Ash Behavior and Mercury Control Short Course

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Mercury Control Course Instructors
(three present at each course)

	Dr. Steven A. Benson Dr. Benson's areas of expertise include the fate and behavior of major, minor, and trace inorganic components in combustion and gasification fuel systems. Specific emphasis has been on fireside ash behavior and control of emissions, specifically mercury.
	Mr. Michael J. Holmes Michael J. Holmes, EERC Deputy Associate Director for Research, oversees fossil energy research areas at the EERC, including hydrogen production and mercury control technology projects, and is involved in research in a range of areas, including emission control, fuel utilization, process development, and process economic evaluations.
	Dr. Michael L. Jones Dr. Jones's principal areas of interest and expertise include multidisciplinary science and engineering research focused on a wide range of integrated energy and environmental technologies, including clean and efficient combustion of low-grade fuels, matching of fuel characteristics to system design and operating parameters, development of advanced power systems based on low-grade fuels, fundamentals of low-grade fuel combustion, ash deposition in low-grade fuel combustion systems, and analysis of inorganic materials in low-grade fuels.
	Dr. Donald P. McCollor Dr. McCollor's principal areas of interest and expertise include coal combustion kinetics and inorganic transformations, ash deposition processes, and mercury control testing. He has over 20 years of experience in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data from combustion systems as well as in the development of predictive models to assess combustion and ash deposition behavior.
	Mr. John H. Pavlish Mr. Pavlish's areas of interest and expertise include research and consultation on air toxic issues; hazardous air pollutants with emphasis on mercury; the effects of fuel quality and ash on combustion, gasification, and power plant system performance; emission reduction control technologies; and flue gas-processing equipment.
	Mr. Jason D. Laumb Mr. Laumb's principal areas of interest and expertise include biomass and fossil fuel conversion for energy production, with an emphasis on ash effects on system performance. He has experience with trace element emissions and control for fossil fuel combustion systems, with a particular emphasis on air pollution issues related to mercury and fine particulate.
	Mr. Kevin C. Galbreath Mr. Galbreath's principal areas of interest and expertise include trace element transformations and speciation in fossil fuel conversion flue gases and the thermal metamorphism of coal mineral matter. Specific emphasis has been on trace metal emissions, characterization, and transformations; airborne trace metal transport and fate; ambient air quality; and inhalation health effects.