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JOHN E ANDERSON 1929–2012 Elected in 1991 "For combining novel engineering concepts with combustion science to reduce atmospheric pollution and improve fuel efficiency in industrial combustion processes." BY RAY ROBERGE AND SHO KOBAYASHI SUBMITTED BY THE NAE HOME SECRETARY JOHN ERLING ANDERSON, a leading high-temperature industrial process scientist and former senior corporate fellow of Praxair, Inc., died on November 4, 2012, at the age of 83.
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This was the beginning of his pioneering work on high-temperature industrial combustion applications, and in 1974 he received Chemical Engineering Magazine's Merit Award for Personal Outstanding Achievement in recognition of the PUROX process. In 1969 John was named a Union Carbide Corporate Fellow and moved with Gas Products Development to the new Technical Center in Tarrytown, NY.
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John also developed the hot oxygen burner that is now a platform technology with commercial applications in emission control, partial oxidation, and rapid burnout of various fuels. In addition to his corporate work, in 1977 John gave a January course of four lectures at MIT on "Heat Transfer from Flames, Arcs, Lasers, and Electron Beams," which he enjoyed very much.
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