Industrial Biotechnology

Modeling and Scale up of CO2-Water Pretreatment of Guayule Biomass

Oct 17, 2011
Ehsan Moharreri
A carbon dioxide – water pretreatment process was developed for guayule biomass. The guayule biomass was mixed with water and then loaded to a reactor where it was exposed to a biphasic environment consisting of CO2 rich vapor phase and water rich liquid phase. Then, the biomass was enzymatically...

Fischer Tropsch Synthesis Via Biomass Derived Synthesis Gas

Oct 17, 2011
Syed Ali Gardezi
Due to the recent surge in energy costs and uncertainties in fuel prices, there is significant interest in seeking alternative sources of energy particularly from renewable such as biomass. Indirect liquefaction of biomass (via the thermo-chemical conversion to syngas followed by liquefaction via...

Kinetics Study of Furfural Production From Cellulosic Biomass

Oct 17, 2011
Taiying Zhang
Furfural is an important chemical and also a building block for production of drop-in hydrocarbon fuels and can be produced from cellulosic biomass such as woody crops and bagasse by hydrolysis and dehydration with mineral acids. However, furfural yields employing current technologies are limited...

Rule of Thumb for Reactor Design and Process Condition for Biodiesel Production

Oct 16, 2011
Masato Kouzu
The rule of thumb for reactor design and process condition for biodiesel production is introduced. The important aspect includes type of feedstock oil, catalyst selection, methanol/oil ratio, quality of the produced biodiesel. When low quality plant oil is used as the feedstock, its pre-treatment...

Biomass Pyrolysis and Gasification: Engineering Rules of Thumb

Oct 16, 2011
Michael J. Antal
In this presentation I review important findings recorded in the archival literature concerning the thermodynamics, kinetics, mechanisms, and catalysis of biomass pyrolysis and gasification that serve as rules of thumb for reactor design.

CEP: News Update

August
2012
News Update
Updates Include: The Natural Gas Debate Continues Smart Material Stays Cool in the Heat Firefly-Semiconductor Hybrid Lights Up Ionic Liquid Improves Hydrogen-Producing Catalyst One-Pot Synthesis Yields Zeolites at Bargain Prices High-Carbon Diet...

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