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Electric Power Research Institute
Bio
Dr. Steele is the Program Manager at the Electric Power Research Institute in Charlotte, NC, USA of the Combined-Cycle Turbomachinery program (P79). He directs all aspects regarding industrial gas turbine research and development including hot section/combustor life cycle, compressor/turbine rotor life extension and durability, and combustor monitoring, tuning, and turndown. His gas turbine expertise is in the area of combustion driven pressure dynamics, combustor rig testing and instrumentation, and ultra- low NOx designs.
Prior to joining P79, he was a Senior Project Manager in the EPRI Advanced Generation group with specific focus on coal applications and large project demonstrations. Dr. Steele has focused on IGCC gas turbine syngas applications, new oxygen separation technologies including the Air Products Ion Transport Membrane, and advanced laser techniques for measuring gasifier flame temperatures. He has particular expertise in the area of CO2 handling with emphasis on advanced compression, power plant integration, thermos-physical properties of CO2 mixtures, and pipeline transportation.
He has twenty-five years’ experience in gas turbine combustion research, development and test; and electric power generation industry including carbon capture, compression and sequestration. Prior to joining EPRI, Steele was a Vice President and Combustion Team Leader at Ramgen Power Systems in Bellevue, Washington. He was directly involved in the development of lean premixed trapped vortex combustion designs for gas turbines and supersonic compressor designs for industrial gas compression applications with specific focus on CO2. In addition, he also worked at Solar Turbines in San Diego as the Mars SoloNOx Engine Combustion Team Leader.