IECM News

2023

A New Postdoctoral Fellow Joining the IECM Group

December 1, 2023

Dr. Asad Ullah has joined the IECM group as a new postdoctoral research associate. Dr. Ullah is working on a research project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. This project is to conduct systems research to advance carbon capture, utilization and storage using liquid solvents for deep CO₂ capture at coal-biomass co-firing power plants toward net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.

Two New Research Grants to Advance Hydrogen Production and Transportation Infrastructure in Wyoming

August 27, 2023

PI Haibo Zhai has received two hydrogen-related research grants from the Wyoming Innovation Partnership program and the UW School of Energy Resources, respectively. The new projects will conduct multi-scale computational research to advance hydrogen production and transportation infrastructure in Wyoming with a focus on blue hydrogen produced from natural gas resources.

Treatment of brackish water for fossil power plant cooling

May 22, 2023

PhD Student Zitao Wu has a new paper, Treatment of brackish water for fossil power plant cooling, published in Nature Water. This study evaluates the treatment of brackish water for thermoelectric power plant cooling and reveals trade-offs in freshwater savings, cost, and generating capacity shortfalls from deployment of brackish water desalination at existing power plants. See UW's press release for more information.