Research Activities of Sarma Pisupati

Research Interest Areas:

• Air emissions from fossil fuel utilization systems,
• Sorbent behavior in fluidized bed combustion systems;
• Reduction of NO_x and SO₂ by combustion modifications and down-stream cleanup;
• Volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from combustion systems;
• Trace metal emissions from combustion systems,
• Combustion behavior of fossil fuels in fixed; fluidized and pulverized modes;
• Biomass for hydrogen energy

Selected Publications:

Zarnescu, V., and Pisupati, S.V., Numerical Predictions of Burner Performance During Pulvarized Coal Combustion, ASME-FACT, Vol. 23, 1, 245-254, 1999.

Nodelman, I., Pisupati, S.V., Scaroni, A.W., Partitioning Behavior of Trace Elements in a Pilot-Scale Combustion of Pulverized Coal and Coal-Water Slurry, Journal of Hazardous Elements, Vol. 74 (2000), pp. 47-59.

Rozelle, P.L., Pisupati, S.V., Scaroni, A.W.(1999), The Measurement of Flyash and Bottom Ash Flow Rates from a Circulating Fluidized Bed Boiler by Simultaneous Solution of Material Balances, Environmental Progress, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 175-182, 2000.

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