Conference Presentations - 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting

Aging of Biomass Fast Pyrolysis-Oil and Process Strategies to Produce Stable Pyrolysis Oils

Oct 19, 2011

Charles A. Mullen

Fast pyrolysis bio-oils are unstable due to a variety of factors, the most important being the high concentration of reactive oxygen-functionalized organic molecules, especially carbonyl containing compounds. Condensation and oligomerization reactions of these molecules lead to an increase in the...

Lifetime and Efficiency Studies of Zinc/Bromine Electrochemical Energy Storage In Large Scale Renewable Energy Applications

Oct 19, 2011

Alex Bistrika

As the world's power needs grow, the demand for power from renewable resources, such as wind or solar, is increasing. One major drawback associated with these renewable resources is that the power output is dependent on environmental factors, such as cloud cover and wind speeds. This allows the...

A Data-Driven Modeling Approach Using the Design of Dynamic Experiments Methodology In Calculating the Design Space of Batch Pharmaceutical Processes

Oct 19, 2011

Christos Georgakis

The development of fundamental models for fed-batch pharmaceutical processes range from very challenging to almost impossible as not all the inner workings of the process are quantitatively known. Thus, the accurate calculation of the Design Space in which the process will be operated is a...

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

Oct 19, 2011

Jean Nei

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 presently used as the negative electrode in nickel/metal hydride (Ni/MH) batteries . Since most of the studies on AB 2 MH alloys focus on multi-element...

Incremental Disassembling of Woody Biomass and Production of Biochemicals

Oct 19, 2011

Shijie Liu

Woody biomass is a reliable renewable source of raw materials for energy and chemicals. Woody biomass is structurally composed of cellulose, lignin, hemicelluloses and other minor components. The compositions vary from species to species. The complexity / heterogeneity of woody biomass presents...

Challenges, Opportunities, and Scientific Aspects of Implementing PAT In Biopharmaceuticals

Oct 19, 2011

Huiquan Wu

As an essential milestone for both the cGMP for the 21 st Century and the recent pharmaceutical quality regulatory initiatives (Q8/Q9/Q10), the 2004 FDA Guidance for Industry “PAT—A Framework for Innovative Pharmaceutical Development, Manufacturing, and Quality Assurance” has proposed a science-...

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

Oct 19, 2011

Xin Chen

The Carboxylate Platform, also known as the MixAlco TM process, is an acidogenic fermentation process using mixed culture inoculums, which offers several advantages compared to conventional bioprocessing, such as: non-sterile fermentation, the use of inexpensive tanks, adaptability to a wide...

BIOCORE - On a Paradigm for the Design and Synthesis of Real-Life Biorefineries

Oct 19, 2011

Aikaterini D. Mountraki

As oil is a fast depleting resource (BP, 2010), much is expected by the production of biofuels as valid options to replace fossil-oil transportation fuels. Biorefineries are not an entirely new concept. Many of the traditional biomass conversion technologies such as the sugar and paper industries...

The Role of Acidic Catalyst Support On the Catalytic Upgrading of Bio-Oils

Oct 18, 2011

Sunya Boonyasuwat

Catalytic conversion of bio-oil vapor has attracted considerable interest as a promising pathway for upgrading. In this work, the reaction of anisole and guaiacol, phenolic model compounds commonly existing in bio-oils, were studied over an acidic silica-alumina catalyst and at varying space times...

Feedstock Mixture Effects On Sugar Monomer Recovery Following Dilute Acid Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis

Oct 18, 2011

Michael J. Brodeur-Campbell

Feedstock Mixture Effects on Sugar Monomer Recovery Following Dilute Acid Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis Michael Brodeur-Campbell 1 , Jordan Klinger 1 , and David Shonnard 1,2 [1] Department of Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University [2] Director Sustainable Futures Institute...

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