Check out the latest paper from BERG 👉🏼 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

This work quantifies the most recalcitrant carbon content in #wildfire char and engineered #biochar , which is important for accurate global carbon accounting and carbon dioxide removal. #CDR

(2/2) And congrats to BERG’s John Tharp, who successfully defended his thesis titled “Supercritical CO2 Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Improved Enzymatic Hydrolysis Performance.” He investigated environmentally friendly ways to increase cellulosic ethanol yields.🌿⛽️

(1/2) What a week! 🥳 Congrats to BERG’s Luke McLaughlin, who successfully defended his dissertation titled “Characterization of Lignocellulosic Biomass and Constituent Burning Aerosols.” He examined near-source impacts on fire emissions and developed new tools for studying them.

BERG PhD students Alexandra Howell and Luke McLaughlin participated in controlled grassland burns in Laramie last week. Our colleagues from UW Dept of Ecosystem Science and Management conduct burns to study impacts on land, and we measured fire spread and combustion products.

I'm very excited to share U of Wyoming BERG Ph.D. student Alexandra Howell's research on pyrogenic carbon production in beetle-killed forests. Access the published STOTEN article here (authors.elsevier.com/c/1cFokB8ccoQta) and watch her excellent #AGU2020 talk here: youtu.be/LLHltvYBL18

Ph.D. student Alexandra Howell presented at AGU 2020 today on her research into impacts of bark beetle-induced tree mortality on pyrogenic carbon production and other wildfire characteristics. #AGU20 20 #AGU20

Her talk is on our YouTube channel!
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youtu.be/LLHltvYBL18

New video on the BERG YouTube channel! 🚨 Ph.D. student Matthew Brown delivered this lightning talk on his research into cool flame droplet burning at the 2020 American Society for Gravitational and Space Research meeting this week:

youtu.be/yJGGV-7fA9I

#ASGSR #ASGSR 2020

The American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR) 2020 Conference is happening virtually this week, and BERG Ph.D. student Luke McLaughlin gave a talk today on his research into aerosol emissions from biomass pyrolysis. You can watch his talk here:

youtu.be/bxw8ru3KiKw

Ready for the next installment of “Meet a BERGer”? Check out the latest video, featuring UW ME PhD student Alexandra Howell, and learn about Alex’s research into wildfires here:

youtube.com/watch?v=hhl2-4…

Credit for this project and video go to UW ME PhD student Marcus Brown.

Check out the new video on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/_y5ZAW9-rt0

It features UW PhD student Matthew Brown and his combustion research!

Credit for the idea of this project to feature students and their work, and production of this video, goes to PhD student Marcus Brown.

U of Wyoming BERG has a YouTube channel! Check it out: youtu.be/sq9rq7rEZAg

Ph.D. students Matthew Brown and Marcus Brown presented their work at the online 2020 Rocky Mountain Fluid Mechanics Symposium today. This study characterized a burner platform they use in their research.

UW Engineering Summer Program went online this year! We worked remotely with high school students from across the US this week to explore combustion topics, including thermodynamics and emissions. Pictured below, BERG PhD student Luke McLaughlin used Arduinos with the students.

Register for day 2 of the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon taking place tomorrow! Learn more about the latest in #climate science and help improve or create Wikipedia articles about #climate change! For more information and to register, go to eventbrite.com/e/climate-at-t…

The National Academies Wikipedia Edit-a-thon is underway today in Washington, DC! See more info and the schedule here:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia…

Attendees will receive Wikipedia training and edit content related to negative emissions technologies and extreme weather. Wikimedia DC

Dr. Belmont is in NYC for a forum on Jumpstarting the New Carbon Economy. She will present a recent study with BERG’s Dr. Emily Beagle on near-term pathways to negative carbon emissions by implementing BECCS at coal-fired power plants.

From a presentation on the Carbon XPRIZE:

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And on Wednesday, Marcus Brown defended his MS thesis research in which he measured flame speeds of weakly stretched flames and assessed the validity of various extrapolation methods to derive flame speeds of unstretched flames.

Congratulations to Matthew and Marcus! 🎓

Two BERG graduate students gave final presentations on their MS research at UWYO this week:

On Tuesday, Matthew Brown presented his study into the viability of using methane/ethylene blends as surrogates for thermally cracked jet fuels from a flame speed perspective.

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WSSCI 2019 recap (Part 4 of 4):

4) Marcus Brown presented his study of cool flame propagation speed, temperature and chemistry dependence on the flame’s fuel-to-air ratio (or equivalence ratio, ER). Unlike hot flames, cool flames exhibit similar speeds and temps at different ER.

WSSCI 2019 recap (Part 3 of 4):

3) Matthew Brown presented his research into effects of ozone on cool flame propagation speed, temperature and chemistry. Cool flames have important roles in engines and fire safety, and we use ozone to enhance and study these flames in our lab.

WSSCI 2019 recap (Part 2 of 4):

2) Luke McLaughlin presented his research on aerosol production from pyrolysis and combustion of biomass and biomass constituents. This work seeks to predict emissions based on fuel composition and fire conditions.

From BNL.gov: