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Improved Ethanol Production Through Anaerobic Thermophilic Co-Culture From Various Carbohydrates

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Saccharification of fermentable sugars is one of the most critical steps in producing bio-ethanol from lignocellulosics through Consolidate...

Inorganic Catalytic Nanofibers for the Production of Hydrogen Via Alkaline Hydrolysis of Biomass

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Here we propose to develop a farm-scale biorefining system that can convert cellulosic biomass into useable hydrogen gas. In particular, we focus on...

Fischer Tropsch Synthesis Via Biomass Derived Synthesis Gas

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Due to the recent surge in energy costs and uncertainties in fuel prices, there is significant interest in seeking alternative sources of energy...

Kinetic Model for Hydrodeoxygenation Reaction of M-Cresol On Alumina-Supported Pt Catalyst

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Variety of oxygenated compounds are detected in the pyrolysis oils, which leads to a number of associated problems such as low stability and reduced...

A New Approach for Quantification of Morphology-Property Linkages In Fuel Cell Materials: A Case Study for PEM Fuel Cells

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Due to the complex morphology and small length scales of many fuel cell materials, experimental quantification of the key properties of these...

Role of Enzyme Blend Composition, Biomass Particle Size and Solids Loading On Pretreated Biomass Saccharification Efficiency

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
One of the limitations of screening enzyme combinations using microplate based assays (Gao et al. 2010, Bioresour Technol 101, 8:2770) is that these...

Effects of Mixing Quality On the Kinetics of Biomass Liquefaction

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Abstract: Biochemical conversion is a promising route to produce fuels and chemicals from cellulosic biomass. A key step in the process is biomass...

The Application of a Model Predictive Control-Based Approach to CO2 Capture Processes: Towards Operational Cost Minimisation

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Amine-based chemisorption of CO 2 is a promising near term option for the decarbonisation of large, fixed-point CO 2 emission sources [1] . However,...

Oxygen Uptake and Release Kinetics of Cu/Cu2O/CuO On Al2O3 and ZrO2-SiO2 As Materials for Chemical Looping Combustion

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
One key parameter in Chemical Looping Combustion (CLC) is the oxygen transport capacity of the CLC materials between the two process reactors; in...

A New Generation of Zirconia Supported Metal Oxide Catalysts for Converting Low Grade Renewable Feedstocks to Biodiesel

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
A new class of zirconia supported metal oxide catalysts has demonstrated the ability to convert low quality bio-oils, high in FFA, to biodiesel...

Pyrolysis Vapors Upgrading Using Metal Oxides

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Pyrolysis Vapors Upgrading using Metal Oxides Ayman M. Karim 1 , Donghai Mei 1 , Vanessa Lebarbier 1 , Changjun Liu 1,2 and Yong Wang 1,2 1 Pacific...

Steam Reforming of Ethanol-Phenol Mixture As a Model for Biomass Tar

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Introduction Hydrogen is produced by biomasses through a variety of pyrolysis and gasification processes. Most of these processes are hampered by the...

Kinetics Study of Calcium Carbonate Decomposition At High CO2 Environment

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
With the concerns of “global warming”, CO2 sequestration from cement industry are becoming significant important for the “green...

Investigation of CuO-Based Oxygen Carriers As CLOU Materials for Solid Fuels

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Chemical-looping combustion (CLC) is a promising combustion technique with efficient CO 2 -capture at low cost due to inherent gas separation. In a...

High Energy Density Lithium Flow Battery Design

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Traditional sandwich cell battery chemistries are used in a flow cell where a pump circulates fluid between electrodes through a permeable membrane...

Highly Active Oxide Photocathode for Photoelectrochemical Water Reduction

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
A clean and efficient way to overcome the limited supply of fossil fuels and the greenhouse effect is the production of hydrogen fuel from sunlight...

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