Preliminary Program subject to change
T4000 Chemical and Catalytic Conversions and Processes for Renewable Feedstocks
OverviewExplore advances in products and processes based on chemically- or catalytically-mediated conversion of renewable substrates. Favor contributions that demonstrate the sound application of core scientific and engineering principles.
Primary SponsorTopical 4: Sustainable Biorefineries (T4)
Co-Sponsor(s)Forest Products Division (17), Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division (20), Sustainable Engineering Forum (23)

Chair

Dennis J. Miller
Professor
Michigan State University
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
2527 Engineering Building
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone Number: (517) 353-3928
Fax Number: (527) 432-1105
Email: millerd@egr.msu.edu

CoChair

Susan Stagg-Williams
Assistant Professor
University of Kansas
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, 4132 Learned Hall
1530 West 15th Street
Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone Number: (785) 864-2919
Fax Number: (785) 864-4967
Email: smwilliams@ku.edu
Aqueous-Phase Hydrogenation Of Organic Acids On Monometallic Supported Catalysts: A Combined Experimental And Theoretical Study
Ye Xu, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, and Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, MS-6493, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6493, Hakan O. Olcay, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Goessmann Laboratory, N. Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003 and George Huber, Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 159 Goessmann Lab, 686 North Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01003
A Kinetic and Mass Transfer Model for Glycerol Hydrogenation in A Trickle Bed Reactor
Yaoyan Xi1, Johnathan E. Holladay2, Aaron A. Oberg3, John G. Frye3, James E. Jackson4 and Dennis J. Miller5, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Sciences, Michigan State University, 2527 Engineering BLG, East Lansing, MI 48824, (2)Pacific Northwest National Lab, 902 Battelle Blvd, P. O. Box 999, K8-93, Richland, WA 99352, (3)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99352, (4)Chemistry Department, Michigan State University, Chemistry building, East Lansing, MI 48824, (5)Michigan State University, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, 2527 Engineering Building, East Lansing, MI 48824
Potential For Producing Propylene Oxide And Other Oxygenated C3 Hydrocarbons From Propylene Glycol Derived From Glycerin
Surupa D. Abraham and Eric J. Doskocil, University of Missouri - Columbia, W2033 Lafferre Hall, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Columbia, MO 65211
Biofuel Production By Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis
Tushar Vispute, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, Torren Carlson, Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003 and George Huber, Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 159 Goessmann Lab, 686 North Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01003
Effect of Metallic Compounds Addition on the Decrease in Tar Yield during Pyrolysis of Biomass
Kosuke Fujimoto, Chemecal engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto daigaku-Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, Yoshikage Ohmukai, Chemecal engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Shigeya Hayashi, Ube Industries, Ltd., Ube, Japan, Isao Hasegawa, Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura Campus, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan and Kazuhiro Mae, Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University, Soshikanyagi-apartment 404, 20-24 Mibutakahi-cyo, Nakakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Process Modeling And Economic Evaluation Of Mix Alco Process To Produce Various C2 To C7 Chemicals
Parag S. Shah and Peter van Walsum, Environmental Studies, Baylor University, Goeble Building, Waco, TX 76710

Topical 4: Sustainable Biorefineries