Jack Ferrell

RESEARCH ENGINEER
Chemical Engineering
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
United States of America

Academician Chemical Engineering
Biography

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2004–2009, B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, 2000–2004. Professional Experience: Staff Engineer, Thermochemical Catalysis R&D, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), National Bioenergy Center (NBC), 2012–present. Temporary Engineer, Thermochemical Catalysis R&D, NREL, NBC, 2011–2012, Postdoctoral Associate, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Energy Systems Dynamics and Separations & Fuels Processing Divisions, 2010–2011

Research Intrest

Jack Ferrell works in the Thermochemical Catalysis Research and Development (R&D) group and manages tasks on analytical standardization for pyrolysis oil and on kinetic and hydrodynamic modeling of biomass-to-biofuels processes. Research interests include: Standardization of analytical techniques for the analysis of bio-oils, Electrochemical upgrading of biomass-derived intermediates, Computational modeling for the production of fuels and chemicals from gasified biomass

List of Publications
Ferrell JR, Kuo MC, Turner JA, Herring AM. The use of the heteropoly acids, H 3 PMo 12 O 40 and H 3 PW 12 O 40, for the enhanced electrochemical oxidation of methanol for direct methanol fuel cells. Electrochimica Acta. 2008 May 30;53(14):4927-33.
Strobel TA, Kim Y, Andrews GS, Ferrell Iii JR, Koh CA, Herring AM, Sloan ED. Chemical− Clathrate Hybrid Hydrogen Storage: Storage in Both Guest and Host. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2008 Oct 17;130(45):14975-7.
Ruddy DA, Schaidle JA, Ferrell III JR, Wang J, Moens L, Hensley JE. Recent advances in heterogeneous catalysts for bio-oil upgrading via “ex situ catalytic fast pyrolysis”: catalyst development through the study of model compounds. Green Chemistry. 2014;16(2):454-90.