Journal of Petroleum & Environmental Biotechnology

World Congress on Petrochemistry and Chemical Engineering

November 18-20, 2013 Hilton San Antonio Airport, TX, USA

Scientific Tracks Abstracts

• NMR techniques to study gasoline-ethanol blends

  Anatoly K. Khitrin

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• The biolignin?: Key element of the future lignocellulosic biorefineries

  Michel Delmas

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• Renewable raw materials for phenolic resins

  Louis Pilato

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• One-pot hydrogen-free conversion of biomass-derived substrates to liquid biofuels

  Todsapon Thananatthanachon

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• Plant cell wall matrix polysaccharide modification improves Populus and switchgrass biomass for utilization for biofuel production

  Ajaya K. Biswal1,2, Michael K Udvardi2,3, Yi-Ching Lee2,3, Ji-Yi Zhang2,3, Adam Bray1,2, Zachary King1,2, Wayne Parrot1,2, Hema Ramanna2,3, Ivana Gelineo-Albersheim, Kimberly Hunt, Robert Sykes2, Angela Ziebell, Kelsey L Yee, Steve Decker, Richard S Nelson, Jonathan R Mielenz, Mark Davis and Debra

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• Synthesis of succinic acid from biomass-derived furans using a reusable solid acid catalyst with hydrogen peroxide under metal-free conditions

  Kohki Ebitani, Hemant Choudhary and Shun Nishimura

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• Atomic-level precise artificial atom towards the global energy problem

  Norifusa Satoh

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• EASI-MS applied on quantitation and quality control of biodiesel/petrodiesel (Bn) blends

  Ildenize Barbosa da Silva Cunha

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• GIS-BASED location optimization of a biomass conversion plant on contaminated willow in the Campine region (Belgium)

  Thewys Theo

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• The recuperation of petroleum equivalent products from biomass and their mixtures with plastics via catalytic thermochemical conversion process

  Atila Caglar and Bahattin Aydinli

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• An overview on supercritical fluid extraction for natural compounds

  Mario Kabbour

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• Fouling potential evaluation of soluble microbial products (SMP) in membrane bioreactor coupled with worm reactor

  Yu Tian, Zhipeng Li, Xinying Su, Yaobin Lu and Jun Zhang

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• Steam reforming of isobutanol for production of synthesis gas: Effects of metals

  Vimala Dhanala, Sunil K Maity and Debaprasad Shee

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• Blends of babassu, palm kernel and coconut fame with fossil kerosene: Technical aspects of low carbon number methyl esters as a possible source for renewable jet fuel

  Alberto Llamas

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• Stimulation of biogenic methane generation in coal samples following chemical treatment with potassium permanganate

  Zaixing Huang and Michael A. Urynowicz

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• Enhancement effect of ethanol on algal biomass accumulation

  Chengchen Wu, Long Yue and Qingfu Ye

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• Transition metal sulfide catalytic materials for hydroprocessing, F. T. synthesis and other applications

  Russell R. Chianelli

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• Nanoalloy catalysts for petrochemical processes and sustainable energy conversion

  Chuan-Jian Zhong

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• On possibility of air and steam plasmas applications for gasification of organic containing substances and synthetic liquid fuel production from methane

  Irina Kumkova and Philip Rutberg

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• Energy-return-on-energy-invested (EROEI) for crude oil

  J. C. Jones

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• Identification of triamantanes (C18?C19) and tetramantanes (C22) in crude oils and geochemical significance of C10?C22 diamondoids

  Maxim V Giruts and Gordadze G N

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• Conversion of ethers of light alcohols into hydrocarbons over ZSM-5 zeolite catalysts

  Raymond Le Van Mao, Abdualhafed Muntasar and HaiTao Yan

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• Chemmotology: A new paradigm of use of traditional and alternative fuels and lubricants

  Sergii Boichenko

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• Peculiarities of the development and implementation of aviation biofuels in Ukraine

  Anna Yakovleva, Sergii Boichenko, Oksana Vovk, Mariia Boichenko and Kazimierz Lejda

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• Biodegradation and biostability of mineral and biological fuels

  Iryna Shkilniuk, Tatyana Kondratyuk and Sergii Boichenko

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• Novel hydrothermal processing of algal feedstocks into liquid fuel precursor

  Umakanta Jena, S. Kent Hoekman and K. C. Das

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• Sensors on paper related products based on self-assembled silica nanostructures

  Marko Hakovirta

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• Challenges in multi-scale modeling of fuel electro-oxidation for fuel cell applications

  Daniela Mainardi

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• Gas separation using metal-organic framework membranes

  Perla B. Balbuena

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• New constraints on buried triassic basins and regional implications for subsurface CO2 storage from the seisdata6 seismic profile across the South East Georgia coastal plain

  Olusoga Martins Akintunde, Camelia C. Knapp, James H. Knapp and David M. Heffner

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• Emission characteristics of CI engine running with biodiesel

  Belachew Tesfa, F. Gu and A. D. Ball

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• Non-equilibrium modeling of hydrate dynamics in porous media

  Bjorn Kvamme

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• The suppression of elution of boron, arsenic, and selenium from coal fly ash particles by the removal with acid washing

  Shunsuke Kashiwakura

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• Quantum chemical studies for estimation of pKa and redox potential

  Yasuteru Shigeta

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• Diesel engine operating with hydrogen in bi-fuel mode: Fuel consumption and emissions

  Sergio M. Hanriot

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• Engine performance during field works and tractors operational period

  Antanas Juostas and Algirdas Janulevicius

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• Development of advanced hybrid geopolymeric substrate materials for removal of phenol from aqueous solutions

  Sarika Verma, S. S. Amritphale and Sarita Shrivastava

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• An artificial neural network model for predicting the recovery performance of surfactant polymer floods

  Ali A. Garrouch and Mabkhout Al-Dousari

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• Development of an energy management system for a naphtha reforming plant: A data mining approach

  Francesco Rossi, David Velazquez Alonso, Rocio Gonzalez Falcon, Luis Perez-Lombard, L. Marina Gallego, Inigo Monedero and Felix Biscarri

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• High temperature steam treatment of PEEK, PEKK, PBI, and their blends: A solid state NMR and IR spectroscopic study

  Jacqueline Pope

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• Oxidation of dibenzothiophene to dibenzothiophene sulfone using transition metal oxides

  J. G. Parsons

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• Anion stoichiometry and optical properties of the perovskite-type La1-xBaxTa(O,N)3 and LaTi1-yNby(O,N)3 solid solutions optimized for red pigments

  Toshihiro Moriga

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• pH-dependent motion of self-propelled droplets due to Marangoni effect

  Takahiko Ban

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• Study of the sooting propensity of different oxygenated biofuels

  Romain Lemaire

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• Distribution of sterane maturity parameters in a lacustrine basin and its controls: A case study from Dongying Sag, Eastern China

  Chen Zhonghong, Zha Ming, Jing Qiang and Ren Yongjun

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• Mobile fuel cell system based on a diesel steam reformer and a PEFC

  Philip Engelhardt, Marius Maximini, Frank Beckmann and Martin Brenner

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• Presentation of the brackish groundwater national desalination research facility

  Randy Shaw

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• Sustainable water management in the oil and gas industry to increase water supplies

  K. Guerra and K Dahm

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• Different approaches on energy optimization in reverse osmosis desalination plant

  Leili Abkar, Abbas Ghassemi and Jim Loya

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• Review on aqueous lithium Li-ion battery

  Pedram Mohrdar Ghaemmaghami and Abbas Ghassemi

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• Utilization of metal organic frameworks in order to encapsulate greenhouse gas to address water availability and drought

  Nasser Khazeni, Abbas Ghassemi and Jalal Rastegary

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• Optimization of pilot scale photovoltaic reverse osmosis desalination system for ground water

  Kwonit Mallick, Leili Abkar, Rafal Alshukry, James Loya and Abbas Ghassemi

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• Developing a mechanistic transport model for electrodialysis reversal process

  Azadeh Ghorbani and Abbas Ghassemi

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• Using concentrate from desalination and reusing anaerobic digested sludge to grow algae

  Waddah Hussein and Abbas Ghassemi

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• Innovative method of using brine water to produce energy

  Saeid Aghahossein Shirazi, Jalal Rastegary and Abbas Ghassemi

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• Biosorption of copper ions from aqueous solutions by Spirulina platensis biomass

  Ali A. Al-Homaidan, Hadeel J. Al-Houri, Amal A. Al-Hazzani, Gehan Elgaaly and Nadine M.S. Moubayed

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• The effect of feed water composition in selective removal of ions in electrodialysis process

  Leila Karimi, Abbas Ghassemi and Jim Loya

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• Overview of produced water treatment technologies

  Fattaneh Naderi Behdani, Abbas Ghassemi and James Loya

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• Processing of calcium sulphide to calcium carbonate and hydrogen sulphide

  R. K. Tewo, J. P. Maree, A. V. Kolesnikov, S. J. Ruto and G. B. Mohajane

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• Design of coupled solar photo catalytic biosorption process for degradation of dairy effluent

  Shanmuga Priya Selvanathan and Amit Anand

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• Asphaltene stability in crude oil during production process

  Hadi Belhaj and Hadil Abu Khalifeh

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• Dispersants for deep sea oil spill remediation: Efficacy and design

  Kalliat T. Valsaraj

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• Formation of n-alkanes by bacteria Arthrobacter sp. RV and Pseudomonas aeruginosa RM

  Gordadze G. N and Stroeva A.R

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• Synthesis and characterization of poly(methyl methacrylate-co-vinyl acetate) and its evaluation as filtrate reducer

  Elizabete F. Lucas, Rita de Cassia P. Nunes, Renata V. Pires, Taissa Z. Lopes, Angelo Vianna and Rosana Lomba

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• Magnetization of palygorskite nanoparticles

  Luciana S. Spinelli, Antonieta Middea, Reiner Neumann and Otavio F. M. Gomes

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• Key controls on accumulation and high production of large non-marine gas fields in northern Sichuan Basin

  Guo Tonglou

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• The application of acrylic acid as precipitation inhibitor for ASP flooding

  Khaled Abdalla Elraies and Shuaib Ahmed

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• Catalytic dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether (DME) using the Al62,2Cu25,3Fe12,5 Quasicrystalline alloy

  Lourdes Cristina Lucena Agostinho Jamshidi, Celmy Maria Barbosa Bezerra de Menezes, Luciano Nascimento and Reza Jamshidi Rodbari

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• Effectiveness of calcium sulfate scale inhibitors in spent hydrochloric acid/seawater system

  Jia He and H. A. Nasr-El-Din

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• Numerical simulation on the mechanism of high-pressure air injection (HPAI) process in high water cut reservoirs

  Hu Jia, Jin-Zhou Zhao, Huai-Jun Yang, Li Yue-Yang and Wan-Fen Pu

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