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Sustainable Fuels From Renewable Resources II


Description:
Bio-derived liquid fuels can be obtained from a variey of sources. This session will focus on the production of liquid fuels from renewable sources, with emphasis on process design associated with resource conversion into useful products.

Sponsor:
Sustainable Energy
Co-Sponsor(s):
ICE 2012: Biorefinery Technologies for Forest Based Lignocellulosic Biomass (T4A), ICE 2012: Global Nuclear and Solar Energy for the 21st Century (T4B), Alternate Fuels and New Technology (16D), Sustainable Biorefineries (23B), Topical G: Innovations of Green Process Engineering for Sustainable Energy and Environment (TG), Topical B: 2nd Annual World Congress on Sustainable Engineering (TB)


Chair:
Belinda S.M. Sturm
Assistant Professor
University of Kansas
Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone Number: 785-864-1739
Email: bmcswain@ku.edu

Co-Chair:
Arun V. Giridhar
Purdue University
School of Chemical Engineering
480 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Email: agiridha@ecn.purdue.edu


Papers:
Improvements in Bio-Butanol Separation by Adsorption: Adsorbent Screening, Kinetics and Equilibrium
Niloofar Abdehagh, University of Ottawa; F. Handan Tezel, University of Ottawa; Jules Thibault, University of Ottawa
100% Conversion of Waste Brown Grease to Biodiesel and Syngas As Valuable Products for Heat and Power Cogeneration
Shoucheng Du, University of Connecticut; Fabio Poretti, University of Connecticut; Iman Noshadi, University of Connecticut; Richard Parnas, University of Connecticut; George M. Bollas, University of Connecticut
Techno-Economic Analysis of Mixed Alcohol Production Through Hydrogenation of Volatile Fatty Acids Derived From Seaweed
Peyman Fasahati, Pukyong National University; J. Jay Liu, Pukyong National University
Flex Fuel Polygeneration: Optimizing Cost, Sustainability, and Resiliency
Matthew Kieffer, Iowa State University; Tristan Brown, Iowa State University; Robert C. Brown, Iowa State University
Feed Flexible Process Optimization Model for Region Specific Sustainable Biorefining
Sumesh Sukumara, University of Kentucky; Jeffrey R. Seay, University of Kentucky; Dr. Fazleena Badurdeen, University of Kentucky; William Faulkner, University of Kentucky; Joseph Amundson, University of Kentucky
Sustainable Design of Energy Supply Chains From P-Graphs: Cost, Ecological Footprint, and Emergy
Leisha Vance, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Istvan Heckl, University of Pannonia; Botond Bertok, Department of Computer Science, University of Veszprém; Heriberto Cabezas, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Ferenc Friedler, University of Pannonia
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