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Research Groups

Daniel Chen, Ph.D.
Professor, Scholar, Director


Daniel Chen, Ph.D.

Chen Research Group

Carbon Capture, CO2 transport, & sCO2 Power Cycle Modeling

Co-PIs 

  • Tracy Benson, Qiang Xu (Chemical) 

Students 

  • Dan Fernandes, Song Wang, Russel Buss 

 

Funding 

  • Tracy Benson (PI) and Daniel Chen, "Offshore Gulf of Mexico Partnership for Carbon Storage--Resources and Technology Development GOMCarb," Department of Energy Offshore Gulf of Mexico; $153,123, 4/1/2018-3/31/2022, UT Prime Award # DE-FE0031558, LU Subaward UTA18-000644,  
  • Daniel Chen (PI), Tracy Benson, and David Cocke, "CO2 Source Sink matching, Outreach, and Risks," $99,999, 2/1/2017-7/31/2018, Subaward from the Gulf Coast Carbon Center, University of Texas-Austin, as part of CarbonSAFE Phase I  project, DE-FE0029487, US Department of Energy. 

Selected Publications 

  • Dan Fernandes, Song Wang, Qiang Xu, Russel Buss and Daniel Chen, "Process and Carbon Footprint Analyses of the Allam Cycle Power Plant Integrated with an Air Separation Unit," Clean Technol. 2019, 1, 325–340; doi:10.3390/; .

 

Chen Lab
Chen Lab 2

Flare Modeling, Optimization, and Control

Co-PIs

  •  (Chemical),  (Mechanical), Christopher Martin,  (Chemical), Matthew Johnson

Students

  • Vijaya Damodara (Ph.D., Spring 2013), Raj Alphones (Ph.D., Spring 2014), Ajit Patki (de, Sp. 2013), Anan Wang (Ph.D., Fall 2014)

Funding

  • Texas Air Research Center (TARC)
  • Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
  • Air Quality Research Program (AQRP)

Selected Publications

  • Alphones, D. Chen, V. Damodara, E. Fortner, S. Evans, M. Johnson, "Response Surface and Neural Network Modeling of Flare Performance,", AIChE Spring Meeting, Apr. 10-14, 2016, Houston TX.
  • Kanwar Devesh Singh, Preeti Gangadharan, Daniel H. Chen, Helen H. Lou, Xianchang Li & Peyton Richmond (2014), “Computational fluid dynamics modeling of laboratory flames and an industrial flare”, Journal of Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 64:11, 1328-1340, DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2014.948229.

Fault Detection and Preventative Maintenance

Co-PIs

  • Reza Barzegaran (Electrical),  (Mechanical), and  (Chemical)

Students

  • Dan Fernandez (Ph.D., Spring '16), Aniket Khade (Ph.D., Spring '16), Napoli Rosario (de, SPring '16)

Funding

  • Â鶹AV Visionary Initiatives
  • Â鶹AV Distinguished Research Fellow Award

Selected Publications

  • Lo, W. Swan, D. Chen, P. Wetuski, S. Stout, “Detection of Interacting Controllers Using Fast Fourier Transform and Correlation Coefficient,” Hydrocarbon Processing, April 2006.
  • W. Swan, "Selected Topics in Process Diagnostics and Advisories", D. E. Dissertation, Â鶹AV, Beaumont, TX, 2006.
Chen Research
Chen Research 2
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