UDRI People - Philip Taylor

Dr. Philip Taylor's interests include: thermal decomposition of energetic and hazardous materials; laboratory-scale incineration of polymeric materials; atmospheric and post-combustion oxidation of hazardous air pollutants; and gasification of refractory biomass materials.

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	Division: Energy and Environmental Engineering Group: Environmental Engineering Capabilities: Computational Analysis Hazardous Waste Combustion Studies Reaction Kinetics Research Thermal Decomposition Studies

Philip H. Taylor, Ph.D.

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Distinguished Research Scientist and
Group Leader, Environmental Engineering

Address:
Kettering Laboratories, Rm. 101B
300 College Park
Dayton, OH 45469-0141
937-229-3604
fax 937-229-2503

Professional Interests:

Thermal decomposition of energetic and hazardous materials
Laboratory-scale incineration of polymeric materials
Atmospheric and post-combustion oxidation of hazardous air pollutants
Gasification of refractory biomass materials

Education:

Ph.D., Fuel Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1984
B.S., Chemistry, SUNY at Oneonta, 1980

Honors:

EPA STAR Award, 1993
NRC - NIST Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1984

Affiliations:

The Combustion Institute
Coalition for Responsible Waste Incineration
American Chemical Society
Sigma Xi

Selected Publications:

R. Ananthula, T. Yamada, and P. H. Taylor, “Kinetics of OH Radical Reaction with Phenanthrene: New Absolute Rate Measurements and Comparison with Other PAHs,” Int. J. Chem. Kinet., 39, 629, 2007.

T. Yamada, P. H. Taylor, R. C. Buck, M. A. Kaiser, and R. J. Giraud, “Thermal Degradation of Fluorotelomer Treated Articles and Related Materials,” Chemosphere, 61, 974, 2005.

T. Yamada, P. H. Taylor, A. Goumri, and P. Marshall, “The Reaction of OH with Acetone and Acetone-d₆ from 298 to 832 K: Rate Coefficients and Mechanism,” J. Chem. Phys., 119, 10600, 2003.

P. H. Taylor and D. Lenoir, “Chloroaromatic Formation in Incineration Processes,” Science Total Environ., 269, 1, 2001.

T. Yamada, T. D. Fang, P. H. Taylor, and R. J. Berry, “Kinetics and Thermochemistry of OH Radical Reactions with CHCl₂CF₃ and CHFClCF₃,” J. Phys. Chem. A, 104, 5013, 2000.

P. H. Taylor, S. S. Sidhu, W. A. Rubey, B. Dellinger, A. Wehrmeier, and D. Lenoir, “Evidence for a Unified Pathway of Dioxin Formation from Aliphatic Hydrocarbons,” Proc. Combust. Inst., 27, 1769, The Combustion Institute, 1998.

P. H. Taylor, L. Cheng, and B. Dellinger, “Organic Pollutants from the Thermal Degradation of Oxygenated Fuels,” in Alternative Fuels: Composition, Performance, Engines, and Systems (SP-1181), SAE Technical Paper Series #961088, p. 269, Warrendale, PA, 1996.

P. H. Taylor, D. A. Tirey, and B. Dellinger, "A Comprehensive Kinetic Model of the High Temperature Pyrolysis of Tetrachloroethene," Combust. Flame, 104, 260, 1996.

B. Dellinger, P. H. Taylor, and C. C. Lee, "Full-Scale Evaluation of the Thermal Stability-Based Hazardous Organic Waste Incinerability Ranking," J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc., 43, 203, 1993.

P. H. Taylor, B. Dellinger, and C. C. Lee, "Development of a Thermal Stability-Based Ranking of Hazardous Organic Compound Incinerability," Environ. Sci. Technol., 24, 316, 1990.