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  • Model Predictive Control for Optimum Algal Growth

    Creator:
    Juneja, Ankita
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    Microalgae has been under careful consideration as a sustainable feedstock for renewable fuel recently due to its year round production with high energy yields per unit area, reduced need for arable land, water treatment benefits with nutrient cycling, and minimal competition with the food industry. Despite of all these advantages,...
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    ................................................................................................ 131 5. Modeling the Growth and Nutrient Uptake of Green Microalga Chlorella Vulgaris

  • Characterizing drivers of microbial community structure and function in diverse marine sediments

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    Graw, Michael F.
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    Marine sediments are one of the largest habitats for microbial life on earth. These microorganisms play critical roles in biogeochemical cycling both within the subsurface and between the sediment and water columns. However, microbial communities in sediments are highly heterogeneous and the factors defining microbial community structure and metabolic function...
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    Review of Microbiology 63(1):311–34. 6. Bohlen L, Dale AW, Sommer S, Mosch T, Hensen C, Noffke A

  • Wheat lignin as a functional dietary fiber component

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    Junyusen, Tiraporn
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    This dissertation has focused on lignin byproducts that result from the alkali processing of wheat straw. The first study evaluated the application of “standard” lignin quantification methods for summative analyses of alkali-based processes. Mass closure during NaOH processing at 25, 50, and 75°C of wheat straw was evaluated using the...
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    produce an estimated 1.5 billion metric tons of residues each year (Kim and Dale 2004). Conversion of

  • Science and efficacy of mild sodium hydroxide treatments in enzyme-based wheat straw-to-glucose processing

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    Sophonputtanaphoca, Supaporn
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    The work described in this dissertation focused on chemistry related to the use of aqueous sodium hydroxide as a treatment in the processing of wheat straw. A major emphasis was the comprehensive evaluation of straw component partitioning due to sodium hydroxide (NaOH) processing. This was evaluated over a range of...
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    ,  the  increase  in  oil   prices,  and  the  impact  of  green  house  gases

  • Conversion of biomass constituents to hydrogen-rich gas by supercritical water in a microchannel reactor

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    Goodwin, Aaron K.
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    Microreactors offer high rates of heat transfer able to intensify highly endothermic biomass reforming reactions in supercritical water. In this study, two continuous flow microreactor configurations were used to gasify biomass constituents in supercritical water. The first reactor configuration was a micro diameter stainless steel or Hastelloy tube (508 µm...
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    forms the primary structural elements of green plants. It is made from glucose monomers that are