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Current Research Interests
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS); Novel Nano-scale Hybrid Materials for energy and environmental technologies; Synthesis of hydrogen and liquid fuels from biomass and municipal solid wastes; Clean fossil energy conversion systems; Electrostatic charging phenomena in multiphase flows and electrostatic tomography; Particle technology and Fluidization.
The specific on-going research efforts of Park's group include:
I. Novel Nano-scale Materials for Sustainable Energy and Environment
- Novel liquid-like Nanoparticle Organic Hybrid Materials (NOHMs) for CO2 Capture
- Novel liquid-like Nanoparticle Organic Hybrid Materials (NOHMs) as Duel-purpose Reactive Media
II. Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) based on Carbonate Chemistry
- Carbon Mineral Sequestration: Chemical and Biological Catalytic Enhancement of Weathering of Silicate Minerals
- In-Situ Carbon Mineralization in Geologic Formations
- Accelerated Carbonation of Industrial Wastes
- Utilization of Mineralized CO2 and other Solid Products
- Risk Assessment of Carbon Injection in Geologic Formations
III. Sustainable Fuel Synthesis Pathways integrated with Carbon Capture and Storage
- Sustainable Fuel Synthesis Pathways integrated with Carbon Capture and Storage
- Enhanced Water-Gas Shift via in-situ Carbonation of Mg-bearing materials for the Waste-to-Fuels technology
- Sustainable Energy Conversion of Biomass: Carbon Negative Biorefining System
IV. Particle Technology and Multiphase Flows
- Electrostatic Phenomenon in Multiphase Flows
- Mixing and Entrainment Behaviors of Particulate Sytsems involving Particles with Different Sizes and Densities