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Co-Pyrolysis of Low Rank Coals and Biomass At Transport Gasifier Conditions

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 31, 2012
Given the EPA’s proposed rules on limiting CO 2 emissions from new coal power plants to match those of natural gas, blending of carbon-neutral...

Hydrogen Production by Reforming of Natural Gas Over Ni Based Perovskite Type Catalysts

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 31, 2012
Hydrogen Production by reforming of natural gas over Ni based perovskite type catalysts Dong Ju Moon a,b* , Eun-Hyeok Yang a,b , Su Hyun Cho a,c ,...

Fractionation of Forest Residues of Douglas-Fir for Fermentable Sugar Production by SPORL Pretreatment

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 31, 2012
Douglas-fir ( Pseudotsuga menziesii ) forest residues were physically fractionated through sieving. The bark and wood were separated for large-sized...

Development of a Butanol Fuel Processor for Person-Portable Fuel Cell Power Systems

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 31, 2012
A novel partial oxidation (POX) catalyst and butanol-to-hydrogen fuel processor sub-system concept have been developed to fill the need for person-...

Hybrid Li-Air Battery with Sulfuric Acid Electrolyte and Buckypaper Air Cathode

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 31, 2012
Li-air battery (LAB) with aqueous-based catholyte and a water-stable lithium electrode using a LISICON-type lithium ion conducting glass ceramic...

Auto-Thermal Reforming of Biodiesel-Ethanol-Diesel Blends for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 31, 2012
Auto-Thermal Reforming of Biodiesel-Ethanol-Diesel Blends for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications Jiefeng Lin + *, Thomas A. Trabold + * [1] , Mark R...

CFD Modeling of Commercial-Scale Entrained-Flow Coal Gasifiers

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 31, 2012
Optimization of an advanced coal-fired integrated gasification combined cycle system requires an accurate numerical prediction of gasifier...

Fractionation and Characterization of Lignin From Wood Biomass Using Ionic Liquid and Alkaline Ethanol Solvent

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 31, 2012
Lignocellulosic biomass is a new source of renewable and carbon neutral materials for biofuel and bioenergy production. However, we note the...

Hydrogen Production From Renewable Sources: R&D Challenges, Targets and Pathways (Keynote)

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 31, 2012
Hydrogen produced from renewable energy is an important component of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technology (FCT) Program efforts...

Component Development for Decentralized Sustainable Hydrogen Production

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 31, 2012
Component Development for decentralized sustainable hydrogen production Stephan Nestl, Manfred Wegleiter, Viktor Hacker Institute of Chemical...

Aspen Simulation of Mobile Biomass to Liquid Facility – the Beauti-Fuel Concept

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 31, 2012
The BeauTi-fueL facility is a mobile biomass to liquid facility, where the key equipment of the biomass to liquid process is placed into a commercial...

Aeration Induced pH Elevation of Anaerobically Digested Wastewater for Enhanced Ammonia Stripping and Recovery

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 31, 2012
During mesophilic or thermophilic anaerobic digestion, a considerable fraction of organic nitrogen is mineralized to ionic ammonia, producing an...

Production of Hydrogen and Nanocarbon From Catalytic Decomposition of Methane Over a Ni-Fe/Al2O3 Catalyst

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 31, 2012
Methane catalytic decomposition reaction (MCD) has received much attention in recent years as a potential route for the direct production of COx (CO/...

Effects of Farm Wastes Co-Digestion On Microbial Community, Methane Production, and Fiber Quality As Biorefining Feedstock

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 31, 2012
The performance of anaerobic digestion is highly correlated to the compositions of its substrate and microbes. A lab-scale anaerobic digestion...

Development and Performance Evaluation of Cost-Effective Oxygen Carriers

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 31, 2012
Chemical looping combustion (CLC) for power generation has the inherent potential of enriching CO 2 from flue gases in-situ with low energy penalty...

Simulation of Methane Steam Reforming Enhanced by in Situ CO2 Sorption Utilizing K2CO3 Promoted Hydrotalcites for H2 Production

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 31, 2012
The motivation to switch the fossil fuels to an alternative fuel is an emerging area of research and development during the past decade. Hydrogen is...

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