Organic Rankine cycle
Power generation using low-grade waste heat from industrial and agricultural sources
- Integration of livestock manure solid fuel boilers with ORC systems
- Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)
Mathematical modeling and process simulation for system optimization
Energy and exergy analyses
Experimental experience with a 40kW Low-temperature ORC system
Bioenergy
Conversion of livestock manure into energy sources such as solid fuel, biogas, and syngas
Design and validation of bio-fuel reactors, including boiler and gasifier
Enhancement of bio-fuel quality in terms of heating value, storability, and purity
Membrane
Gas separation membranes based on chemical ionic transportation
- Ion Transport Membrane (ITM)
- Membrane reactor for syngas production
Numerical study of transport mechanism governed by bulk diffusion and surface exchange
- Heat and mass transfer calculation
- Thermal resistance calculation between feed channel and sweep channel (conduction, convection, and radiation)
Analysis of gas permeation rates under variations in membrane thickness, temperature, pressure (feed and permeate sides), and air flow rate
Combustion
Operation and experimentation with a 20 kWth bubbling fluidized bed combustion (BFBC) system using biomass as fuel
Modeling of fluidized bed combustion (FBC) reactors and analysis of internal distributions (e.g., temperature and gas concentration profiles)
Research and development of NOₓ and SOₓ emission reduction methods
Development of agglomeration reduction technologies in BFBC systems
Fuel cell
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) system
Development of cascade SOFC and anode off-gas recirculation (AOGR) system models
Performance analysis of cell voltage, temperature, air utilization, and efficiency under varying conditions of current density, external reforming ratio, and steam-to-carbon (S/C) ratio
Experimental experience with a 5 kW SOFC system
Organic Rankine Cycle
Bioenergy
Ion Transport Membrane
Bubbling Fluidized Bed Combustion
