As part of DOE’s Carbon Capture Simulation Intuitive (CCSI), which my current work centers around. These involve solid-sorbent adsorption models that include moving bed and bubbling fluidized bed reactors with temperature swing regeneration, moving bed solid-heat exchanger models, CO2 compression models, and the integration of all these sub-models in a complete CO2 capture and compression post-combustion process.
Work Experience:
Research General Engineer, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, 2016 - Present
Education:
PostDoc. Chemical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 2013 - 2016
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, 2008 - 2013
B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 2004 - 2008
Process Modeling and Techno-Economic Analysis of Micro-Encapsulated Carbon Sorbents (MECS) for CO2 capture in a Fixed Bed and Moving Bed Reactors
Hughes R, Kotamreddy G, Ostace A, Bhattacharyya D, Siegelman R, Parker S, Didas S, Long J, Omell B, Matuszewski M, “Isotherm, Kinetic, and Process Modeling and Techno-Economic Analysis of a Fixed Bed Temperature Swing Adsorption Process for a Diamine-Appended Metal-Organic Framework”, Energy & Fuels, 35, 6040-6055, 2021
Morgan J, Chinen Soares A, Anderson-Cook, C, Tong C, Carroll J, Saha C, Omell B, Bhattacharyya D, Matuszewski M, Bhat K S, Miller D C, “Development of a Framework for Sequential Bayesian Design of Experiments: Application to a Pilot-Scale Solvent-Based CO2 Capture Process”, Applied Energy, 262, 114533, 2020
Kotamreddy G, Hughes R, Bhattacharyya D, Stolaroff J, Hornbostel K, Matuszewski, M, Omell B, “Process Modeling and Techno-Economic Analysis of a CO2 Capture Process Using Fixed Bed Reactors with a Microencapsulated Solvent”, Energy & Fuels, 33, 7534-7549, 2019
Chinen Soares A, Morgan J, Omell B, Bhattacharyya D, Miller D C, “Dynamic Data Reconciliation and Validation of a Dynamic Model for Solvent-Based CO2 Capture Using Pilot-Plant Data”, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 58, 1978-1993, 2019
Hedrick E, Reynolds K, Sarda P, Zitney S E, Omell B, Bhattacharyya D, “Development of a Reinforcement Learning-Based Control Strategy for Load-Following in Supercritical Pulverized Coal (SCPC) Power Plants”, Proceedings of the 44th International Technical Conference on Clean Energy, Sheraton Sand Key, Clearwater, FL, June 16 - 21, 2019
Sarda P, Hedrick E, Reynolds K, Bhattacharyya D, Zitney S E, Omell B, “Development of a Dynamic Model and Control System for Load-Following Studies of Supercritical Pulverized Coal Power Plants”, Processes, 6, 226, 2018
Chinen Soares A, Morgan J, Omell B, Bhattacharyya D, Tong C, Miller D C, “Development of a Rigorous Modeling Framework for Solvent-Based CO2 Capture. Part 1: Hydraulic and Mass Transfer Models and Their Uncertainty Quantification”, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 57, 10448-10463, 2018
Morgan J, Chinen Soares A, Omell B, Bhattacharyya D, Tong C, Miller D C, Buschle B, Lucquiaud M, “Development of a Rigorous Modeling Framework for Solvent-Based CO2 Capture. Part 2: Steady-State Validation and Uncertainty Quantification with Pilot Plant Data”, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 57, 10464-10481, 2018
Soepyan F, Anderson-Cook C, Morgan J C, Tong C, Bhattacharyya D, Omell B P, Matuszewski M, Bhat K S, Zamarripa M, Eslick J, Kress J D, Gattiker J, Russell C, Ng B, Ou J, Miller D C, “Sequential Design of Experiments to Maximize Learning from Carbon Capture Pilot Plant Testing”, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 44, 283-288, 2018
Morgan J, Soares Chinen A, Omell B, Bhattacharyya D, Tong C, Miller D C, “Thermodynamic Modeling and Uncertainty Quantification of CO2-Loaded Aqueous MEA Solutions”, Chemical Engineering Science, 168, 309-324, 2017
Modekurti S, Eslick J, Omell, B, Bhattacharyya D, Zitney S E, Miller D C, “Design, Dynamic Modeling, and Control of a Multistage CO2 Compression System”, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 62, 31-45, 2017
Kim H, Miller D C, Srinivasarao M, Benjamin Omell B, Bhattacharyya D, Zitney S, “Mathematical Modeling of a Moving Bed Reactor for Post-Combustion CO2 Capture”, AICHE Journal, 62, 3899-3914, 2016
Chinen Soares A, Morgan J, Omell B, Bhattacharyya D, Miller D C, “Dynamic Data Reconciliation and Model Validation of a MEA-Based CO2 Capture System using Pilot Plant Data”, IFAC-PapersOnLine, 49-7, 639-644, 2016, Proceedings of the 11th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems, Trondheim, Norway, June 6-8, 2016
Omell B, Ma J, Mahapatra P, Yu M, Lee A, Bhattacharyya D, Zitney S E, Biegler L T, Miller D C, “Advanced Modeling and Control of a Solid Sorbent-Based CO2 Capture Process”, IFAC-PapersOnLine, 49-7, 633-638, 2016, Proceedings of the 11th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems, Trondheim, Norway, June 6-8, 2016
Omell B, Ma J, Mahapatra P, Yu M, Lee A, Bhattacharyya D, Zitney S E, Biegler L T, Miller D C, “Advanced Modeling and Control of a Solid Sorbent-Based CO2 Capture Process”, 11th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems, Trondheim, Norway, June 6-8, 2016
Omell B, Bhattacharyya D, Miller D, Ma J, Mahapatra P, Zitney S E, “Dynamic Modeling and Control of an Integrated Solid Sorbent Based CO2 Capture Process”, 58th Annual ISA Power Industry Division Symposium, Kansas City, MO, June 7-11, 2015
Omell B, Bhattacharyya D, Zitney S E, Miller D C, “Dynamic Modeling and Control of an Integrated Solid Sorbent-Based CO2 Capture Process”, Paper 730d, AIChE Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 16-21, 2014
Omell B, Bhattacharyya D, Miller D, Ma J, Mahapatra P, Zitney S E, “Modeling and Control of Solid-Sorbent CO2 Capture Systems”, 57th Annual ISA Power Industry Division Symposium, Scottsdale, AZ, June 2-4, 2014