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Biomass Pyrolysis and Gasification: Engineering Rules of Thumb

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 16, 2011
In this presentation I review important findings recorded in the archival literature concerning the thermodynamics, kinetics, mechanisms, and...

Effects of Reaction Conditions On the Acid-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Miscanthus Dissolved In An Ionic Liquid

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 19, 2011
Miscanthus, a perennial grass, is an attractive biofuel feedstock compared with corn and poplar due to its high energy yield per hectare and low...

Rule of Thumb for Design of Catalytic Pyrolysis of Biomass In Bubbling Fluid Bed Reactor

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 16, 2011
The production of stable biomass pyrolysis depends strongly on both reactor design and the effective design of a condensation train to collect the...

Alkaline Deacylation of Corn Stover to Reduce Toxicity of Prehydrolyzates and Improve Enzymatic Hydrolysis

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Hydrolysates from dilute acid pretreatment of biomass contain various biomass degradation products which are inhibitory to enzymes and toxic to...

Improving the Quality of Spent Mushroom Substrate (SMS) As Feedstock for Biorefineries

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
In the current ecological climate there is a strong push to find a renewable energy resource to reduce the usage of fossil fuels which are depleting...

Co-Utilization of Methane In Steam-Biomass Gasification Using Concentrated Solar Energy

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Presented is a novel gasification application where biomass is steam-gasified and natural gas is steam-reformed simultaneously in a solar reactor...

Effect of Storage Method and Duration On the Bioprocessing of Lignocellulosic Biomass

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Lignocellulosic biorefineries require an efficient system of biomass storage between harvesting and processing. This study reports the effect of...

Rule of Thumb for Reactor Design and Process Conditions for Supercritical Water Gasification of Wet Biomass

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 16, 2011
The Rule of thumb for reactor design and process conditions for supercritical water gasification of wet biomass is introduced. The important aspects...

An Integrated Lipid-Based Platform for “Drop-In” Fuel Biorefinery

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
A major challenge in developing biorefinery is that the availability of biomass often limits the scale of the plant thus the feasibility of an...

Synthesis of Green Diesel Fuel From Fatty Acid Feedstocks Via Electrochemical Hofer-Moest Decarboxylation

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Production of biodiesel by esterification or transesterification of long-chain fatty acids is a well known process, but the fuel product has...

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