Selected On-Going and Finished Graduate Theses

PhD Theses

· Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Biomass and Coal Gasification (2009-….)

· Gasification of Coal for Energy Production with High Temperature Fuel Cells (2009- ……)

· Computational Analysis of Premixed Combustion of Natural Gas Hydrogen Mixtures in Gas Turbines ( Ph. D. Thesis Co-advised with Prof. I. Gokalp from CNRS France within the frame of a joint Project ;2005- December 2009)

· Modelling , design and manufacturing of a pilot scale novel gasification system for low grade Turkish lignites (Ph. D. Thesis ; 2009- ……)

· Effect of lignite properties and combustion conditions on trace element emissions (2004)

· Effect of lignite properties and process conditions on sulfuruous emissions (2002)

· New Methodologies towards the Prediction of Pure Organic Liquid and Petroleum Fraction Viscosities (1998).

MSc Theses

· Integration of Solar and Biomass Energies for Power Production (2009-….)

· Gasification of Bio-waste Materials and Characterization of the Gasification Products (2009-….)

· Design and operation of a laboratory scale fixed bed gasifier for biomass (2008)

· Design and operation of a laboratory scale bubbling fluidized bed gasifier for biomass and/or coal (2008)

· Design and operation of an oxycombustion circulating fluidized bed combustor for biomass and/or coal (2008)

· Residential Cogeneration Systems Based on PEM Fuel Cells (2007)

· Improvement of the fuel characteristics of Afsin-Elbistan Lignite (2005)

· Comparative Evaluation of CO2 Emissions for Selected Coal Gasification Processes (2003)