Kevin Whitty

Publications

• Afeez A Kareem, Kevin J Whitty. (2026). Influence of plastic co-feeding on oxygen utilization pathways in high-temperature coal gasification. Journal of the Energy Institute, 126.
• Angela Amponsah Darko, Meryam Thulficar, Kevin J Whitty. (2026). Pyrolysis of plastics in a multi-zone reactor: system performance and characterization of oil, gas and char. Energy Conversion and Management, 353.
• LoganR Hughey, Kevin J Whitty. (2025). Incorporation of Oxygen Carrier Recycle into Large-Scale Production of Cu-Based Oxygen Carriers. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 64(51).
• Logan R Hughey, Kevin J WHITTY. (2025). Influence of fly ash components on the performance of recycled copper-based oxygen carriers for chemical looping combustion. Fuel Processing Technology, 274(108236).
• Sayed Abu Sufyan, Kevin J Whitty, Michael M Nigra. (2025). CO2 sorption capacity and cyclic performance of quicklime (CaO) under gasification conditions. Chemical Engineering Journal, 507.
• Zhao Sun, Christopher K Russell, Kevin J Whitty, Eric G Eddings, Jinze Dai, Yulong Zhang, Maohong Fan, Zhiqiang Sun. (2023). Chemical looping-based energy transformation via lattice oxygen modulated selective oxidation. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 96.
• Jinze Dai, Kevin J Whitty. (2022). Evaluation of the energy balance of chemical looping combustion of solid fuels using CuO-based oxygen carriers. Fuel Processing Technology, 233.
• Zachary Reinking, Kevin J Whitty, JoAnn S Lighty. (2022). Design of a gas-solid-solid separator to remove ash from circulating fluidized bed reactors. Powder Technology, 404.
• Jinze Dai, Kevin J Whitty. (2022). Chemical looping gasification and sorption enhanced gasification of biomass: A perspective. Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, 174.
• A Sanna, S Thompson, J M Zajac, K J Whitty. (2022). Evaluation of palm-oil fly ash derived lithium silicate for CO2 sorption under simulated gasification conditions. Journal of CO2 Utilization, 56.
• Zachary Reinking, Kevin J Whitty, JoAnn S Lighty. (2021). A simulation-based parametric study of CLOU chemical looping reactor performance. Fuel Processing Technology, 215.
• Kyle O’Malley, Felix Donat, Kevin J Whitty, Hong Yong Sohn. (2020). Scalable Preparation of Bimetallic Cu/Ni-Based Oxygen Carriers for Chemical Looping. Energy & Fuels, 34(9).
• Jinze Dai, Logan Hughey, Kevin J Whitty. (2020). Influence of fuel ash on the recoverability of copper from the spent material of chemical looping combustion. Fuel Processing Technology, 201.
• Jinze Dai, Kevin J Whitty. (2020). Impact of fuel-derived chlorine on CuO-based oxygen carriers for chemical looping with oxygen uncoupling. Fuel, 263.
• Kirsten M Merrett, Kevin J Whitty. (2019). Evaluation of coal conversion pathways in fluidized bed chemical looping combustion with oxygen uncoupling (CLOU). Fuel, 258.
• Zsolt Dobó, Marc Backman, Kevin J Whitty. (2019). Experimental study and demonstration of pilot-scale oxy-coal combustion at elevated temperatures and pressures. Applied Energy, 252.
• Jinze Dai, Kevin J Whitty. (2019). Predicting and alleviating coal ash-induced deactivation of CuO as an oxygen carrier for chemical looping with oxygen uncoupling. Fuel, 241.
• Kirsten M Merrett, Kevin J Whitty. (2019). Conversion of Coal in a Fluidized Bed Chemical Looping Combustion Reactor with and without Oxygen Uncoupling. Energy & Fuels, 33(2).
• Jinze Dai, Kevin Whitty. (2018). Effects of Coal Ash on CuO as an Oxygen Carrier for Chemical Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling. Energy & Fuels, 32(11).
• Kevin J Whitty, JoAnn S Lighty, Tobias Mattisson. (2018). Chemical Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling (CLOU) Processes. Wiley.
• Tobias Mattisson, Kevin J Whitty. (2018). Oxygen Carriers for Chemical‐Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling (CLOU). Wiley.
• T-C Shen, Z Zhou, C M Anderson, S K Thompson, K J Whitty, K J Stowers. (2018). Synthesis of high-specific volume carbon nanotube structures for gas-phase applications. Diamond and Related Materials, 88.
• Zheng Zhou, Clifton M Anderson, Steven K Butler, Shalauna K Thompson, Kevin J Whitty, T-C Shen, Kara J Stowers. (2017). Stability and efficiency of CO 2 capture using linear amine polymer modified carbon nanotubes. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5(21).
• Matthew A Hamilton, Kevin J Whitty, JoAnn S Lighty. (2016). Incorporating Oxygen Uncoupling Kinetics into Computational Fluid Dynamic Simulations of a Chemical Looping System. Energy Technology, 4(10).
• Manuel García Pérez, Andrew R Fry, Esa Vakkilainen, Kevin J Whitty. (2016). Ash Deposit Analysis of the Convective Section of a Pilot-Scale Combustor Firing Two Different Sub-bituminous Coals. Energy & Fuels, 30(10).
• David R Wagner, Kevin J Whitty. (2015). Extractive gas-phase sampling of the reaction zone of a pressurized entrained-flow coal gasifier. Fuel Processing Technology, 137.
• Weiwei Xuan, Kevin J Whitty, Qingliang Guan, Dapeng Bi, Zhonghua Zhan, Jiansheng Zhang. (2015). Influence of SiO2/Al2O3 on crystallization characteristics of synthetic coal slags. Fuel, 144.
• Weiwei Xuan, Kevin J Whitty, Qingliang Guan, Dapeng Bi, Zhonghua Zhan, Jiansheng Zhang. (2015). Influence of Fe2O3 and Atmosphere on Crystallization Characteristics of Synthetic Coal Slags. Energy & Fuels, 29(1).
• (2014). Ultrasonic Temperature Measurement Device.
• Weiwei Xuan, Kevin J Whitty, Qingliang Guan, Dapeng Bi, Jiansheng Zhang. (2014). Influence of isothermal temperature and cooling rates on crystallization characteristics of a synthetic coal slag. Fuel, 137.
• Weiwei Xuan, Kevin J Whitty, Qingliang Guan, Dapeng Bi, Zhonghua Zhan, Jiansheng Zhang. (2014). Influence of CaO on Crystallization Characteristics of Synthetic Coal Slags. Energy & Fuels, 28(10).
• Ritobrata Sur, Kai Sun, Jay B Jeffries, Ronald K Hanson, Randy J Pummill, Travis Waind, David R Wagner, Kevin J Whitty. (2014). TDLAS-based sensors for in situ measurement of syngas composition in a pressurized, oxygen-blown, entrained flow coal gasifier. Applied Physics B, 116(1).
• Christopher K Clayton, Kevin J Whitty. (2014). Measurement and modeling of decomposition kinetics for copper oxide-based chemical looping with oxygen uncoupling. Applied Energy, 116.
• Christopher K Clayton, H Y Sohn, Kevin J Whitty. (2014). Oxidation Kinetics of Cu2O in Oxygen Carriers for Chemical Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 53(8).
• Sean B Peterson, Gabor Konya, Christopher K Clayton, Robert J Lewis, Blake R Wilde, Edward M Eyring, Kevin J Whitty. (2013). Characteristics and CLOU Performance of a Novel SiO2‑Supported Oxygen Carrier Prepared from CuO and β‑SiC. Energy & Fuels, 27(10).
• Yunlu Jia, Melissa Puga, Anthony E Butterfield, Douglas A Christensen, Kevin J Whitty, Mikhail Skliar. (2013). Ultrasound Measurements of Temperature Profile Across Gasifier Refractories: Method and Initial Validation. Energy & Fuels, 27(8).
• David Ray Wagner, Kevin J Whitty. (2012). A pulse-width modulation controlled wire-mesh heater apparatus for investigation of solid fuel pyrolysis. Review of Scientific Instruments, 83(11).
• Suhui Li, Kevin J Whitty. (2012). Physical phenomena of char–slag transition in pulverized coal gasification. Fuel Processing Technology, 95.
• E M Eyring, G Konya, J S Lighty, A H Sahir, A F Sarofim, K Whitty. (2011). Chemical Looping with Copper Oxide as Carrier and Coal as Fuel. Oil & Gas Science and Technology – Revue d’IFP Energies nouvelles, 66(2).
• Kevin J Whitty, Michael Siddoway. (2010). A system for measuring bubble voidage and frequency around tubes immersed in a fluidized bed of particles. Review of Scientific Instruments, 81(7).
• Suhui Li, Yuxin Wu, Kevin J Whitty. (2010). Ash Deposition Behavior during Char−Slag Transition under Simulated Gasification Conditions. Energy & Fuels, 24(3).
• Hongzhi Zhang, Eric Eddings, Kevin Whitty. (2009). Pollutant Formation And Control. Taylor & Francis.
• Suhui Li, Kevin J Whitty. (2009). Investigation of Coal Char−Slag Transition during Oxidation: Effect of Temperature and Residual Carbon. Energy & Fuels, 23(4).
• Kevin J Whitty, Hongzhi R Zhang, Eric G Eddings. (2008). Emissions from Syngas Combustion. Combustion Science and Technology, 180(6).
• Kevin Whitty, Rainer Backman, Mikko Hupa. (2008). Influence of pressure on pyrolysis of black liquor: 1. Swelling. Bioresource Technology, 99(3).
• Kevin Whitty, Mika Kullberg, Vesa Sorvari, Rainer Backman, Mikko Hupa. (2008). Influence of pressure on pyrolysis of black liquor: 2. Char yields and component release. Bioresource Technology, 99(3).
• Kevin Whitty, Rainer Backman, Mikko Hupa. (1998). Influence of char formation conditions on pressurized black liquor gasification rates. Carbon, 36(11).
• K Whitty, R Backman, M Forssén, M Hupa, J Rainio, V Sorvari. (1997). Liquor-to-liquor differences in combustion and gasification processes: Pyrolysis behaviour and char reactivity. Journal of Pulp and Paper Science, 23(3).
• K Whitty, M Hupa, W J Frederick. (1995). Gasification of black liquor char with steam at elevated pressures. Journal of Pulp and Paper Science, 21(6).