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Greg Kremer's
page on RESEARCH
  
Photo Credit: Rick Fatica
My main research interests are
in Sustainable Energy & the Environment,
especially relating to vehicles.
I am an associate director of the Ohio Coal Research Center
and co-PI on many of the center's projects.
The center is part of the Russ College
of Engineering's
Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment,
and is affiliated with Ohio University's
Consortium
for Energy, Economics and the Environment.
Some info on current projects
Vehicle Projects
Ammonia-fueled
fuel cell powered prototype electric vehicle (NH3 Car) [web page]
Grad student: Christopher Gregg (graduated Summer 2007)
Green Fuels [Online article -
Perspectives Magazine]
Biofuels Projects
Small diesel engine performance testing using biodiesel blends
Grad students: Dhruv Kohli,
Scott Wallace
Biodiesel production from algae
Algae
production and CO2 mitigation [pdf presentation
file]
Our research group (with D. Bayless as first
named inventor and Morgan Vis as co-inventor)
has a patent titled “Enhanced Practical Photosynthetic CO2
Mitigation” (Patent No. 6667171)
for producing algae on suspended membranes.
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Projects (with coal syngas),
Current Grad students: Steve
Spencer (Pressurized planar SOFC testing)
Recent graduates: David Burnette (SOFC testing with hydrogen-depleted syngas)
Edward Achaab (Small-scale coal gasification to
produce syngas)
List of Recent Funded Projects
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Ohio Distributed Hydrogen Program - Using
Coal to Bridge to the Hydrogen Economy, Funded for $20,000 by the 2005 OU
Stocker Endowment Fund (with Dave Bayless), and
$1.3 million through a federal appropriations bill.
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Biodiesel
production and analysis laboratory, $50,000 awarded 2/23/06 by OU Vice
President for Research (with Dr. Stuart, Dr. Bayless,
and Dr. Vis)
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OU Ammonia Fuel Engine Car, Funded for
$36000 as part of the Faculty Research and Graduate Studies Pool of the 1804
Endowment, 2005-2007. (with Gerri Botte [CHE] and
Jim Zhu [EECS])
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Development of Sulfur Tolerant Anodes for
Deployment of Coal Syngas with Planar Solid Oxide
Fuel Cells for Stationary Power Generation, Ohio Air Quality Development
Authority - Ohio Coal Research Consortium 2006, $1.13 Million (with Dave Bayless PI and Ohio Coal Research Center)
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Hot Gas Cleanup using Electrostatic
Separation, $140,963 from the OCDO Ohio Coal Research Consortium-IV,
09/01/2004 - 09/30/2006 (with Dave Bayless).
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The Aeromobile
Project - A Pilot Program for Development of Interdisciplinary Research and
an Aeronautical Graduate Education Program, 1804 Fund Award, $30,000, 8/1/04
- 6/30/06. (with
Jim Zhu [EECS]).
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Fuel Cell Adaptation to Coal-Derived Syngas, Stocker Research Endowment Fund, 2002-2003,
$20,000. (with Dave Bayless).
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Adapting Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for
use with Solid Fuel Sources in the Production of Distributed Power, United
States Department of Energy, DE-FG36-03GO13059, $1.93 million, 9/1/03 through
9/30/07 (with D. Bayless PI, B. Stuart and G. Botte)
·
Integration of Planar Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells
with Coal-Derived Syngas to Promote Environmentally
Sound Energy Production, funded through the Ohio University 1804 Fund,
$43,107, 9/1/2002 through 8/30/2004 (with D. Bayless
PI and M. Prudich)
·
Regenerative Supercirculation
Wing for Vertical Takeoff: Experimental Concept Validation, 1804 Fund Award,
$34500, 7/02 – 6/30/04.
(with Jim Zhu [EECS] PI)
·
Adaptive Full Spectrum Solar Energy Systems,
United States Department of Energy DE-PS36-00GO10500, $150,000 for OU to
study the use of separated light to grow photosynthetic organisms in a
bioreactor for CO2 mitigation., 6/1/01-5/31/04 (with D. Bayless
PI, B. Stuart and M. Vis, and University of Nevada
Reno as the lead institution )
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Enhanced Practical Photosynthetic CO2
Mitigation, United States Department of Energy DE-FC26-00NT40932, $1.075
million, 9/1/2000 through 8/30/2003 and continued on a no-cost extension
through 2006 (with D. Bayless PI, M. Vis, and B. Stuart)
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Research in Propulsion Systems For Future Vehicles, Ohio Board of Regents – Hayes
Investment Funds, $50,000 for Ohio University, 2000-2002. I am the PI from OU for this project
which was submitted as a collaborative proposal with the Ohio FutureCar Consortium (PI Giorgio Rizzoni
of OSU).
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Dynamometer System for Automotive Research,
Stocker Endowment, $10000, FY 2001-2002.
List of Recent
Publications
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Bayless, D.J.,
Kremer, G., Vis, M., Stuart, B., Shi, L., Cuello, J., Ono, E., “Photosynthetic CO2 Mitigation
using a Novel Membrane-based Photobioreactor,”
accepted for publication in the Journal
of Environmental Engineering and Management, 2006.
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Shi, L., Bayless,
D.J., Kremer, G., and Stuart, B., "CFD Simulation of the Influence of
Temperature and Pressure on the Flow Pattern in Cyclones,",
accepted for publication in Industrial
& Engineering Chemistry Research, 2006.
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Leal, W., Kremer G et al, Design and
Verification of a Safety Monitoring and Control System for a Fuel Cell
Laboratory, Clearwater Coal Conference,
2006.
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Bayless, D.B,
Shi, L., Kremer, G., et al., Membrane-Based Wet Electrostatic Precipitation, Journal of the Air & Waste Management
Association, V55, June 2005.
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Bayless, D.J.,
Kremer, G.G., Vis, M. Stuart, B.J., Prudich, M.E., Cooksey, J.E., and Muhs,
J.S., “Enhanced Practical Photosynthetic CO2 Mitigation,” Third Annual Conference on Carbon
Sequestration, Alexandria, VA, May 3, 2004.
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Trembly, J.,
Marquez, A., Stuart, B., Botte, G., Kremer, G., and
Bayless, D., “Adapting Planar Solid Oxide
Fuel Cells for use with Solid Fuel Sources in the Production of Distributed
Power,” Proceedings of the 29th
International Technical Conference on Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems,
2004.
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Madireddy, M. and
Kremer, G. "A Study of the "Optimum" Hybridization Ratio for
SUVs and Heavy Trucks", IMECE2003-41777 in the Proceedings of the IMECE 03: 2003 ASME International Mechanical
Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 2003.
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Kremer, G.G., “Enhanced Robust
Stability Analysis of Large Hydraulic Control Systems via a Bifurcation Based
Procedure,” Journal of the
Franklin Institute, Vol. 338, No. 7, November 2001, pg. 781-809.
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Thompson, D.F. and Kremer, G.G.,
“Parametric Model Development and Quantitative Feedback Design for
Automotive Torque Converter Bypass Clutch Control,” Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical
Engineers, (Vol 213 Part I), 1999, pp.249-266.
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Kremer, G.G. and Thompson, D.F., “A
Bifurcation Based Procedure for Designing and Analyzing Robustly Stable
Nonlinear Hydraulic Servo Systems,” Proceedings
of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, (Vol
212 Part I), 1998, pp. 383-394.
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Thompson, D.F. and Kremer, G.G.,
“Quantitative Feedback Design for a Variable Displacement Hydraulic
Vane Pump,” Optimal Control:
Applications & Methods, (19), 1998, pp. 63-92.
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