2016 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Reaction Kinetics and Transport Fundamentals for Biomass Conversion: Chemical and Catalytic

This session will discuss reaction kinetics and transport issues with thermochemical biomass conversion processes such as pyrolysis and gasification as well as catalytic upgrading of products.

Chair

Xianglan Bai, Iowa State University

Co-Chair

Justinus Satrio, Villanova University

Presentations

03:15 PM

(235a) Extracting Kinetic Parameters from TGA Datasets - Ensuring Optimal Outcomes for Cellulose Pyrolysis
Michael Adenson, Joseph Biernacki, Matthew D. Kelley, Osama Elkelany

03:40 PM

(235b) The Influence of Potassium Content and Heating Rate on Biomass Pyrolysis
Anker D. Jensen, Anna Trubetskaya, Kentaro Umeki

04:05 PM

(235c) Synthesis and Characterization of Maleic Acid – Aluminum Catalyst for Glucose Conversion
Amanda Kreger, Ximing Zhang, Nathan S. Mosier

04:30 PM

(235d) Catalytic Hydropyrolysis of Milled Lignins Derived from Hardwood, Softwood and Herbaceous Biomass Using Bifunctional Catalysts
Xianglan Bai

04:55 PM

(235e) Inhibition Effect during Catalyzed Biomass Char Gasification in Steam and Carbon Dioxide and Its Reversal
Mohmed Akil Syed, Ildar Musin, John D. Muzzy, Derrick W Flick, Carsten Sievers, Pradeep K. Agrawal

05:20 PM

(235f) Acetone Condensation over Ion-Exchanged Hydroxyapatite Catalysts
Christopher R. Ho, Alexis T. Bell