| Wednesday, 15 November 2006: 8:30 AM-11:00 AM | |||
| Continental 2 (Hilton San Francisco) | |||
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division (20) | |||
| #332 - Alternative Fuels I (20018) | |||
| This session acts as a forum for researchers with novel ideas and discoveries in the field of alternative fuels. Topics of interests include: Alternate Fuels / Chemicals / New materials New process developments for Fuels Manufacture / Synthesis - Recently discovered reaction mechanisms - Innovative approaches of emission-control technologies and by-product utilizations - Novel computational and modeling methods Environmental policy and Barrels to Wheels economics Other related topics | |||
| Chair: | Wei-Yin Chen | ||
| CoChair: | Prasanna V. Joshi | ||
| CoSponsor(s): | Topical C: Fuel Cells and Alternative Fuel Systems (TC) | ||
| 8:30 AM | 332a | Esterification and Transesterification of Acid Oils for Biodiesel Production Using Heterogeneous Catalyst Jorge Mario Marchetti, Alberto Felipe Errazu | |
| 9:00 AM | 332b | Kinetic Characterization for Pretreatment of Timber Varieties and Switchgrass Using Diluted Acid Hydrolysis Shu Chiang Yat, David R. Shonnard | |
| 9:30 AM | 332c | Evaluation of Tall Oil as a Feedstock for the Production of Biodiesel David E. Neaves, Rafael Hernandez, Todd French, Mark E. Zappi | |
| 10:00 AM | 332d | in-Situ Transesterification of Soybeans Jaricus A. Whitlock, Rafael Hernandez, Todd French, Bill B. Elmore, Mark Bricka, Sandun Fernando | |
| 10:30 AM | 332e | Advances in Base-Catalyzed Transesterification of Soybean Oil Using Nanocrystalline Oxides Eric J. Doskocil, Samuel Yoder | |
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