temperature flue gas cleanup
 
 
Chunli Han
Post Doctoral Scholar - Power Generation and Utility Fuels
Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
Research consists of process simulation using Aspen and ChemCad, experimental investigation on SO3 mitigation and CO2 capture from power plant.
 
Xiansen Li
Post Doctoral Scholar - Power Generation and Utility Fuels
Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
 
Darryl McClean
Engineer Tech Associate - Power Generation and Utility Fuels
Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
Provides technical assistance in laboratory experiments; prepares and preps materials; collects samples for research; hazardous waste containment and safe disposal of solid hazardous wastes; management of research equipment in Materials Prep Laboratory
 
Jim Neathery
Engineer Associate - Program Manager - Power Generation and Utility Fuels
Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
Research includes carbon management and CO2 absorption processes; biomass combustion/gasification; process simulation (Aspen/ChemCad); process development; physical and chemical separation technologies.
 
B.K. Parekh
Scientist IV/Engineer - Power Generation and Utility Fuels
Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
Proficiencies include: coal and mineral processing; crushing and grinding studies; physical beneficiation of fine particles and related auxiliary operations, such as dewatering, pelletization, drying, etc. Application of mineral processing technology to non-minerals area, such as secondary recovery of value from industrial waste; hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical processing; water pollution related problems, such as removal of metal ions and or fine particulates from discharge waters. Develops novel techniques to solve industrial problems and teaches specialized topics related to coal and mineral processing.
 
Dattatraya Patil
Engineer Associate III - Power Generation and Utility Fuels
Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
Expertise is in dewatering and application of mineral processing techniques to process industrial waste; application of enhanced gravity techniques in coal and mineral processing; processing of fine particles; mathematical modeling of flocculation; plant auditing and optimization; processing of industrial minerals.
 
Roger Perrone
Scientist I - Power Generation and Utility Fuels
Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
Collection and processing of ash samples in support of research activities.
 
Steve Summers
Engineer Tech - Power Generation and Utility Fuels
Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
Expertise is in welding, machining, and equipment fabrication. Steve has over 6 years experience in automotive technology and industrial maintenance.
Darrell Taulbee
Scientist III/Industrial Support Coordinator, Analytical Services - Power Generation and Utility Fuels
Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
Serves as initial contact person for external technical assistance requests. Research interests include: briquetting and agglomeration of waste materials; binder formulations for coal and biomass; structural chemistry of fossil fuels; utilization of coal-combustion byproducts; and reduction of toxic emissions during the production of metal castings. Expertise is in instrumental analyses - capillary gas chromatography (GC), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR); Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy; thermogravimetric analysis (TGA); SEM; BET; separation by density gradient centrifugation and briquetting.
 
Mark Warren
Engineer Associate I - Power Generation and Utility Fuels
Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
Expertise includes project/process engineering; fossil fuel and pollutant control practices; carbon management in power plants; economic analysis of pollution control systems.
 
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