Session: Reactor Engineering for Biomass Feedstocks (2010 Annual Meeting)

Wednesday, November 10, 2010: 3:15 PM

251 A Room (Salt Palace Convention Center)

Description:

Emphasis on fundamental reactor engineering for the conversion of biomass to combustible gases, "biocrude" and "biodiesel" oils, bioethanol, and biocarbons. Favor papers demonstrating the sound application of core scientific and engineering principles.

Sponsor:

Sustainable Biorefineries

Co-Sponsor(s):

Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division (20), Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division (17), Sustainable Engineering Forum (23), Research and New Technology Committee (18j)

Chair:

Michael J. Antal Jr.
Email: mantal@hawaii.edu

Co-chairs:

Yukihiko Matsumura
Email: mat@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Kazuhiro Mochidzuki
Email: mochi@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp

3:15 PM

(557a) Peering Into Supercritical-Water Biomass Gasification with Neutron Radiography
Andrew A. Peterson, Frederic Vogel and Jefferson W. Tester

3:40 PM

(557b) Supercritical Water Gasification of Phenol
Chad Michael Huelsman and Phillip E. Savage

4:05 PM

(557c) Reaction Rate Parameters for Supercritical Water Gasification of Various Biomass Species
Yukihiko Matsumura, Yasunao Yamashita, Shuhei Inoue, Yoshifumi Kawai, Tomoaki Minowa, Yoji Noda and Yoshihisa Shimizu

4:30 PM

(557d) A Decoupling Methodology for Wood Gasifier Modeling: From Laboratory Scale Kinetic Measurements to Pilot Plant Simulation. Application to a Dual Fluidized Bed Gasifier
Olivier Authier, Guillain Mauviel, Monique Ferrer, Az-Eddine Khalfi and Jacques Lédé

4:55 PM

(557e) Can the Effluent of An Efficient Biomass Carbonizer Be Combusted?
Javier Ábrego, Toshiaki Hanaoka and Michael J. Antal Jr.

5:20 PM

(557f) Design of Exergy Recuperative Fluidized Bed Drying System for Biomass
Muhammad Aziz, Chihiro Fushimi, Yasuki Kansha, Kazuhiro Mochidzuki, Shozo Kaneko and Atsushi Tsutsumi

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