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Personal Profile
Katherine has worked as a chemical process and controls engineer in the Thermal and Catalytic Process Development Unit at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) since 2007, focusing on safe, pilot-scale research of various technologies that enable renewable biomass to be converted to liquid fuels and chemicals. Her expertise includes:
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Pilot-scale process design, installation, and startup
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Design, installation, and programming of instrumentation and control systems
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Pilot-plant experiment planning and operations
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Data analysis and reporting
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Process optimization
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Process equipment design
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Process safety management, management of change, process hazard analysis (PHA) and hazard and operability analysis (HAZOP), and layers of protection with regard to engineering controls
Please contact me with research questions, ideas for collaborations, and questions about projects related to my research interests at NREL. Please do NOT contact me directly for jobs—see instead information on NREL's Director's Postdoctoral Fellowship program or on NREL Careers in general.
Research Interests
Biomass fast pyrolysis including catalytic upgrading
Biomass gasification and catalytic gas cleanup
Fluidized beds and circulating fluidized beds
Unit operations associated with thermochemical and catalytic conversion of biomass
Pilot plant design, operations, and optimization
Professional Experience
Chemical Process & Controls Engineer, NREL, 2007–present
Controls Engineer, Applied Control Engineering, 2000–2006
Process Engineer, National Starch and Chemical, 1997–1999
Education/Academic Qualification
Bachelor, Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware
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Cycloalkane-Rich Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production via Hydrotreating Lignocellulosic Biomass-Derived Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis Oils
Chen, X., Orton, K., Mukarakate, C., Gaston, K., Fioroni, G., McCormick, R., Griffin, M. & Iisa, K., 2024, In: Sustainable Energy and Fuels. 8, 23, p. 5504-5513 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sustainable Aviation Fuel via Hydroprocessing of Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis Oil
Iisa, K., Christensen, E., Orton, K., Mukarakate, C., Griffin, M., Smith, K., Gaston, K., Tuxworth, L. & Watson, M., 2022, 17 p.Research output: NREL › Presentation
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Assessment of a Detailed Biomass Pyrolysis Kinetic Scheme in Multiscale Simulations of a Single-Particle Pyrolyzer and a Pilot-Scale Entrained Flow Pyrolyzer
Gao, X., Lu, L., Shahnam, M., Rogers, W. A., Smith, K., Gaston, K., Robichaud, D., Brennan Pecha, M., Crowley, M., Ciesielski, P. N., Debiagi, P., Faravelli, T., Wiggins, G., Finney, C. E. A. & Parks, J. E., 2021, In: Chemical Engineering Journal. 418, 12 p., 129347.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Predicting Thermal Excursions During in situ Oxidative Regeneration of Packed Bed Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis Catalyst
Adkins, B., Mills, Z., Parks II, J., Pecha, M., Ciesielski, P., Iisa, K., Mukarakate, C., Robichaud, D., Smith, K., Gaston, K., Griffin, M. & Schaidle, J., May 2021, In: Reaction Chemistry and Engineering. 6, 5, p. 888-904 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Pilot Plant Reliability Metrics for Grinding and Fast Pyrolysis of Woody Residues
Carpenter, D., Gaston, K., Klinger, J., Thompson, V., Yancy, N., Emerson, R., Thorson, M., Wang, H., Santosa, D. & Kutnyakov, I., 24 Feb 2020, In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 8, 7, p. 2793-2805 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
13 Scopus Citations