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The prediction of relaxed radial tensile strength (RTS) of pharmaceutical tablets in real-time using near infrared (NIR) spectroscopic data collected at-line was investigated. Radial tensile strength is a critical quality attribute (CQA) of tablets which may correlate to drug product performance in...

Optimization of an advanced coal-fired integrated gasification combined cycle system requires an accurate numerical prediction of gasifier performance. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has been used to model the turbulent multiphase reacting flow inside commercial-scale entrained-flow coal...

Lignocellulosic biomass is a new source of renewable and carbon neutral materials for biofuel and bioenergy production. However, we note the recalcitrance of lignocellulosic for bioconversion. The presence of lignin is a barrier to enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose by cellulases, as well as...

Hydrogen produced from renewable energy is an important component of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technology (FCT) Program efforts to develop fuel cells for a diverse range of applications. The primary objective of the DOE hydrogen production R&D portfolio is to reduce the cost...

Alkaline Polyol Pulping – Alternative Pathway for Chemicals from Lignocellulose M. G. Schnitzlein a , M. Hundt b , N. Engel b , D. Rein a , K. Schnitzlein b a MCI Management Center Innsbruck, Maximilianstr. 2, 6020 Innsbruck, AUSTRIA b Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus, Burger Chaussee 2,...

The BeauTi-fueL facility is a mobile biomass to liquid facility, where the key equipment of the biomass to liquid process is placed into a commercial container and can be transported to a biomass site for liquid fuel production. This facility can be used to process the biomass such as agriculture...

During mesophilic or thermophilic anaerobic digestion, a considerable fraction of organic nitrogen is mineralized to ionic ammonia, producing an effluent with higher concentrations of ammonia nitrogen as well as elevated temperatures, both of which can be useful in dowstream processing of ammonia...

Writing and printing papers are usually loaded with white pigment particles to improve many paper properties such as light scattering, smoothness, pore-size distribution, and ink-paper interactions. In the conventional method of loading, the filler particles are added directly into the papermaking...

Chemical looping combustion (CLC) for power generation has the inherent potential of enriching CO 2 from flue gases in-situ with low energy penalty compared to other commercial available options. However, the feasibility of applying CLC to burning coal is heavily depended on the suitability of...

The performance of anaerobic digestion is highly correlated to the compositions of its substrate and microbes. A lab-scale anaerobic digestion process of a mixture of dairy manure and corn stover in continuous stirred-tank reactor (CSTR) was performed to investigate the influence of additional...