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Jost O.L. Wendt is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States and specializes in engineering, with a significant focus on thermochemical biomass conversion processes.

Their research spans multiple subfields, including biomedical engineering, computational mechanics, geochemistry and petrology, safety, risk, reliability and quality, and ocean engineering. The primary topics of their work include combustion and flame dynamics, coal and its by-products, fire dynamics and safety research, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, particle dynamics in fluid flows, as well as combustion and detonation processes.

The researcher has contributed extensively to the academic literature, with frequent publications in notable venues such as:

  • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Energy & Fuels
  • Fuel
  • Fuel Processing Technology
  • Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Combustion of C1 and C2 PFAS: Kinetic modeling and experiments (2022), Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association
  • Modeling of the submicron particles formation and initial layer ash deposition during high temperature oxy-coal combustion (2020), Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Modeling ash deposit growth rates for a wide range of solid fuels in a 100 kW combustor (2021), Fuel Processing Technology
  • Enrichment mechanism of arsenic in fine ash deposits during co-combustion of rice husk and coal (2020), Fuel
  • Alkali sulfation during combustion of coal in a pilot scale facility using additives to alter the global sulfur to potassium and chlorine to potassium ratios (2020), Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Their collaborative work is reflected through frequent coauthors, including:

  • Yueming Wang
  • Xiaolong Li
  • Andrew Fry
  • Rajarshi Roy

Best Publications

  • Toxic metal emissions from incineration: Mechanisms and control

    William P Linak;Jost O.L Wendt

  • Trace metal transformation mechanisms during coal combustion

    William P. Linak;Jost O.L. Wendt

  • Comparison of Particle Size Distributions and Elemental Partitioning from the Combustion of Pulverized Coal and Residual Fuel Oil

    W. P. Linak;C. A. Miller;J. O L Wendt

  • Reduction of sulfur trioxide and nitrogen oxides by secondary fuel injection

    J.O.L. Wendt;C.V. Sternling;M.A. Matovich

  • Pulverized coal combustion: The influence of flame temperature and coal composition on thermal and fuel NOx

    David W. Pershing;Jost O. L. Wendt

  • ON TRIMODAL PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS IN FLY ASH FROM PULVERIZED-COAL COMBUSTION

    William P. Linak;C. Andrew Miller;Wayne S. Seames;Jost O.L. Wendt

  • Ultrafine ash aerosols from coal combustion: Characterization and health effects ☆

    William P. Linak;Jong Ik Yoo;Shirley J. Wasson;Weiyan Zhu

  • Relative Contributions of Volatile Nitrogen and Char Nitrogen to NOx Emissions from Pulverized Coal Flames

    D. W. Pershing;J. O. L. Wendt

  • Partitioning of arsenic, selenium, and cadmium during the combustion of Pittsburgh and Illinois #6 coals in a self-sustained combustor

    Wayne S Seames;Jost O.L Wendt

  • Metal capture by sorbents in combustion processes

    Mark V. Scotto;Mohit Uberoi;Thomas W. Peterson;Farhang Shadman

  • Fundamental coal combustion mechanisms and pollutant formation in furnaces

    J.O.L. Wendt

  • Sorbent capture of nickel, lead, and cadmium in a laboratory swirl flame incinerator☆☆☆

    William P. Linak;Ravi K. Srivastava;Jost O.L. Wendt

  • Regimes of association of arsenic and selenium during pulverized coal combustion

    Wayne S. Seames;Jost O.L. Wendt

  • High-temperature sorbents for Hg, Cd, Pb, and other trace metals: Mechanisms and applications

    Jost O.L. Wendt;Sung Jun Lee

  • High-temperature interactions between multiple-metals and kaolinite

    Thomas K. Gale;Jost O.L. Wendt

  • Mechanisms and Models Describing Sodium and Lead Scavenging by a Kaolinite Aerosol at High Temperatures

    Thomas K. Gale;Thomas K. Gale;Jost O. L. Wendt

  • Crude glycerol combustion: Particulate, acrolein, and other volatile organic emissions

    Scott A. Steinmetz;Jason S. Herrington;Christopher K. Winterrowd;William L. Roberts

  • Mechanisms governing trace sodium capture by kaolinite in a downflow combustor

    Philip O. Mwabe;Jost O.L. Wendt

  • Ash and deposit formation from oxy-coal combustion in a 100kW test furnace

    Dunxi Yu;Dunxi Yu;William J. Morris;Raphael Erickson;Jost O.L. Wendt

  • In-furnace capture of cadmium and other semi-volatile metals by sorbents

    Thomas K. Gale;Jost O.L. Wendt

Frequent Co-Authors

Adel F. Sarofim
Adel F. Sarofim University of Utah
Frank E. Huggins
Frank E. Huggins University of Kentucky
Gerald P. Huffman
Gerald P. Huffman University of Kentucky
JoAnn S. Lighty
JoAnn S. Lighty Boise State University
Minghou Xu
Minghou Xu Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Alan R. Kerstein
Alan R. Kerstein Sandia National Laboratories
Robert B. Finkelman
Robert B. Finkelman The University of Texas at Dallas
Ronald J. Pugmire
Ronald J. Pugmire University of Utah
James A. Mulholland
James A. Mulholland Georgia Institute of Technology
Thomas H. Fletcher
Thomas H. Fletcher Brigham Young University

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