2013 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass IV

This session focuses on the thermal Chemical conversion of plant based materials.

Chair

Sridharan Ramaswamy, University of Minnesota

Co-Chair

Yun-quan Liu, Xiamen University

Presentations

08:30 AM

(277a) Biomass Gasification Using Carbon Dioxide: Chemistry and Process Modeling
Narendra Sadhwani, Mario Eden, Sushil Adhikari

08:55 AM

(277b) Engineering Next Generation Biomass Feedstocks: Effect of Torrefaction On Gasification Products
Whitney Jablonski, Daniel Carpenter, Jessica L. Olstad, Marc Oddo, Stuart Black, David Robichaud

09:20 AM

(277c) Operations of a Stratified Downdraft Gasifier On MSW for Development of a Waste to Energy Process
Andrew Lucero, John West, Kevin McCabe, Santosh Gangwal

09:45 AM

(277d) Effects of Oxygen and Steam On Biomass Gasification and Syngas Combustion in a Pilot-Scale System
Cuong Van Huynh, Song-Charng Kong

10:10 AM

(277e) Demonstration of Biomass Conversion to Mixed Alcohols At the Pilot Scale
Jesse E. Hensley, Whitney Jablonski, Kristin Smith, Richard L. Bain, Joshua Schaidle, Steven Phillips, Mark R. Nimlos, Kimberly Magrini-Bair, Mark Davis

10:35 AM

(277f) Optimization of a 3ton/Day Biomass Fed Bubbling Fluidized Bed Gasification System
Prashanth Buchireddy, John Guillory, Mark Zappi, Joesph Vutukuri