Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development

Established in 1986 as a joint collaboration between Brigham Young University and the University of Utah for the purpose of advancing combustion engineering research, education, and technology. The principle focus is on clean and efficient use of fossil fuels including coal, oil, and natural gas as well as the combustion of toxic and municipal solid wastes. The center research program consists of 35 active research projects among 62 participants focused on 6 thrust areas.

The nation's basic and high-technology industries rely upon the adequate supply of high-quality energy, the production of which depends upon combustion technology. The international competitiveness of these industries depends in part on their ability to more efficiently use low-cost fuel resources such as coal, heavy oil, oil shale, and tar sands, which are abundantly available in the western United States and particularly in Utah.

Specific center technologies include:

• Mechanisms of fossil-fuel combustion and pollutant and soot formation
• The relationship between fuel properties and conversion
• Computer models to control and record the performance of particular combustion chambers
• Pollution formation/control and waste incineration

• The center is one of 18 highly sought-after national engineering centers.
• More than 60 licensing agreements
• Provides ongoing consulting services to Utah companies

• Combustion Resources
• Reaction Engineering Intl.

• Animate Systems
• Combustion Services Inc.
• Ford, Bacon, Davis
• Geneva Steel 
• GMH Engineering   
• Hercules          
• IOMED
• Pacific Corp.
• Questar
• Sarcos Research Corp
  Sarcos, Inc
• Thiokol
• Utah Power & Light