Curriculum Vitae
October 2018
YIANNIS ANGELO LEVENDIS
Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering
334 Snell Engineering Center
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Office Phone # (617) 373-3806
FAX # (617) 373-2921
http://www1.coe.neu.edu/~yal/yal.htm
EDUCATION:
· Ph.D., Environmental Engineering Science, Sep. 1987
California Institute of Technology
(Caltech)
Thesis Subject: “A Fundamental Study on
Char Oxidation
Using Model
Materials”
Thesis Advisor: Professor Richard C. Flagan
· M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Dec. 1982
University of Michigan
Thesis Subject: “Reduction of Diesel
Particulate Emissions
Using
Oxygen-Enriched Air.”
Thesis Advisors: Professors John Hilliard
and Jay Bolt
· B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Cum Laude, Dec. 1981
University of Michigan
Thesis Subject: “Design and Evaluation of
Solar Stills”
Thesis Advisor: Professor John Clark
WORK
EXPERIENCE:
·
College of
Engineering Distinguished Professor, 2006 - present Northeastern University
· Affiliated
Professor, 2012-2015 University of Ulster,
Northern Ireland
· Visiting Professor,
2004 ΠΟΛΥΤΕΧΝΕΙΟ, the National
Technical University of Athens
· Professor,
1998 – 2006 Northeastern University
· Visiting Professor,
1998 – 1999
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
· Associate
Professor, 1994 – 1998 Northeastern
University
· Assistant
Professor, 1988 – 1994 Northeastern
University
·
Post-Doctoral
Research Scientist, 1987 – 1988
California Institute of
Technology (Caltech)
Research
Topics: Combustion of coal: (a) studies concerning the effects of catalysis
on the
reactivity
of carbonaceous chars and (b) studies concerning the vaporization of coal-ash.
·
Graduate
Research Assistant, 1983 – 1987 California Institute of
Technology (Caltech)
Research Topic: Combustion of
coal: Reactivity, temperature and heat
release of burning
pulverized coal. Development of a nearly
ideal synthetic char materials (artificial coal) for
controlled laboratory studies of coal
properties and oxidation kinetics.
·
Graduate
Research Assistant, 1982 – 1983
University of Michigan
Research
topic: Investigated the effect of oxygen supercharging on the performance
and exhaust
emissions of various types of Diesel
engines.
·
Teaching
Assistant, 1981 – 1982
University of Michigan
Subject: Conducted internal and external
combustion engines laboratories.
·
Other:
Tutor for freshman and sophomore science courses (Tau, Beta, Pi) and grader for
an
undergraduate manufacturing process course.
Tutor for high school students through Caltech’s
secondary school project; taught electrical
circuits - electronics.
TECHNICAL
INTERESTS:
Technical interests include clean energy
related problems, combustion of liquid, gaseous
and solid fuels, internal and external combustion engines,
turbomachinery, incineration of hazardous wastes, atmospheric pollution - acid
rain, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, soot, SO2 and NOx chemistry solar energy, pyrolysis and combustion
generated materials and manufacturing processes.
Courses Taught:
Undergraduate: Thermodynamics I, II and III, Internal Combustion
Engines, Gas Turbines, Fluid Mechanics, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning,
Capstone Senior Design Projects, Technical Laboratories, etc. Also, developed and taught a course on Pre-engineering
Design Experience for K-12 Science Teachers.
Graduate:
Developed and taught Courses on Combustion and Air Pollution Fundamentals and
Gas Turbine Combustion.
MAJOR
RESEARCH PROJECTS:
Current
research is dealing with topics related to Clean Energy, Combustion, Air
Pollution and Acid Rain Prevention, Incineration of Municipal Wastes, and
Engine Performance and Emissions.
In
particular the following projects have been funded:
(i). Studies on Incineration - Examination of the
Combustion Characteristics of Solid Organic
Municipal Wastes with Emphasis to Plastics.
Project funded by a Research Initiation (RI)
Award from the U.S. National Science Foundation,
1989-1991, Y.A. Levendis, P.I.
The NSF RI Award was the predecessor
of the NSF Career Award
(ii). Studies
on the Effects of Calcium Magnesium Acetate on the Combustion of
Coal-Water
Slurries
- SO2 emissions. Project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and
Stone & Webster Corp., 1989-1993, single investigator projects Y.A.
Levendis,P.I.
(iii). Studies on
Calcium Magnesium Acetate Sorbent Injection in Furnaces to Control SO2
and
NOx
Emissions. Project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, 1992-1994,
Single
investigator project, Y.A. Levendis, P.I.
(iiii).
Incineration of Selected Municipal Waste Plastics, Industrial Refuse Plastics
and Used
Automobile Tyres. Project funded by the U.S. EPA, 1993-1997.
Single Investigator project Y.A. Levendis, P.I.
(v). Studies
on the Reduction of Diesel Exhaust Particulate Emissions using Ceramic Monolith
Filters. Project funded by Taft
Environmental, CeraMem Corp. and the
Massachusetts Transit Authority, 1990-2000,
Y.A. Levendis, P.I.
(vi). Studies of Diesel Particulate Filtration
Using Fibrous Membrane Modules. Project funded by
Pallflex
Corp., 1994-1995, Y.A. Levendis, P.I.
(vii). The Effect of
Diesel Exhaust Temperature on the Refeneration Efficiency of Silicon Carbide
Monoliths. Project funded by Ibiden Corp., 1997-1998, Y.A. Levendis, P.I.
(viii).
Simultaneous Control of SO2, NOx, HCl, PAH and Particulate
Emissions of Combustion by
In-Furnace Sorbent Injection Upstream of a
Ceramic Filter. Project funded by NSF, 1997-2001. Single investigator project, Y.A.
Levendis, P.I.
(ix). On
the Emissions of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Particulate Matter and
Other
Pollutants from Burning Organic Wastes,
Targeting Applications in Municipal/Medical
Incinerators. Project funded by NSF, 2000-2004, Y.A. Levendis, P.I.
(x).
Reduction of Sulfur Dioxide Emissions
from the Combustion of Coal treated with Tall-Oil
Pitch
and Carboxylic Salts of Calcium and Magnesium. Project funded by Progress
Materials
Inc.,
2002-2003, Single investigator project, Y.A. Levendis, P.I.
(xi). Reduction of SO2 and NOx
Emissions from the Combustion of Coal treated with Tall-Oil
Pitch and 3-Hydroxy-Propionate Salts of
Calcium. Project funded by Progress Materials
Inc., 2005, Single investigator project, Y.A.
Levendis, P.I.
(xii). Boston Science Partnership
conducted by a multi-university team (NU, UMass, Boston
Public
Schools, etc.), 5-year project funded by NSF, 2005-2010. Y.A. Levendis, Senior Personnel.
(xiii). Emergency Fire Extinction by Direct
Application of Liquid Nitrogen. Project funded by the
Institute of Hazardous Materials Management,
2007-2008, Y.A. Levendis, P.I.
(xiv). NU STEP-UP. Funded by NSF,
2007-2014. Y.A. Levendis, Co-PI.
(xv). Flame Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes. STTR
project funded by NSF 2008-2009,
Y.A.
Levendis, University PI.
(xvi).Temperature measurements and
Submicron Ash Formation in Oxy-Combustion of Coal.
Funded by NSF, 2008-2013. Single
investigator project, Y.A. Levendis, PI.
(xvii). A Versatile Self-Sustaining Device
for Power Generation by Sequential Liquifaction,
Gasification and “Clean Combustion” of Waste
Plastics. Funded by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, 2011-2012. Single investigator
project, Y.A. Levendis, PI.
(xviii).Co-firing Illinois Bituminous Coals
with Highly-Fragmenting Lignite Coals for SO2/HCl
Control. Funded by the State of
Illinois through the Illinois Clean Coal Institute (ICCI), 2014-2015.
(xx).
Pyrolysis
of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) wastes to MW-CNTs. Funded by Canon Virginia
Inc., 2017.
(xxi). Pyrolysis of Polyethylene (PE) Wastes
to MW-CNTs. Funded by Canon Virginia Inc., 2018.
(xxii). Containment of Greenhouse Gases
trough use of Refrigerants that are based on Petroleum-derived Products and
Recycled CO2. Funded by The
American Chemical Society – Petroleum Research Fund, 2018-2020.
(xxiii).On the Torrefied Biomass Grind
Sizing for Firing or co-Firing with Coal in Existing Boilers, Funded by NSF,
2018-2021.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS:
•Elected Fellow of the
Combustion Institute, 2018
•Elected to the Steering
committee of the Greek Energy Forum, 2016
• Percy Nicholls Award, Joint Award by the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME),
2015
• George
Westinghouse Gold Medal,
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME), 2013
• Honorable
Mention,
co-advisor of best Engineering Thesis, Brazilian Ministry
of Education, 2012
• AEA
Environmental Award,
Brazilian
Association of Automotive Engineering, 2012
• Outstanding Oral
Presentation Award, SAE, 2010
• Outstanding
Teaching Award, ASEE New England
Section, 2007
• John J.
McCambridge Award,
Institute of Hazardous Materials Management, 2007
• Elected Fellow of
the Society of Automotive Engineers SAE,
2007
• Elected Fellow of
the American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME,
2006
• Elected Distinguished
Professor College
of Engineering, Northeastern University, 2006
• SAE Outstanding
Faculty Advisor Award, SAE,
2005
• Outstanding
Teaching Award, College
of Engineering, Northeastern University, 2005
• Outstanding
Research Award, College of Engineering, Northeastern University,
2001
• Elected member of ΦΚΦ,
Northeastern University, 2000
• Excellence in
Teaching Award, University-wide,
Northeastern University, 1995
• Outstanding
Mechanical Engineering Professor (students’ choice) 2010,
2002, 1998, 1995, 1993
• SAE Faculty
Advisor Recognition Award, SAE,
1997
• SAE Outstanding
Faculty Advisor Award, SAE, 1994
• Ralph E. Teetor
Educational Award SAE, 1993
• Charipar
Fellow Cummins
Engine Company, 1982 and 1983
• Dean's honor list
of University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 6
consecutive semesters, 1978-80
• Five
yearly excellence awards Greek-Italian High School, Athens 1970-76
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS:
Member
of the honorary engineering societies: TBΠ, ΠTΣ,
ΦΚΦ. Member of the professional societies: SAE (Society of
Automotive Engineers), SME (Society Manufacturing Engineering), ASME (American
Society of Mechanical Engineers), ASEE (American Society of Engineering
Education), AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics), ACS
(American Chemical Society), Air and Waste Management Association, the American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and of the Combustion
Institute.
PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE:
Member
of the organizing committee of the International Conference of Coal Utilization
and Fuel Systems.
Senator
at the Northeastern Faculty Senate.
Member
of the University Financial Affairs and Financial Priorities Committees.
Member
of the University Appeals Resolution Committee.
Reviewer
for NSF, DOE, EPA, SAE, ASME, the Combustion Institute
Reviewer
for the Journals of Environmental Engineering, Solar Energy, ASME Journal of Heat
Transfer, AIChE Journal, Energy
Resources Technology, Dynamic Systems, Measurement and
Control,
Combustion & Flame, Combustion Science and Technology, Review of
Scientific Instruments, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association,
Hazardous Wastes and Hazardous Materials, Atmospheric Environment, Energy &
Fuels, Environmental Science and Technology, Fuel, Biomass and Biotechnology, etc.
Academic
advisor for ten completed Ph.D, thirty-five completed Master's theses and twenty-five
completed undergraduate research projects at NU.
Co-advisor
for five completed Ph.D theses at MIT and one at the Polytechneion of Athens.
Co-advisor
for two completed Masters theses at Tufts University.
Currently,
academic advisor for 3 PhD students and 3 MS students.
Founder and faculty advisor of
the NU - SAE student branch from 1994-2010.
LANGUAGES:
Greek,
English (Oxford's "Proficiency in English"), Italian (Diploma di
Esperto in Lingua e Letteratura Italiana), working knowledge of Spanish, and
limited knowledge of Latin.
General interests: include: architecture and
poleodomy, impact of pollution on modern cities, literature, arts, poetry,
classical music, world affairs, human and animal rights (member of
Amnesty
International, Greenpeace, MSPCA, Sierra Club), amateur car racing (AROC, FCA,
SCCA).
PATENTS:
1. “Rotating Diesel
Particulate Trap.” U.S. Patent No. 5,013,340,
1991. Co-inventor M. Taslim.
2. “Pulsed,
Reverse-Flow Regenerated Diesel Trap Capturing Soot, Ash and PAH's.” U.S. Patent
No. 5,253,476, 1993. Co-inventor: N. Khalil.
3. “Production of
Polymer Particles in Powder Form Using an Atomization Technique.” U.S.
Patent No. 5,269,980, 1993.
Co-inventors: T. Panagiotou and R.C. Flagan.
4. “Method of
Simultaneously Removing SO2 and NOx Pollutants from
Exhaust of a Combustion
System.” U.S. Patent No. 5,312,605, 1994. Co-inventor: D. Wise.
5. “Use of Aromatic
Salts for Simultaneously Removing SO2 and NOx Pollutants
from Exhaust of
a Combustion System.” U.S. Patent No. 5,352,423, 1994.
Co-inventor: D. Wise.
6. “A Flow-Through
Incinerator Coupled to an Aerodynamically-Cleaned Diesel Particulate Trap
for Diesel Engine Exhaust Gas.” U.S. Patent No. 5,390,492, 1995.
7. “Control of NOx
Emissions from Diesel Engines Using Filtered EGR.” U.S. Patent No.
5,426,936, 1995.
Co-inventor: R. Abrams.
8. “Simultaneous Control
of SO2, NOx, HCl and Particulates by In-Furnace High
Temperature
Sorbent Injection and Particulate
Removal.” U.S. Patent No. 5,785,936,
1998.
9. “Process for
Producing Polymer Coatings with Various Porosities and Surface Areas.”
U.S.
Patent No. 6,143,370, 2000. Co-inventor: T. Panagiotou.
10. “Carbon
Nanostructures from Pyrolysis of Organic Materials.” U.S. Patent No: 9,051,185 B2
A1, 2015. Co-inventors: C. Zhuo, H.
Richter.
11. “Method and Device for Fuel and Power
Generation by Clean Combustion of Organic Waste
Materials.”
U.S. Patent No. 9,664,382, 2017. Co-inventors: Christopher
Flanagan, Anna
Craver, Brittney Rose Lynn, Mason Riley,
Katherine Dixon, Wilbraham, MA; Chuanwei Zhuo.
12. “Carbon Nanostructures
from Pyrolysis of Organic Materials.” U.S.
Patent No: 9,738,524,
2017. Co-inventors: C. Zhuo, H.
Richter.
13. “Catalyst
and Method for Synthesis of Carbon Nanomaterials.” Co-inventor C. Zhuo, U.S.
Patent Pending (US
14,447,196), filed July 30, 2014.
EDITED BOOKS:
“Calcium Magnesium Acetate. An Emerging
Bulk Chemical for Environmental Applications.” Co-editor with D.L. Wise and M.
Metghalchi. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1991.
BOOK
CHAPTERS:
“A Waste-Derived Chemical for Acid Rain
Control.” in Environmental Biotechnology:
Principles and Applications. Donald L. Wise,
Judith Steciak and Yiannis A. Levendis. Moo-
Young M., Anderson, W.A. and Chakrabarty, A.M.
Editors, pp. 237-248. Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston/London, 1995.
“Control
of Submicron Air Toxin Particles after Coal Combustion Utilizing Calcium
Magnesium Acetate” Jianxi Zhao, Donald L. Wise, Edgar B. Gutoff, Joseph D.
Gresser and Yiannis A.
Levendis.
Contributed chapter in the book Environmental Biotechnology and Cleaner
Bioprocesses, Sanchez, G. and Hernandez, E., Editors, Taylor & Francis,
London, 2000.
"Diesel
Engines" by Theodore C. Zannis, Roussos G. Papagiannakis and Yiannis A. Levendis.
Contributed chapter in the book “Oxygen-Enhanced Combustion.” Second Edition, Charles
E. Baukal, Editor, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Chapter 30, pages
681-710, 2013. Print ISBN: 978-1-4398-6228-5.
"Critical Review of the Effects of Diesel Fuel
Composition and Properties on Engine Performance and Pollutant Emissions"
by Theodore C. Zannis, Elias A. Yfantis, Dimitrios T. Hountalas,
Roussos G. Papagiannakis and Yiannis A. Levendis. Contributed
chapter in the book “Diesel
Fuels: Characteristics, Performances and
Environmental Impacts.” Cristobal Silva and Agustin Rivera, Editors, Nova
Publishers, Chapter 1, pages 1-60, 2013. Print
ISBN: 978-1-62618-867-9 (eBook).
ENCYCLOPEDIA
CHAPTERS: “Emission Purification Technologies,” Invited Chapter
in the volume of Environmental and
Ecological Chemistry (A. Sabljic, Editor) of the UNESCO
On-line Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (UNESCO-EOLSS),
2004, updated in 2007.
ARCHIVAL
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:
J1. “Effect of Oxygen Enrichment on the
Performance and Emissions of I.D.I. Diesel Engines”
J. Ghojel, J. C. Hilliard and Y. A.
Levendis. SAE publication 830245, p.1-14,
1983.
J2. “Combustion of Uniformly Sized Glassy
Carbon Particles” Yiannis A Levendis and Richard C.
Flagan, Combustion Science and Technology
53, 2-3, p.117-136, 1987.
J3. “Physical Properties and Oxidation Rates
of Chars from three Bituminus Chars.” Ranajit Sahu,
Yiannis A. Levendis, Richard C. Flagan
and George R. Gavalas. Fuel 67, p.275-283, 1988.
J4. “Glassy Carbons from Poly(furfuryl
alcohol) Copolymers: Structural Studies by High-
Resolution Solid-State NMR Techniques.” Helmut
Eckert, Yiannis A. Levendis and Richard
C. Flagan. Journal of Physical Chemistry 92, p.5011-5019, 1988.
J5. “Synthesis, Formation and
Characterization of Micron-Sized Glassy Carbon Spheres of
Controlled Pore Structure.” Yiannis A.
Levendis and Richard. C. Flagan. Carbon 27,
2,
p. 265-283, 1989.
J6. “Oxidation Kinetics of Monodisperse
Spherical Carbonaceous Particles of Variable Properties”
Yiannis
A. Levendis, Richard C. Flagan and George R. Gavalas. Combustion and Flame 76,
p. 221-241, 1989.
J7. “Post-Ignition Phenomena in the
Combustion of Single Coal Char Particles” Yiannis A.
Levendis, Ranajit Sahu, Richard C. Flagan
and George R. Gavalas. Fuel 68,
p.849-855,
1989.
J8. “Catalysis of the Combustion of Synthetic
Char Particles by Various Forms of Calcium
Additives” Yiannis A. Levendis, Sookwu
Nam, Michael Loewenberg, Richard C. Flagan and
George R. Gavalas. Journal of Energy &
Fuels 3, p.28-37, 1989.
J9. “Characterization of the Environment in a
Laminar Flow Furnace with Applications to the
Combustion of Coal and Coal-Water
Slurries”, John G. Cumper, Yiannis A. Levendis and
Mohamad Metghalchi. ASME publication HTD-Vol 148, p.89-96, 1990.
J10. “Development of a Self-Cleaning Particle
Trap for Diesel Engine Particulate Control” Yiannis
A. Levendis, Thomai Panagiotou and Mo
E. Taslim. SAE
publication 900601, Vol. SAE SP-
816,
p.195-201, 1990.
J11. “Evaluation of a Self-Cleaning
Particulate Control System for Diesel Engines” Yiannis A.
Levendis, Kevin McInerney and Thomai
Panagiotou. SAE
publication 910333, Vol. SAE
SP-240, p.183-193, 1991.
J12. “Combustion Behavior and Kinetics of
Synthetic and Coal-derived Chars: Comparison of
Theory and Experiment” Michael
Loewenberg and Yiannis A. Levendis. Combustion and
Flame 84, p. 47-65, 1991.
J13. “Combustion Characteristics of
Carbonaceous Residues from Heavy Oil Fired Boilers”
Paul S. Northrop, George R. Gavalas and
Yiannis A. Levendis, Energy and Fuels 5, p. 587-
594, 1991.
J14. “Generation of Spherical and Monodisperse
Particles of Poly(styrene) and Poly(methyl
methacrylate)
by Atomization of Monomers or Dissolved Polymer Precursors” Thomai
Panagiotou and Yiannis A. Levendis. Journal of Applied Polymer
Science 43, p.1549-1558,
1991.
J15. “Development of a Diesel Particulate Control
System with Wall-Flow Filters and Reverse
Cleaning Regeneration.” Najib Khalil
and Yiannis A. Levendis, SAE publication 920567,
Vol. SAE SP-896, p.217-231, 1992. Also
selected for the 1992 SAE Transactions.
J16. “Optimization of a Self-Cleaning
Particulate Control System - Evaluation of the Retention of
PACs and HC Emissions.” Iraklis
Pavlatos and Yiannis A. Levendis, SAE publication 920568,
Vol. SAE SP-896, p.233-247, 1992.
J17. “Preparation of Monodisperse Carbonaceous
Particles with Micro-, Meso-, and Macro-porous
Structures” Khaled M. Daer and Yiannis
A. Levendis. Journal
of Applied Polymer Science
45,
p.2061-2073, 1992.
J18. “Development of Multi-Color Pyrometers to
Monitor the Transient Response of Burning
Carbonaceous Particles.” Yiannis A.
Levendis, Kelvin Rafael Estrada, and Hoyt C. Hottel.
Review of Scientific Instruments 63 (7), p.3608-3622, 1992.
J19. “The Effectiveness of Calcium Magnesium
Acetate (CMA) as a SOx Sorbent in Coal
Combustion” Yiannis A. Levendis, Wenqi
Zhu, Donald L. Wise and Girard A. Simons.
AIChE Journal,
63 (7), p.761-773, 1993.
J20. “Observations on the Combustion Behavior
of Coal Water Fuels and Coal Water Fuels
Impregnated with Calcium Magnesium
Acetate” Ajay Atal and Yiannis A. Levendis.
Combustion and Flame, 39 (5), p.61-89, 1993.
J21. “Design of a Diesel Particulate
Trap-Incinerator with Simultaneous Filtration and
Compressed-Air Regeneration (CAR).”
Sung Ho Kim and Yiannis A. Levendis, SAE
publication 930367, Vol. SAE SP-943,
p.183-194, 1993. Also selected for the 1993 SAE
Transactions.
J22. “On-Road Testing of a Reverse Air-Flow
Cleaning, Soot-Oxidizing Diesel Particulate Trap
System.” Sandeep Mehta Yiannis A.
Levendis and Najib Khalil, SAE publication 930368,
Vol. SAE SP-943, p.195-211, 1992. Also
selected for the 1993 SAE Transactions.
J23. “An Exploratory Study on the Combustion
and PAH Emissions of Selected Municipal Waste
Plastics” Lloyd Wheatley, Yiannis A.
Levendis and Paul Vouros. Environmental Science and
Technology, 27 (13) p.2885-2895, 1993.
J24. “Control of Diesel Soot and NOx
Emissions with a Particulate Trap and EGR.” Yiannis A.
Levendis, Iraklis Pavlatos and Richard
Abrams. SAE
publication 940460, Vol. SAE SP-
1020, p.225-233, 1994.
J25. “An Aerodynamically Regenerated Diesel
Particulate Trap with a Flow-through Soot
Incinerator Section” Sandeep Mehta,
Frederick Oey, Christianto Sumbung, Chester Li, and
Yiannis A.
Levendis. SAE
publication 940461, Vol. SAE SP-1020, p.235-248, 1994.
J26. “Combustion of CWF Agglomerates from
Pulverized or Micronized Bituminous Coal, Carbon
Black and Diesel Soot.” Ajay Atal and
Yiannis A. Levendis. Combustion and Flame, 98 (4),
p.326-349, 1994.
J27. “A Study on the Combustion
Characteristics of PVC, Poly(styrene), Poly(ethylene) and
Poly(propylene) Particles under High
Heating Rates.” Thomai Panagiotou and Yiannis A.
Levendis. Combustion and Flame, 99 (1), p.53-74, 1994.
J28. “The Effectiveness of Calcium (Magnesium)
Acetate and Calcium Benzoate as NOx
Reduction Agents in Coal Combustion.”
Judith Steciak, Yiannis A. Levendis and Donald L.
Wise. Combustion Science and Technology,
102 (1-6), p.193-211, 1994.
J29. “Combustion Behavior of Poly(styrene)
Particles of Various Degrees of Crosslinking and
Styrene Monomer Droplets” Thomai Panagiotou,
Yiannis A. Levendis and Michael A.
Delichatsios. Combustion Science and Technology,
103 (1-6), p.63-84, 1994.
J30. “Combustion and SO2-NOx
Emissions of Bituminous Coal Particles Treated with CMA”
Ajay Atal, Judi Steciak and Yiannis A.
Levendis. Fuel,
74 (4), p.495-506, 1995.
J31. “Diesel
Vehicle Application of an Aerodynamically Regenerated Trap and EGR System.”
Frederick Oey, Sandeep Mehta and
Yiannis A. Levendis. SAE publication 950370, Vol.
SAE SP-1073, p.103-116, 1995.
J32. “An Aerodynamically Regenerated Diesel
Particulate Trap Coupled to an Electric Soot
Incinerator with Dual Wall-Flow
Filters.” Jorge Caceres and Yiannis A. Levendis. SAE
publication 950371, Vol. SAE
SP-1073, p.117-126, 1995.
J33. “Reducing Diesel Particulate and NOx
Emissions via Filtration and Particle-Free Exhaust Gas
Recirculation.” Najib Khalil, Yiannis
A. Levendis and Richard Abrams. SAE publication
950736, Vol. SAE
SP-1073, p.165-174, 175-186, 1995.
J34. “A
Thermally Regenerated Diesel Particulate Trap Using High-Temperature Glass-Fiber
Filters.” Sandeep Mehta, Yiannis A. Levendis
and Joseph Adiletta. SAE publication 950737,
Vol. SAE SP-1073, p.175-186, 1995.
J35. “The Effectiveness of Calcium Magnesium
Acetate as a Dual SO2-NOx Emission Control
Agent.” Judith Steciak, Yiannis A. Levendis
and Donald L. Wise, AIChE Journal, 41, 3,
p.712-722, 1995.
J36. “Dual SO2-NOx
Concentration Reduction by Calcium Salts of Carboxylic Acids.” Judith
Steciak, Yiannis A. Levendis, Donald L.
Wise and Gerard Simons. Journal of Environmental
Engineering, 121, 8, p.595-604, 1995.
J37. “Comparison of the Combustion Behavior of
Pulverized Waste Tires and Coal.” Ajay Atal and
Yiannis A.
Levendis. Fuel,
74 (11), p.1570-1581, 1995.
J38. “NOx and SO2
Emissions from Pulverized Coal and Waste Tire: The Role of Devolatilization
and Char Combustion Phases.” Ajay Atal, Judi Steciak and Yiannis A. Levendis.
IMECE
Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer Division,
HTD-Vol. 317-2, p.1-9, 1995.
J39. “An Optimization Study on the Control of
NOx and Particulate Emissions from Diesel
Engines.” Chris Larsen, Frederic Oey
and Yiannis A. Levendis. SAE publication 960473,
Vol. SAE SP-1140, p.175-191, 1996.
J40. “Measurements of Particle Flame
Temperatures Using Three-Color Optical Pyrometry”
Thomai
Panagiotou, Yiannis A. Levendis and Michael A. Delichatsios. Combustion and
Flame, 104, (3), p.272-277, 1996.
J41. “Control of Air Toxin Particulate and
Vapor Emissions after Coal Combustion Utilizing
Calcium Magnesium Acetate.” Judith I.
Shuckerow, Judith A. Steciak, Donald L. Wise,
Yiannis A. Levendis, Girard A. Simons,
Joseph D. Gresser, Edgar B. Gutoff and C. David
Livengood. Resources, Conservation and Recycling,
16, p.15-69, 1996.
J42. “Observations on the Combustion of
Pulverized PVC and Poly(ethylene)” Thomai Panagiotou
and Yiannis A. Levendis. Combustion Science and Technology, 112, p.117-140, 1996.
J43. “Comparative Study on the Combustion and
Emissions of Waste Tire Crumb and Pulverized
Coal” Yiannis A. Levendis, Ajay Atal,
Joel Carlson, Yuriy Dunayevskiy and Paul Vouros.
Environmental Science and Technology, 30, 9, p.2742-2754, 1996.
J44. “Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emissions from
Burning Poly(styrene), Poly(ethylene) and PVC
Particles at High Temperatures” Thomai
Panagiotou, Yiannis A. Levendis, Joel Carlson,
Yuriy M. Dunayevskiy and Paul Vouros. Combustion
Science and Technology, 116-117
(1-6), p.91-128, 1996.
J45. “The Effect of Bulk Equivalence Ratio on
the PAH Emissions from the Combustion of PVC,
Poly(styrene) and Poly(ethylene).” Thomai Panagiotou, Yiannis A. Levendis, Joel Carlson
and Paul Vouros. Proceedings of
the Combustion Institute, 26,
p. 2421-2430, 1996.
J46. “On the Survivability and Pyrosynthesis
of PAHs during Combustion of Pulverized Coal and
Tire Crumb” Ajay Atal, Yiannis A.
Levendis, Joel Carlson, Yuriy Dunayevskiy and Paul
Vouros. Combustion & Flame, 110, 4, p.462-478, 1997.
J47. “An Integrated Diesel Engine Particulate
ART-EGR Retrofit System with Engine Sensory
Inputs.” Chris Larsen and Yiannis A.
Levendis. SAE
publication 970477, Vol. SAE SP-1140,
p. 183-201, 1997.
J48. “A Laboratory Study on the NO, NO2,
SO2 and CO Emissions from the Combustion of
Pulverized Coal, Municipal Waste Plastics
and Tires” Bonnie Courtemanche and Yiannis A.
Levendis, Fuel, 77(3), p. 183-196, 1998.
J49. “Burning Characteristics and
Gaseous/Solid Emissions of Blends of Pulverized Coal with
Waste Tire-Derived Fuel” Yiannis A.
Levendis, Ajay Atal, Bonnie Courtemanche and Joel
Carlson. Combustion Science and Technology,
131, 1-6, p. 147-185, 1998.
J50. “Control of the HCl Emissions from the
Combustion of PVC, by In-Furnace Injection of
Calcium/Magnesium Based Sorbents”
Bonnie Courtemanche and Yiannis A. Levendis.
Environmental Engineering Science, 15,
2, pp. 123-135, 1998.
J51. “On the Effectiveness and Economy of
Operation of ART-EGR Systems that Reduce Diesel
Emissions.” Chris Larsen and Yiannis
A. Levendis. SAE
publication 980537, Vol. SAE
SP-1313, p. 97-115, also selected for
the SAE
Transactions, 1998.
J52. “PAH and Soot Emissions from Combustion
of Coal and Waste Tire-Derived-Fuel in Fixed
Beds” Yiannis A. Levendis, Ajay Atal
and Joel Carlson. Combustion Science and Technology,
134,
1-6, p. 407-432, 1998.
J53. “Observations on the Combustion of
Polymers (Plastics): from Single Particles to Groups of
Particles.”
Thomai Panagiotou and Yiannis A. Levendis. Combustion Science and
Technology, 137, 1-6, p. 121-148, 1998.
J54. “On the Correlation of CO and PAH
Emissions from the Combustion of Pulverized Coal and
Waste Tires” Yiannis A. Levendis, Ajay
Atal and Joel Carlson. Environmental Science and
Technology, 32, p. 3767-3777, 1998.
J55. “Filtration Assessment and Thermal
Effects on Aerodynamic Regeneration in Silicon Carbide
and Cordierite Particulate Filters.” Chris
Larsen, Yiannis A. Levendis and Koji Shimato. SAE
Publication 1999-01-0466, Vol. SAE
SP-1414, 1999.
J56. “Use of Ozone-Enriched Air for Diesel
Particulate Trap Regeneration” Chris Larsen and
Yiannis A.
Levendis. SAE, SAE
publication 1999-01-0114, Vol. SAE SP-1414, 1999.
J57. “Particulates Generated from Combustion
of Polymers (Plastics)” Brooke Shemwell and
Yiannis A. Levendis. Journal of the
Air & Waste Management Association, 50, pp. 94-102,
2000. Also,
first-place winner of the student paper competition of the 1999 ASME, Power
Generation
Division.
J58. “A Laboratory Investigation on Combined
In-Furnace Sorbent Injection and Hot Flue-Gas
Filtration to Simultaneously Capture SO2,
NOx, HCl and Particulate Emissions” Brooke
Shemwell, Ajay Atal, Yiannis A. Levendis
and Girard A. Simons. Environmental Science and
Technology, 34, pp. 4855-4866, 2000.
J59. “Laboratory Study on the High-Temperature
Capture of HCl Gas by Dry-Injection of
Calcium-Based Sorbents” Brooke
Shemwell, Yiannis A. Levendis and Girard A. Simons.
Chemosphere, 42, 5-7, pp.783-794, 2001.
J60. “PAH and Soot Emissions from Burning
Components of Medical Waste: Examination/
Surgical Gloves and Cotton Pads”
Yiannis A. Levendis, Ajay Atal, Joel B. Carlson and
Maria del Mar Esperanza Quintana. Chemosphere, 42, 5-7, pp.773-781, 2001.
J61. “Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon and
Particulate Emissions from Two-Stage Combustion of
Polystyrene.
The Effect of the Primary Furnace Temperature” Jun Wang, Yiannis A. Levendis,
Henning
Righter, Jack B. Howard and Joel B. Carlson. Environmental Science and
Technology, 35, pp. 3541-3552, 2001.
J62. “Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon and
Particulate Emissions from Two-Stage Combustion of
Polystyrene. The Effects of (a) the
Secondary Furnace (Afterburner) Temperature and (b) Soot
Filtration” Jun Wang, Yiannis A.
Levendis, Henning Righter, Jack B. Howard and Joel B.
Carlson. Environmental Science and Technology,
36, pp. 797-808, 2002.
J63. “Economics of an Integrated Approach to
Control SO2, NOx, HCl and Particulate Emissions
from Powerplants” Brooke Shemwell, Ali
Ergut and Yiannis A. Levendis. Journal of the
Air
& Waste Management Association, 52, 521-534, 2002.
J64. “A Study on Toxic Organic Emissions from
Butch Combustion of Styrene” Charlotte
Westblad, Yiannis A. Levendis, Henning
Righter, Jack B. Howard and Joel B. Carlson.
Chemosphere, 49 (4), 395-412, 2002.
J65. “Comparative Study on Destruction of
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Combustion
of Waste Polystyrene.” Jun Wang,
Gerardo Ferreiro, Henning Richter, Jack B. Howard,
Yiannis A. Levendis, and Joel B.
Carlson. Proceedings
of the Combustion Institute, 29,
pp.
2477-2484, 2002.
J66. “High-Temperature Injection of
Sorbent-Coal Blends Upstream of a Ceramic Filter for SO2,
NOx and Particulate
Pollutant Reductions” Ali Ergut, Yiannis A. Levendis and Girard A.
Simons. Combustion Science & Technology,
175, pp. 579-617, 2003.
J67. “Emissions from Batch Combustion of Waste
Tire Chips: The Afterburner Effect.” Jeferson
Caponero, Jorge Alberto Soares Tenorio,
Yiannis A. Levendis and Joel Carlson Energy &
Fuels, 17, pp. 225-239, 2003.
J68. “Comparative Study on Polycyclic Aromatic
Hydrocarbon, Light Hydrocarbon, CO and
Particulate Emissions from the
Combustion of Polyethylene, Polystyrene and PVC.” Zhenlei
Wang,
Jun Wang, Henning Righter, Jack B. Howard, Joel B. Carlson and Yiannis A.
Levendis. Energy & Fuels, 17, pp. 999-1013, 2003.
J69. “Emissions from Batch Combustion of Waste
Tire Chips: The Hot Flue-Gas Filtering Effect.”
Jeferson Caponero, Jorge Alberto Soares Tenorio, Yiannis A. Levendis and
Joel Carlson.
Energy & Fuels, 18,
pp. 102-115, 2004.
J70. “Laboratory Investigation on the Products
of Incomplete Combustion of Waste Plastics and on
Techniques for their Minimization.”
Zhenlei Wang, Henning Righter, Jack B. Howard, Joel B.
Carlson, Jude Jordan and Yiannis A.
Levendis. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research,
43, pp. 2873-2886, 2004.
J71. “PAH and other Emissions from Burning of
JP-8 and Diesel Fuels in Diffusion Flames.”
Murat Topal, Jun Wang, Yiannis, A.
Levendis, Joel B. Carlson, Joseph Jordan. Fuel, 83, pp.
2357-2368, 2004.
J72. “Comparative Environmental Evaluation of
JP-8 and Diesel Fuels Burned in Direct Injection
(DI) or Indirect Injection (IDI) Diesel
Engines and in a Laboratory Furnace.” Constantinos
D.
Rakopoulos, Dimitrios T. Hountalas,
Dimitrios D. Rakopoulos and Yiannis A. Levendis.
Energy & Fuels, 18, pp. 1302-1308, 2004.
J73. “Operational and Environmental Evaluation
of Diesel Engines Burning Oxygen-Enriched
Intake Air or Oxygen-Enriched Fuels: A
Review.” Constantinos D. Rakopoulos, Dimitrios T.
Hountalas, Theodore Zannis and Yiannis A.
Levendis. SAE,
publication 2004-01-2924, also
selected for the SAE Transactions, Journal of Fuels
and Lubricants, 113, pp. 1723-1743,
2004. This
paper was awarded the Thomaidion Award of the Polytechneion of Athens.
J74. “Soot Surface Area Evolution during Air
Oxidation as Evaluated by Small Angle X-Ray
Scattering and CO2
Adsorption.” Angelo Kandas, Ghokan Senel, Yiannis A. Levendis and
Adel F. Sarofim. Carbon, 43, pp. 241-251, 2005.
J75. “Emissions of Batch Combustion of Waste
Tire Chips: The Pyrolysis Effect.” Jeferson
Caponero, Jorge Alberto Soares Tenorio, Yiannis A. Levendis and Joel
Carlson.
Combustion Science & Technology, 177, pp. 347-381, 2005.
J76. “Experimental and Numerical Study of Emissions from
Fuel-Rich Combustion of Pulverized
Polystyrene”
Jennifer Pantalone, Ali Ergut, Yiannis A. Levendis, Henning Righter, Joel B.
Carlson
and Jude Jordan.
Combustion Science & Technology,
178(7), pp. 1297-1324, 2006.
J77. “PAH
Formation in One-Dimensional Premixed Fuel-Rich Atmospheric Pressure Ethyl
Benzene and Ethyl-Alcohol Flames” Ali Ergut, Silvia Granata, Jude
Jordan, Joel Carlson,
Jack B. Howard, Henning
Richter and Yiannis A. Levendis. Combustion and Flame, 144,
pp. 757-772, 2006.
J78. “PAH Emissions from High-Temperature Oxidation of Vaporized Anthracene” Jennifer
Decoster, Ali Ergut, Yiannis A. Levendis, Henning Richter, Jack B. Howard and Joel B.
Carlson. Proceedings of
the Combustion Institute, 31,
491-499, 2007.
J79. “Emissions from the Combustion of Polystyrene, Styrene and Ethylbenzene under Diverse
Conditions” Ali
Ergut and Yiannis A. Levendis. Fuel, 86
(12-13), 1789-1799, 2007.
J80. “Combustion of Coal Chars at Elevated Oxygen Partial Pressures.” Paula Bejarano and
Yiannis A. Levendis. Combustion Science & Technology, 179, 1569-1587, 2007.
J81. “The Effect of Equivalence Ratio on the Soot Onset Chemistry in One-Dimensional,
Atmospheric Pressure, Premixed Ethylbenzene Flames” Ali Ergut, Yiannis A. Levendis,
Jack B. Howard, Henning Richter and Joel B. Carlson. Combustion and
Flame, 151 (1-2),
173-195, 2007.
J82. “Theoretical Study of DI Diesel Engine Performance and Pollutant Emissions
Using
Comparable Air-Side vs. Fuel-Side Oxygen
Addition” Theodore C. Zannis, Efthimios G.
Pariotis, Dimitrios T. Hountalas, Constantinos D. Rakopoulos and
Yiannis A. Levendis.
Energy
Conversion and Management, 48 (11), 2962-2970,
2007.
J83. “Emissions
from Premixed Combustion of Gasified Polyethylene” Cecilia K. Gonçalves,
Jorge A. S. Tenório, Yiannis A.
Levendis, Joel B. Carlson. Energy and Fuels,
22, 372-381,
2008.
J84. “Emissions
from Premixed Combustion of Gasified Polystyrene” Cecilia K. Gonçalves, Jorge
A. S. Tenório, Yiannis A. Levendis, Joel B. Carlson. Energy and Fuels, 22, 354-362, 2008.
J85. “Single Coal Particle Combustion in O2/N2 and O2/CO2 Environments” Paula Bejarano and
Yiannis A. Levendis. Combustion and Flame, 153, 270-287, 2008.
J86. “The Effect of Temperature on the Soot Onset Chemistry in One-Dimensional Atmospheric
Pressure, Premixed Ethylbenzene Flames” Ali Ergut, Richard Therrien, Yiannis
A. Levendis,
Jack B. Howard, Henning Richter and Joel B. Carlson. Combustion and Flame, 155, 232-246,
2008.
J87. “Effect of Fuel Chemical Structure and
properties on Diesel Engine Performance and Pollutant
Emissions: Review of the Results of
Four European Research Programs.” Theodore Zannis,
Dimitrios
T. Hountalas,
R.G. Papagiannakis and Yiannis A. Levendis. SAE, publication 2008-
01-0838. Also selected for
the SAE
Transactions, SAE International Journal of
Fuels and
Lubricants 1(1):384-419, 2008.
J88.
“Chemical Speciation of Premixed
Ethylbenzene Flames at the Soot Onset Limit at Various
(f, T) Pairs” Ali Ergut, Richard Therrien, Yiannis A. Levendis, Jack B. Howard, Henning
Richter and Joel B. Carlson. Combustion and Flame, 156, 1014-1022, 2009.
J89. “Investigation of Critical Equivalence Ratio and Chemical Speciation in Flames of
Ethylbenzene - Ethanol Blends” Richard Therrien, Ali Ergut, Yiannis A. Levendis, Jack B.
Howard, Henning Richter and Joel B. Carlson. Combustion and Flame, 157, 296-312, 2010.
J90. “Cryogenic Extinguishment of Liquid Pool Fires.” Yiannis A. Levendis, Ali Ergut and
Michael A. Delichatsios. AIChE Journal of
Process Safety Progress, 29, 79-86, 2010.
J91. “Design and Testing of a Novel
Environmentally-Benign Automotive Oil Filter.” Yiannis A.
Levendis. SAE publication 2010-01-0272, 2010.
J92. “Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes from Sequential Pyrolysis and Combustion
of Polyethylene”
Chuanwei
Zhuo, Brendan Hall, Henning Richter and Yiannis A. Levendis. Carbon, 48,
2024-
2034, 2010.
J93. “Combustion Behavior in Air of Single Particles from Three Different Coal Ranks and from
Biomass” Yiannis
A. Levendis, Kulbhushan Joshi, Reza
Khatami and Adel Sarofim.
Combustion and Flame, 158, 452-465, 2011.
J94. “Influence of the Fuel Structure on the Flame Synthesis of Carbon Nanomaterials” Brendan
Hall, Chuanwei Zhuo, Henning Richter and Yiannis A. Levendis. Carbon, 49, 3412-3423,
2011.
J95. “On the Deduction of Single Coal Particle Combustion Temperature from Multi-Color Optical
Pyrometry.” Reza Khatami and Yiannis A. Levendis. Combustion and Flame, 158, 1822-
1836, 2011.
J96. “Recent Developments in the Design of a
Ceramic Automotive Oil Filter” Yiannis A.
Levendis and Lars Tinggaard
Johannesen. SAE
publication 2011-01-1153, 2011.
J97. “Pool Fire Extinction By
Remotely-Controlled Application of Liquid Nitrogen” Yiannis A.
Levendis and Michael A. Delichatsios. AIChE Journal of Process Safety
Progress, 30, 164-
167, 2011.
J98. “Catalytic Conversion of Wastes from the Bio-ethanol Production into
Carbon Nanomaterials”
Joner O. Alves, Chuanwei Zhuo, Yiannis A. Levendis and Jorge A.S. Tenorio. Applied
Catalysis B. Environmental, 106, 433-444, 2011.
J99. “Emissions of NOx and SO2 from Coals of Various Ranks, Bagasse and Coal-Bagasse Blends
Burning in O2/N2 and O2/CO2 Environments.” Feyza Kazanc, Reza Khatami, Paula Manoel-
Crnkovic and Yiannis A. Levendis. Energy and Fuels, 25 (7), 2850–2861, 2011.
J100. “Microstructural Analysis of Carbon Nanomaterials Produced from
Pyrolysis/Combustion of
Styrene-Butadiene-Rubber
(SBR)” Joner O. Alves, Chuanwei Zhuo, Yiannis A.
Levendis
and Jorge A.S. Tenorio. Materials Research, 14 (4), 499–504, 2011.
J101. “Combustion Behavior of Single Particles from Three Different Coal Ranks and from Sugar
Cane Bagasse in O2/N2 and O2/CO2 Atmospheres.” Reza Khatami, Chris Stivers, Kulbhushan
Joshi, Yiannis A. Levendis and Adel F. Sarofim. Combustion and Flame, 159, 1253-1271,
2012.
J102. “Combustion of Coal, Bagasse and Blends thereof. Part I: Emissions from
Batch Combustion
of Fixed Beds of Fuels.”
Marcia Bragato, Kulbhushan Joshi, Joel B. Carlson, Jorge A.S.
Tenorio and
Yiannis A. Levendis, Fuel, 96, 43-50,
2012.
J103. “Combustion of Coal, Bagasse and Blends thereof. Part II: Speciation of
PAH Emissions.”
Marcia Bragato,
Kulbhushan Joshi, Joel B. Carlson, Jorge A.S. Tenorio and Yiannis A.
Levendis, Fuel, 96, 51-58, 2012.
J104. “Synthesis of Carbon Nanomaterials through Up-Cycling Agricultural and Municipal Solid
Wastes” Chuanwei Zhuo, Joner O. Alves, Jorge A.S. Tenorio and Yiannis A.
Levendis.
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 51(7), 2922-2930, 2012.
J105. “Synthesis
of Nanomaterials using Post-Consumer PET Bottles as Raw Material.” Joner O.
Alves, Chuanwei
Zhuo, Yiannis. A. Levendis, Jorge A.S. Tenorio, Tecnologia em
Metalurgia, Materiais e Mineração (a
journal of the Brazilian Association of Metallurgy,
Materials and
Mining), 9(1), 59-63, 2012.
J106. “Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes from Sugarcane Bagasse.” Joner O. Alves, Chuanwei
Zhuo, Yiannis A. Levendis and Jorge A.S. Tenorio. Revista Escola
de Minas: Metallurgy
and Materials, 65(3), 313-318, 2012.
J107. “Synthesis of carbon nanomaterials from corn waste (DDGS).” Joner O. Alves, Chuanwei
Zhuo, Yiannis A. Levendis and Jorge A.S. Tenorio. Química Nova, 35(8), 1534-1537, 2012.
J108. “Characterization of Nanomaterials Produced from Sugarcane Bagasse.” Joner O. Alves,
Jorge A.S. Tenorio, Chuanwei Zhuo and Yiannis A. Levendis. Journal of Materials
Research and Technology, 1(1), 31-34, 2012.
J109. “Ignition Characteristics of Single Coal Particles from three Different Ranks in O2/N2 and
O2/CO2
Atmospheres.” Reza Khatami,
Chris Stivers and Yiannis A. Levendis. Combustion
and Flame, 159, 3554-3568, 2012.
J110. “Use of Stainless Steel AISI 304 for Catalytic Synthesis of Carbon
Nanomaterials from Solid
Wastes.”
Joner O. Alves, Jorge A.S.
Tenorio, Chuanwei Zhuo and
Yiannis A. Levendis.
Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 1(3), 128-133, 2012.
J111. “Physical Properties of Particulate Matter Emitted from Combustion of Coals of Various
Ranks in O2/N2
and O2/CO2 Environments.” Feyza Kazanc and Yiannis A.
Levendis.
Energy and Fuels, 26, 7127−7139, 2012.
J112. “Analysis and Control of Hydrocarbons Generated in the Combustion of PET Wastes.” Joner
O. Alves, Jorge A.S. Tenorio, Chuanwei Zhuo and Yiannis
A. Levendis. Tecnologia
em
Metalurgia, Materiais e Mineração (the journal of the Brazilian Association of Metallurgy,
Materials and
Mining), 9(4), 279-283, 2012.
J113. “Alternative Porous Media
and Designs for Automotive Oil Filters.” Yiannis A.
Levendis,
SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants, 6(2), 320-328, 2013.
J114. “Experimental and Modeling Study of Single Coal Particle Combustion in O2/N2 and Oxy-
fuel (O2/CO2) Atmospheres” Tiziano Maffei, Reza Khatami, S. Pierucci, Tiziano Faravelli,
Eliseo Ranzi and Yiannis A. Levendis, Combustion and Flame, 160, 2559-2572, 2013.
J115. “Pyrolytic Gasification of Post-Consumer Polyolefins to Allow for “Clean” Premixed
|
Combustion”
Rasam Soheilian, Andrew Davies, Saber Talebi Anaraki, Chuanwei Zhuo and
Yiannis A. Levendis, Energy and Fuels, 27(8), 4859-4868, 2013. |
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J116. “Chemical Composition of Submicron Particulate Matter Emitted from Combustion of Coals
of Various Ranks in O2/N2 and O2/CO2 Environments.” Feyza Kazanc, Yiannis A.
Levendis and Tiziano Maffei, Energy and Fuels, 27(8), 4984-4998, 2013.
J117. “Ignition
Behavior of Coal and Biomass Blends under Oxy-Firing Conditions with Steam
Additions” Juan Riaza, Lucía Álvarez, María Victoria Gil, Reza Khatami, Yiannis A.
Levendis, Jose Juan Pis, Covadonga
Pevida and Fernando Rubiera, Greenhouse Gases:
Energy and Technology, 3, 397-414, 2013.
J118. “Pyrolytic Conversion of Biomass Residues to Gaseous Fuels for Electricity Generation”
|
Andrew
Davies, Rasam Soheilian, Chuanwei Zhuo and Yiannis A. Levendis, Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions
of ASME, 136(2), 021101-021107,
2014. |
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J119.
“Up-cycling Waste Plastics into Carbon Nanomaterials: A
Review.” Chuanwei Zhuo and
Yiannis A. Levendis, Journal of Applied Polymer Science,
131,
39931-39944, 2014.
J120. “Single Particle Ignition and Combustion
of Anthracite, Semi-Anthracite and Bituminous
Coals in Air and Simulated Oxy-Fuel
Conditions” Juan Riaza, Reza Khatami, Yiannis A.
Levendis, Lucía Álvarez, María
Victoria Gil, Covadonga Pevida, Fernando Rubiera and
Jose Juan Pis, Combustion and Flame,
161, 1096-1108, 2014.
J121. “Characterization of Particulate Matter Emitted from Combustion of Various Biomasses in
O2/N2 and O2/CO2 Environments” Amanda Ruscio, Feyza Kazanc and Yiannis A.
Levendis, Energy and Fuels, 28, 685-696, 2014.
J122. “Combustion of Single Particles of Waste
Biomasses in Air and in Oxy-Fuel Conditions”
Juan Riaza, Reza Khatami, Yiannis
A. Levendis, Lucía Álvarez, María Victoria Gil,
Covadonga Pevida, Fernando Rubiera
and Jose Juan Pis. Biomass & Bioenergy, 64, 162-
174, 2014.
J123. “Oxidative
Heat Treatment of 316L Stainless Steel for Effective Catalytic Growth of Carbon
Nanotubes” Chuanwei Zhuo, Welville Nowak and Yiannis A. Levendis, Applied
Surface Science, 313, 227-236, 2014.
J124. “A Feasibility Study on Power Generation from
Waste Plastics with Partial Pre-Combustion
Carbon Capture and
Conversion” John Chase,
Chuanwei Zhuo and Yiannis A. Levendis,
Journal of
Energy Engineering (ASCE), 141(2): C4014004-1 - C4014004-9, 2015.
J125. “Soot Loading, Temperature and Size of Single Coal Particle Envelope Flames in
Conventional- and Oxy-Combustion Conditions
(O2/N2 and O2/CO2)” Reza Khatami,
Yiannis A. Levendis, Michael A. Delichatsios, Combustion and Flame, 162, 2508-2517,
2015.
J126. “Comparison of Fine Ash Emissions Generated
from Biomass and Coal Combustion and
Valuation of Predictive Furnace
Deposition Indices: A Review” Amanda Ruscio, Feyza
Kazanc, and Yiannis A. Levendis, Journal of Energy Engineering (ASCE), 142(2):
E4015007-1
- E4015007-12, 2016.
J127. “Reduction
of Sulfur Dioxide Emissions by Burning Coal Blends” Emad Rokni, Aidin
Panahi, Xiaohan Ren and Yiannis A. Levendis, Journal of Energy Resources Technology,
Transactions
of ASME, 138(3),
032204-1 - 032204-8, 2016.
J128. “An Overview of Coal Rank Influence on Ignition and Combustion Phenomena at the
Particle Level” Reza Khatami, Yiannis A. Levendis, Combustion and Flame, 164, 22-34,
2016.
J129. “Curtailing the Generation of Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxide Emissions by Blending
and Oxy-Combustion of Coals” Emad Rokni, Aidin
Panahi, Xiaohan Ren and Yiannis A.
Levendis, Fuel, 181,
772-784, 2016.
J130. “ Carbon, Sulfur and Nitrogen Oxide Emissions from Combustion
of Pulverized Raw and Torrefied Biomass”
Xiaohan Ren, Rui Sun, Xiaoxiao Meng, Nikita Vorobiev,
Martin Schiemann and Yiannis A. Levendis, Fuel, 188, 310–323, 2017.
J131. “In-Furnace
Sulfur Capture by co-Firing Coal With Alkali-Based Sorbents” Emad Rokni,
Hsun-Hsien Chi and Yiannis A. Levendis, Journal
of Energy Resources Technology,
139, 042204 - 1-7, Transactions of ASME, 2017.
J132. “Hydrogen
Chloride Emissions from Combustion of Pulverized Raw and Torrefied Biomass” Xiaohan Ren, Rui Sun, Hsun-Hsien Chi, Xiaoxiao Meng and Yiannis A.
Levendis, Fuel,
200, 37-46, 2017.
J133.
“Direct
Observations on the Combustion Characteristics of Miscanthus and Beechwood
Biomass Including Fusion and Spherodization” Aidin Panahi, Yiannis A. Levendis, Nikita Vorobiev and Martin Schiemann Fuel Processing Technology, 166, 41-49, 2017.
J134. “Utilization of a High-Alkali Lignite Coal
Ash for SO2 Capture in Power Generation” Emad
Rokni and Yiannis A. Levendis, Journal of Energy Engineering (ASCE), 143(4):
04016067-1 - 04016067-7,
2017.
J135. “Particle Shape and Stefan Flow Effects on the Burning Rate of Torrefied Biomass” Nikita
Vorobiev, A. Becker, H. Kruggel-Emden, Aidin Panahi, Yiannis A. Levendis and Martin
Schiemann. Fuel, 210, 107-120, 2017.
J136. “Emissions of SO2, NOx, CO2, and HCl from Co-firing of Coals with Raw and Torrefied
Biomass Fuels” Emad Rokni, Xiaohan Ren, Aidin Panahi and Yiannis A. Levendis. Fuel,
211,
363-374, 2017.
J137. “Evolution of Chlorine-bearing Gases during Corn Straw Torrefaction at
Different
Temperatures” Xiaohan
Ren, Emad Rokni, Rui Sun, Xiaoxiao Meng and
Yiannis A.
Levendis, Energy and Fuels, 31,
13713-13723, 2017.
J138. “HCl Release from Combustion of Corn Straw
in a Fixed Bed” Xiaohan Ren, Xiaoxiao
Meng, Aidin Panahi,
Emad Rokni, Rui Sun
and Yiannis A. Levendis,
Journal
of Energy
Resources
Technology, 140, 051801-1-9, Transactions of ASME, 2018.
J139. “A Method to Assess Downward Flame Spread and Dripping Characteristics of Fire-
Retardant Polymer Composites.” Chuchu Wen, Jiyue Zhang, Yiannis A.
Levendis and
Michael
A. Delichatsios Fire and Materials, 42:347–357. DOI:10.1002/fam.2498, 2018.
J140. “Carbon Nanotube Production from Ethylene in
CO2/N2 Environments” Chuanwei Zhuo,
Henning Richter and Yiannis A. Levendis, Journal of Energy Resources Technology,
140(8), 085001-1-9, 2018.
J141. “Reduction of HCl Emissions from Combustion
of Biomass by Alkali Carbonate Sorbents or
by Thermal Pretreatment” Xiaohan Ren, Emad Rokni, Yu Liu and Yiannis
A. Levendis,
Journal of Energy Engineering (ASCE),
144(4): 04018045-1-9, 2018.
J142. “On
the Particle Sizing of Torrefied Biomass for Co-firing with Pulverized Coal” Aidin
Panahi, Mahmut
Tarakcioglu, Martin Schiemann, Michael Delichatsios and Yiannis A.
Levendis, Combustion and Flame, 194, 72-84, 2018.
CONFERENCE
PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS and OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
C1. “Construction of a Solar Still, an
Indoor Simulation.” and “Solar Still, Outdoor Experiments.”
Yiannis
A. Levendis and John Clark. University
of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering
Departmental Reports, 1980 and 1981.
C2. “Monodisperse,
Spherical Synthetic Char Particles for Studies of Char Oxidation”, Yiannis A.
Levendis and Richard Flagan. Proceedings of the First Joint Technical Meeting of the
Canadian
and Western States
Sections of the Combustion Institute, Banff, Alberta, Canada, April 28-30,
1986.
C3. “Oxidation Kinetics of Synthetic
Chars of Variable Properties”, Yiannis A. Levendis and
Richard C. Flagan. Proceedings of the Spring Meeting of the Western States
Section of the
Combustion Institute, Provo, Utah,
April 6-7, 1987.
C4. “Combustion Behavior of Single
Coal-Water Slurry Droplets. Part I: Experimental
Techniques”, Yiannis A. Levendis,
Hameed Metghalchi M., and Donald L. Wise,
Proceedings of
the 15th Coal and Slurry Conference, Clearwater, Florida,
April 23-26, 1990.
C5. “Construction of a Three-Color
Pyrometer for Applications in Coal Combustion” Yiannis A.
Levendis,
and Kelvin Rafael Estrada. Proceedings of the Fall
Meeting of the Eastern Section
of the Combustion
Institute,
Dec. 3-5, 1990.
C6. “Combustion Behavior of Carbon
Cenospheres Derived from Pyrolysis of Residual Oil in
Furnaces.” Paul S. Northrop, Yiannis A. Levendis and
George R. Gavalas. Proceedings of the
Fall Meeting of the Eastern
Section of the Combustion Institute, Dec. 3-5, 1990.
C7. “Catalysis of the Combustion of
Carbonaceous Particles (Synthetic Chars and Coal) by
Addition of Calcium Acetate.” in Calcium Magnesium
Acetate, An Emerging Bulk
Chemical for Environmental Applications. Don L. Wise,
Yiannis A. Levendis and
Mohamad Metghalchi, Editors. Elsevier,
Amsterdam, 1991.
C8. “Experimental Techniques to Study
the Combustion Characteristics of Two Plastics
Commonly Found in Municipal Wastes.”
Yiannis A. Levendis and Thomai Panagiotou.
Proceedings of
the Second International Conference on Municipal Waste Combustion,
Tampa,
Florida, April 16-19, 1991.
C9. “Studies on the Combustion
Behavior of Single Coal-Water Slurry Droplets.” Yiannis A.
Levendis.
Proceedings of the 16th Coal and Slurry
Conference, Clearwater, Florida, April 22-
25,
1991.
C10. “Generation of Spherical and
Monodisperse Polymer Particles by Atomization of Monomers
or Dissolved Polymer Precursors”
Thomai Panagiotou and Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings
of the Fifth
International Conference on Atomization and Sprays, NIST, July
15-18, 1991.
NIST Special Publication 813.
C11. “Preparation of Porous Carbonaceous
Particles from Poly(furfuryl alcohol) and Poly (vinyl
acetate)”
Khaled M. Daer and Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings of
the 20th Biennial
Conference on Carbon, Santa Barbara,
CA, June 23-28, 1991.
C12. “Production of Spherical and
Monodisperse Particles of Commonly Encountered Plastics.”
Thomai
Panagiotou and Yiannis A. Levendis. Presented at the
10th Annual Meeting of the
American
Association for Aerosol Research. Raverse City, Michigan, October 8-11,
1991.
C13. “Combustion Rates of Coal-Water
Slurry Droplets.” Yiannis A. Levendis and Ajay Atal.
Proceedings of the 17th Coal and Slurry
Conference, Clearwater, Florida, April 27-30, 1992.
C14. “Evaluation of a Self-Cleaning
Diesel Particulate System” Yiannis A. Levendis and Iraklis
K. Pavlatos. Proceedings
of the Eco-World Conference & Exhibition, Washington D.C., June
14-17, 1992.
C15. “Production of Higher Valued
Chemicals from Organic Wastes: Calcium Magnesium
Acetate, a Case Example.” Donald L. Wise and Yiannis A. Levendis. Presented at the
International Conference
on Environmental Biotechnology in Waste Treatment and
Recycling, Hong Kong, 12-14
January, 1993.
C16. “Calcium Magnesium Acetate (CMA)
as a NOx Reduction Agent in Coal Combustion.”
J. Steciak, W. Zhu, Y.A. Levendis and D.L.
Wise. Proceedings of the Joint Technical
Meeting of the
Central and Eastern Sections of the Combustion Institute, New Orleans, LA,
March 15-17, 1993.
C17. “Combustion of Single CWF Droplets
of either Pulverized or Micronized Coal” Yiannis A.
Levendis and Ajay Atal. Proceedings of the 18th Coal Utilization &
Fuel Systems
International
Conference,
Clearwater, Florida, April 26-29, 1993.
C18. “Development of
Novel Systems for Simultaneous Control of Diesel Engine Hydrocarbons
and Soot Emissions” Yiannis A.
Levendis. Presented at the International Symposium on
Heat
and Mass Transfer in
Energy Systems and Environmental Effects, Cancun, Mexico, August
22-25, 1993.
C19. “Effects of CMA on the Combustion
of CWF Agglomerates” Yiannis A. Levendis and Ajay
Atal.
Proceedings of the Tenth Annual International
Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Pittsburgh,
PA,
September 20-24, 1993.
C20. “Removal of SO2 by
Reaction with Calcium Magnesium Acetate: Comparison of Sulfation
Model
and Experiment” Judith Steciak, Yiannis A. Levendis and Girard A. Simons.
Proceedings of the Tenth Annual International Pittsburgh
Coal Conference, Pittsburgh, PA,
September
20-24, 1993.
C21. “A Study on the Combustion
Behavior of Crosslinked Poly(styrene) Particles at High Heating
Rates” Thomai Panagiotou and Yiannis
A. Levendis. Proceedings of the Technical Meeting
of the Eastern
Sections of the Combustion Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ,
October 25-27, 1993.
C22. “SO2
Emissions from CMA-Treated Coal” Ajay Atal, Judith Steciak and Yiannis A.
Levendis. Proceedings
of the Technical Meeting of the Eastern Sections of the Combustion
Institute, Princeton
University, Princeton, NJ, October 25-27, 1993.
C23. “The Removal of SO2 by
Calcium Magnesium Acetate of Different Ca to Mg Ratios” Judith
Steciak and Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings of the Technical Meeting of the Eastern
Sections of the
Combustion Institute,
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, October 25-27,
1993.
C24. “Reduction of Combustion-Generated
SO2-NOx by Fine Mists of CMA” Yiannis A. Levendis,
Judith
Steciak and Donald L. Wise. Proceedings of the 19th
Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems
International Conference, Clearwater,
Florida, March 22-26, 1994.
C25. “A Waste-Derived Chemical for Acid
Rain Control” Donald L. Wise, Judith Steciak and
Yiannis A. Levendis. Presented at the International Symposium/Workshop on
Environmental
Biotechnology, University of
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, July 8, 1994.
C26. “On the Combustion of
Poly(styrene) Particles” Thomai Panagiotou, Yiannis A. Levendis,
and Michael Delichatsios. Poster Presentation at the Twenty-Fifth International
Symposium
on Combustion,
Irvine,
California, July 31 - August 5, 1994.
C27. “Emission and Absorption
Measurements for Soot Concentration in Diffusion Flames”
Thomai Panagiotou, Yiannis A.
Levendis, and Michael Delichatsios. Proceedings of the
Fall
Technical Meeting of
the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Clearwater, Fl,
December 5-7, 1994.
C28. “Combustion of Ground Waste Tires”
Ajay Atal and Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings of the
Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States
Section of the Combustion Institute, Clearwater,
Fl,
December 5-7, 1994.
C29. “Dry Injection of Calcium
Carboxylic Acid Salts and Waste Plastics for Dual SO2 and NOx
Emission Control.” Judith Steciak and
Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings of the 20th
Coal
Utilization & Fuel Systems International
Conference,
Clearwater, Florida, March 20-23,
1995.
C30. “Combustion and Inorganic
Emissions from Ground Waste Tires.” Yiannis A. Levendis, Ajay
Atal
and Judith Steciak. Proceedings of the 20th
Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems International
Conference, Clearwater, Florida, March 20-23, 1995.
C31. “A Study of Semi-Volatile Organic
Emissions of Polymer Combustion by GS/MS.” Joel
Carlson,
Yury Dunayevskiy, Ajay Atal, Thomai Panagiotou, Paul Vouros and Yiannis A.
Levendis.
Presented at the 43rd ASMS Conference on
Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics,
Atlanta,
Georgia, May 21-26, 1995.
C32. “Emissions from
Burning Poly(styrene), Poly(ethylene) and PVC Particles.” Thomai
Panagiotou, Ajay Atal, Yiannis A. Levendis, Joel Carlson, Yury
Dunayevskiy and Paul
Vouros. Presented at the 4th
International Congress on Toxic Combustion Byproducts,
Berkeley, California, June 5-7, 1995.
C33. “Combustion and Organic Emissions
of Waste Tire Crumb and Pulverized Coal.” Ajay Atal,
Yiannis A. Levendis, Joel Carlson,
Yuriy Dunayevskiy and Paul Vouros. Presented at the 4th
International
Congress on Toxic Combustion Byproducts, Berkeley, California, June 5-7,
1995.
C34. “Combined Wet Injection of
Sorbents and Dry Injection of Waste Plastics for SO2-NOx
Control.” Judith Steciak and Yiannis A.
Levendis. Proceedings of the AIChE 1995 Summer
National Meeting, Boston, Mass.,
July 30 - August 2, 1995.
C35. “A Waste-Derived Chemical for Acid
Rain Control.” in Environmental Biotechnology:
Principles and Applications. Donald L.
Wise, Judith Steciak and Yiannis A. Levendis. Moo-
Young M., Anderson, W.A. and Chakrabarty, A.M. Editors, pp. 237-248. Kluwer
Academic
Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston/London,
1995.
C36. “Toxic Emissions from the
Combustion of Pulverized Coal.” Yiannis
A. Levendis, Ajay Atal
and Bonnie Courtemance. Proceedings of the 21st Coal Utilization &
Fuel Systems
International
Conference,
Clearwater, Florida, March 18-21, 1996.
C37. “Control of the Emissions of
Transportation and Stationary Diesel Engines.” Yiannis A.
Levendis. Proceedings
of the 2st Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems International
Conference,
Clearwater, Florida, March 18-21,
1996.
C38. “A Study of the Equivalence Ratio
on Polymer Combustion Emissions by GS/MS.” Joel
Carlson, Yuriy Dunayevskiy, Paul
Vouros, Ajay Atal, Thomai Panagiotou and Yiannis A.
Levendis. Presented
at the 44th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics,
Portland, Oregon, May
12-16, p. 517, 1996.
C39. “Regeneration of a
Glass Fiber Filter Diesel Particulate Trap with a Cerium-Based Additive.”
Sandeep Mehta, M. Gautam, Yiannis A.
Levendis and Joseph Adiletta. Paper number
96EN063. Proceedings
of the 29th ISATA Conference, Florence, Italy, June 3-6,
1996.
C40. “Toxic Gas Phase Emissions from the
Combustion of Pulverized Coal Mixed with Powders
of Waste Plastics or Tire Crumb.”
Yiannis A. Levendis, Ajay Atal and Bonnie Courtemance.
Proceedings
of the 22nd Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems International
Conference,
Clearwater, Florida, March 16-19,
1997.
C41. “NO-NO2 Emissions from
the Combustion of Solid Fuels.” Yiannis A. Levendis
and Bonnie
Courtemance.
Proceedings of the 22nd Coal Utilization & Fuel
Systems International
Conference, Clearwater,
Florida, March 16-19, 1997.
C42. “Reduction of the Emissions of
Diesel Engines by a Novel Exhaust Aftertreatment System.”
Yiannis A.
Levendis, Iraklis Pavlatos and Chris Larsen. Proceedings of the 1st
European
Conference on Clean
Cars,
pp. 325-338, Athens, Greece, May 15-18, 1997.
C43. “Aromatic
Hydrocarbon Emissions from Mixtures of Coal and Tire Derived Fuels.” Joel
Carlson, Ajay Atal, Yiannis A. Levendis
and Paul Vouros. Presented at the 45th ASMS
Conference on Mass
Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Palm Springs, California, June 1-6,
1997.
C44. “PAH and Soot Emissions from Batch
Combustion of Coal and Tire-Derived-Fuels.” Ajay
Atal, Yiannis A. Levendis and Joel Carlson. Presented
at the 5th International Congress on
Toxic Combustion
Byproducts,
Dayton, Ohio, June 25-27, 1997.
C45. “Soot Emissions from the
Combustion of Municipal Waste Plastics.” Brooke E. Shemwell
and Yiannis A. Levendis. Presented at the 5th International Congress on Toxic
Combustion
Byproducts, Dayton, Ohio,
June 25-27, 1997.
C46. “Combustion of PVC: HCl Emissions
and their Capture by Calcium and Magnesium-Based
Sorbents.”
Bonnie Courtemanche and Yiannis A. Levendis. Presented at the 5th
International
Congress on Toxic
Combustion Byproducts,
Dayton, Ohio, June 25-27, 1997.
C47. “On the Combustion/Emissions of
Tire-Derived Fuel and Pulverized Coal” Ajay Atal and
Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings of the Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern
States Section
of the Combustion Institute, pp.407-410.
Hartford, CT, October 27-29, 1997.
C48. “Emissions from Burning
Tire-Derived Fuel (TDF): Comparison of Batch Combustion of
Tire Chips and Continuous Combustion
of Tire Crumb.” Yiannis A. Levendis and Ajay Atal.
of the 23rd Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems
International Conference, pp. 95-106, Clearwater,
Florida, March 9-12, 1998.
C49. “Combustion Behavior of Black
Liquid Fuel.” Pirita Mikkanen, Esko Kauppinen, Ajay Atal
and Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings of the 23rd Coal Utilization &
Fuel Systems
International
Conference,
pp. 1144-1156, Clearwater, Florida, March 9-12, 1998.
C50. “Reduction of HCl, SO2
and NOx Emissions of Powerplants using Organic Salts of Calcium.”
Yiannis
A. Levendis, Bonnie Courtemanche, Judith Steciak and Donald L. Wise. Proceedings
of the 23rd Coal Utilization &
Fuel Systems International Conference, pp. 469-479,
Clearwater,
Florida, March 9-12, 1998.
C51. “Capture and Destruction of Soot
Emissions from Diesel Engines used in Power Generation.”
Yiannis
A. Levendis, Jorge Caceres and Sung Ho Kim. Proceedings
of the 23rd Coal
Utilization & Fuel Systems International
Conference,
pp.1075-1086, Clearwater, Florida,
March
9-12, 1998.
C52. “Up-date of Using “CMA” as a
Sorbent in Stationary Combustion Systems.” Donald L. Wise
and
Yiannis A. Levendis. Presented at the 1998 meeting if
the International Society of
Biotechnology, The Queens University of Belfast,
Northern Ireland, June 22-27, 1998.
C53. “A Model for CO and PAH Production
in Non-Premixed Combustion Systems Such as
Incineration and Fires.” Yiannis A.
Levendis, Ajay Atal and Michael A. Delichatsios.
Presented at
the 1998 Annual Conference of Fire Research, National Institute of
Standards and
Technology, Washington DC, November
2-5, 1998.
C54. “Effects of the Furnace
Temperature on the CO, CO2, NOx and Unburned Hydrocarbon
Emissions from the Combustion of Coal
and Alternative Fuels.” Yiannis A. Levendis, Ajay
Atal and Bonnie Courtemanche. Proceedings of the 24th Coal Utilization &
Fuel Systems
International
Conference,
pp. 69-81, Clearwater, Florida, March 8-11, 1999.
C55. “Hot Flue Gas Filtration: A New Development.” Yiannis A. Levendis
and Ajay Atal.
Proceedings of the 24th Coal Utilization &
Fuel Systems International Conference, pp. 647-
659,
Clearwater, Florida, March 8-11, 1999.
C56. “The Effects of Sorbent Properties
and Process Parameters on the Capture of HCl Gas by
Dry-Injection of Calcium-Based
Sorbents.” Brooke Shemwell, Yiannis A.
Levendis and
Girard A. Simons, Presented at the 6th
International Congress on Toxic Combustion
Byproducts, Karlsruhe,
Germany, June 27-30, 1999.
C57. “PAH and Soot
Emissions from Burning Components of Medical Waste:
Examination/Surgical Gloves and Cotton
Pads.” Yiannis A. Levendis, Ajay Atal, Joel B.
Carlson and Maria del Mar Esperanza
Quintana. Presented
at the 6th International Congress
on Toxic Combustion
Byproducts,
Karlsruhe, Germany, June 27-30, 1999.
C58. “On the Combustion and Emissions
of Typical Waste Plastics.” Proceedings of the
REWAS'99, Global
Symposium on Recycling, Waste Treatment and Clean Technology, pp.
879-888, San Sebastian, Spain,
September 5-9, 1999.
C59. “Hot Flue Gas Filtration:
Laboratory Tests and Projected Cost of a Combined Sorbent
Injection Filtration Technique.”
Yiannis A. Levendis, Brooke E. Shemwell and
Ajay Atal.
Proceedings of the 25th Coal
Utilization & Fuel Systems International Conference, pp. 253-
264, Clearwater, Florida, March 6-9, 2000.
C60. “The Efficiency of Afterburners In
Reducing Semivolatile Combustion Emissions.” Joel
Carlson, Jun Wang and Yiannis A. Levendis. Presented
at the 48th ASMS Conference on
Mass Spectrometry
and Allied Topics,
Long Beach, CA, June 11-15, 2000.
C61. “Control of Submicron Air Toxin
Particles after Coal Combustion Utilizing Calcium
Magnesium Acetate” Jianxi Zhao, Donald
L. Wise, Edgar B. Gutoff, Joseph D. Gresser and
Yiannis A. Levendis. In Environmental
Biotechnology and Cleaner Bioprocesses Sanchez, G.
and Hernandez, E., Eds., Taylor &
Francis, London, 2000.
C62. “Formation of Toxic Byproducts in
the Incineration of Polystyrene-Containing Waste.” Jun
Wang, Francesco Sanchez-Ayala, Henning
Richter, Ajay Atal, Jack B. Howard, Yiannis A.
Levendis and Joel Carlson. Poster
Presentation at the 28th International
Symposium on
Combustion, Edinburgh,
Scotland, July 30 - August 4, 2000.
C63. “Sorbent/Coal Injection in a
Ceramic Filter to Control Powerplant Emissions - Acid Rain
Precursors.” Yiannis A. Levendis and Ali
Ergut. Proceedings of the 26th Coal
Utilization &
Fuel Systems International
Conference,
pp. 483-494, Clearwater, Florida, March 5-8, 2001.
C64. “Toxic Emissions from Burning
Waste Tire Chips” Yiannis A. Levendis, Jefferson Caponero,
Jorge Alberto Soares Tenorio and Joel Carlson. Proceedings
of the 26th Coal Utilization &
Fuel Systems
International Conference,
pp. 703-713, Clearwater, Florida, March 5-8, 2001.
C65. "Caracterizacao Das Emissoes Da Pirolise De
Pneus Descartados" Jeferson Caponero,
Yiannis A. Levendis, Ajay Atal, Joel
Carlson and Jorge Alberto Soares Tenorio, 56th
Congresso Anual a Associacao
Brasileira de Metalurgia Material, Rio De Jenero,
Brazil,
February 2, 2001.
C66. “Extinction of
Fires by Direct Dumping of Liquid Nitrogen.” Yiannis Levendis, Michael
Delichatsios,
Justin Leonard, H-Z Yu and H-C Kung. Proceedings of
the 9th International
Fire
Science & Engineering Conference (InterFlam 2001), pp. 279-290,
Edinburgh, Scotland,
September
17-19, 2001.
C67. “An Integrated Technique to Reduce
SO2, NOx and Particulate Emissions from Commercial
Power Plants.” Ali Ergut, Yiannis A.
Levendis and Girard A. Simons. Proceedings of the Fall
Meeting of the
Eastern Section of the Combustion Institute, pp. 49-52, Hilton Head Island,
SC, Dec. 3-5, 2001.
C68. “The Effect of Coal Type in
Dry-Sorbent/Coal Injection for Control of
SO2 and NOx
Emissions.” Yiannis A. Levendis
and Ali Ergut. Proceedings
of the 27th Coal Utilization &
Fuel Systems
International Conference,
pp. 875-885, Clearwater, Florida, March 4-7, 2002.
C69. “Comparative Emissions of the
Modern Burner Unit Used in US Army Combat Field Feeding
Kitchens” Joel Carlson, Justin Jordan,
Jun Wang and Yiannis A. Levendis. Procedings of the
50th
ASMSConference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Orlando,
Florida, June 2-6,
2002.
C70. “Toxic Emissions from Pyrolysis
and Combustion of Waste Tire Chips.” Jeferson Caponero,
Yiannis A. Levendis, Joel Carlson and
Jorge Alberto Soares Tenorio, Procedings of the
Conference on Recycling and Waste
Treatment in Mineral and Metal Processing: Technical
and Economic Aspects, Lulea, Sweden,
16-20 June 2002.
C71. “A Low Emission Powerplant: An
Integrated Technique to Remove Major Pollutnats.”
Ali Ergut and Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings of the International Mechanical Engineering
Congress and
Exposition,
CD-ROM, New Orleans, Luisiana, USA, 17-22 November 2002.
C72. “Temperature Measurements in
Pulverized Coal Combustion.” Yiannis A. Levendis.
Proceedings
of the 28th Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems International
Conference, CD-ROM,
Clearwater, Florida, March 9-13, 2003.
C73.
“Capture of SO2 Emissions from Combustion of Coal Treated with Tall
Oil Pitch and
Carboxylic Salts of Calcium and
Magnesium.” Vince Giampa, Ali Ergut and Yiannis A.
Levendis. Proceedings
of the 28th Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems International
Conference,
CD-ROM, Clearwater, Florida, March
9-13, 2003.
C74. “PAH Emissions from
Atmospheric-Pressure Premixed Combustion of Ethyl-Benzene using
a Flat Flame Burner.” Ali Ergut,
Yiannis A. Levendis, Henning Richter, Jack B. Howard, Joel
Carlson and Jude Jordan. Proceedings of the Third Joint Meeting of the US Sections of
the
Combustion Institute, CD-ROM, Chicago,
IL, March 16-19, 2003.
C75. “Emissions from Burning of Jet
Fuel JP-8 and Diesel Oil in Diffusion Flames.” Murat Topal,
Yiannis
A. Levendis, Joel Carlson and Jude Jordan. Proceedings
of the Third Joint Meeting of
the US Sections of
the Combustion Institute,
CD-ROM, Chicago, IL, March 16-19, 2003.
C76. “PAH Generation in Fuel-Rich
Ethanol Flames.” Ali Ergut, Yiannis A.
Levendis, Joel
Carlson and Jude Jordan. Proceedings of the 2004 Spring Meeting of the Central States
US
Sections of the
Combustion Institute,
CD-ROM, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX,
March 21-23, 2004.
C77. “Emissions from Combustion of
Pulverized Polystyrene at a High Equivalence Ratio.”
Jennifer Pantalone, Ali Ergut, Yiannis
A. Levendis, Joel Carlson and Jude Jordan.
Proceedings
of the 2004 Spring Meeting of the Central States US Sections of the Combustion
Institute, CD-ROM,
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, March 21-23, 2004.
C78. “Comparison of the Products of
Incomplete Combustion of Polystyrne and Styrene in
Diffusion
Flames and Ethyl-Benzene in Fuel-Rich Flames.” Ali Ergut, Yiannis A. Levendis
and
Joel Carlson. Proceedings of ASME POWER 2004,
March 30 - April 3, Baltimore,
Maryland
USA, 2004.
C79. “On the Measurement of Flame
Temperatures Using Thermocouples.” Ali Ergut and Yiannis
A.
Levendis. Proceedings of the Fourth International
Symposium on Radiative Heat Transfer,
CD-ROM, Istanbul, Turkey, June 20-25,
2004.
C80. “Liquid Nitrogen as a Fire
Extinction Agent.” Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings of the
First Joint Meeting of the Italian and Greek
Sections of the Combustion Institute, CD-ROM,
Corfu,
Greece, June 17-20, 2004.
C81. “Emissions from the Combustion of
Ethyl Alcohol, Comparizon with Other Fuels.” Yiannis
A.Levendis
Ali Ergut, Joel Carlson and Jude Jordan. Proceedings of the First Joint
Meeting of
the Italian and Greek Sections of the
Combustion Institute,
CD-ROM, Corfu, Greece, June
17-20, 2004.
C82. “On the Evolution of the Surface
Area of Combustion-Generated Soot.” Angelo W. Kandas,
Gokhan Senel, Yiannis A. Levendis and
Adel Sarofim. Proceedings of the First Joint Meeting
of the Italian and
Greek Sections of the Combustion Institute, CD-ROM, Corfu, Greece, June
17-20, 2004.
C83.
“Investigation of Soot Onset Threshold in One-Dimensional, Laminar, Atmospheric
Pressure, Premixed, Ethylbenzene
Flames” Ali Ergut, Yiannis A. Levendis, Henning Richter
and Joel Carlson.
Proceedings of the Fourth Joint Meeting of the US
Sections of the
Combustion Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA, March 20-23, 2005.
C84. “Pyrolysis and Oxidation of Anthracene in a Two-Stage
Laminar-Flow, Drop-Tube Furnace
Jennifer DeCoster, Ali Ergut, Yiannis A.
Levendis, Henning Richter and Joel Carlson.
Proceedings of the Fourth
Joint Meeting of the US Sections of the Combustion Institute,
Drexel University, Philadelphia PA, March 20-23, 2005.
C85. “Capture
of SO2 Emissions from Combustion of Coal Treated with Tall Oil Pitch
and
Calcium 3-Hydroxy Propionate.” Vince Giampa, Douglas Cameron, Timothy Abraham,
Paris Tsobanakis, Ali Ergut and Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings
of the 30th Coal
Utilization &
Fuel Systems International Conference, CD-ROM, Clearwater, Florida, April
17-21, 2005.
C86. “Oxygen-Enriched
Combustion of Coal Chars.” Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings of the 30th
Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems
International Conference,
CD-ROM, Clearwater, Florida,
April 17-21, 2005.
C87.
“Emissions of Batch Combustion of Waste Tire Chips: Effects of Chemical
Additives”
Yiannis A. Levendis, Jefferson
Caponero, Jorge A. S. Tenório, Joel B. Carlson, Proceedings
of the 30th
Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems International Conference, CD-ROM,
Clearwater,
Florida, April 17-21, 2005.
C88. “An Investigation on Thermocouple-based Temperature Measurements in Sooting Flames”
Ali Ergut and Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings of the 2005 ASME International Mechanical
Engineering Congress and Exposition
(IMECE2005), Orlando, Florida, November
5-11, 2005.
C89. “Recycling
of Waste Tires into a `Clean-Burning’ Pyrolysis Gas” Yiannis A. Levendis.
Invited
lecture at the 2005 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin
Societies
(PacifiChem 2005),
Honolulu, Hawaii, December 15-20, 2005.
C90. “Reaction Times of Burning Bituminous Chars at High O2 Partial Pressures.” Yiannis A.
Levendis and
Paula Bejarano. Proceedings of the 31st Coal
Utilization & Fuel Systems
International Conference, CD-ROM, Clearwater, Florida, May 21-25, 2006.
C91. “Emissions of SO2
and NOx from Bituminous Coal Volatile Flames and Burning Chars.”
Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings of the
31st Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems
International
Conference, CD-ROM, Clearwater, Florida, May 21-25,
2006.
C92. “Diesel Engine Performance and Pollutant Emissions
with Air-Side vs. Fuel-Side Oxygen
Addition” Theodore C. Zannis, Efthimios G. Pariotis, Dimitrios T.
Hountalas, Constantinos
D. Rakopoulos and Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on
Efficiency, Cost, Optimization,
Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems
(ECOS), CD-ROM, Aghia
Pelagia, Crete, Greece, July 12-14, 2006.
C93. “On Soot Formation/Emissions from Ethyl-Alcohol Flames” Ali Ergut, Yiannis A. Levendis,
Henning
Richter, Jack B. Howard and Joel Carlson, Poster Presentation at the 31st
International Symposium on Combustion, Heidelberg, Germany, August 6-11, 2006.
C94. “Soot Threshold in Premixed Ethyl-benzene Flames” Ali Ergut, Yiannis A. Levendis,
Henning
Richter, Jack B. Howard and Joel Carlson, Poster Presentation at the 31st
International Symposium on Combustion, Heidelberg, Germany, August 6-11, 2006.
C95. “Avaliação das Emissões Gasosas na
Pirólise Seguida de Combustão do
Polistireno em Fluxo
Contínuo” Cecília Korber Gonçalves, Jorge Alberto Soares
Tenório and Yiannis A. Levendis,
Proceedings of the Congresso ICTR 2006 (Gestao
Ambiental e Desenvolvimento Sustentavel.
Residuo : Desafio Brasileiro - Environmental
Management and Sustainable Development.
Residues:
Brazilian Challenge) Sao Pedro, Brazil, 6-9 August 2006.
C96. “Emission Yields from Pyrolysis Followed by Combustion of Polyethylene in Steady Flow.”
Cecília Korber Gonçalves, Jorge Alberto Soares Tenório and Yiannis A. Levendis.
Presented
at the 2007 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition,
Orlando Fl, 25 February - 1
March, 2007.
C97. “Effects of Replacing N2 with CO2 Gas in Coal Combustion at Various O2 Partial Pressures”
Paula
Bejarano and Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings of the 5th US
Combustion Meeting
of the Combustion Institute, San Diego, March 25-28, 2007.
C98. “Temperature Dependence of Soot Onset Threshold in Premixed Ethylbenzene Flames”
Ali Ergut, Rick
Therrien, Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings of the 5th US
Combustion
Meeting of the Combustion Institute, San
Diego, March 25-28, 2007.
C99. “Pool Fire Extinction by Direct Application of Liquid Nitrogen” Yiannis A. Levendis and
Michel A. Delichatsios. Proceedings of
the 5th US Combustion
Meeting of the Combustion
Institute,
San Diego, March 25-28, 2007.
C100. “A Vertically-Aligned Contextualized Pre-Engineering Design Course for Middle- and
High-School Science Teachers” Yiannis A. Levendis, Christos Zahopoulos, Cheryl Hall and
Jonathan McLaughlin. Proceedings of the ASEE New England Section Meeting, CD-ROM,
University
of Rhode Island, Kingston, April 20-21, 2007.
C101. “Comparative Analysis of Lignite and Bituminous Coal Particles Burning in O2-N2 & O2-
CO2 Environments” Paula Bejarano and Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings of the 32nd Coal
Utilization & Fuel Systems International Conference, CD-ROM, Clearwater, Florida, June
10-15, 2007.
C102. “Study on the Particulate Emissions from
Indirect Combustion of Polyethylene Wastes.”
Cecília Korber
Gonçalves, Jorge Alberto Soares Tenório and Yiannis A. Levendis.
Proceedings of the the 62nd International Annual Congress of ABM (Associaçào Brasilieira
de Metalurgia e Materiais), Vitoria, Brazil,
23-27 July, 2007.
C103. “Volatile Emissions from Indirect
Combustion of Municipal Waste Plastics” Cecília Korber
Gonçalves, Jorge Alberto Soares Tenório and Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings of the
62nd
International Annual Congress of ABM (Associaçào Brasilieira de Metalurgia e
Materiais), Vitoria, Brazil, 23-27 July, 2007.
C104. “Liquid Assets” Yiannis A. Levendis and Michel
A. Delichatsios. Fire Prevention Fire
Engineers Journal of the British Fire Protection Association. Sept. 2007 issue, pp.54-56.
C105. “Introduction of the Engineering Design Process to Middle- and High-School Science
Teachers through the Re-Design of a Toy” Yiannis A. Levendis and Christos Zahopoulos.
Presented at the
NSTA National Conference, Boston, March 27-30, 2008.
C106. “Combustion of two Lignite Coals in O2-N2 & O2-CO2.” Yiannis A. Levendis and
Kulbhuhshan Joshi. Proceedings of the 33rd Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems International
Conference, CD-ROM, Clearwater, Florida, June 2-6, 2008.
C107. “Chemical Speciation of Premixed Ethylbenzene Flames at the Soot Onset Limit at various
(φ, T) pairs.” Ali Ergut, Richard J. Therrien, Yiannis A. Levendis, Henning Richter, Jack B.
Howard and Joel Carlson, Presented at the 32nd International Symposium on Combustion,
Montreal, Canada, August 3-8, 2008.
C108. “Cryogenic Extinction of Liquid Pool Fires.” Yiannis A. Levendis and Michael Delichatsios,
Presented at the 32nd International Symposium on Combustion, Montreal, Canada, August 3-
8, 2008.
C109. “Emissions Generated during the Co-Combustion of Coal and Biomass Fuel Blends.”
Marcia Bragato, Kulbhushan Joshi, Joel Carlson, Jorge A. S. Tenorio and Yiannis A.
Levendis, Presented at the 32nd International Symposium on Combustion, Montreal, Canada,
August 3-8, 2008.
C110.“Emergency Fire Extinction by Direct Application of Liquid Nitrogen.” Yiannis A. Levendis,
Invited presentation at the ACHMM 2008 National Conference and Exposition,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Canada, September 7-10, 2008.
C111. “Emissions from Direct or Indirect Combustion of Tire-Derived Fuel.” Yiannis A. Levendis,
Proceedings of the 2008 ASME International Mechanical
Engineering Congress and
Exposition (IMECE2008), Boston, Massachusetts, October 31-November 6, 2008.
C112. “Cryogenic Extinction of Liquid Pool Fires” Yiannis Levendis, Ali Ergut and Michael
Delichatsios. Invited paper presented at the 2009
AIChE Spring National Meeting and 5th
Global Congress on Process Safety, Tampa, Fl., April 26-30, 2009.
C113. “Comparative emission yields from Combustion of beds of various solid fuels.”
Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings of
the 34th Coal Utilization & Fuel
Systems
International Conference, CD-ROM, Clearwater, Florida, June 1-6, 2009.
C114."Intake-Air Oxygen-Enrichment of Diesel Engines as a Power Enhancement
Method and
Implications on Pollutant Emissions” Theodoros C. Zannis, Dimitrios T.
Houndalas, Elias
Yphantis, Roussos Papagiannakis
and Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings of the Internal
Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference (ICE FTC 09), Lucerne,
Switzerland, Sept. 27-30, 2009.
C115. “Influence
of Reactant Fuel Class on the Flame Synthesis of Carbon Nanostructures.”
Brendan Hall, Chuanwei Zhuo, Henning Richter
and Yiannis A. Levendis, Presented at the
Eastern Section Meeting of the Combustion Institute, College Park , Maryland, October 18-
21, 2009.
C116. “Analysis of Light Hydrocarbon Gases in the
Pyrolysis and Combustion Processes of Waste
Tires” Joner O.
Alves, Chuanwei Zhuo, Yiannis A. Levendis and Jorge A. S. Tenorio.
Presented at the 2010 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition. Seattle, WA, February 14-18,
2010.
C117. “Ignition of Single Coal Particles in O2/N2/CO2 Atmospheres.” Chris Stivers and Yiannis A.
Levendis.
Proceedings of the 35th Coal Utilization
& Fuel Systems International
Conference, CD-ROM, Clearwater, Florida, June 7-10, 2010.
C118. “Analysis of Light Hydrocarbon Gases in the Pyrolysis Process of Sugarcane Bagasse.”
Joner Oliveira Alves, Chuanwei Zhuo, Yiannis A. Levendis and Jorge A. S. Tenorio.
Proceedings of the 65th International ABM Congress; Jul 26-30, 2010; Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil.
C119. “Assessment and Control of Gaseous Emissions Generated during the Pyrolysis Process of
wastes from Bio-Ethanol Industry.” Joner Oliveira Alves, Chuanwei Zhuo, Yiannis A.
Levendis and Jorge A. S. Tenorio. Proceedings of the 5th International Bioenergy Congress;
Aug. 10-13, 2010; Curitiba, Brazil.
C120. “Feasibility Study of the Use of Sugarcane Bagasse as Raw Material to Produce
Nanomaterials”
Joner Oliveira Alves, Chuanwei Zhuo, Yiannis A. Levendis and Jorge A.
S. Tenorio. Proceedings of the 5th International Bioenergy Congress; 2010 Aug. 10-13,
2010; Curitiba, Brazil.
C121. “Analysis of Gaseous Emissions Generated in the Pyrolysis Process of DDGS.” Joner
Oliveira Alves, Chuanwei Zhuo, Yiannis A. Levendis and Jorge A. S. Tenorio.
Proceedings of the XXVIII National Congress of Maize and Sorghum; Aug. 30-Sep. 02,
2010; Goiania, Brazil.
C122. “Recovery of Waste Tires in the Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes.” Joner Oliveira Alves,
Chuanwei
Zhuo, Yiannis A. Levendis and
Jorge A. S. Tenorio. Proceedings of the
XVIII
International Symposium on Automotive Engineering; Sep 22-23, 2010; Sao Paulo, Brazil.
C123. “Microstructural
analysis of carbon nanotubes produced from pyrolysis-combustion of
styrene-butadiene-rubber (SBR)” Joner Oliveira Alves, Chuanwei Zhuo, Yiannis A.
Levendis and Jorge A. S. Tenorio. Proceedings of the 19th
CBECiMat - Brazilian Congress
of Materials Science and
Engineering. Campos do Jordão - SP, Brazil, November 21-25
2010, p.188-196.
C124. “A Novel Technology for Green(er) Manufacturing of CNTs via Recycling of Waste
Plastics” Chuanwei Zhuo, Brendan Hall, Henning Richter and Yiannis A. Levendis,
Proceedings of the 2010 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, November 29 – December 2, 2010.
C125. “Converting
Plastic Waste into Sustainable Clean Power.” Chuanwei Zhuo, Jeff Young,
Shane McElroy,
David Laskowski, Jason Lee, Paul Conroy, Brendan
Hall and Yiannis A.
Levendis, Presented at the NSF CMMI Contractors
Conference, themed Engineering
for
Sustainability and Prosperity, Atlanta, Georgia, January 3-7, 2011.
C126. “NOx and SO2
Emissions of Coal/Biomass Blend from Combustion in CO2/O2
and N2/CO2
Environments” Paula Manoel Crnkovic, Fayza Kazanc, Reza Khatami and Yiannis A.
Levendis. Proceedings of
the 14th Annual Energy, Utility & Environment
Conference –
EUEC 2011; Phoenix Arizona, Jan.31-Feb 2, 2011.
C127. “Microstructural Characterization of Nanomaterials Produced from co-products of the
Ethanol Production (DDGS).” Joner Oliveira Alves, Chuanwei Zhuo, Yiannis A. Levendis
and Jorge A. S. Tenorio. Proceedings of the 2011 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition.
San Diego, CA, February 27 – March 3, 2011.
C128. “Microstructural Analysis of Nanomaterials Synthesized from Unserviceable Tires.” Joner
Oliveira
Alves, Chuanwei Zhuo, Yiannis A. Levendis and Jorge A. S. Tenorio. Proceedings
of the 2011 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition. San Diego, CA, Febr. 27–March 3, 2011.
C129. “Analysis and Control of Light Hydrocarbon Gases in the Pyrolysis and Combustion Process
of Several
Solid Wastes” Joner Oliveira Alves, Chuanwei Zhuo, Yiannis A. Levendis and
Jorge A. S. Tenorio. Proceedings of the 2011 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition. San
Diego, CA, February 27 – March 3, 2011.
C130. “Cryogenic Suppression of Fires.” Yiannis A. Levendis and Michael A. Delichatsios.
Proceedings
of the Suppression Detection and Signaling
Conference SUPDET 2011,
of the Fire Protection Research Foundation, pages 130-138, Orlando, Florida, March
22-25, 2011.
C131. “Cryogenic Suppression of Liquid Pool Fires and Wooden Crib Fires.” Yiannis A.
Levendis and Michael A.
Delichatsios. Featured article in the Fire and
Safety
Magazine (FS-Word.com), pages 4-8, Spring 2011 edition.
C132. “In-Furnace Behavior and Emissions from Conventional Combustion and Oxy-Combustion
of Coal.” Yiannis A. Levendis,
Reza Khatami and Feyza Kazanc. Proceedings of the 36th
Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems International Conference, CD-ROM, Clearwater, Florida,
June 5-9, 2011.
C133. “Power Generation by Sequential Liquefaction,
Gasification and Clean Combustion of
Waste Plastics” Yiannis A.
Levendis. Invited Presentation at the TechConnect
World
Summit, Conference and Expo, Boston, Massachusetts, June 14-15, 2011.
C134. “Microstructural Characterization of Nanomaterials Synthesized from Pyrolysis Gases of
Sugarcane
Bagasse.” Joner Oliveira Alves, Chuanwei Zhuo, Yiannis A. Levendis and Jorge
Α.S. Tenorio. Brazilian
Association of Metallurgy, Materials and Mining. Proceedings of
the 66th ABM Congress, Sao Paulo, Brazil, p.1592-1598, ISSN 1516-392X, 18-22 July
2011.
C135. “Characterization of Light Hydrocarbon Emissions from the Combustion Process of PET
Bottles.” Joner
Oliveira Alves, Chuanwei Zhuo, Yiannis A. Levendis and Jorge Α.S.
Tenorio. Brazilian
Association of Metallurgy, Materials and Mining. Proceedings of
the
66th ABM Congress, Sao Paulo, Brazil, p. 1584-1591, ISSN 1516-392X, 18-22 July 2011.
C136. “Feasibility Study of the Use of PET bottles as Raw Material to Produce Nanomaterials.”
Joner
Oliveira Alves, Chuanwei Zhuo, Yiannis A. Levendis and Jorge A.S. Tenorio.
Brazilian Association of
Metallurgy, Materials and Mining. Proceedings of
the 66th ABM
Congress, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
p. 2253-2259, ISSN 1516-392X, 18-22 July 2011.
C137. “Raman Spectroscopy of Nanomaterials Obtained from Solid Wastes.” Joner Oliveira Alves,
Chuanwei Zhuo, Yiannis A. Levendis, Jorge A.S. Tenorio, L.H.F. Lima and P. Corio,
Brazilian
Association of Metallurgy, Materials and Mining. Proceedings of
the 66th ABM
Congress, Sao Paulo, Brazil, p. 1897-1903, ISSN 1516-392X, 18-22 July 2011.
C138. “Gaseous and Particulate Emissions from Conventional Combustion and Oxy-Combustion
of a Lignite Coal.” Feyza Kazanc and Yiannis Levendis. Proceedings of the 2011 Fall
Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, University of
Connecticut, Storrs, CT, October 9-12, 2011.
C139. “Differences in Single Coal Particle Ignition Mechanisms in N2 and CO2-rich Environments"
Reza Khatami and Yiannis Levendis. Proceedings of the 2011 Fall Technical Meeting of
the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, University of Connecticut, Storrs,
CT, October 9-12, 2011.
C140. “Synthesis of Carbon Nanomaterials via Up-Cycling Several Solid Wastes." Chuanwei
Zhuo,
Joner Oliveira Alves, Jorge A.S.
Tenorio and Yiannis A. Levendis. Presented
at the
Materials Science & Technology 2011
Conference & Exhibition, Columbus, Ohio, October
16-20, 2011.
C141. “Pool Fire Extinction by Remotely-Controlled Application of Liquid Nitrogen.”
Yiannis A. Levendis and Michael A.
Delichatsios. Invited talk at the 2011 FIRESEAT
Conference at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK, November 9, 2011.
C142. “Waste-to-Energy Conversion by Stepwise Liquefaction, Gasification and “Clean
Combustion” of Waste Plastics." Saleb Talebi Anaraki, Andrew Davis, Chuanwei Zhuo
and Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings of the 20th Annual North American Waste-to-
Energy Conference, Portland, Maine, April 23-25, 2012.
C143. “Ignition, Combustion and Emissions from Sugarcane Bagasse Burning under Conventional
and Oxy-Fuel Conditions.” Yiannis A. Levendis, Reza Khatami and Feyza Kazanc.
Proceedings of the 37th Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems International Conference, CD-
ROM, Clearwater, Florida, June 4-7, 2012.
C144. “Up-cycling of Solid Polymer Wastes and Biomass Residues to Carbon Nanomaterials”
Chuanwei
Zhuo, Joner Alves, Jorge Tenorio, Henning Richter and Yiannis A. Levendis.
Proceedings of the 2012 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, November 25 – 30, 2012.
C145. “Flame
Synthesis of Carbon Nanomaterials Using Polyethylene, Ethylene, Ethyl-Benzene
and Ethyl-Alcohol as Fuels” Chuanwei Zhuo, Brendan Hall, Henning Richter and Yiannis
A. Levendis. Proceedings of the 2012 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, November 25–30, 2012.
C146. “Physical and Chemical
Characteristics of Particulate Matter (PM1) Emitted from
Combustion of a Bituminous Coal in Air and Oxy-Fuel Environments.” Feyza Kazanc and
Yiannis
Levendis. Proceedings of the 8th US National Meeting of the Combustion Institute,
Salt Lake City –UT, USA, 19-22 May 2013.
C147. “Comparative Radiative Transfer from Burning Single Particles of Coal and Biomass in
Conventional and in Oxy-Combustion Conditions.” Yiannis A. Levendis, and Reza
Khatami. Proceedings of the 38th Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems
International
Conference, CD-ROM, Clearwater, Florida, June 3-6, 2013.
C148. “Soot Volume Fractions in Volatile Matter Envelope Flames of Bituminous Coal Particles in
Air and Oxy-Fuel Combustion” Reza
Khatami and Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings of
the ASME
2013 Power Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, July 29 - August 1, 2013.
C149. “Environmentally-Benign Conversion of Biomass Residues to Electricity” Andrew Davis,
Rasam Soheilian, Chuanwei Zhuo and
Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings of the
ASME 2013 Power Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, July 29 - August 1, 2013.
C150. “Rank-Dependent Combustion Behavior of Pulverized Coals.” Yiannis A. Levendis, and
Reza Khatami. Proceedings of the 39th Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems International
Conference CD-ROM, Clearwater, Florida, June 1-4, 2014.
C151. “Fine Ash Particle Emissions from Combustion of Coals and Biomass Process Residues”
Feyza Kazanc, Amanda Ruscio and
Yiannis A. Levendis, Presented at the 36th
International Symposium on Combustion, San Francisco, USA, August 4-8, 2014.
C152. “Effects of CO2 on Carbon Nanotube Formation from Thermal Decomposition of Ethylene”
Chuanwei Zhuo, Fariba Seyedzadeh Khanshan, Richard West, Henning Richter and
Yiannis A. Levendis. Proceedings of the 2014 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, December 1-
5, 2014.
C153. “Coal and Biomass Combustion Study under Air and Oxy-Fuel Atmospheres.” Juan Riaza,
Reza Khatami and Yiannis A. Levendis, Presented
at the 5th International Workshop on
Co-firing Biomass with Coal by the IEA Clean Coal Centre, CD-ROM, Drax, UK,
September 16-17, 2015.
C154. “Use of Recycled Plastic Wastes Instead of Premium Gaseous Hydrocarbons as Feedstocks
for
Sustainable Synthesis of Carbon
Nanotubes.” Chuanwei Zhuo and Yiannis A. Levendis
Proceedings of the 144th TMS 2015 Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Orlando, FL, March 15-
19, 2015.
C155. “Emissions from Co-firing Coals.” Yiannis A. Levendis, Aidin Panahi, Emad Rokni and
Xiaohan Ren. Proceedings of the 40th Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems International
Conference CD-ROM, Clearwater, Florida, May 31-June 4, 2015.
C156. “Oxygen Concentration in Oxy-fuel Combustion.” Yiannis A. Levendis and Reza Khatami.
Proceedings of the 41st Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems International Conference CD-
ROM, Clearwater, Florida, June 5-9, 2016.
C157.
“Combustion
Behavior of Herbaceous and Woody Biomass.” Aidin Panahi, Yiannis A.
Levendis, Nikita
Vorobiev, Martin Schiemann and Viktor Scherer. Proceedings of the 41st
Coal Utilization & Fuel
Systems International Conference CD-ROM, Clearwater, Florida,
June 5-9, 2016.
C158. “Cryogen Capsules to Suppress WildFires.” Craig W. Martland, David P. Marchessault,
Andrew McGarey, Diego Rivas, Kevin W. Stanley and Yiannis A. Levendis. Featured
article in Fire and Safety Magazine (FS-Word.com), pages 30-33, Fall 2016 edition.
C159. “In-Furnace Sulfur Capture by Co-Firing Coal with Alkali-based Sorbents.” Emad Rokni,
Hsun-Hsien Chi, Emad Rokni and Yiannis
A. Levendis. Proceedings of the 40th IMECE
International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition CD-ROM, Phoenix, Arizona,
November 14-18, 2016.
C160. “Conversion of Waste Plastics into Nano-Carbons and Fuels” Zixiang Wei, Connell
Dsouza,
Chuanwei Zhuo and Yiannis A. Levendis. Presented at
the 2016 MRS Fall
Meeting, Boston, November 28 – December 2, 2016.
C161. “Design of Liquid Nitrogen Capsules for Forest Fire Suppression” Craig W. Martland,
David P. Marchessault, Andrew McGarey, Diego Rivas, Kevin W. Stanley and Yiannis A.
Levendis, Embark, 1, 12-21, 2016.
http://issuu.com/northeastern/docs/embark_volume_1/43?e=4455913/40861924
C162. “Torrefied Biomass Size for Combustion in Existing Boilers.” Aidin Panahi, Mahmut
Tarakcioglu
and Yiannis A. Levendis, Proceedings
of the 10th US National Meeting of the
Combustion Institute, April 23-26, Maryland, USA, 2017.
C163. “Coal and Biomass Combustion and Gasification Emad Rokni, Aidin Panahi and Yiannis
Levendis. Proceedings of the 10th US National Meeting of the Combustion Institute, April
23-26, Maryland, USA, 2017.
C164. “Fuel Nitrogen to NOx Conversion in O2/CO2 Atmospheres.” Aidin Panahi, Andrew
Baugher,
Belinda Slakman, Richard West and Yiannis A. Levendis, Proceedings
of the
10th US National Meeting of the Combustion Institute, April 23-26, Maryland, USA, 2017.
C165. “Nitrogen Oxide Evolution in Oxy-Coal Combustion.” Aidin Panahi, Andrew
Baugher,
Belinda Slakman, Richard West and Yiannis A. Levendis, Presented
at the 2018
Eastern Sections of the Combustion Institute Spring Technical Meeting, March 4-7, Penn
State, State
College, Pennsylvania, USA, 2018.
C166. “Laminar burning Speed of Propane/CO2 – Air Mixtures” Sai C Yelishala, Ziyu Wang,
Hammed
Metghalchi, Yiannis A Levendis Proceedings of the 3rd
Thermal and Fluids
Engineering Conference (TFEC) March 4–7, 2018 Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
C167. “Assessment of Blends of Hydrocarbons and CO2 as Alternative Natural Refrigerants” Sai C
Yelishala,
Xiao Ma, Ziyu Wang, Hammed Metghalchi, Yiannis A Levendis Proceedings of
the 3rd Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC) March 4–7, 2018 Fort
Lauderdale, FL, USA.
C168. “The Impact of Biomass Ash as an Additive on the Nitrogen Partitioning and NOx Emissions
from Coal
Combustion”. Richard I. Birley, Jenny
M. Jones, L.I Darvell, Allan Williams, D.
Waldron, Yiannis A. Levendis,
Presented at the 2018
Combustion Institute British Section
Spring Meeting, April 5, Manchester, UK, 2018.
C169. “A Comprehensive Study on Optimizing Conversion of Waste Plastics Using Diverse
Catalysts, Carrier Gases, Flow-Rates and Pre-Treatment Methods into Nano-Carbons and
Fuels” Aidin Panahi, Xiao Sun, Guangchao Song and Yiannis A. Levendis. Presented at the 2018 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, November 25–30, 2018.
Highlights of other activities include invited
talks at the Chemical and Mechanical Engineering departments of MIT (1989 and 1998),
Tufts University (1990) and University of Connecticut (1992), as well as
serving as co-organizer, chairman and speaker at the International Symposium on
CMA held at Northeastern University, April 11-14 1991. Invited speaker at a
workshop on “How Elastic is Technology to Regulatory Pressure?” held at Tufts
University on May 13, 1994. Presentations were given at three University Coal
Research Contractors' Review Conferences at DOE-PETC in Pittsburgh.
Presentations were also made at Northeastern University's Science Days (6), at
the High School Science Teachers program (3), at the NU Presidential
Inauguration week, January 1997 (1), at the NU Centennial Poster Session, May
1998 (2), at the first Materials Showcase, September 1998 (2). A multitude of
presentations were made at the NU Research & Scholarship EXPO Showcases 2001-2013.
In 2010 and in 2011 our presentations won in the Undergraduate Research
category whereas in 2013 one of our presentations was runner up. Served as member
of the Scientific Committee of the 4th International Symposium on
Feedstock Recycling of Plastics and Other Polymer Materials, September 2007,
Jeju, Korea.
· Invited presentation on “The Effect of Temperature of Premixed Flames on their Critical Equivalence Ratio for Soot Formation” at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, in May of 2008.
· Invited presentation on a “Self-Sustaining Pyrolyzer/Combustor for Waste Plastics” at the 2010 MIT Energy Conference.
· Invited presentation on “Laboratory Studies on the Ignition and Burning Behavior of Coal under Conventional and Oxy-Combustion Conditions” at the Department of Chemical Engineering of MIT, September 27, 2011.
· Two invited presentations at Showcases of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, 2011, 2012.
· Multiple invited presentations at the MIT Energy Showcases of 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013.
· Invited presentation, entitled: “A First Course in Engineering Design Based on an Energy-Centered Thematic Approach,” at the inaugural STEP to Success Conference held at MassBay College, Massachusetts April 12 2013.
· Delivered an invited public lecture to the NU School of Architecture on Understanding Design: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji6dNJyW20g&list=PLWV41YoXRdK-cAtawa0EfXEqU15NAyWbC
K-12 Education Outreach
A NSF-BSP 2-week summer course on Pre-engineering Design experience (NU Graduate School of Education course GSE3601) was developed and has been conducted for 6 years. Over the 2005-2010 period approx. 100 high- and middle-school STEM teachers took this course, most of them as receive credit towards a graduate Masters degree in STEM Education and paid tuition to NU. The NSF-funded Boston Science Partnership (BSP) is a partnership between UMass Boston, Northeastern University and Boston Public Schools, as core partners, and the Education Development Center, Harvard Medical School, The College Board and Lesley University as supporting partners. A few highlights are presented below to illustrate the success of the BSP:
i.
Broad reaching BSP Impact – BSP included teachers from more than 80% of the 28 middle schools and
30 high schools in the district.
ii. Increased Student
Achievement is Attributable to BSP Participation - High-participation schools demonstrate a
43% increase in the percent of students passing the state MCAS compared to
nonparticipating schools.
iii. Contextualized
Content Courses (CCC) -
Eleven unique CCC courses have been offered multiple times. For example, 240
teachers in Year 4 exhibited increases in their content knowledge by between 26
and 97% on pre/post content tests. Students of these teachers realized
increases of 8 to 13% over students of the same teachers the previous year on
the district’s end-of-year science exams. One of these
eleven courses was a novel course, entitled, “From Science to Engineering:
Pre-Engineering design experience” developed and taught by Professor Yiannis
Levendis.
iv. Vertical Teaming (VT)
- In Year 5, 52 participants
from middle and high school, university and community college examined
relationships between and among concepts in grades 6-13 through an improved
College Board model and created articulation maps that demonstrate the learning
of concepts from middle school through AP exams and freshman college science
courses.
v. Collaborative
Coaching and Learning in Science (CCLS) - In Year 5 alone, 182 teachers in 30 middle and high schools in BPS
engaged in 10-12 week learning cycles composed of identification of a course of
study on inquiry topics, peer observations, and follow-up reflection.
Facilitation was provided by classroom teachers, with coaching by 2 staff
equivalents supported by the BSP.
vi. Faculty Seminars (SUP) - 40 STEM faculty members at UMass Boston,
Northeastern University, and Roxbury Community College (RCC) have participated
in PD to improve their college teaching.
vii. AP Science Support
(SUP) - In Year 5, 308
students (up from 73 in 2006) from 11 schools participated in our AP Science
Support Program, 337 students from 14 schools took AP science exams, and 234
passed. 46 AP teachers participated in BSP-supported Urban-Focused AP Institutes.
viii. Highly Qualified
Teachers - In the past three
years, the number of science courses taught by teachers with the appropriate
science license increased by 47%. The number of science courses taught by
teachers with no license or a non-relevant license decreased by 22%. The number
of licensed physics teachers has increased from 7 to 28 in the last 6 years,
and 25% of all the teachers of science added a STEM license to their
credentials.
ix. Sustainability - All 11 CCC courses have been approved at
the Universities; two science education Centers (The Center of Science and
Mathematics In Context (COSMIC) at UMass Boston and the Center for STEM
Education at Northeastern) have been established; BPS has established staff
positions that support CCLS; an M.Ed. in middle school science has been
established at Northeastern; and $1.35M in additional related science education
grants have been received by the three core partners to continue aspects of the
BSP.
x. Dissemination - Over 20 presentations based on BSP work and
research have been presented at national conferences, 2 peer-reviewed journal
papers have been submitted, 1 is in preparation, and 1 book is in press. One of
them is: “A Vertically-Aligned Contextualized Pre-Engineering
Design Course for Middle- and High-School Science Teachers”, by Yiannis. A.
Levendis, Christos Zahopoulos, Cheryl Hall and Jonathan McLaughlin. Proceedings
of the ASEE New England Section Meeting, CD-ROM, University of Rhode Island,
Kingston, April 20-21, 2007.
xi. Cultural Change - The BSP has made tremendous progress at
shifting the culture of University and District participants. University
professors have gained respect for K-12 teachers for their skills and
pedagogical content knowledge, teachers have benefited working with content
knowledgeable University faculty, and teachers look forward to working together
across grade bands and across disciplines. PD is much more efficient and
effective when all participants "play well in the sand box". The
involvement of University faculty is critical to maintaining the accuracy of
the scientific content, vertically aligning knowledge with university-level
expectations, and maintaining the excitement that the new discoveries of
science bring to all participants.
As of
October 2018