Biofuels (Energy)

Cellulose Extraction From Rice Hulls Using Ionic Liquids

Oct 18, 2011
Charles J. Coronella
Over one fifth of calories consumed by humanity are from rice. Consequently, vast quantities of rice hulls are disposed of as waste, since the hull constitutes 20% of rice mass. Standard practice for disposal of rice hulls is burning, generating pollution and CO 2 , or thrown away in vast...

Catalytic Study On Lignin Degradation and Conversion Into Biofuels

Oct 17, 2011
Yulin Deng
Catalytic study on lignin degradation and conversion into biofuels Wei Mu and Yulin Deng School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and IPST at GT, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0620 Author for correspondence (e-mail: yulin.deng@chbe.gatech.edu ) As an ideal...

Effect of Pressure and Heating Rate On Biomass Devolatilization and Gasification

Oct 17, 2011
Pradeep K. Agrawal
The goal of present study is to characterize the effect of pressure and heating rate on the devolatilization behavior of different biomass species. Three biomass species (southern Pine, corn stover, and switchgrass) were studied. A combination of two complementary gasification devices are utilized...

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

Oct 17, 2011
Guido Busca
Introduction Hydrogen is produced by biomasses through a variety of pyrolysis and gasification processes. Most of these processes are hampered by the coproduction of tars, a mixture of heavy compounds that may result in fouling of heat exchangers and reactors. A steam reforming step is needed to...

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