Publications

 

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

  1. Agnihotri, S., Cal, M.P., Prien, J. (2004) “Destruction of 1,1,1-Trichloroethane using Non-Thermal Plasma,” J. Environmental Engineering, Vol. 130, No. 3, pp. 349-355. Download Paper

  2. Cal, M.P., Schluep, M (2001) "Destruction of Benzene with Non-Thermal Plasma in Dielectric Barrier Discharge Reactors," Environmental Progress, Vol. 20, No. 3., pp. 151-156. Download Paper

  3. Cal, M.P., Strickler, B.W., Lizzio, A.A., Gangwal, S.K. (2000) "High Temperature Hydrogen Sulfide Adsorption on Activated Carbon--II. Effects of Gas Temperature, Gas Pressure and Sorbent Regeneration," Carbon, Vol. 38, pp. 1767-1774. Download Paper

  4. Cal, M.P., Strickler, B.W., Lizzio, A.A. (2000) "High Temperature Hydrogen Sulfide Adsorption on Activated Carbon--I. Effects of Gas Composition and Metal Addition," Carbon, Vol. 38, pp. 1757-1765. Download Paper

  5. Qi, S., Hay, J.K., Rood, M.J., Cal, M.P. (2000) "Equilibrium Adsorption and Heat of Adsorption Capacities for Water and Activated Carbon," Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol. 126, No. 3, pp. 267-271. Download Paper

  6. Qi, S., Hay, J.K., Rood, M.J., Cal, M.P. (2000) "Carbon Fiber Adsorption Using Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship Methods," Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol. 126, No. 9, pp. 865-868. Download Paper

  7. Qi, S., Hay, J.K., Cal, M.P. (2000) "Predicting Humdity Effect on Adsorption Capacity of Activated Carbon for Organic Vapors," Advances in Environmental Research, Vol.4, No. 4, pp. 367-362. Download Paper

  8. Cal, M.P., Rood, M.J., Larson, S.M. (1997) "Gas Phase Adsorption of Volatile Organic Compounds and Water Vapor on Activated Carbon Cloth," Energy and Fuels, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 311-315. Download Paper

  9. Cal, M.P., Rood, M.J., Larson, S.M. (1996) "Removal of VOCs from Humidified Gas Streams Using Activated Carbon Cloth," Gas Separation and Purification, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 117-121. Download Paper

  10. Dimotakis, E., Cal, M.P., Economy, J., Rood, M.J., Larson, S.M. (1995) "Water Vapor Adsorption on Chemically Treated Activated Carbon Cloths," Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 7, No. 12, pp. 2269-2272. Download Paper

  11. Dimotakis, E., Cal, M.P., Economy, J., Rood, M.J., Larson, S.M. (1995) "Chemically Treated Activated Carbon Cloths (ACCs) for Removal of Volatile Organic Carbons from Gas Streams: Evidence for Enhanced Physical Adsorption," Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 29, pp. 1876-1880. Download Paper

  12. Cal, M.P., Rood, M.J., Larson, S.M. (1994) "Adsorption of Acetone and Benzene onto Activated Carbon Fibers: Comparison of Experimental and Modeled Isotherms," Environmental Progress, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 26-30. Download Paper

 

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

Cal, M.P. (1995), "Characterization of Gas Phase Adsorption Capacity of Untreated and Chemically Treated Activated Carbon Cloths," Doctoral Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, UMI Press. Download Thesis.

Doctoral Dissertation Committee Members: Dr. Mark J. Rood (abvisor), Dr. Susan M. Larson, Dr. Massoud Rostam-Abadi, Dr. James Economy

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. Cal, M.P. (2001) "Discharges of Hazardous Waste into the Atmosphere," Chapter 3, McGraw-Hill Handbook of Complex Environmental Remediation Problems, Jay Lehr, et al. Ed., ISBN: 0-07-027689-7.

  2. Cal, M.P. (2000) "Particulate Controls," Chapter 13-4, McGraw-Hill Standard Handbook of Environmental Science, Health & Technology, Jay Lehr, Ed., pp. 13.43-13.54, ISBN: 0-07-038309-X.

  3. Cal, M.P. (2000) "Gas Controls," Chapter 13-5, McGraw-Hill Standard Handbook of Environmental Science, Health & Technology, Jay Lehr, Ed., pp. 13.55-13.68, ISBN: 0-07-038309-X.

  4. Byers, W. and Cal, M.P. (2000) "Charcoal/Activated Carbon," Air Pollution Engineering Manual, Wayne T. Davis, Ed., Air and Waste Management Association and Wiley Interscience, pp. 368-371, ISBN: 0-471-33333-6.

EDITORSHIPS

  1. Cal, M.P. (2001) Environmental Progress, Special Air Pollution Control Strategies Issue, Vol. 20, No. 3.

  2. Cal, M.P. and Siegel, D. (2000) "Recent Developments in Air Pollution Control," Topical Conference Proceedings, AIChE Spring National Meeting, March 5-9, Atlanta, GA, 230 pp.

  3. Cal. M.P. and Chiu, C. (2000) "1st International Conference on Gas Processing," Topical Conference Proceedings, AIChE Spring National Meeting, March 5-9, Atlanta, GA, 203 pp.

 

PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  1. Cal, M.P., Bowman, R.S., Phelan, J.M., Webb, S.W. (2007) “Laboratory Data and Model Comparisons of the Transport of Chemical Signatures From Buried Landmines/UXO,” presented to Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), New Mexico Tech, May 3, 2007.

  2. Agnihotri, S., Cal, M.P., Prien, J. (2002) "Destruction of 1,1,1-Trichloroethane in a Non-thermal Plasma Reactor," AWMA Annual Conference & Exhibition, Baltimore, MD, June. Download Paper

  3. Phelan, J.M., Webb, S.W., Gozdor, M., Cal, M.P., Barnett, J.L. (2001) "Effect of Soil Wetting and Drying on DNT Vapor Flux -- Laboratory Data and T2TNT Model Comparisons," Proceedings of the SPIE 15th Annual International Symposium on Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation and Controls, Orlando, FL, April 16-20. Download Paper

  4. Cal, M.P., Schluep, M. (2000) "Destruction of Benzene in a Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Reactor," AWMA Annual Conference & Exhibition, June 18-22.

  5. Phelan, J.M., Gozdor, M., Webb, S.W., Cal, M.P. (2000) "Laboratory Data and Model Comparisons of the Transport of Chemical Signatures From Buried Landmines/UXO," Proceedings of the SPIE 14th Annual International Symposium on Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation and Controls, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets V, April 24-28, 2000, Orlando, FL. Download Paper

  6. Cal, M.P., Schluep, M. (2000) "Destruction of VOCs Using Non-Thermal Plasmas," AIChE Spring National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 5-9, paper 115d, p. 125.

  7. Qi, S., Hay, K.J., Cal, M.P. (1999) "Effect of Water on Adsorption of Organic Vapors onto Microporous Activated Carbon," AIChE Spring National Meeting, Houston, TX, March 14-18, paper 116c.

  8. Cal, M.P., Strickler, B.W. (1998) "H2S Removal from Hot Coal Gas Streams with Carbon-Based Sorbents," AIChE Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 9-12.

  9. Cal, M.P., Strickler, B.W., Lizzio, A.A., Rood, M.J. (1997) "Cleanup of Hot Coal Gas with Carbon-Based Sorbents," 214th ACS National Meeting, Division of Fuel Chemistry, Las Vegas, NV, September 7-11, pp. 872-876.

  10. Slota, K.J., Cal, M.P., Lizzio, A.A., Rood, M.J. (1997) "Preparation of Carbon Molecular Sieves for Oxygen Separation from Air," 23rd Biennial Conference on Carbon, State College, PA, July 13-18.

  11. Strickler, B.W., Cal, M.P., Lizzio, A.A., Rood, M.J. (1997) "Hot Gas Cleanup with Carbon-Based Sorbents," 23rd Biennial Conference on Carbon, State College, PA, July 13-18.

  12. Howard, B.H., Lizzio, A.A., Chang, A.M., Cal, M.P. (1997) "Activated Char from Illinois Coal for VOC Control," 23rd Biennial Conference on Carbon, State College, PA, July 13-18.

  13. Cal, M.P. (1997) "Nonideal Multicomponent Adsorption of VOCs on Activated Carbon," AIChE Spring National Meeting, Houston, TX, March 9-13.

  14. Cal, M.P., Dimotakis, E.D., Economy, J., Rood, M.J., Larson, S.M. (1996) "The Effect of Chemical Modification of Activated Carbon Cloth on the Adsorption of Organics and Water Vapor," 211th ACS National Meeting, Division of Fuel Chemistry, New Orleans, LA, March 24-28, 5 pp.

  15. Cal, M.P., Rood, M.J., Larson, S.M. (1995) "Removal of VOCs from Humidified Gas Streams Using Activated Carbon Cloth," AIChE Spring National Meeting, Houston, TX, March 19-23.

  16. Rood, M.J., Foster, K., Cal, M.P., Graf, O., Larson, S.M., Economy, J. (1993) "Adsorption Properties of Activated Carbon Fibers: Applications to Indoor Air Quality," Indoor Air `93, 6th Annual Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, July 4-8, Helsinki, Finland, Paper 1034/21328, 6 pp.

  17. Cal, M.P., Rood, M.J., Larson, S.M. (1992) "Experimental and Modeled Results Describing the Adsorption of Acetone and Benzene onto Activated Carbon Fibers," Annual American Institute of Chemical Engineers Meeting, November 1-6, Miami Beach, Florida, Paper 210b, 15 pp.

  18. Rood, M.J., Cal, M.P., Foster, K., Fuerman, R., Graf, O., Larson, S., Economy, J. (1992) "Characterization of the Adsorption of Organic Compounds onto Microporous Activated Carbon Fibers," University of Goteborg, Department of Physics, July 27, Goteborg, Sweden.

  19. Cal, M.P., Larson, S.M., Rood, M.J. (1992) "Theoretical and Experimental Results Describing the Adsorption of VOCs onto Activated Carbon Fibers," 85th Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, June, Kansas City, Missouri, Paper 92.79-11, 11 pp.

  20. Fuerman, R.G., Cal, M.P., Larson, S.M., Rood, M.J. (1991) "Removal of Gaseous Organic Contaminants from Indoor Air with Activated Carbon Fibers," poster presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Aerosol Research, October, Traverse City, Michigan.

  21. Fuerman, R.G., Cal, M.P., Larson, S.M., Rood, M.J. (1991) "Removal of Gaseous Organic Contaminants from Indoor Air with Activated Carbon Fibers," 84th Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, June, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Paper 91-62.5, 11 pp.