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Author:   Jaya Shankar Tumuluru (Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   1.020kg
ISBN:  

9780367781002

ISBN 10:   036778100
Pages:   458
Publication Date:   31 March 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction. MECHANICAL PREPROCESSING. Conventional and Advanced Mechanical Preprocessing Methods for Biomass: Performance- Quality Attributes and Cost Analysis. Effects of Mechanical Preprocessing Technologies on Gasification Performance and Economic Value of Syngas. Mechanical Fractionation of Biomass Feedstocks for Enhanced Pretreatment and Conversion. Biomass Gasification and Effect of Physical Properties on Products. The impacts of biomass pretreatment methods on bio-oil production. THERMAL PREPROCESSING. Steam Treatment of Cellulosic Biomass for Pelletization. Hydrothermal Carbonization (HTC) of Biomass for Energy Applications. Thermal Pretreatment of Biomass to make it Suitable for Biopower Application. The Impacts of Thermal Pretreatments on Biomass Gasification and Pyrolysis Processes. Hydrothermal Liquefaction – A Promising Technology for High Moisture Biomass Conversion. CHEMICAL PREPROCESSING. Chemical Preprocessing of Feedstocks for Improved Handling and Conversion to BioFuels. Ammonia fiber expansion and its impact on subsequent densification and enzymatic conversion. Acid Preprocessing Treatments: Benefit for Bioconversion of Biomass for Liquid Fuels and Bioproduct Production. Impacts, Challenges and Economics of Ionic Liquid Pretreatment of Biomass. Compositional and Structural Modification of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Biofuel Production by Alkaline Treatment.

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Dr. Jaya Shankar Tumuluru is a senior scientist in the Biofuels Department at the Idaho National Laboratory. He is the principal investigator for the Biomass Size Reduction, Drying, and Densification project supported by the Bioenergy Technologies Office at the U.S. Department of Energy. At INL his research is focused on mechanical and thermal preprocessing and pretreatments of biomass. Dr. Tumuluru has also worked on understanding the storage behavior of woody, and herbaceous biomass, biomass drying, food processing using extrusion cooking, shelf-stable food products, food storage, and process modeling and optimization. He has acted as a reviewer for many high impact factor journals in bioenergy and food processing. He has also reviewed the proposal for national, international grant agencies. He has published more than 100 papers in the peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, conference proceedings and has presented more than 80 papers in national and international conferences. He has received numerous awards, such as outstanding reviewer for American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, and INL’s Outstanding Achievement in Scientific and Technical Publication, Asian American Engineer of the Year Award for 2018 and R & D 100 award finalist for the year 2018. Dr. Jaya Shankar Tumuluru did his Ph.D. in Agricultural and Food Engineering, from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.

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