Preliminary Program subject to change
TE017 Sustainable Nonfuel Products/Production Systems from Biomass Resources
OverviewThis session will explore advances in sustainable non-fuel products/production systems from biomass. Papers that demonstrate the application of sound scientific, and core chemical engineering principles will be favored. The topics to be covered include but not limited to conversion/production technology development and implementation, status of biomass utilization and commercialization in US and other countries.
Primary SponsorTopical E: Sustainability [CoSponsored by The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan (SCEJ)] (TE)

Chair

Zhiliang (Julia) Fan
Assistant Professor
Virginia Tech
Blackburg, VA 24061
Phone Number: 540-231-7425
Fax Number: 540-231-3199
Email: zlfan@vt.edu

CoChair

Akiyoshi Sakoda
Univ. of Tokyo
4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku
Tokyo, 153-8505
Japan
Phone Number: 3-5452-6350
Email: sakoda@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp

CoChair

Yukihiko Matsumura
Associate professor
Hiroshima University
1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima-shi
Hiroshima, 739-8527
Japan
Phone Number: 81-82-424-7561
Email: matumura@mec.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

* Membership Number 0000163746
a-Olefins Synthesis from Fischer-Tropsch Reaction in a Trickle Bed Reactor
Xiaohao Liu1, Xiaohong Li2, Kenji Asami2 and Kaoru Fujimoto2, (1)Department of Chemical Processes and Enviroments, Faculty of Enviromental Engineering, The university of Kitakyushu, 1-1, Hibikino, Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu, Japan, (2)The university of Kitakyushu, 1-1, Hibikino, Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu, Japan
Economical Evaluation of Biomass-Fired Power Generation in Japan
Shinji Fujimoto1, Kazuhiro Kumabe1, Takashi Yanagida1, Tetsuhisa Fukuda1, Akira Yabe2 and Tomoaki Minowa1, (1)Biomass Technology Research Center, National institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2-2-2 Hiro-Suehiro, Kure, 737-0197, Japan, (2)National institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2-2-2 Hiro-Suehiro, Kure, 737-0197, Japan
Microwave Irradiation as an Alternative Pretreatment Method for Sludge Stabilization
Isil Toreci, Kevin Kennedy and Ronald L. Droste, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Ottawa, 161 Louis-Pasteur, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
Methane Fermentation of Seaweed Biomass
Toru Matsui, Toshiji Amano, Yoji Koike, Atsushi Saiganji and Hitoshi Saito, Technology Research Institute, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., 1-7-7, Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan
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Hydrothermal Pretreatment of Lignocellulosics for Ethanol Fermentation
Takuya Yoshida1, Daisuke Okahisa1, Yukihiko Matsumura1 and Jeffrey S. Tolan2, (1)Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima, 739-8527, Japan, (2)Iogen Corporation, 8 Colonnade Road, Ottawa, ON K2E 7M6, Canada
A Kinetic Study on Hot-Water Extraction of Woodchips
Shijie Liu, Raymond C. Francis, Gary M. Scott and Thomas E. Amidon, Paper Science and Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210
Productions of Chitin and Valuable Substances from Crab Shell Using Sub-Critical Water
Hiroyuki Yoshida, Hidemi Nakamura, Norihisa Nakai and Hiroki Oozono, Department of Chemical Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Nakaku, Sakai, 599-8531, Japan

Topical E: Sustainability [CoSponsored by The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan (SCEJ)]