Projects
Research projects & collaborations
Five documented projects. For each, the source is named, the lead organization is distinguished from the participants, and the role is described as the source describes it — not more generously.
Institute projects and Adelphi University projects
Only one of the projects below is one in which the Institute was a named participant: the 2011–2013 liquid carbon dioxide slurry project. The others are Adelphi University projects, three of them from the 1970s and 2000s, included because they document the research background. They are not Institute work and are not described as such.
Featured project
Liquid CO2 slurry for feeding low-rank coal to gasifiers
The Institute was named by the Department of Energy as a team member on the project led by the Electric Power Research Institute, which held the award. DOE share $817,316; recipient share $204,329; duration 12 months. Full project record, funding figures as DOE published them, and the four sources that document it.
All documented projects
| Project | Years | Lead organization | Documented role of John P. Dooher / the Institute |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liquid CO2 slurry for feeding low-rank coal to gasifiers | 2011–2013 | Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. (Palo Alto, California) — award recipient | Named project team member. The Adelphi University faculty record describes Dooher's contribution as rheology testing and technical input. |
| Coal/water/oil emulsion clean liquid fuel program | 1976–1980 | Adelphi University | Author of the DOE interim and final report series; identified as principal investigator on the 1979 coal desulfurization interim report. |
| Adelphi–Goddard Emulsified Fuel Project | 1977 | Center for Energy Studies, Adelphi University, with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Project Director |
| Intelligent Flame Analysis System (IFAS) | Development at Adelphi University; period not stated on the source page | Department of Physics, Adelphi University | Adelphi's Physics Research page states that undergraduate students work with the IFAS under the direction of Dr John P. Dooher. The Adelphi-hosted IFAS presentation identifies him as principal investigator. |
| Phenomenological modeling of coal slurry atomization | 2003 report; related peer-reviewed paper 2005 | Adelphi University, with DOE/NETL | Sole author of the DOE/NETL report and of the 2005 Atomization and Sprays paper. |
Funding sources and amounts are set out separately on the research support page, where award amounts, agency shares and recipient shares are kept distinct from one another.
Project details
Liquid CO2 slurry for feeding low-rank coal to gasifiers
- Lead organization
- Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. (Palo Alto, California) — award recipient
- Documented role
- Named project team member. The Adelphi University faculty record describes Dooher's contribution as rheology testing and technical input.
- Participants
- Electric Power Research Institute (recipient); Dooher Institute of Physics and Energy (Garden City, New York); Worley Parsons Group, Inc. (Houston, Texas); Columbia University (New York, New York); ATS Rheosystems/REOLOGICA (Bordentown, New Jersey)
- Funding source
- U.S. Department of Energy, managed by the National Energy Technology Laboratory; contract FE0007977
- Funding amounts
- DOE share $817,316; recipient share $204,329; project duration 12 months. No amount attributable to any individual team member is disclosed in any public record.
Announced 9 September 2011 as one of six IGCC projects supported with up to $14 million in total. The July 2012 NETL program overview lists the team as EPRI, Dooher Institute, Worley Parsons and Columbia University, omitting ATS Rheosystems/REOLOGICA.
Coal/water/oil emulsion clean liquid fuel program
- Lead organization
- Adelphi University
- Documented role
- Author of the DOE interim and final report series; identified as principal investigator on the 1979 coal desulfurization interim report.
- Participants
- U.S. Department of Energy (sponsor)
- Funding source
- U.S. Department of Energy; contract DE-AC22-79PC10328 for the 1979 desulfurization study
- Funding amounts
- Not disclosed in the public records located.
Predates the Institute by more than two decades. Adelphi University work, not Institute work.
Adelphi–Goddard Emulsified Fuel Project
- Lead organization
- Center for Energy Studies, Adelphi University, with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Documented role
- Project Director
- Participants
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Funding source
- NASA, contract NAS 5-23688
- Funding amounts
- Not stated in the report located.
NASA technical report 19780008965 (N78-16908), dated 18 August 1977. Predates the Institute.
Intelligent Flame Analysis System (IFAS)
- Lead organization
- Department of Physics, Adelphi University
- Documented role
- Adelphi's Physics Research page states that undergraduate students work with the IFAS under the direction of Dr John P. Dooher. The Adelphi-hosted IFAS presentation identifies him as principal investigator.
- Participants
- Not stated
- Funding source
- Not stated on the source page
- Funding amounts
- Not stated
An Adelphi University activity. The Institute is not named on the Adelphi IFAS material.
Phenomenological modeling of coal slurry atomization
- Lead organization
- Adelphi University, with DOE/NETL
- Documented role
- Sole author of the DOE/NETL report and of the 2005 Atomization and Sprays paper.
- Participants
- U.S. Department of Energy / National Energy Technology Laboratory
- Funding source
- U.S. Department of Energy / NETL
- Funding amounts
- Not disclosed in the records located.
Current research program
Advanced Energy Systems Research Program
- Research lead
- John P. Dooher, Ph.D.
- Institution
- Dooher Institute of Physics and Energy Inc.
- Status
- Active, 2026
- Disclosure
- Technical details restricted while the work is confidential and under active development
The Institute publicly identifies the program and its research lead while withholding technical objectives, methods, datasets, collaborators and results until disclosure is appropriate.