Reactor Development · Controls · Instrumentation
REGENLOOP Lab-Scale Reactor Research
I contributed to the development of a laboratory-scale redox reactor for converting captured CO₂ into carbon monoxide. My work brought together mechanical assembly, gas-delivery hardware, instrumentation, and automated controls for future cyclic experiments.
My contributions
- Reactor assembly: assembled reactor components and supported integration with an external fluidized bed for thermal energy capture and release.
- Gas delivery and instrumentation: integrated valves, gas-handling hardware, and instrumentation with the reactor and data-acquisition system for temperature, pressure, and flow monitoring.
- LabVIEW controls: developed gas-flow commands, valve sequencing, cycle timing, and data logging, with safety interlocks and shutdown controls for later validation.
By the end of the summer, the project had reached the system-development and pre-testing stage, with the control architecture developed and major hardware assembled or prepared for integration.
Working with Greg Jackson, Akbar Laksana, and Sandrine Ricote, in collaboration with the National Laboratory of the Rockies.