Peer Review of Interim Report on Computational
Fluid Dynamics Model for Predicting Wellhead
Oil-Burning Efficiency at Bench and
Intermediate Scales

Committee on the Peer Review of Interim Report on Computational Fluid
Dynamics Model for Predicting Wellhead Oil-Burning Efficiency at Bench and
Intermediate Scales

Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology

Division on Earth and Life Studies

A Consensus Study Report of

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COMMITTEE ON THE PEER REVIEW OF INTERIM REPORT ON COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODEL FOR PREDICTING WELLHEAD OIL-BURNING EFFICIENCY AT BENCH AND INTERMEDIATE SCALES

Members

MARGARET WOOLDRIDGE (Chair), University of Michigan

JACQUELINE H. CHEN, NAE, Sandia National Laboratories

FREDERICK L. DRYER, NAE, University of South Carolina

TAREK ECHEKKI, North Carolina State University

IPSITA GUPTA, Louisiana State University

JOSEPH KATZ, NAE, The Johns Hopkins University

ROBERT P. LUCHT, Purdue University

HOPE A. MICHELSEN, University of Colorado Boulder

VEDHA NAYAGAM, Case Western Reserve University

ALI S. RANGWALA, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

ABHISHEK SAHA, University of California, San Diego

WILLIAM A. SIRIGNANO, NAE, University of California, Irvine

SIBENDU SOM, Argonne National Laboratory, University of Chicago

Staff

MAGGIE WALSER, Co-Study Director

LIANA VACCARI, Co-Study Director

JESSICA WOLFMAN, Research Associate

BENJAMIN ULRICH, Senior Program Assistant

BOARD ON CHEMICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

Co-Chairs

SCOTT COLLICK, DuPont

JENNIFER SINCLAIR CURTIS, University of California, Davis

Members

GERARD BAILLELY, Procter & Gamble

RUBEN G. CARBONELL, NAE, North Carolina State University

JOHN FORTNER, Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science

SAMUEL H. GELLMAN, NAS, University of Wisconsin–Madison

KAREN I. GOLDBERG, NAS, University of Pennsylvania

TIMOTHY HALL, McNesse State University

MIRIAM E. JOHN, Sandia National Laboratories (Ret.)

JODIE L. LUTKENHAUS, Texas A&M University

JOSEPH B. POWELL, Shell Global

SALY ROMERO-TORRES, Thermo Fisher Scientific

PETER ROSSKY, NAS, Rice University

REBECCA T. RUCK, Merck Process Research & Development

RICHMOND SARPONG, University of California, Berkeley

VIJAY SWARUP, ExxonMobil

Staff

JEREMY MATHIS, Board Director

MEGAN HARRIES, Program Officer

LIANA VACCARI, Program Officer

LINDA NHON, Associate Program Officer

NICHOLAS ROGERS, Senior Finance Business Partner

THANH NGUYEN, Financial Business Partner

KESIAH CLEMENT, Research Associate

JESSICA WOLFMAN, Research Associate

ELISE ZAIDI, Communications and Media Associate

ABIGAIL ULMAN, Research Assistant

BEN ULRICH, Senior Program Assistant

ANIA ZOLYNIAK, College Student Hire

Acknowledgment of Reviewers

This Consensus Study Report was reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in making each published report as sound as possible and to ensure that it meets the institutional standards for quality, objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process.

We thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations of this report, nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Dennis Bushnell, NASA, and Manuel Terranova, Peaxy, Inc. They were responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with the standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the authoring committee and the National Academies.

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Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1 INTRODUCTION

2 THE COMMITTEE’S RESPONSES TO THE CHARGE QUESTIONS

3 CONCLUSIONS

APPENDIXES

A PEER REVIEW CHARGE DOCUMENT

B ANONYMIZED COMMITTEE RESPONSES TO CHARGE QUESTIONS

C PEER REVIEW SCHEDULE AND COMMITTEE MEETING SUMMARIES

D ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

E BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS

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