Research Project Factsheets
Current Projects
Following files are made available in PDF format.
Biofuels and Environmental Catalysis
- Demonstration of an Algae-based System for CO2 Mitigation from Coal-fired Power Plants
- Development of Optimal Catalyst Designs and Operating Strategies for Lean NOx Reduction in Coupled LNT-SCR Systems
- Lignin Deconstruction for the Production of Liquid Fuels
- Upgrading Algae Oil to Hydrocarbon Fuels
- Factsheet Archives - Completed Projects
Carbon Materials
- Carbon Nanotube Composite Materials
- Development of Fire-Resistant Materials for Building Coverings
- Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Arrays as Thermal Interface Materials
- Solution Spinning of PAN Precursor Capabilities
- Synthesis of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes
- Synthesis of Multiwall Carbon Nanotube / Polyacrylonitrile Composite Fibers and Resulting Carbon Fibers
- Factsheet Archives - Completed Projects
Clean Fuels and Chemicals
- Assessing the Bio-distribution and Nanotoxicology Effects of Engineered Nanoparticles
- Basic Studies for the Production and Upgrading of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Products to Fuels
- Carbon Nanotube Docking Stations: A New Concept in Catalysis
- Computational and Experimental Catalysis: Understanding Atomic-level Synthesis
- Ethanol Reforming for Producing Pure H2 for Fuel Cell Applications
- Kinetics of Slurry Phase Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis on a Cobalt Catalyst
- History of Catalysis
- In-situ EXAFS and XPS studies of Unpromoted and Noble Metal-Promoted Co/Al2O3
- Low Temperature Water-Gas Shift Catalysts for Producing Co-free H2 for Fuel Cell Applications
- Membrane-Electrode-Assemblies for Hydrogen Fuel Cells in Automotive-Related Research
- Nanocatalysis: 3D Spectrum Imaging and Analysis
- On-Board Hydrogen Production for Automotive-Related Research
- Overview of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
- Sensitivity of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis and Water-Gas Shift Catalysts to Poisons from High-Temperature High-Pressure Entrained-flow (EF) Oxygen-Blown Gasifier Gasification of Coal/Biomass Mixtures
- Transition Metal Carbides in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
- Factsheet Archives - Completed Projects
Engagement and Community Development
- Educational Outreach (K-12)
- Kentucky Energy Club
- High Performance Laboratory Building
- Post-Secondary Educational Outreach
- UK CAER Regional Offices
Electrochemical Power Sources
- Asymmetric Electrochemical Capacitor Derived from Coal
- Asymmetric Capacitors for Grid Energy Storage
- Carbon Monofluoride (CFx) for Li/CFx Batteries
- Carbon Nanospheres
- Electrochemical Capacitors
- Electrochemical Power Sources for Automotive-Related Research
- A Facile Method for Storing and Rapid Release of Renewable Energy to an Electric Grid
- Lithium-ion Anode Materials
- Redox Flow Batteries for Grid Energy Storage
Environmental and Coal Technologies
- Center for Coal-Derived Low Energy Materials for Sustainable Construction
- High Value Applications for Flue Gas Desulfurization Materials
- Rapidly Deployable System for the Structural Stabilization of Shock Damaged Structures
- Factsheet Archives - Completed Projects
Other
Power Generation and Utility Fuels
- Application of a Heat-Integrated Post-combustion CO2 Capture System with Hitachi Advanced Solvent into Existing Coal-Fired Power Plant
- Carbon Management Research Group
- Carbon-Rich MEA Concentration through Capacitive Deionization
- Development and Heat Optimization in an Amine-based CO2 Scrubber
- Development of Chemical Looping Combustion/Gasification for Solid Fuels
- Reducing the Explosion Potential of Ammonium Nitrate by Coating with Low-Cost, Coal Combustion By-Products
- A Solvent/Membrane Hybrid Post-combustion CO2 Capture Process for Existing Coal-Fired Power Plants
- Factsheet Archives - Completed Projects
