Kalyan Annamalai
Paul Pepper Professor
Office: 307 Engineering/Physics Building Office Wing
Phone: 979-845-2562 Fax: 979-845-3081
Email: kannamalai@tamu.edu
Interest Areas
Combustion, coal and biomass, animal waste, energy conversion, pollutants, fire and thermodynamics
Education
B.S., University of Madras (Anna University), India, 1966
M.S., Indian Institute of Science, 1968
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1975
Experience
Texas A&M University
Professor, 1993–present
Associate Professor, 1987–1993
Assistant Professor, 1981–1987
Associate Scientist, AVCO-Everett Research Laboratory, 1979–1981
Research Associate, Division of Engineering, Brown University, 1975–1978
Georgia Tech
Graduate Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering, 1974–1975
Graduate Teaching Assistant/Instructor, Mechanical Engineering, 1970–1974
Research
A Novel Application of Feedlot Manure as Re-Burn Fuel for NOx Reduction in Existing Coal-Fired Plants, sponsored by U.S. Department of Agriculture through National Center for Manure and Animal Waste Management, North Carolina, Co-PI: J. Sweeten, S. Mukhtar.
Optimization Studies on Reburn with Feedlot Manure for NOx Control, sponsored by Texas Cattle Feeders Association, Co-PI: J. Sweeten.
Development of All-Solid-State Sensors for Measurement of Nitric Oxide and Ammonia Concentrations by Optical Absorption in Particle-laden Combustion Exhaust Streams, sponsored by Department of Energy, Pittsburgh University Coal Research, Co-PI: R. Lucht, J. Caton.
Globalization and Employability Benchmarks for Overseas Educational Exchange, Department of Education, a European Union and USA Consortia for Cooperation in Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training Consortium Grant (USA: University of Illinois at Chicago, University of California San Diego, University of Minnesota, and Texas A&M University; European Union: Politecnico di Milano Italy, Technische Universität Hamburg, Germany, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain, Technische Universität Wien, Austria, and Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden).
Distinctions
2002–2003 Ruth and William Neely ‘92/Dow Chemical Faculty Fellow
ASME Petroleum Division ETCE 2000 Frank Walk Service Award
1997 Service Award, Symposium Chair on Emerging Energy Technology
ASME Fellow, 1997
Patents
U.S. Patent #60/278, 277 (pending)
“Reburning System with Feedlot Biomass for Maximum NOx Reduction in Power Plants.”
THERMOLAB–1 Software, Copyrighted March 2001.
Recent Publications
Sweeten, J. M., Annamalai, K, Thien, B., and McDonald, L., “Co-Firing of Coal and Cattle Feedlot Biomass (FB) Fuels, Part I: Feedlot Biomass (Cattle Manure) Fuel Quality and Characteristics,” Fuel, Vol. 82, No. 10, pp. 1167–1182, 2003.
Annamalai, K., Thien, B., and Sweeten, J., “Co-Firing of Coal and Cattle Feedlot Biomass (FB) Fuels Part II: Performance Results from 100,000 BTU/Hr Laboratory Scale Boiler Burner,” Fuel, Vol. 82, No. 10, pp. 1183–1193 2003.
Annamalai, K., Freeman, M., Sweeten, J., Mathur, M., Gilbert, and Jones, “Co-Firing of Coal and Cattle Feedlot Biomass (FB) Fuels, Part III: Fouling Results from a 500,000 BTU/hr Pilot Plant Scale Boiler Burner,” Fuel, Vol. 82, No. 10, pp. 1195–1200, 2003.
Sami, M., Annamalai, K. and Wooldridge, M., “A Review of Co-Firing of Coal: Bio-solid Fuels Cofiring,” Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Vol. 27, pp. 171–214, 2001.
Tran, P. and Annamalai, K., “Heat and Mass Transfer Analysis of the Ignition and Extinction of Solid Fuel Particles,” ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 121, pp. 886–893, 1999.
Frazzitta, S., Annamalai, K., and Sweeten, J., “Performance of a Burner with Coal and Coal: Feedlot Manure Blends,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 181–186, 1999.
