Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division

Session 332 - Alternative Fuels I
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
 Esterification and Transesterification of Acid Oils for Biodiesel Production Using Heterogeneous Catalyst
Jorge Mario Marchetti, Alberto Felipe Errazu
 Kinetic Characterization for Pretreatment of Timber Varieties and Switchgrass Using Diluted Acid Hydrolysis
Shu Chiang Yat, David R. Shonnard
 Evaluation of Tall Oil as a Feedstock for the Production of Biodiesel
David E. Neaves, Rafael Hernandez, Todd French, Mark E. Zappi
 in-Situ Transesterification of Soybeans
Jaricus A. Whitlock, Rafael Hernandez, Todd French, Bill B. Elmore, Mark Bricka, Sandun Fernando
 Advances in Base-Catalyzed Transesterification of Soybean Oil Using Nanocrystalline Oxides
Eric J. Doskocil, Samuel Yoder

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