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Conventional Energy

Research focused on improving the efficiency and safety of conventional energy production, and on the mitigating of the environmental impacts of its production, transport and use

Research

Underground storage of carbon dioxide

Towards a safer, more effective sequestration process

The Future of Natural Gas

Analyzing natural gas's role in a future energy market

Ultra-low-drag hydrodynamics

Decreasing drag at droplet level

The Future of Coal

Analyzing coal's role in a future energy market

Publications

Journal Articles

Impact of Finite-rate Kinetics on Carbon Conversion in a Single-stage Entrained Flow Gasifer with Coal-CO2 Slurry Feed

December 2016

Randall Field, Howard Herzog, Ahmed Ghoniem
Working Papers

Lessons Learned from CCS Demonstration and Large Pilot Projects

May 2016

Howard Herzog
Journal Articles

Optimal dynamic allocation of mobile plants to monetize associated or stranded natural gas, part II: Dealing with uncertainty

February 2016

Paul Barton, Siah Hong Tan

News

Predicting productivity: MIT researchers reveal bias in current unconventional oil and gas well modeling
Clean power planning
Researchers design coatings to prevent pipeline clogging

People

Paul Barton Professor

Chemical Engineering
Carlos Batlle Research Scholar
Daniel Blankschtein Professor

Chemical Engineering
Richard Braatz Professor

Chemical Engineering
Sylvia Ceyer Professor

Chemistry
Wai Cheng Professor

Mechanical Engineering
Olivier de Weck Professor

Aeronautics and Astronautics
Laurent Demanet Professor

Mathematics
Emre Gençer Postdoctoral Associate

MIT Energy Initiative
Howard Herzog Senior Research Engineer

MIT Energy Initiative; MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Jeremiah Johnson Assistant Professor

Chemistry
Ruben Juanes Associate Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering
Heather Kulik Assistant Professor

Chemical Engineering
Karthish Manthiram Assistant Professor

Chemical Engineering
Youssef Marzouk Associate Professor

Aeronautics and Astronautics
John Parsons Senior Lecturer

Sloan School of Management
Apurba Sakti Research Scientist

MIT Energy Initiative
Farrokh Sheibani Postdoctoral Associate

Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science
Zachary Smith Assistant Professor

Chemical Engineering
Choon Sooi Tan Senior Research Engineer

Aeronautics and Astronautics
Yogesh Surendranath Assistant Professor

Chemistry
Michael Triantafyllou Professor

Mechanical Engineering
Qiqi Wang Associate Professor

Aeronautics and Astronautics
Nicholas Xuanlai Fang Associate Professor

Mechanical Engineering