Paul Campbell

Areas Paul Campbell is Knowledgeable in:

Techniques Paul Campbell Uses:

Paul Campbell's Problem Solving Skills:

1. Coal
2. Adsorption (Gas-Solid Interactions)
3. Alternative Energy
4. Biomass
5. Heat Transfer
6. Productivity Software (MS Office, OOOffice)
7. Chemical Kinetics
8. Combustion
9. Matlab
10. Biogas

Paul Campbell's Problem Solving Experience:

1. Designed human-power water distiller that used the principle of heat-pumps and refrigeration to result in a product much smaller than those based on other technologies.
2. Designed and built a gas sampling flow system for a chemical reactor. The systems incorporated electrochemical sensors, mass flow meters, and a computer-based data acquisition system.
3. Design of a High Pressure Research Reactor for Investigation of the Kinetics of Coal and Biomass Gasification (Burning) Rates.
   A reactor originally designed to be operated under atmospheric pressures had to be upgraded for operation under between 1 and 5 bars of pressure. These pressures had to be maintained in a bench scale lab setup through which gases of 100 to 500 liters per minute would flow at temperatures of up to 1500 K. I was able to design the pressure vessel and flow system to satisfy these requirements.
4. A low pollutant combustor able to operate with high quantities of steam. I designed a combustor that replaced the excess air (typically used in combustors to reduce air temperatures and reduce soot production) with steam (which would normally lead to quenching of the combustion environment). I was able to maintain a stable flame while still keeping soot levels low. Was able to keep NOx levels low.