Glenn McRae
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nuclear materials, Biofuels
| Degrees: | Ph.D., University of British Columbia, P.Eng. |
| Email: | glenn.mcrae@carleton.ca |
| Office: | Mackenzie, Room 3150 |
Research Interests:
Delayed Hydride Cracking of Zirconium alloys used in the Nuclear Industry:
- Delayed hydride cracking of zirconium components used in CANDU reactors: corrosion and terminal solid solubility of hydrogen isotopes; hydride dissolution and movement of hydrogen in solid solution, fitness-for-service calculations; low temperature hydrogen addition to zirconium alloys.
With O. Basu in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Alexis Mackintosh at PCS Biofuels Inc, and Peter Brown at Mevex Corp:
- Polymeric high-energy biofuels from municipal, agricultural and forestry wastes
- Design and construction of medium-scale biofuel reactors
- Conversion of cellulosic biomass into biofuel with electron beams
With R. Liu in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering:
- Failure investigations of hard-facing alloys used to trim feedwater valves on boilers containing dilute amine solutions
With Best Theratroncis Ltd.:
- Mo-100 targets for cyclotron production of Tc-99m for nuclear medical imaging
- Commercial Separation and Purification of Tc-99m from irradiated Mo-100 targets
