Preliminary Program subject to change
17002 Process Engineering of Biobased Products, Paper and Forest Products
OverviewThis session will have papers devoted towards process engineering research of biobased products including pulp, paper and other forest products including recycled paper. Papers covering the entire gamut of separations processes, kinetics and thermodynamics of systems involved in biobased product engineering will be welcome.
Primary SponsorForest Products Division (17)

Chair

Adriaan van Heiningen
Ober Chair of Chemical Engineering
Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Maine
5737 Jenness Hall
Orono, ME 04469-5737
Phone Number: 207-581-2278
Fax Number: 207-581-2323
Email: avanheiningen@umche.maine.edu

CoChair

Steve R. Duke
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Auburn University
230 Ross Hall
Auburn, AL 36849-5127
Phone Number: 334-844-2087
Fax Number: 334-844-2063
Email: srduke@eng.auburn.edu
Filler Modification for New Paper Product Design
Se-Young Yoon, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 500 10th Street, N.W, ATLANTA, GA 30332-0620 and Yulin Deng, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 500 10th Street, N.W, Atlanta, GA 30332-0620
Permeability and Compressibility of Fiber Mats
Bandaru V. Ramarao, Ramesh Singh and Sergei Lavrykov, Empire State Paper Research Institute, State University of New York, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210-2278
Particle - Bubble Interactions in Flotation Deinking
Zachery I. Emerson, Auburn University, 230 Ross Hall, Auburn University, AL 36849, Steve R. Duke, Auburn University, 230 Ross Hall, Auburn University, AL 36849-5127 and Gopal A. Krishnagopalan, Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, 230 Ross Hall, Auburn University, AL 36849-5127
Tar and Particulate Removal from a Novel Gasification Unit Using Sawdust as a Feedstock
Monty Singletary and Mark Bricka, Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762
Kinetics of Oxygen Delignification from Cstr and Batch Reactor Data
Yun Ji, M. Clayton Wheeler and Adriaan van Heiningen, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of Maine, 300Jenness Hall, Orono, ME 04469
Process Design Considerations When Selecting a Black Liquor Gasifier
William J. Frederick Jr.1, Scott A. Sinquefield2, Kristiina Iisa1, Christopher Young1 and Christopher L. Verrill2, (1)School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 500 Tenth St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0620, (2)IPST, Georgia Institute of Technology, 500 Tenth St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0620

Forest Products Division