Browsing Auburn University Graduate School by Department "Biosystems Engineering"
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Enhancing the robustness of Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum N1-4 for butanol production through metabolic engineering and cell immobilization strategies
(2019-12-06)
n-Butanol (butanol hereafter) has many advantages over ethanol to be used as a biofuel. However, one of the significant drawbacks in bacterial production of butanol is the low productivity and titer due to the low butanol ...
Evaluation of water needs for modern commercial broiler farms and model development to estimate on-farm water needs
(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 ...
Examining the effect of salinity on dolphin mortality using Lagrangian particle tracking in a hydrodynamic model
(2023-12-06)
Every year, many dolphins are found dead on the beaches and waterways of the Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi Sound. In 2019, an unusual mortality event (UME) happened, where 337 bottlenose dolphins were stranded between ...
Experimental Analysis and Modeling of Biomass Gasification using a Downdraft Gasifier
(2014-08-19)
The call for the use of renewable energy is an urgent one, for not the future but the present. Concerns over depletion of fossil fuels and their negative impact on the global climate have led to much research in this sector. ...
Experimental Study of Biomass Pyrolysis in a Fluidized Bed Reactor: Effect of Biomass Blending and In-situ Catalysis
(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 ...
Fate and Remediation of Biomass Gasification Gas Contaminants
(2014-07-29)
The development of alternative and renewable energy and fuels is at the forefront of research because of the forecasted depletion of crude oil reserves and the growing concern of irreversible environmental damage caused ...
Formation and Cleaning of Mineral Scale on Evaporative Cooling Pads Using a Farm Well-Water Source
(2024-04-12)
Well water is used as a primary supply for the evaporative cooling system on many poultry farms. The water quality from wells varies widely. Many producers have issues with the water being over-saturated with minerals that ...
Fundamental studies of biomass fluidization
(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 ...
Gasification and Pyrolysis of Eucalyptus, Prickly Pear, Gumweed, and lignin for Biofuel and Chemical Intermediates
(2018-07-24)
This focus of this dissertation is to advance our understanding of how the chemical makeup of feedstocks alters the performance of thermochemical conversion and alters the production of biofuel and chemical intermediates. ...
High-throughput phenotyping applications in control and outdoor environments for stress tolerance analysis of kale and blueberries production
(2024-11-18)
Abiotic stressors such as drought and salinity significantly impact plant growth, development, and productivity. Traditional phenotyping methods for assessing plant responses to these stressors are labor-intensive, ...
Hydrogen Production from Renewable Bio-Based Sources
(2014-05-02)
Efficient means of power generation is the key to coping with increasing energy demands due to population expansion. Non-renewable sources like fossil fuels, coal, and methane contribute to the carbon footprint, resulting ...
Hydrogen Production Via Thermocatalytic Decomposition of Methane Using Carbon Supported Materials
(2018-01-09)
Convectional hydrogen (H2) production process such as steam methane reforming process (SMR) produces massive amounts of CO2 (i.e., 13.7 kg CO2 per kg H2 production). Because of the large amount of CO2 production during the ...
Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Algae for Bio-oil Production
(2014-12-09)
Increased demand of energy, depletion of fossil fuel resources, global warming and energy security issues have led to extensive research in renewable energy source. Among the different renewable energy sources, biomass is ...
Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Municipal Sludge and Biocrude Upgrading Using Carinata Oil
(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 ...
Hydrotreatment of Biomass and Waste Derived Hydrothermal and Pyrolysis Liquid Intermediates for the Production of Fuels and Lubricants
(2022-12-02)
Extensive use of crude oil resources in producing fuel, energy, and chemicals to sustain the growing world population has led to the depletion of natural resources and the release of greenhouse gas emissions leading to ...
Improving Physicochemical Properties of Catfish Gelatin Films through the Maillard Reaction Assisted by Radio Frequency
(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 ...
Influence of climate variability on the ecologically sustainable water withdrawals from streams for irrigation
(2019-07-10)
Alabama (AL) receives a large amount (1270-1727 mm annual average) of rainfall annually. However, much of the rainfall occurs in the non-crop growing season (winter months), and recurring, severe droughts during the crop ...
Inhibition Study in Biofuels and Biochemicals Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass
(2016-08-26)
Developing biofuels and renewable chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass has great potential to reduce the dependence on fossil fuel and address the environmental issues. However, it encounters several techno-economic ...
Investigation into the role of bacteria biofilms in the initial attachment and colonization stages of filamentous green algae in lab bench-scale algal turf scrubbers
(2024-07-23)
The design of reactor systems to cultivate filamentous green algae for remediation of nutrients from wastewater and for biomass production has long been pursued for various wastewater applications. The role of early ...
Kinematic Equine Gait Analysis and Architecture Trait Phenotyping of Loblolly Pine using 3D Stereo Machine Vision and Deep Learning
(2022-12-02)
As agricultural technologies have progressed rapidly over the past decades, animal and plant phenotyping has become one of the primary research topics. Conventional phenotyping relies heavily on manual measurements, which ...