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Production of Synthetic Fuel from Anaerobic Digester Gas

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 11, 2015
The waste generated from feed lots, dairy farms, meat processing, etc can be converted to a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide using anaerobic...

Chemical Looping Gasification and Hydrogen (CLGH) Process from Solid Biomass in a Dual Fluidized-Bed System

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 11, 2015
Chemical looping gasification and hydrogen (CLGH) process from solid biomass in a dual fluidized-bed system Jimin Zeng, Rui Xiao * , Yihong Wang,...

Nickel Supported on Ceria-Zirconia for Syngas Production Via Dry Reforming of Methane

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 11, 2015
1.Introduction Dry reforming of methane (DRM) produces synthesis gas with higher purity and lower H 2 /CO ratio than either partial oxidation or...

Dry Reforming of Methane over Ni-Based Pyrochlore Catalysts Using Transient Pulsing

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 11, 2015
Dry reforming of methane requires temperatures of 750 – 950 °C to achieve near equilibrium conversions. A thermally robust and active catalyst, such...

Effect of Fast Pyrolysis Conditions on Structural Transformation and Reactivity of Herbaceous Biomasses at High Temperatures

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 11, 2015
Fast pyrolysis of wheat straw and rice husks was carried out in an entrained-flow reactor (EFR) and compared with the results from the wire-mesh...

Effect of Lignin Content on Hemicellulose Hydrolysis during Liquid Hot Water Pretreatment

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 11, 2015
Recalcitrance to sugar release is a major limitation for cost-effective industrial conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to biofules. Lignin layers...

Hydrolysis Kinetics of Woody Biomass: Surface Renewal

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 11, 2015
Woody biomass is known to be composed of three major components: cellulose, lignin and hemicellulose. Cellulose is the most stable natural polymer in...

Microbial Conversion of Natural Gas to Biofuel Using a Naturally Occurring Methanotroph

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 10, 2015
Methane, the second most prominent greenhouse gas, comes from multiple sources including the production of and refining of petroleum, domestic...

Democratizing Fossil Fuel Conversion

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 10, 2015
Do you have a billion dollars? Neither do most of the 6 million companies in the Unites States. In fact, less than 10 companies in the U.S. can...

Oxy-Coal Power Boiler Simulation and Validation through Extreme Computing

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 10, 2015
Coal remains the low-cost but high carbon power generation option around the globe. We have studied the design of a 500 MW pulverized-coal boiler...

Impact of US Natural Gas Abundance on Carbon Management Strategies

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 10, 2015
The abundant supply of natural gas provided by the fracking boom has dramatically changed the options for carbon dioxide management. It appears that...

Accelerate Materials Design through Accurate Performance Prediction

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 10, 2015
Material challenges are at the core of many DOE energy objectives. Critical to Fossil Energy (FE) is the ability to predict performance under severe...

Solvation Dynamics and Energetics of Hydride Transfer Reactions in Cellulosic Biomass Conversion

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 10, 2015
Cellulose and its sugar derivatives need to be dissolved in a solvent for their catalytic conversion to chemicals and fuels intermediates...

Dynamic Modeling of Steam Thermal Power Plants for Real-Time Optimization

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 10, 2015
The variable market demand, and the increasing safety and environmental regulations imposed on power plants, force operators to develop dynamic...

Analysis of a Nearly Isoentropic High Efficiency Pumped Heat Electricity Storage Process

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
November 10, 2015
Pumped heat electricity storage (PHES) is a recently proposed competitive energy storage solution for large scale electrical energy storage (EES). It...

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