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Algal Systems for Carbon Dioxide Capture

PI	Co-PIs	Project
Himadri Pakrasi WU	Y. Tang WU P. Wangikar IIT-Bombay	Development of a Microalgal System for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration

Carbon Dioxide Capture and Conversion

PI	Co-PIs	Project
Pratim Biswas WU	K. Iyer IIT-Bombay A.K. Suresh IIT-Bombay	Carbon Dioxide Capture and Conversion in Different Modalities (Conventional and Oxy-Coal) of Coal Combustion Systems
P. A. Ramachandran WU		Hydrodynamic and Internal Diffusion Effects in Chemical Looping Combustion
Cynthia Lo WU	J. Gleaves WU G. Yablonsky WU M. Dudukovic WU M. Sheintuch Technion	Integrated Nanoscale Catalysts for the Conversion of CO2 to Chemicals and Fuels

Oxy-coal Combustion

PI	Co-PIs	Project
Richard Axelbaum WU	S. Li Tsinghua	Air-Fired and Oxy-Combustion of Coal and Biomass to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Pratim Biswas WU	K. Iyer IIT-Bombay A.K. Suresh IIT-Bombay	Carbon Dioxide Capture and Conversion in Different Modalities (Conventional and Oxy-Coal) of Coal Combustion Systems

Heavy Metals and Fine Particle Emissions Control

PI	Co-PIs	Project
Daniel Giammar WU	P. Biswas WU J.G. Catalano WU A. Dikshit IIT-Bombay J. Hao Tsinghua	Life Cycle of Metals in Coal Combustion: Metal release and capture, speciation in flyash, and transformations during ash reuse and storage

Geological Carbon Dioxide Sequestration

PI	Co-PIs	Project
Ramesh K. Agarwal WU	S. Benson, Advisor Stanford	Numerical Modeling and Simulation of CO2 Sequestration in Saline Aquifers
Mark Conradi WU	S. Hayes WU P. Skemer WU	Development of State-of-the-Art NMR Spectroscopy and Imaging for Utilization and Sequestration of CO2
Young-Shin Jun WU	D. Giammar WU A. Mehra IIT-Bombay S. Shimada U of Tokyo	Mechanisms and Kinetics of Multiphase Fluid-formation Mineral Reactions in CO2 Geologic Sequestration

Co-firing Biomass with Coal

PI	Co-PIs	Project
Richard Axelbaum WU	S. Li Tsinghua	Air-Fired and Oxy-Combustion of Coal and Biomass to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Ash Utilization

PI	Co-PIs	Project
Shankar M.L. Sastry WU	R. Sureshkumar WU Y. Nugroho U. Indonesia S. Astutiningsih U. Indonesia R.C. Prasad IIT-Bombay P. Rohatgi U. Wisconsin	Utilization of Fly Ash for Fire-proof Geopolymer Resins and Aluminum and Polymer Matrix Composites for Aerospace and Automotive Applications