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Professor Mitchell's primary area of research concerned characterizing physical chemical processes that occur during the combustion and gasification of pulverized coal and biomass. His interest in coals spans a range that includes lignite and bituminous materials, as well as biomass sources such as yard waste, field crops, and municipal solid waste. His experimental modeling studies involved char reactivity with oxygen, carbon dioxide, and steam, focusing on the conversion and deactivation of carbon and the evolution of char particle surface area during mass loss. Recently, his research targeted developing coal and biomass conversion technologies and facilitating CO2 capture. Mitchell's studies have also included characterizing the conversion rates of coal and biomass in supercritical water environments and working on technologies such as chemical looping combustion and fuel cells using coal and biomass as a fuel source. He served as a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Stanford University for 29 years before retiring in July 2020.
Stanford University • Stanford, California
Served as a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department for 29 years.
Patent for an integrated dry gasification fuel cell system utilizing solid carbonaceous fuels.
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