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Progress Toward Biological Pretreatment - Understanding Plant Cell Wall Degradation by Termite and White-Rot Fungi

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
In an effort developing more efficient and environmentally benign lignocellulosic biomass processing technologies, the authors’ laboratory has...

The Effect of Fly Ash From Different Coal Sources On the Reactivity of An Iron-Based Oxygen Carrier for Chemical Looping Combustion

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
The University of Kentucky, Center for Applied Energy Research is investigating oxygen carriers (OC) for chemical looping combustion (CLC) with the...

The Influence of Nickel Phosphide On the Fractional Catalytic Pyrolysis of Hybrid Poplar Wood

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
The pyrolytic conversion of biomass to into liquid fuels has the potential to become drop-in transportation fuels if some of its negative attributes...

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...

Comparative Reaction Kinetics of Acid Hydrolysis of Plant Biomass and Algae Biomass

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
The current vision of biomass (e.g. plant, algae) conversion technologies is focused on developing the reactive intermediates platform for biofuels...

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...

Effects of RTD On the Performance of NREL High-Solid Continuous Pretreatment Reactor

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Dilute-acid pretreatment is one of the most advanced and widely accepted pretreatment technologies. In this study, improvement in the process was...

Liquid Fuel Production Using Solar-Thermal Energy: Process Development and Technoeconomic Evaluation

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
We have previously described a novel solar-based concept for the production of methanol from carbon dioxide and water. This system applies...

Flow and Transport Properties In High-Solids Biomass Slurries

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Economic biochemical conversion of cellulose to sugars necessitates minimal addition of water to biomass slurries during conversion, resulting in...

Kinetics Study of Furfural Production From Cellulosic Biomass

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Furfural is an important chemical and also a building block for production of drop-in hydrocarbon fuels and can be produced from cellulosic biomass...

Thermal Processing Techniques to Improve Metal Sulfide Mixed Alcohol Catalyst Performance

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Research over several decades by several institutions has shown that alkali-promoted metal sulfide catalysts are capable of producing mixed alcohols...

Direct Coupled Catalytic Upgrading of Multi-Stage Pyrolysis Bio-Oil Vapors

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
A two-stage pyrolysis was conducted in this work. The purpose of the multiple stages is to provide a segregated product evolution in which the vapor...

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...

Technoeconomic Analysis of Biomass Gasification System Utilizing Geothermal Energy for Processing

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
The use of biomass as a source of energy has been studied extensively inrecent years, and special attention has been paid to biomass gasification. In...

The Horizontal Ribbon Growth of Solar Silicon Crystals: Process Analysis, Stability, and Control

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Present-day photovoltaic technology is predominantly based on the fabrication of solar cells from silicon. The cost and efficiency of silicon-based...

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...

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