Ronald W. Breault is currently team leader at the U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, working on the development of chemical looping combustion and gasification technologies including fluidized reactor characterization. After studying chemical engineering at Clarkson University and the University of New Hampshire he has been working as a Program Manager at Riley Stoker Corporation, USA. Subsequently he held positions as Director of New Business Development and Environmental Technologies at Thermo Power Corporation before he became Assistant Professor and Director at Wheeling Jesuit University. He has written numerous publications in peer reviewed journals, several books and book chapters, and holds various patents.

Preface CHEMICAL LOOPING PROCESS CONCEPTSThe Moving Bed Fuel Reactor ProcessSingle and Double Loop Reacting SystemsChemical Looping processes using packed bed reactorsChemical Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling (CLOU) Processes The Pressurized Chemical Looping Combustion for Solid FuelOXYGEN CARRIERSEconomically viable Fe2O3-based oxygen carriers for chemical looping Oxygen Carriers for Chemical Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling (CLOU) Mixed Metal Oxides CarriersOxygen Carrier Structure and AttritionCOMMERCIAL DESIGN STUDIES OF CLC SYSTEMSCFD Simulation of Particle Separation in a Binary Fluidize d Bed inside a Riser-Based Carbon Stripper for Chemical Looping CombustionThe Calcium Chemical Looping ProcessSimulations for Scale Up of CLOU Systems OTHER CHEMICAL LOOPING PROCESSESCalcium looping carbon capture processPolyamine looping processes for CO2 scrubbingChemical Looping of MgO - Based Sorbents for CO2 Capture in IGCC

This comprehensive and up-to-date handbook on this highly topical field, covering everything from new process concepts to commercial applications.Describing novel developments as well as established methods, the authors start with the evaluation of different oxygen carriers and subsequently illuminate various technological concepts for the energy conversion process. They then go on to discuss the potential for commercial applications in gaseous, coal, and fuel combustion processes in industry. The result is an invaluable source for every scientist in the field, from inorganic chemists in academia to chemical engineers in industry.