1. Statement of Research Interests Cory D. Jensen
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Research Program Participant Projects and Team Members
1. In situ Fe catalyzed Fast Pyrolysis of Arabidopsis spp. and Imperata cylindrica.
Cory Jensen, Alex Stanton, Calvin Mukarakate, Bryon Donohoe
2. Char Formation-Image Analysis from a Laminar Entrained Flow Reactor
David Robichaud, Mark Jarvis, Cory Jensen, Peter N. Ciesielski, Bryon Donohoe
3. Fast Pyrolysis Product Variability of Pinus strobus
Cory Jensen, Bryon Donohoe, collaborating institution - North Carolina State
4. Heat Transfer Characteristics of Pelleted Pinus strobus
Cory Jensen, Todd Vinzant, David Robichaud, Bryon Donohoe
5. Pretreatment of Populus spp. via Incipient Wetting
Peter N. Ciesielski, Nathan Mosier, Cory Jensen, Bryon Donohoe
6. Fast catalytic upgrading of Pinus strobus with Albermarle UPV-2 and ZSM -5
Calvin Mukarakate, Cory Jensen, Bryon Donohoe
Outcomes
Cory D. Jensen, Peter N. Ciesielski, Kara Malhortra, David J. Robichaud, Bryon S. Donohoe, Mark R. Nimlos.
Characterization of Biomass Particles and Geometry During Past Pyrolysis for Systems Models. February 21st, 2013.
Conference on Earth and Energy Research. The BioFuels Frontier: Replacing Our Conventional Energy Sources.
Robichaud, DJ, Mukarakate, C, Donohoe, BS, Ilsa, K, and Nimlos, MR. Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis for the production of
hydrocarbon fuels. 245th ACS National Meeting New Orleans, LA. April 10th, 2013. (acknowledged)
Related Research
Jarvis, Mark W., et al. "Elucidation of biomass pyrolysis products using a laminar entrained flow reactor and char particle
imaging." Energy & Fuels 25.1 (2010): 324-336.
Viamajala, Sridhar, et al. "Heat and mass transport in processing of lignocellulosic biomass for fuels and chemicals."
Sustainable biotechnology. Springer Netherlands, 2010. 1-18.
Ciesielski, Peter N., et al. "Biomass Particle Models with Realistic Morphology and Resolved Microstructure for
Simulations of Intraparticle Transport Phenomena." Energy & Fuels 29.1 (2014): 242-254.
Research that Demonstrates Example of Potential Future Outcomes
van der Lelie, Daniel, et al. "The metagenome of an anaerobic microbial community decomposing poplar wood chips."
PloS one 7.5 (2012): e36740.
Baldwin, Robert M., et al. "Current research on thermochemical conversion of biomass at the National Renewable Energy
Laboratory." Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 115 (2012): 320-329.
Mukarakate, Calvin, et al. "Real-time monitoring of the deactivation of HZSM-5 during upgrading of pine pyrolysis
vapors." Green Chemistry 16.3 (2014): 1444-1461.

2. Statement of Research Interests Cory D. Jensen
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Wei, Hui, et al. "Transgenic ferritin overproduction enhances thermochemical pretreatments in Arabidopsis." Biomass and
Bioenergy 72 (2015): 55-64.
McCann, Maureen, et al. "Tailoring Biomass for Biochemical, Chemical or Thermochemical Catalytic Conversion." The
FASEB Journal 29.1 Supplement (2015): 485-3.