167 Reactor Engineering for Biomass Feedstocks

Monday, October 29, 2012: 3:15 PM
335 (Convention Center )
Description:
Emphasis on fundamental reactor engineering for the conversion of biomass to combustible gases, "biocrude" and "biodiesel" oils, bioethanol, and biocarbons. Favor papers demonstrating the sound application of core scientific and engineering principles.

Sponsor:
Sustainable Biorefineries
Co-Sponsor(s):
ICE 2012: Biorefinery Technologies for Forest Based Lignocellulosic Biomass (T4A), ICE2012: BioFuels (T4F), Topical B: 2nd Annual World Congress on Sustainable Engineering (TB)

Chair:
Michael J. Antal
Email: mantal@hawaii.edu

Co-chairs:
Yukihiko Matsumura
Email: mat@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Kazuhiro Mochidzuki
Email: mochi@iis.u-tokyo.acjp

- indicates paper has an Extended Abstract file available on CD.


3:15 PM
(167a) Design and Operation of Bioethanol Production Process for Small-Scale Biorefinery
Kazuhiro Mochidzuki, Shin-ichi Kobayashi, Akiyoshi Sakoda, Tran Phuoc Nhat Uyen, Vu Le Van Khanh, Nguyen Dinh Quan, Le Thi Kim Phung and Phan Dinh Tuan

3:40 PM
(167b) Effects of Pellet Feed and Air Supply Rates On the Combustion Behavior of Spruce Pellets in a Grid-Type Stove
Bawadi Abdullah, Yoshimitsu Uemura, Noridah Osman, Takami Kai, Hirokazu Takanashi and Yukio Teraoka

4:05 PM
(167c) Is Elevated Pressure Required to Achieve a High Fixed-Carbon Yield of Charcoal From Biomass?
Liang Wang, Oyvind Skreiberg, Morten Gronli and Michael J. Antal

4:30 PM
(167d) Understanding the Reaction Network and Kinetics of the Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Microalgae
Peter J. Valdez and Phillip E. Savage
File available
4:55 PM
(167e) Inhibition of Catalyst Poisoning in Supercritical Water Gasification of Sewage Sludge: Technical Study On Reactor Design
Osamu Sawai, Teppei Nunoura and Kazuo Yamamoto

5:20 PM
(167f) Effect of Acid and Alkali On Supercritical Water Gasification of Glucose
Yukihiko Matsumura, Hokuto Takai and Chutinan Promdej
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