2015 AIChE Annual Meeting Proceedings

Session: Sustainable Energy from Renewable Resources

Bio-derived liquid fuels can be obtained from a variety 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.

Chair

Niroomand, H., Sustainble Energy and Education Research Center (SEERC), The University of Tennessee

Co-Chair

You, F., Northwestern University

Presentations

03:30 PM

(35a) Environmental Sustainability Analysis of Technologies for Electricity Generation of Renewable Energy Sources for Non-Interconnected Zones in Colombia By Using Fuzzy Logic

04:00 PM

(35b) Parametric Study for the Optimization of Biomass Ionic Liquid Pretreatment for Conversion of Corn Stover to Soluble Sugars

04:30 PM

(35c) Comparison of the Efficacy of Co-Solvent Enhanced Lignocellulosic Fractionation (CELF) and Dilute Acid Pretreatments at Low to High Solids Loadings for Switchgrass

05:00 PM

(35d) Model-Based Selective CO2 Capture from Biogas Streams Using Ionic Liquids As Physical and Chemical Absorbents

05:30 PM

(35e) Inexpensive pH Matched Acid–Base Conjugate Ionic Liquids for One-Pot Pretreatment and Saccharification of Lignocellulosic Biomass