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Pellets From Pretreated Biomass

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 16, 2011
Biomass supply is complicated by diversity of feedstocks, seasonal availability, and widely distributed feedstock. The costs of biomass supply and...

Pretreatment of Loblolly Pine for Fast Pyrolysis Via Torrefaction

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Topical 6: Lignocelluosics: Biorefineries and Sustainable Energy T6007 Thermalchemical Conversion I AIChE 2011, October 16~21, 2011 Minneapolis, MN...

Pyrolysis Vs. Gasification: Effect of Oxygen In Reaction Atmosphere On Biochar Properties

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Since biochar properties can vary widely depending on feedstock and processing conditions, making meaningful comparisons between biochar produced by...

Effect of Steam Explosion On Degradability and Accessiblity of Loblolly Pine In Bioethanol Applications

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 19, 2011
Abstract Among the various biomass pretreatment methods, steam explosion is one of the most widely used due to its cost-effective disruption of the...

Biodegradation of Hardwood Lignocellulosics by the Western Poplar Clearwing Borer, Paranthrene Robiniae (Hy. Edwards)

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Plant lignin is a source of useful chemicals, and also the major barrier for saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass for ethanol conversion. The...

Catalytic Study On Lignin Degradation and Conversion Into Biofuels

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Catalytic study on lignin degradation and conversion into biofuels Wei Mu and Yulin Deng School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and IPST at...

Sustainability of Biomass Crop Production

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 16, 2011
Woody biomass is renewable only if sustainable production is imposed. How to evaluate the benefit of different biomass crop species on a...

Energy Optimization of Hydrogen Production From Biomass

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Energy optimization of Hydrogen production from biomass Mariano Martín a,b , Ignacio E. Grossmann b [1] mariano.m3@usal.es ; grossmann@cmu.edu a...

An Anaerobic Bacterial Treatment of Corn Stover to Prepare a Biorefining Feedstock

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 19, 2011
Anaerobic Bacterial Treatment of Corn Stover to Prepare a Biorefining Feedstock James MacLellan, Zhengbo Yue, Robert Kraemer, Wei Liao* Department of...

Steam Reforming of Ethanol-Phenol Mixture As a Model for Biomass Tar

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Introduction Hydrogen is produced by biomasses through a variety of pyrolysis and gasification processes. Most of these processes are hampered by the...

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