Renewable Fuels

Dr. Jacqueline O'Connor is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Center for Gas Turbine Research, Education, and Outreach at the Pennsylvania State University. An ASME and AIAA associate fellow, she serves on executive boards and committees for the Combustion Institute, the International Gas Turbine Institute, and the AIAA. Mr. David 'Bobby' Noble is a Program Manager over Gas Turbine research at the Electric Power Research Institute. He is renowned in the power industry for gas turbine monitoring and diagnostics, digital twins, and combustion. Bobby is also an ASME Fellow, serving on the International Gas Turbine Institute Combustion, Fuels, and Emissions Committee. Dr. Tim Lieuwen is a Regents' Professor and the Executive Director of the Strategic Energy Institute at Georgia Technology. He is founder and CTO of TurbineLogic, an energy analytics firm and an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering. Prof. Lieuwen has authored four books and over 400 other publications.

• Preface. Section I. Users and Conversion Devices: 1. Aero Gas Turbine Combustion Timothy Snyder, Dustin Davis and Randall McKinney; 2. Ground-based Gas Turbine Combustion Vince McDonell and Bobby Noble; 3. Reciprocating Engines André Boehman; 4. Process Heaters Charles Baukal; 5. Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Production Thomas Fuller; Section II. Chemical Energy Carriers: 6. Syngas and Biogas Katharine Hirl, Hannah Murnen and Tom L. Richard; 7. Liquid Fuel Synthesis Matthew Realff; 8. Ammonia Agustin Valera-Medina, Syed Mashruk, Daniel Pugh, and Phil Bowen; 9. Metals as Carbon-free Sustainable Fuels Jeffrey M. Bergthorson and Keena A. Trowell; 10. Bio-based Solid Fuels Andrew H. Hubble and Jillian L. Goldfarb; Section III. Fundamental Combustion Processes: 11. Fundamentals of Gaseous Combustion Eric L. Petersen and Olivier Mathieu; 12. Liquid Fuel Atomization and Combustion Ajay Agrawal; 13. The Impact of Alternative Fuels on Pollutant Emissions Ponnuthurai Gokulakrishnan and Michael S. Klassen; Section IV. Case Studies: 14. Certification of Drop-In Alternative Fuels of Aviation Mark Rumizen; 15. Fuel Composition Influences on Reciprocating Engine Performance Jim Szybist, Scott Sluder, John Farrell, and Robert Wagner; 16. Near Zero and Zero Carbon Fuels Jeffrey Goldmeer; 17. Mitsubishi Power Michael J. Ducker.

'… a very good survey of the renewable fuels area, including science, technology, and utilization … Highly recommended.' A. M. Strauss, Choice