Browsing by Author "Engler, Cady"
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Nawaratna, Gayan I (2013-04-30)Heterogeneous catalytic reactions that involve immiscible liquid-phase reactants are challenging to conduct due to limitations associated with mass transport. Nevertheless, there are numerous reactions such as esterification, ...
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Agbogbo, Frank Kwesi (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)In this work, 80% lime-treated rice straw and 20% lime-treated chicken manure were used as substrates in rotary fermentors. Countercurrent fermentation was performed at various volatile solid loading rates (VSLR) and liquid ...
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Samani Majd, Amir M (2015-12-10)Excessive ammonia (NH3) emissions from animal feeding operations are reported as a source of environmental pollution. Moreover, NH3 emissions result in the loss of nitrogen (N) as a plant nutrient, and so its mitigation ...
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Engler, Cady; Capereda, Sergio; Mukhtar, Saqib (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2010-06)Numerous gasification experiments were conducted and proved that with proper moisture content (usually near 10%) animal manure can be gasified using the TAMU fluidized bed gasifier. In summary the following has been ...
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Diaz Casas, Adriana Z. (Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)Toxic waste disposal problems have become enormous due to the proliferation of xenobiotic compounds for use in agricultural, industrial and numerous other applications. Organophosphate (OP) pesticides are commonly used in ...
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Mukhtar, Saqib; Goodrich, Barry; Engler, Cady; Capareda, Sergio (2008-03-19)As the cost of fuel increases, so does the cost of operating motor vehicles and heating buildings. Researchers are investigating new sources of cleaner, cheaper, more environmentally friendly fuels. One possibility is ...
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Falls, Matthew David (2011-10-21)At present, the United States generates biofuels (ethanol) from corn grain. Unfortunately, low crop yields and limited growth regions result in limited availability. Furthermore, the use of staple food crops for ethanol ...
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Barros, Georgia (2012-07-16)Transgenic plant systems have been proposed as bioreactors in the production of pharmaceutical and industrial proteins. The economic benefits of inexpensive plant production systems could be erased if the downstream ...
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Childress, Hannah (2011-10-21)The ubiquitous use of antibiotics has led to an increasing number of antibioticresistant bacterial strains, including strains that are multidrug resistant, pathogenic, or both. Numerous studies have been conducted showing ...
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Sierra Ramirez, Rocio (2012-02-14)Because of widespread availability, low cost, sustainability, and potential supply far greater than that of food crops, lignocellulosic biomass is one of the most promising feedstocks for producing biofuels through ...
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Sierra Ramirez, Rocio (Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)Lignocellulosic biomass (e.g., poplar wood) provides a unique and sustainable resource for environmentally safe organic fuels and chemicals. The core of this study is the pretreatment step involved in bioconversion processes. ...
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Murdock, Jared (2014-05-01)Microalgae have received a substantial amount of attention as an alternative fuel feedstock due to their ability to produce large quantities of lipids. The goal of this research was to determine the ideal operating parameters ...
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Sullivan, Bailey Ann (2013-02-26)Antibiotics are an important method for protecting human health. Unfortunately, the development of antibiotic resistance has decreased the effectiveness of antibiotics in treating disease and preventing deaths associated ...
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Medina, Benjamin Guillermo (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1988)Membrane concentration was modeled using similitude and dimensional analysis. Pertinent variables selected by this methodology were used to determine a series of dimensionless products to describe and model mass transport ...
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Taco Vasquez, Sebastian (2010-07-14)This research describes the production of hydrocarbons from acetone and isopropanol produced by the MixAlco process. The MixAlco process has two types of products: acetone and isopropanol. The effect of the temperature, ...
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A Year in the Works: A Record of Engineering and Management Experience at Freese and Nichols, Inc. Hann, Tyson Orion (2012-02-14)This manuscript presents the author's experience as a fulltime graduate engineer at Freese and Nichols, Inc. (FNI), a professional engineering an servicebased consulting firm, as a Record of Study (ROS) for the Doctor of ...