Geoffrey Silcox portrait
  • Associate Chair, Chemical Engineering
  • Professor (Lecturer) Emeritus, Chemical Engineering

Publications

  • Noel de Nevers & Geoffrey Silcox (2020). Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers. McGraw-Hill. Published, 01/2020.
  • G. D. Silcox & J. J. Noble, P. C. Wankat, K. S. Knaebel (2018). Heat and Mass Transfer. Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook. Published, 07/13/2018.
  • F. B. Shareh & Geof Silcox, Eric Eddings (2018). Calculated Impacts of Diluents on Flame Temperature, Ignition Delay, and Flame Speed of Methane-Oxygen Mixtures at High Pressure and Low to Moderate Temperatures. Energy & Fuels. Vol. 32, 3891-3899. Published, 01/18/2018.
  • Kelly, K. E., D. Wang, M. Hradisky, G. D. Silcox, P. J. Smith, E. G. Eddings, D. W. Pershing, “Underground coal thermal treatment as a potential low-carbon energy source,” Fuel Processing Technology, 144, 8 – 19, 2016. Published, 12/22/2015.
  • Preciado, I., T. Young, and G.D. Silcox, “Mercury Oxidation by Halogens under Air- and Oxygen-Fired Conditions,” Energy and Fuels, 28, 1255-1261, 2014. Published, 01/2014.
  • Buitrago, P.A., B. Van Otten, C.L. Senior, and G.D. Silcox, “Impinger-Based Mercury Speciation Methods and Gas-Phase Mercury Oxidation by Bromine in Combustion Systems,” Energy and Fuels, 27, 6255-6261, 2013. Published, 09/2013.
  • Kelly, K.E., R. Kotchenruther, R. Kuprov, G.D. Silcox, “Receptor model source attributions for Utah’s Salt Lake City airshed and the impacts of wintertime secondary ammonium nitrate and ammonium chloride aerosol,” Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 63 (5) 575-590, 2013. Published, 04/2013.
  • Silcox, G.D., K.E. Kelly, E.T. Crosman, C.D. Whiteman, B.L. Allen, “Wintertime PM2.5 Concentrations During Persistent, Multi-Day Cold-Air Pools in a Mountain Valley,” Atmospheric Environment 46, 17-24, 2012. Published, 01/2012.
  • Kelly, K.E., G.D. Silcox, A.F. Sarofim, D.W. Pershing, “An evaluation of ex situ, industrial-scale, aqueous CO2 mineralization,” International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 5, 1587–1595, 2011. Published, 11/2011.
  • Van Otten, B., P.A. Buitrago, C.L. Senior, and G.D. Silcox, “Gas-Phase Oxidation of Mercury by Bromine and Chlorine in Flue Gas,” Energy and Fuels, 25, 3530–3536, 2011. Published, 07/2011.

Research Keywords

  • Process Modeling
  • Mercury Emissions and Control
  • Combustion
  • Air Quality
  • Air Pollution

Presentations

  • Kerry, K. E., G. D. Silcox, R. Kotchenruther, R. Kuprov, “Characterizing PM2.5 in a Mountain Valley: A Community Engagement Project,” AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 3 – 8, 2013. Other, Presented, 11/2013.
  • Preciado, I., T. Young, G. Silcox, J. Wendt, B. Van Otten, A. Fry, “Mercury oxidation by halogens under air-fired and oxy-fuel conditions,” American Flame Research Committee Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, September 6, 2012. Other, Presented, 09/06/2012.
  • P.A. Buitrago, G.D. Silcox, B.V. Otten, C.L. Senior, "Oxy-Firing and Gas-Phase Mercury Oxidation by Halogens", AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah. November 2011. Other, Presented, 11/11/2010.