Senior Research Chemist
Current• Second Generation Capture Solvents, 2015-present. Leading seed program to optimize solvent properties including two-fold decrease in viscosity, 27% reduction in heat of rxn, 36% increase in capture capacity, and >100-fold reduction in thermal degradation.• Bench-Scale Process for Low Cost CO2 Capture Using a Phase-Changing Absorbent, 2014-present. $3.8MM DOE project (DE-FE0013687). Increased scale of previous system by an order of magnitude and demonstrated efficacy of capture and operation of two new unit ops in a continuous system.• Pilot-Scale Silicone Process for Low-Cost CO2 Capture, 2014 to present. $6.7MM DOE project (DE-FE0013755) to demonstrate performance of aminosilicone-based solvent in a 0.5 MW pilot test. Determined degradation pathways, provided in depth analyses of test results, collaborated with vendors to reduce cost of solvent by 35% and supplied low cost options for solvent clean-up.• CO2 Thickeners to Improve the Performance of CO2 EOR and CO2 Fracturing, 2013-2016, Led GE component of $3.3MM ARPA-e project with U Pitt (DE-AR0000292) to design, synthesize and test novel small molecule thickeners in scCO2. Best candidate tested in core floods provided a two-fold increase in sweep efficiency.• Bench-Scale Silicone Process for Low-Cost CO2 Capture, 2012-2014. $3.8MM DOE funded project (DE-FE0007502) to demonstrate the performance of the GE aminosilicone-based solvent at the bench scale. Parametric testing provided data for a techno-economic assessment which showed a greater than 20% reduction in cost relative to the aqueous amine benchmark.• CO2 Capture Process Using Innovative Phase-Changing Absorbents, 2010-2013. $4.1MM ARPA-e funded project (DE-AR0000084) that demonstrated performance of a novel GE phase-changing solvent.• Aminosilicone Solvent for Low Cost CO2 Capture, 2008–2010. Led $3.1MM DOE project (DE-NT0005310) to develop CO2-capture solvents. Developed the original concept, then designed and tested over 300 substrates.
