2013 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Alternative Fuels and Enabling Technologies IV

Papers are invited on the topic of the production and performance testing of alternative fuels. This includes but is not limited to bio-based fuels. Final session organization will cluster papers on similar topics. Papers are also welcome on technology that enables the more-effective use of alternative fuels.

Chair

Hossein Toghiani, Mississippi State University

Co-Chair

Tom R. Marrero, University of Missouri

Presentations

12:30 PM

(800a) High-Titer and High-Yield n-Butanol Production From Lignocellulosic Biomass By Engineered Clostridium Tyrobutyricum
Yinming Du, Shang-Tian Yang

12:45 PM

(800b) Evaluation of Ascorbic Acid and Acetic Acid As Catalysts in the Transesterfication of Virgin Soybean Oil
Jonathan Wenzel, Endel Maricq, Michael Stogsdill, Ali Zand

01:00 PM

(800c) In-Situ Conversion of the FOG in Trap Grease Into Biodiesel
Qingshi Tu, Ming Chai, Mingming Lu

01:15 PM

(800d) Synthesis of Polyoxymethylene Dimethyl Ethers From Dimethoxymethane and Paraformaldehyde Catalyzed By Cation Exchange Resins
Yanyan Zheng, Jinfu Wang, Qiang Tang, Tiefeng Wang

01:30 PM

(800e) Biodiesel Production With a Membrane Reactor Over Heterogeneous Alkali Catalyst
Guomin Xiao, Wei Xu

02:00 PM

(800g) Heterogeneous Catalysis for Biodiesel Production of Rapeseed Oil
Naomi Ramesar, Yohannes Kiros

02:15 PM

(800h) Systematic Evaluation of Jatropha Curcas L.Oil Obtention By Mechanical and Solvent Extraction
Paulo C. Narvaez, Alvaro Orjuela, Andrea Yate, Adriana Hernández, Helmer Acevedo

02:45 PM

(800j) Characterisation of Blended Biodiesel Produced By Trans-Esterification of Jatropha Oil
Rafi Ullah Khan, Arslan Akram