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

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 19, 2011
Biofuels quality is related to the inherent of feedstock materials (RMs) and operating conditions used in their production. However to be used as...

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

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 19, 2011
Anaerobic Bacterial Treatment of Corn Stover to Prepare a Biorefining Feedstock James MacLellan, Zhengbo Yue, Robert Kraemer, Wei Liao* Department of...

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

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 19, 2011
Glycerol is a viable renewable feedstock that has emerged as a consequence of triglyceride conversion to biodiesel. In addition to glycerol...

Modeling of Asphaltene Deposition In a Vertical Tubing

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 19, 2011
Asphaltene deposition phenomena are investigated both theoretically and experimentally. A Couette device, where the inner cylinder rotates and...

Green and High Efficient Enzyme Hydrolysis Process for Sweet Sorghum Bagasse

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 19, 2011
In order to improve enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency, several approaches including liquid hot water (LHW) pretreatment, adding surfactant, magnetic...

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

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 19, 2011
Inhibitory effects of lignocellulosic degradation compounds from hydrolysate on microbial oil production. Jijiao Zeng, Xiaochen Yu, Yubin Zheng,...

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

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 19, 2011
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...

Incremental Disassembling of Woody Biomass and Production of Biochemicals

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 19, 2011
Woody biomass is a reliable renewable source of raw materials for energy and chemicals. Woody biomass is structurally composed of cellulose, lignin,...

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

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 19, 2011
The Carboxylate Platform, also known as the MixAlco TM process, is an acidogenic fermentation process using mixed culture inoculums, which offers...

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

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 19, 2011
Abstract Among the various biomass pretreatment methods, steam explosion is one of the most widely used due to its cost-effective disruption of the...

Effects of Ammonia Substitution On Stability Limits and Emissions of Premixed Hydrogen/Air Flames

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 19, 2011
The potential of partial ammonia (NH 3 ) substitution to improve the safety of hydrogen (H 2 ) use was evaluated, using premixed NH 3 /H 2 /air...

Ab-Initio Study of Glycerol Dehydration Mechanisms with Explicit Solvent Treatment

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Glycerol produced as a waste product in biodiesel production has interesting potential as a low-cost biomass-derived feedstock for chemical...

Hose: PRESSURE-Assisted Extraction of Bitumen FROM OIL SANDS for High YIELD and Environmetally Acceptable BYPRODUCTS

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Hot water extraction of bitumen from oil sands has been commercially applied for decades. The extraction process is greatly aided by the addition of...

Cellobiose Hydrolysis Using Acid-Functionalized Nanoparticles

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Mineral acids have been used effectively for the pretreatment of cellulosic biomass to improve sugar recovery and promote its conversion to ethanol;...

Integration of a Membrane Based Extraction Process Into a Lignocellulosic Biorefinery

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
In the future, it is anticipated that multi-product biorefineries will be used to convert lignocellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals, in which,...

Imidazole and Imidazole-Amine Hybrid Solvents for CO2 Capture

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Imidazoles and imidazole-amine hybrids are unique classes of organic solvents that feature properties similar to aqueous amine solvents and ionic...

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