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Capabilities in Energy Research at the University of Kansas (pdf format)

Capabilities

Building Efficiency

Energy Analysis, non-renewable resources, Energy Analysis & Diagnostic Center, phase-change insulation, off-the-grid housing

Basic Research in Energy Systems

Physics, chemistry, semiconductors, superconductors

Microbiology

Remediation, enhanced petroleum recovery

Alternative Energy

Solar, wind, fuel cells, catalysts for gasification and gas-to-liquid thermal energy storage, biofuels, transportation alternatives, turbines

Electrical Transmission

Utility regulations, energy storage systems, structures in energy generation, cogeneration, incineration, VOC conversion, biomass, atmospheric deposition, particulates, consumer incentives

Energy Policy

Energy Environmental Policy, International Energy Policy, Law Administration, Natural resources, Economics, History, Geography

Environmental / Conservation

Water resources, aqueous geochemistry, hydrology, wetlands, brine correlation, groundwater pollution, fly ash utilization, remediation, soils, climate, geophysical data acquisition, GIS technology, petroleum exploration

Fossil Fuels: Petroleum Geology

Oil & gas reservoirs, production statistics, well logging, geochemistry, fluid flow, probability methods in petroleum exploration, digital petroleum atlas, GIS, technology transfer, stratigraphy, sedimentology

Fossil Fuels: Petroleum Engineering

Petroleum reservoir engineering, gelation rheology utilization, reservoir simulation

Coal Supply

Coal resources, mining, liquification, coal bed methane, NOX removal from flue gas

Natural Gas Utilization

Natural gas engines, exhaust emissions

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