Preliminary Program subject to change
17005 Processes in the Forest Products Industry: Separations and Transport.
OverviewThis session is focused on process engineering in the forest products industry. New processes involving separations and the development of new products are particularly sought.
Primary SponsorForest and Plant Bioproducts Division (17)

Chair

Shri Ramaswamy
Professor
Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering
University of Minnesota
2004 Folwell Ave
Saint Paul, MN 55108
Phone Number: 612-624-8797
Email: shri@umn.edu
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Wood Drying Process Using Modified Infra-Red Heating Treatment
Erzsébet Cserta, Chair of Thermal Process Technology, University of Leoben, Leoben, A-8700, Austria, László Könözsy, Christian Doppler Laboratory for Multiphase Modeling of Metallurgical Processes, Department of Metallurgy, University of Leoben, Leoben, A-8700, Austria, Gergely Hegedűs, Kentech Ltd., Sárgarózsa, Budapest, H-1163, Hungary and Harald Raupenstrauch, Chair of Thermal Processing Technology, University of Leoben, Leoben, A-8700, Austria
Particle and Bubble Interactions Visualized In Flotation Systems
Steve R. Duke1, Gopal Krishnagopalan1 and Zachery Emerson2, (1)Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, 212 Ross Hall, Auburn University, AL 36849-5127, (2)Auburn University, 212 Ross Hall, Auburn University, AL 36849-5127
Integrated Biorefinery Approach in a Conventional Kraft Pulp Mill Using Hemicellulose Pre-Extraction for Ethanol Production
Hua-Jiang Huang, Shri Ramaswamy, Waleed Wafa Al-Dajani and Ulrike Tschirner, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2004 Folwell Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55108
Degradation of Polylactide Films in Water and Moisture
Yuyang Liu, Ulrike Tschirner and Shri Ramaswamy, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2004 Folwell Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108
Panel Discussion

Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division