2012

The increase in greenhouse gas concentration, primarily due to emissions of CO 2 produced in use of fossil fuel, motivates many efforts to identify renewable energy alternatives. Using fuel from food sources is not optimal, since malnourishment is still prevalent in the developing world. Despite...

Use of Deep Eutectic Ionic Liquid for Biodiesel Preparation from Base-Catalyzed Transesterification of Rapeseed Oil Wei Huang a , Shaokun Tang,* a Hua Zhao b a Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Tianjin University...

We present experimental results from a lab-scale, fixed-bed, catalytic, steam-coal gasifier with in situ capture of H 2 S/CO 2 . While the low-carbon and low-sulfur syngas leaving the gasifier could be sent directly to a gas turbine to generate electricity, the driving force for this research is...

Hydrogen Production through a Modified Sulfur-Iodine Thermochemical Water Splitting Cycle in Hydrophobic Ionic Liquid Kevin Caple and Alexandre Yokochi One of the most pressing issues of the new millennium is the development of clean, simple, and renewable energy sources. Of the various process...

There are many complex phenotypes/strains that are desirable for practical applications in the context of Cell or Metabolic Engineering . One example is when one desires to endow a platform organism with a biosynthetic or catabolic pathway that another organism may possess. Such a pathway may...

Fuel cell systems constitute a clean and efficient alternative to fuel combustion for generating power for stationary, mobile and portable applications. The aviation industry is intensively pursuing the concept of using fuel cell systems on board aircraft. This would make it possible to undertake...

Utilization of captured CO 2 provides an advantageous alternative especially in locations where CO 2 sequestration in geologic media is not feasible. Making high value chemical products from CO 2 , although not sufficient to convert a significant portion of the GHG emissions, provides an...

In this paper, we will discuss a design of an electrochemical cell for CO 2 reduction implementing a proton exchange membrane (PEM) by adding a liquid buffer layer between the membrane and the cathode electrode. This configuration enables production of liquid fuels from CO 2 on Sn gas diffusion...

Escalating CO 2 emissions due to increasing fossil fuel consumption is generally acknowledged as one of the major contributors to global warming. Therefore, the development of methods for reducing the amount of CO 2 released is a major challenge with significant societal consequences. Pressures on...

Synthesis gas (a.k.a. syngas) can be used as a feedstock in industrial applications for electricity, chemical and hydrocarbons production. However, each application has stringent syngas cleanliness requirements to avoid operational complications. Consequently, gasification syngas cleanup has...