2011 Spring Meeting & 7th Global Congress on Process Safety

Session: Thermal Processes for Waste Utilization

Chair

Marco J. Castaldi, City College of New York

Co-Chair

Ange Nzihou, Ecole des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux

Presentations

08:00 AM

(6a) Upgrading Low BTU Fuels to Reduce Emissions and Enhance Performance In IC Engines
Natali Y. Ganfer, Marco J. Castaldi

08:20 AM

(6b) A Technoeconomic Analysis of Biodegradable Polymers Production From CO2 and Waste Plastics
Michael Hartmann, Maoqi Feng, Eloy Flores III, Thomas Andrews

08:40 AM

(6c) Modeling of Medium Constituents for Optimized Production of Lipase From Niger Seed Oil Cake (Guizotia abyssinica) Using Artificial Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms
Sarat Babu Imandi, Hanumantha Rao Garapati

09:00 AM

(6d) Influence of Acids and Alkalis on Cellulose Pyrolysis Pathways and Kinetics
Salim M. Shaik, Reginald B.H. Tan, Paul Nicholas Sharratt

09:20 AM

(6e) Organosolv Revisited – Biomass Valorization with New Perspectives
Michael Schrems, Philipp Vejdovszky, Martin Zeilinger, Sonja Bednarik, Emmerich Haimer, Falk Liebner, Thomas Rosenau, Antje Potthast