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- 5Kumar, Amit (Mechanical Engineering)
- 4Hashisho, Zaher (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 2He, Fangliang (Renewable Resources)
- 1Arvind Rajendran (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 1Bork, Edward (Agriculture, Food, & Nutritional Science)
- 1Bressler, David (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
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Fall 2016
Increasing demand for energy in the world has made industries to look for economically efficient methods to produce energy. One possible approach is to increase natural gas productions, due to its cleanliness and lower price. However, energy consumption of the cryogenic processes is high in...
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Effect of Desorption Purge Gas Oxygen Impurity on Heel Formation During Regeneration of Beaded Activated Carbon Saturated with Organic Vapors
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Irreversible adsorption or heel formation during cyclic adsorption/regeneration of high molecular weight volatile organic compounds (VOCs) onto activated carbon decreases its adsorption capacity and lifetime. The effect of regeneration purge gas oxygen impurity on activated carbon performance,...
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Effect of fluidization on adsorption of volatile organic compounds on beaded activated carbon
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Adsorption on activated carbon is a widely used technique for controlling emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from automotive painting booths; however, irreversible adsorption is a common challenge in this process. This research investigates the effect of adsorbent bed configuration on...
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Generating Electricity from Agricultural Residue Biomass in Bolivia; A GIS and Techno-economic Analysis
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Agricultural residues, a renewable source of energy, are widely available in Bolivia. Using agricultural residues to generate electricity on a large scale could decrease dependence on fossil fuels and provide a secure energy supply. Although the country depends on natural gas to generate...
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Spring 2021
Oxygen presence during thermal desorption of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from adsorbent can promote heel build-up and loss of adsorption capacity, which reduces the performance of adsorbent in a cyclic adsorption/desorption process. The heel build-up, in some cases, could be attributed to...
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2017-01-01
Kumar, Mayank, Olagire Oyedun, Adetoyese, Kumar, Amit
This study explores the hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of wood chips to bio-crude followed by upgrading to diluents, which are used to transport bitumen through pipelines. In this study, we considered a 2000 dry t day-1 plant capacity with two scenarios. The first scenario uses hydrogen for...
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Spring 2020
There is an increasing need of clean renewable energy sources to address the growing problems of greenhouse gas emission, global warming and climate change. The rapid consumption of fossil fuel resources has also contributed to toxic emissions and raised a question on sustainability of present...
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Spring 2016
Understanding factors affecting elemental carbon stocks on Alberta’s grasslands is of special importance with recent policy shifts focusing on climate change and carbon (C) emissions. A large part of Alberta is native prairie utilized by the beef industry. This study examined soil and vegetation...
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Life Cycle Assessment of Lignocellulosic Biomass Conversion Pathways to Hydrogenation Derived Renewable Diesel
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Renewable fuels standards introduced in various jurisdictions aim at increasing the use of biofuels. There has been limited work on the life cycle assessment of the production of HDRD in terms of overall environmental impacts. This study is focused on conducting an LCA on the production of...