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Assessment of Composting Methods for Use in the Green Industry 

Brymer, William (2008-12-15)
Composting is a common waste management tool for successful reduction of waste materials. Due to increased consumer awareness for compost products and their value to the green industry research is needed to evaluate different ...

Characterization of Pecan Shells for Value-added Applications 

Littlefield, Brad (2010-07-30)
There is a growing need in the United States to decrease dependence on fossil fuels because of energy security and environmental concerns associated with their use. Energy derived from biomass is especially important to ...

Characterization of Phenol Formaldehyde Adhesive and Adhesive-Wood Particle Composites Reinforced with Microcrystalline Cellulose 

Atta-Obeng, Emmanuel (2011-07-25)
The use of lignocellulosic materials as reinforcement in polymer adhesives has increased considerably over the past few years. Lignocellulosics, also known as natural fibers are more attractive to use compared with synthetic ...

Characterization of Poultry Litter for Storage and Process Design 

Bernhart, Matthew (2007-08-15)
Concern over the world’s dependence on nonrenewable fossil fuels as the primary source of energy is continually increasing. This has led researchers, industry officials and government agencies to begin to aggressively ...

Development of Moisture Sensor Technology to Enhance Conveynace and Field Distribution of Broiler Litter 

Virk, Simerjeet (2013-01-03)
As environmental implications for land application of poultry litter become stricter, technological advancements on litter spreaders will be required to improve field performance. The inherent physical variability, moisture ...

Evaluation of water needs for modern commercial broiler farms and model development to estimate on-farm water needs 

Edge, Carson (2022-05-02)
With global populations expected to rise, appropriation of clean water supplies for human consumption pose capacity challenges for agricultural sectors. Broiler (meat-type) chicken production consumes large amounts of water ...

Experimental Study of Biomass Pyrolysis in a Fluidized Bed Reactor: Effect of Biomass Blending and In-situ Catalysis 

Mahadevan, Ravishankar (2015-05-07)
Lignocellulosic biomass has been recognized worldwide as a renewable resource of energy for the production of liquid biofuels due to its low cost and abundance. Several routes to convert biomass to biofuels have been studied ...

Fundamental studies of biomass fluidization 

Olatunde, Gbenga (2015-08-19)
The world is presently at a point of making important decisions regarding how to minimize disasters such as super storm, super earthquakes, and landslides that are caused by global warming due to fossil fuel exploration ...

Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Municipal Sludge and Biocrude Upgrading Using Carinata Oil 

Soneye, Temitope Damilotun (2020-07-17)
Crude oil is a finite resource. Due to an advancement in technology, it is now possible to produce petroleum from very tight and hard reservoir formations. However, the global outcry towards the adoption of sustainable and ...

Improving Physicochemical Properties of Catfish Gelatin Films through the Maillard Reaction Assisted by Radio Frequency 

Bian, Hua (2015-12-10)
Encapsulation is a promising technology in food industries and biotechnology field. Native gelatin extracted from the catfish skins to be made as the wall materials of encapsulation have potential applications. High qualities ...

Moisture and Storage Time Effects on Grinding Characteristics of Loblolly Pine Woodchips 

Oyedeji, Oluwafemi (2015-05-06)
In the processing of biomass to bio-products, grinding is unavoidable. Grinding is used to produce particulate materials and enhance handling, storage, and conversion processes. Performance of grinding operation is usually ...

Physical treatments for reducing biomass ash and effect of ash content on pyrolysis products 

Pradhan, Ujjain (2015-07-23)
There is increasing concern of greenhouse gas effect and the depletion of fossil fuels. Different renewable energy sources such as hydro, wind, solar have been considered as a potential replacement for fossil fuel. Bio-energy, ...

Physicochemical and Ignition Properties of Dust from Loblolly Pine Wood 

Hehar, Gurdeep (2013-07-16)
Energy derived from biomass has attracted considerable attention because of increasing energy demand, high crude oil prices and environment and climate concerns. Biomass must be harvested and processed before conversion ...

Prediction of Sensory Texture Characteristics of Deli Meat Using Instrumental Analysis 

Baker, Bradley (2016-05-05)
The objective of Experiment 1 was to develop a method that has the ability to measure multiple readings on the same deli meat sample and have those readings be highly correlated with descriptive sensory data. Texture profile ...

Radio Frequency Heating for Dehydration and Pest Control of In-Shell Peanuts 

Harraz, Hatem (2007-05-15)
For many decades conventional wagon drying (curing) systems or batch/continuous flow drying systems have been used for peanut dehydration. Both are time and energy consuming. Radio Frequency (RF) dielectric heating has ...

Stabilization Strategies for Preventing Secondary Reactions During Lignin Depolymerization and Valorization 

Patil, Vivek (2021-04-20)
Lignin-derived phenolic and aromatic monomers are rapidly being recognized as forerunners in the race to make sustainable biopolymers that can fulfill the world’s demands for materials in the future. However, lignin being ...

Within-tree Fuel Quality of Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) 

Loxley, Thomas (2018-01-25)
There is a lack of knowledge in the whole tree’s fuel quality and how that quality might change within the tree or between size classes of trees. A sample set of 20 loblolly pines (5 trees within 4 diameter at breast ...