2008 Annual Meeting

Session: Reactor Engineering for Biomass Feedstocks

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.

Chair

Michael J. Antal, University of Hawaii

Co-Chairs

Yukihiko Matsumura, Hiroshima University at Japan
Kazuhiro Mochidzuki, The University of Tokyo

Presentations

08:00 AM

(743a) Small-Scale Biorefinery Process for Sustainable Local Biomass Utilization
Kazuhiro Mochidzuki, Akiyoshi Sakoda, Mistuhiro Takayama, Yasuo Igarashi

08:20 AM

(743b) Hydrolysis of Microcrystalline Cellulose In Subcritical and Supercritical Water In a Continuous Flow Reactor
Sandeep Kumar, Ayhan Demirbas, Ram B. Gupta

08:40 AM

(743c) Hydrothermal Pretreament of Rubber Wood for Ethanol Production
Yukihiko Matsumura, Takuya Yoshida, Minoru Nakashima, Phacharakamol Petchpradab, Tawatchai Charinpanitkul

09:00 AM

(743d) Hydrothermal Biomass Chemistry: Protein-Carbohydrate Interactions
Andrew A. Peterson, Jefferson W Tester

09:20 AM

(743e) A Kinetic Model for Supercritical Water Gasification of Biomass
Fernando L. P. Resende, Phillip E. Savage

09:40 AM

(743f) Flash Carbonization of Sewage Sludge: Assessment of Sewage Sludge Charcoal Land Application
Takuya Yoshida, Michael J. Antal

10:00 AM

(743g) Effects of Volatile-Char Interaction on the Char Reactivity In the Biomass Gasification
Tomoko Wada, Chihiro Fushimi, Atsushi Tsutsumi