Ezra Bar-Ziv

Contact

ebarziv@mtu.edu
906-487-3151
MEEM 1012

Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

PhD, The Weizmann Institute of Science

Biography

Dr. Ezra Bar-Ziv joined the MAE Department as a professor in 2011, coming to Michigan Tech from BenGurion University. Bar-Ziv held several post doctoral associate positions. He was the director and founder of the program for Projects in Industry, the Program for High-Tech Retraining, and the chair and founder of the Department of Biotechnology and Environmental Engineering at BenGurion University. He was the Clyde Chair in Chemical Engineering during his sabbatical at University of Utah in 2005- 2006 and then served as Associate Dean for Academic Development and Research at the College of Engineering Sciences at Ben-Gurion University. Dr. Bar-Ziv founded three start-up companies on waste valorization and led the largest torrefaction facility in the United States for Portland General Electric. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of advanced energy systems, including municipal waste valorization, coal combustion, gasification, pollution reduction, and biomass torrefaction, for the power industry and large stationary systems. He earned his PhD in Chemical Physics from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Areas of Expertise

Clean Coal Combustion
Fuel Switching in Coal Power Plants
Torrefaction and pyrolysis of Biomass

Links of Interest

Solvent-targeted Recovery and Precipitation (STRAP) Application

Research Interests

Emissions from Coal Power Plants
Simulation of Operation of Coal Power Plants
Torrefied-biomass (biocoal) as a Renewable Clean Replacement of Coal
Kinetics of Torrefaction and Pyrolysis of Biomass

Recent Publications

Xu, Zhuo, Stas, Zinchik, Kolapkar, Shreyas, Bar-Ziv, Ezra, Hansen, T., Conn, D., McDonald, A., "Properties of Torrefied U.S. Waste Blends," Frontiers in Energy Research, Vol. 6, Jul 2018, Article 65, 13 pages. DOI:10.3389/fenrg.2018.00065
Klemetsrud, B., Klinger, J., Bar-Ziv, Ezra, Shonnard David "A Kinetic Study of the Fast Micro-pyrolysis of Hybrid Poplar," Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, Vol 128, pp. 353-362, Nov 2017.DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2017.09.014
Bar Ziv, Ezra, Saveliev, Roman, Korytnyi, Efim, Perelman, Miron, Chudnovsky, Boris, Talanker, Alexander, "Evaluation of Performance of Anglo-Mafube Bituminous South African Coal in 550 MW Opposite-Wall and 575 MW Tangential-Fired Utility Boilers," Fuel Processing Technology, Jul 2014, Vol. 123, pp. 92-106, DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2014.01.026
Bar Ziv, Ezra, Mody, Jaisen, Saveliev, Roman, Perelman, Miron, "Firing Tests of Biocoal," ASME Power, Jul, 2014, Vol. 1, Paper No. POWER2014-32037, pp. V001T01A004, 9 pages, DOI: 10.1115/POWER2014-32037
Bar Ziv, Ezra, Mody, Jaisen, Saveliev, Roman, Perelman, Miron, "Production and Characterization of Biocoal for Coal-Fired Boilers," ASME Power, Jul, 2014, Vol. 1, Paper No. POWER2014-32036, pp. V001T01A003; 6 pages, DOI: 10.1115/POWER2014-32036
Bar Ziv, Ezra, Mody, Jaisen, Saveliev, Roman, Perelman, Miron, "Selection of Biomass Feedstock for Production of Biocoal for Coal-Fired Boilers," ASME Power, Jul, 2014, Vol. 1, Paper No. POWER2014-32031, pp. V001T01A002; 6 pages, DOI: 10.1115/POWER2014-32031
Bar-Ziv, Ezra, Saveliev, Roman, 2013, “Torrefied-biomass from municipal solid waste for power production,” ASME-Power2013-98044.
Klinger, Jordan, Klemetorl, Bethany, Shonnard, David, Bar-Ziv, Ezra, 2013, “Temperature dependence of aspen torrefication research kinetic,” AICHE Meeting, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, in review.
Bar-Ziv, E., Saveliev, R., Chudnovsky, B., 2012, “Torrefied-biomass from municipal solid waste for power production,” ICONE20POWER2012-54122.
Bar Ziv, E., Berman, Y., Saveliev, R., Perelman, M., Korytnyi, E., Chudnovsky, B., 2012, ”Prediction of fouling and slagging in pulverized-coal fired furnaces,” ICONE20POWER2012-54121.
Chudnovsky, B., Talanker, A., Berman, Y., Saveliev, R., Perelman, M., Korytnyi, E., Davidson, B., Bar-Ziv, E., 2010, “Prediction of performance from PRB coal fired in utility boilers with various furnace and firing system arrangements,” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 132:11-14.
Bar-Ziv, E., Berman, Y., Saveliev, R., Perelman, M., Korytnyi, E., Davidson, B., 2010, “Fouling formation in 575 MW tangential-fired pulverized-coal boiler,” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 132:15-22.