On Demand Conference Presentations

Active Species Concentration Effects On Performance for a Non-Aqueous All-Vanadium Redox Flow Battery

Oct 19, 2011

Aaron A. Shinkle

Redox flow batteries (RFBs) are being developed for large-scale energy storage, uninterruptable grid-independent power supplies and load-leveling systems for solar or wind power. Aqueous chemistries are used for all current commercial RFBs, therefore, cell potentials are limited to the stability...

Towards Developing Anaerobic Digestion Based Biorefinery – Research On Food Wastes As Feedstock

Oct 19, 2011

Shulin Chen

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a proven technology for waste treatment. However, as the organic material becomes more valuable and being treated as resources, traditional AD process is no longer adequate. The Bioprocessing and Bioproduct Engineering Laboratory at Washington State University has been...

Optimal Charge Rates for a Lithium Ion Cell

Oct 19, 2011

Saeed Khaleghi Rahimian

Optimal Charge Rates for a Lithium Ion Cell Saeed Khaleghi Rahimian, Sean Rayman, Ralph E. White Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC29208, USA Abstract The optimum charge rate for a lithium ion cell at each cycle is determined to maximize the useful life...

Physical Properties and Rheological Characteristics of Deasphalted Oil Produced From a Solvent Deasphalting Process

Oct 19, 2011

Jung Moo Lee

Because of conventional oil being-exhausted and its increasing price, the technologies to use unconventional oil and low value crude residues, which have not been fully exploited, are receiving more and more interest. Unconventional oil contains a lot of asphaltene which hinders utilizability of...

The Role of Cellulose Accessibility On Enzymatic Saccharification of Lignocelluloses

Oct 19, 2011

Junyong Zhu

So much research has been dedicated to understand the effects of various factors on enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocelluloses. It has been understood that removal of hemicelluloses is very important to improve lignocellulosic substrate digestibility. It has also been identified that improving enzyme...

Investigation On Electrode Reaction Mechanism for Vanadium Redox Flow Battery

Oct 19, 2011

Xiaofeng Xie

Investigation on Electrode Reaction Mechanism for Vanadium Redox Flow Battery XIE Xiaofeng 1 , YANG Chun 1 , WANG Jinhai 1 , Shang Yuming 1 , WANG Shubo 1 , MAO Zongqiang 1 MATHUR V. K 2 1. Institute ofNuclear andNew EnergyTechnology, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China 2.Department of...

Biofuels Manufacturing: From Feedstocks to Manufacturing and End-Product Quality Control

Oct 19, 2011

Jose Menezes

Biofuels quality is related to the inherent of feedstock materials (RMs) and operating conditions used in their production. However to be used as fuel in engines biofuels must meet certain specifications regulated by ASTM or EN standards regardless of the manufacturing processes and / or the type...

An Anaerobic Bacterial Treatment of Corn Stover to Prepare a Biorefining Feedstock

Oct 19, 2011

James MacLellan

Anaerobic Bacterial Treatment of Corn Stover to Prepare a Biorefining Feedstock James MacLellan, Zhengbo Yue, Robert Kraemer, Wei Liao* Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan 48823 Abstract The objective of this study is to apply an...

A Novel Reactive Distillation Approach for Producing 1,3-Dihydroxyacetone From Glycerol

Oct 19, 2011

Dennis J. Miller

Glycerol is a viable renewable feedstock that has emerged as a consequence of triglyceride conversion to biodiesel. In addition to glycerol conversion to commodity chemicals such as propylene glycol and epichlorohydrin, formation of higher-value specialty chemical products such as 1,3-...

Green and High Efficient Enzyme Hydrolysis Process for Sweet Sorghum Bagasse

Oct 19, 2011

Xinshu Zhuang

In order to improve enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency, several approaches including liquid hot water (LHW) pretreatment, adding surfactant, magnetic stirring and fed-batch hydrolysis were investigated, in which Sweet sorghum bagasse (SSB) was chosen as the feedstock. The experiment results showed...

Inhibitory Effects of Lignocellulosic Degradation Compounds From Hydrolysate On Microbial Oil Production

Oct 19, 2011

Jijiao Zeng

Inhibitory effects of lignocellulosic degradation compounds from hydrolysate on microbial oil production. Jijiao Zeng, Xiaochen Yu, Yubin Zheng, Shulin Chen* Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6120, USA *Corresponding author. Tel: +1...

Modeling of Asphaltene Deposition In a Vertical Tubing

Oct 19, 2011

Dmitry Eskin

Asphaltene deposition phenomena are investigated both theoretically and experimentally. A Couette device, where the inner cylinder rotates and particles deposit on the outer wall, is used for laboratory studies of the deposition process. The modeling approach, recently proposed by the authors (...

Effects of Annealing On Zr8Ni19X2 (X = Ni, Mg, Al, Sc, V, Mn, Co, Sn, La, Hf) for Ni/MH Battery Operation

Oct 19, 2011

Jean Nei

Zr, Ti-based AB 2 metal hydride (MH) alloys are considered to be one of the most promising candidates to replace the misch metal based AB 5 alloys presently used as the negative electrode in nickel/metal hydride (Ni/MH) batteries . Since most of the studies on AB 2 MH alloys focus on multi-element...

Incremental Disassembling of Woody Biomass and Production of Biochemicals

Oct 19, 2011

Shijie Liu

Woody biomass is a reliable renewable source of raw materials for energy and chemicals. Woody biomass is structurally composed of cellulose, lignin, hemicelluloses and other minor components. The compositions vary from species to species. The complexity / heterogeneity of woody biomass presents...

Bioconversion of Brown Seaweed Into Mixed Ketones Through the Carboxylate Platform Processing

Oct 19, 2011

Xin Chen

The Carboxylate Platform, also known as the MixAlco TM process, is an acidogenic fermentation process using mixed culture inoculums, which offers several advantages compared to conventional bioprocessing, such as: non-sterile fermentation, the use of inexpensive tanks, adaptability to a wide...

Effect of Steam Explosion On Degradability and Accessiblity of Loblolly Pine In Bioethanol Applications

Oct 19, 2011

Yuzhi Kang

Abstract Among the various biomass pretreatment methods, steam explosion is one of the most widely used due to its cost-effective disruption of the plant structure and hence enhanced enzymatic accessibility. The operational parameters including temperature, residence time and acid concentration...

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