PUBLICATIONS

 

• Kumar, S. Sub- and Supercritical Water Technology for Biofuels. In: Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, New York 2012. Eds.: James Lee. p. 147-183, ISBN 978-1-4614-3347-7.

 

• Venkatesh Balan, Sandeep Kumar, Bryan Bals, Shishir Chundawat, Mingjie Jin and Bruce Dale, Biochemical and Thermochemical Conversion of Switchgrass to Biofuels, In Switchgrass: A Valuable Biomass Crop for Energy, A. Monti, Editor 2012, Springer London. p. 153-185. ISBN 1447129024.

 

• Kumar, S. (2013). Sub-and supercritical water based processes for microalgae to biofuels. In:  R. Gordon and J. Seckbach (eds.), The Science of Algal Fuels, Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2013. pp 467-493 ISBN 978-94-007-5110-1.

 

• Barla, F.; Kumar, S., Ch. 6: Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Biomass for Biofuel. In Valorization of Lignocellulosic Biomass in a Biorefinery: From Logistics to Environmental and Performance Impact, Kumar, R.; Singh, S.; Balan, V., Eds. Nova Science Publishers, Inc: 2016. ISBN: 978-1-63485-843-4.

 

• Alexander Asiedu and Sandeep Kumar; Ch. 12: Liquid Hydrocarbon Biofuels from Lipids. In Biofuels Production and Processing Technology, M.R. Riazi, David Chiaramonti, Eds. CRC Press, Oct. 13, 2017. ISBN 9781498778930 - CAT# K29842

 

 

• Gupta, Ram B., Kumar, S.; Kong, L., Biomass to Biochar Conversion in Subcritical Water, Patent# 8637718 B2, Jan. 28, 2014.

 

• Kumar, S.; Popov S. et al.; Subcritical water assisted oil extraction and green coal production from oilseeds. Patent # 9328312 B2, Application# US patent US 9,328,312 B2, May 3, 2016.

 

• Kumar, S.; Garcia M. et al.; Green process to hydrolyze carbohydrates from tobacco biomass using subcritical water. Patent #9765411, Application# US 2014/0331993 Al, May 6, 2014.

 

• Iulian Bobe, Sandeep Kumar, Florin Barla, Method of production of fuel from plant oils, Patent # US 9670414 B2, Application# US 15/055,390, Feb 26, 2015.

 

 

• Kumar, S.; Hatcher, P.; Fractionation of Proteins and Lipids from Microalgae, US patent application#13/707,754 filed 12/07/12 and International Patent Application # PCT/US2012/068420 filed 12/07/12.

 

• Kumar, S.; Stuart, B.; Teymouri, A., An Integrated Method for Biofuels, Slow-Release Fertilizer, and Biomaterials Production from Different Types of Algae/Cyanobacteria. U.S. patent application# 15602707 filed on 05/23/2017.

 

 

 

• Sandeep Kumar, Hydrothermal Processing of Biomass for Biofuels, Biofuels Research Journal, vol 1 (2), 2014, Page 43-43.

 

• Srinath Suranani, Sandeep Kumar, Sundergopal Sridhar, New frontiers in chemical energy and environmental engineering, Environmental Science and Pollution Research,Vol. 23 issue 20, special issue "INC3E" Oct. 2016, DOI 10.1007/s11356-016-7565-5.

 

 

• Ali Teymouri, Ben Stuart, and Sandeep Kumar; Hydroxyapatite and Dittmarite Precipitation from Algae Hydrolysate; Algal Research (under review, Sept 2017).

 

• Ali Teymouri, Ben J. Stuart, Sandeep Kumar; Evaluation of the Reaction Time on the Calcium Phosphate Precipitates from Microalgae Hydrolyzate; ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. (under review, Sept 2017).

 

• Barbera, Elena; Teymouri, Ali; Bertucco, Alberto; Stuart, Ben; Kumar, Sandeep; Recycling minerals in microalgae cultivation through a combined flash hydrolysis-precipitation process, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2017, 5 (1), 929–935 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b02260, November 8, 2016.

 

• Asiedu, A.; Stuart, B.; Resurreccion, E. P.; Kumar, S. “Techno-economic analysis of protein concentrate produced by flash hydrolysis of microalgae." Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, DOI: 10.1002/ep.12722 (Sept. 2017).

 

• Ali Teymouri, Elena Barbera Eleonora Sforza, Tomas Morosinotto, Alberto Bertucco, and Sandeep Kumar, Integration of Biofuels Intermediates Production and Nutrients Recycling in the Processing of a Marine Algae, AIChE Journal, 10.1002/aic.15537 Oct. 21, (2016).

 

• Elena Barbera, M.D.; Eleonora Sforza; Sandeep Kumar; Tomas Morosinotto; Alberto Bertucco, Cultivation of Scenedesmus obliquus in liquid hydrolysate from flash hydrolysis for nutrient recycling, Bioresource Technology, 207, 59–66, (2016).

 

• Cameron R. Smith, Patrick G. Hatcher, Sandeep Kumar, and James W. Lee, A comprehensive qualitative study of water soluble organic compounds associated with the production of biochar and its environmental implications. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 4 (5), 2550–2558 (2016).

 

• Florin G. Barla and Sandeep Kumar, Tobacco biomass as a source of advanced biofuels, Biofuels, pages 1-12, (2016).

 

• Mohamed E. Mahmoud, Gehan M. Nabil, Nabila M. El-Mallah, Heba I. Bassiouny Sandeep Kumar and Tarek M. Abdel-Fattah, Kinetics, Isotherm, and Thermodynamic Studies of the Adsorption of Reactive Red 195 Dye from Water by Modified Switchgrass Biochar Adsorbent" Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (2016) Volume 37, 25 May 2016, Pages 156–167. doi:10.1016/j.jiec.2016.03.020

 

• Chen Li and Sandeep Kumar, Preparation of activated carbon from un-hydrolyzed biomass residue by ZnCl2 activation and their use on methylene blue adsorption. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 6(4), 407-419 (2016), DOI: 10.1007/s13399-016-0197-7.

 

• Caleb Talbot, Jose Garcia-Moscoso, Hannah Drake, and Sandeep Kumar, Microalgae Cultivation Using Nutrients Recovered via Flash Hydrolysis, Algal Research, 18 (2016) 191-197.

 

• Sergiy Popov, Tarek Abdel-Fattah, Sandeep Kumar, Hydrothermal treatment for enhancing oil extraction and hydrochar production from oilseeds, Renewable Energy, Volume 85, January (2016), 844–853.

 

• Popov, S., Kumar, S. Rapid hydrothermal deoxygenation of oleic acid over activated carbon in a continuous flow process. Energy & Fuels, 29 (5), pp 3377–3384 (2015).

 

• Jose Garcia-Moscoso, Ali Teymouri, and Sandeep Kumar; Kinetics of Peptides and Arginine Production from Microalgae (Scenedesmus sp.) via Flash Hydrolysis, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 54 (7), 2048-2058, (2015).

 

• T.M. Abdel-Fattah, M.E. Mahmoud, S.B. Ahmed, M.D. Huff, J.W. Lee, S. Kumar, Biochar from Woody Biomass for Removing Metal Contaminants and Carbon Sequestration, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 25, 103-109, (2015).

 

• Matthew D. Huff, Sandeep Kumar, James W. Lee, Comparative Analysis of Pinewood, Peanut Shell, and Bamboo Biomass Derived Biochars Produced via Hydrothermal Conversion and Pyrolysis, Journal of Environmental Management 146, 303–308; (2014).

 

• Sandeep Kumar, Elodie Hablot, Jose Luis Garcia Moscoso, Wassim Obeid, Patrick G. Hatcher, Brandon Michael DuQuette, Daniel Graiver, Ramani Narayan, and Venkatesh Balan, Polyurethanes preparation using proteins obtained from Microalgae, J Mater Sci

  • 49(22), 7824-7833, (2014).

 

• Chiaramonti D., Martelli F., Balan V., Kumar S., Industrial initiatives towards lignocellulosic biofuel deployment: an assessment in US and EU, Chemical Engineering Transactions (2014), 37, 313-318, DOI: 10.3303/CET1437053.

 

• Sergiy Popov, Isaiah Ruhl, Nirmal Uppugundla, Leonardo da Costa Sousa, Venkatesh Balan, Patrick G. Hatcher, and Sandeep Kumar, Bio-oil via catalytic liquefaction of unhydrolyzed solids in aqueous medium, Biofuels, 5 (4), 431-446, (2014).

 

• Garcia M.; Obeid W.; Kumar S.; Hatcher P.; Flash Hydrolysis of Microalgae (Scenedesmus sp.) for Protein Extraction and Production of Biofuels Intermediates, Journal of Supercritical Fluids, (2013), 82, 183-190.

 

• Balan V., Chiaramonti D., Kumar S.; Review of US and EU initiatives towards development, demonstration and commercialization of lignocellulosic biofuels. Biofuels, Bioprod. Bioref. (2013) 7(6), 732-759.

 

• Popov S., Kumar S., Renewable fuels via catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of lipid-based feedstocks. Biofuels, (2013) 4 (2), 219-239.

 

• Regmi P., Garcia M., Kumar S., Cao X., Mao J., Schafran G., Removal of Copper and Cadmium from Aqueous Solution using Switchgrass Biochar Produced via Hydrothermal Carbonization Process. Journal of Environmental Management; (2012), 10, 61-69.

 

• Ramsurn H., Kumar, S., Gupta, R. B.; Enhancement of Biochar Gasification in Alkali Hydrothermal Medium by Passivation of Inorganic Components Using Ca(OH)2, Energy & Fuels; (2011), 25 (5), 2389-2398.

 

• Kumar, S.; Loganathan, V.A.; Gupta R.B.; Barnett, M. An Assessment of U(VI) removal from groundwater using biochar produced from hydrothermal carbonization, Journal of Environmental Management; (2011), 92, 2504-2512.

 

• Kumar, S.; Kothari, U.; Lee, Y.Y.; Gupta, R.B., Hydrothermal Pretreatment of Switchgrass and Corn Stover for Production of Ethanol and Carbon Microspheres, Biomass & Bioenergy (2011), 35, 956-968.

 

• Byrd, A.; Kumar, S.; Kong, L.; Ramsurn H.; Gupta, R. B., Hydrogen Production from Catalytic Gasification of Switchgrass Biocrude in Supercritical Water.  International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, (2011), 36, 3426-3433.

 

• Kumar, S.; Gupta, R.; Lee, Y. Y.; Gupta, R. B., Cellulose Pretreatment in Subcritical Water: Effect of temperature on molecular structure and enzymatic reactivity. Bioresource Technology; (2009), 101 (4), 1337-1347.

 

• Kumar, S.; Gupta, R. B., Biocrude Production from Switchgrass using Subcritical Water. Energy & Fuel; (2009), 23 (10) 5151-5159.

 

• Kumar, S.; Gupta, R.B., Hydrolysis of Microcrystalline Cellulose in Sub- and Supercritical Water in a Continuous Flow Reactor. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.; (2008), 47, 9321-9329.

 

 

2017

• Resurreccion, E.; Bessette, A.; Martin, M.; Teymouri, A.; Stuart, B.; Kumar, S., Evaluation of Flash Hydrolysis in algae processing: A Combined Life Cycle and Techno-economic Analysis. The Algal Biomass Summit (ABS), October 29-November 1, 2017, Salt Lake City, Utah.

• Teymouri, A.; Barbera, E.; Bertucco, A.; Stuart, B.; Kumar, S., Understanding the Nutrients Precipitation Chemistry from Algae Hydrolyzate and Applications of Precipitated Minerals. The Algal Biomass Summit (ABS), October 29 - November 1, 2017, Salt Lake City, Utah.

 

• Teymouri, A.*; Stuart, B.; Kumar, S., Kinetics of Phosphate Precipitation from the Nutrients-rich Algal Hydrolyzate. The 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting (ACS), April 2-6, 2017, San Francisco, CA.

 

• Teymouri, A.*; Talbot, C.; Samaratunga, A.; Stuart, B.; Kumar, S., Maximizing Atom (N, P, & C) Economy via Process Integration in the Conversion of Microalgae to Bioproducts and Biofuels. The 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting (ACS), April 2-6, 2017, San Francisco, CA.

 

• Teymouri, A.*; Adams, K.; Dong, T.; Stuart, B.; Kumar, S., Evaluation of Lipid Extractability after Flash Hydrolysis of Algae. The Algal Biomass Summit (ABO), October 29 - November 1, 2017, Poster, Salt Lake City, Utah.

 

2016

• Aquathermolysis of Waste Triglycerides in a Continuous Flow Reactor for Jet Fuels Production”. Sandeep Kumar, Maoqi Feng, Alexander Asiedu. Oral Presentation, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, November 13-18, 2016, San Francisco, CA.

 

• “Use of Unionized Ammonia to Control Zooplankton Grazers in Cultures of Scenedesmus”. Caleb Talbot, Blake Steiner, Siobhan McFarlane, Bes Stuart, Sandeep Kumar. Oral Presentation, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, November 13-18, 2016, San Francisco, CA.

 

• “Microalgal Cultivation using Minerals Precipitated through Hydrothermal Mineralization”. Elena Barbera, Ali Teymouri, Ben Stuart, Alberto Bertucco, Sandeep Kumar. Oral Presentation, Algae Biomass Summit, October 24-26, 2016, Phoenix, AZ.

 

• “Holistic Approach for Sustainable Nutrient Recovery and Bioproduct/Biofuel Production from Microalgae”. Ben Stuart, Caleb Talbot, Ali Teymouri, and Sandeep Kumar. Oral Presentation, Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (KSBB) Fall Meeting and International Symposum, October 12-14, 2016, Kimdaejung Convention Center, Gwangju, South Korea.

 

• “Integrated Green Approach for Nutrients Recovery and Biofuels Production from Microalgae”. Ali Teymouri, Ben Stuart, and Sandeep Kumar. Oral Presentation, Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) Annual Conference, April 7-9th, 2016, Greenville, SC.

 

• “Life Cycle Assessment of an Integrated Approach towards Algae Cultivation for a Sustainable Biofuels Intermediate Production and Storage”. Andrew Bessette, Ben Stuart, and Sandeep Kumar. Poster, Algae Biomass Summit, October 24-26, 2016, Phoenix, AZ.

 

• “Algae Based Biofuels Life Cycle Assessment for the Great Green Fleet”. Andrew Bessette, Ben Stuart, and Sandeep Kumar. Poster Presentation, American Society of Naval Engineers, February 25, 2016.

 

• “Phosphorous Recycling for Sustainable Algae to Biofuels Production”.  Caleb Talbot, Ali Teymouri, Elena Barbera, Alberto Bertucco, Ben Stuart, Sandeep Kumar.  Poster Presentation, U.S. Department of Energy's Bioenergy Technologies Office Bioenergy 2016 Conference at Washington D.C. Convocation Center.  July 2016.

 

• “Sustainable Nutrient Sources for Algal Biofuel Production”.  Caleb Talbot, Ben Stuart, Sandeep Kumar. Poster Presentation, Institute of Biological Engineering Annual Meeting 2016 at Greenville Marriott.  Greenville, South Carolina. April 2016. 

 

• Ali Teymouri, Ben Stuart, and Sandeep Kumar, Integrated Green Approach for Nutrients Recovery and Biofuels Production from Microalgae, Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) Annual Conference, April 7-9, 2016, Greenville, SC.

 

• Elena Barbera, Eleonora Sforza, Sandeep Kumar and Alberto Bertucco, Nutrient recycling strategies in view of sustainable biofuels production from microalgae, Presented at GRICU MEETING 2016, September 12 - 14, 2016, Anacapri (NA), Italy.

 

 2015

• Andrew Bessette, Ali Teymouri, and Sandeep Kumar, Life Cycle Analysis Using Argonne GREET Model of Algae Based Biofuels Produced Utilizing Flash Hydrolysis Process, Algae Biomass Summit Poster Session, September 30-October 2, 2015, Washington, D.C.

 

• Ali Teymouri and Sandeep Kumar, Flash hydrolysis of Nannochloropsis spp. for Nutrients Recycling and Biofuels Production, 9th annual Algae Biomass Summit, Washington DC, Sept 30-Oct 2, 2015.

 

• Caleb Talbot, Ali Teymouri, and Sandeep Kumar, Nutrients, Co-products, and Energy-rich Macromolecules Recovery from Microalgae using Hydrothermal Processing (poster) Bioenergy 2015, Washington, DC, June 22-23, 2015.

 

• Ali Teymouri and Sandeep Kumar, Nutrients (N & P) Recovery from Algae Hydrolyzate by Hydrothermal Mineralization, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual conference, Salt Lake City, UT, November 8-13, 2015.

 

• Caleb Talbot, Jose Garcia-Moscoso, and Sandeep Kumar, Comparing Nutrient Recovery via Rapid and Conventional Hydrothermal Liquefaction Processes for Microalgae Cultivation, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual conference, Salt Lake City, UT, November 8-13, 2015.

 

• Sergiy Popov and Sandeep Kumar, Rapid hydrothermal hydrogenation and decarboxylation of oleic acid over activated carbon using formic acid as in situ source of hydrogen, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual conference, Salt Lake City, UT, November 8-13, 2015.

 

 2014

• Ali Teymouri, Edith Martinez-Guerra, Sandeep Kumar and Veera Gnaneswar Gude, Maximizing the Recovery of Bio-Commodities from Algal Biomass, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual conference, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 16-21, 2014.

 

• Chen Li and Sandeep Kumar, Making Activated Carbon from Low/Un-Hydrolyzed Biomass Residue, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual conference, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 16-21, 2014.

 

• J. L. Garcia-Moscoso, C. Talbot, H. Drake, S. Kumar, Nutrient recovery and recycle after flash hydrolysis of algae biomass, 4th International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts, 15-18 June, 2014, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

 

• J. L. Garcia-Moscoso, C. Talbot, H. Drake, S. Kumar, An Even Greener Biofuels Option:  Use of recycled hydrolyzate to grow microalgae (poster), 18th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, June 17-19, 2014, North Bethesda, MD.

 

• J. L. Garcia-Moscoso, C. Talbot, H. Drake, S. Kumar, Alga-Flash! From slime to fertilizer and biofuels intermediate in seconds! (poster) 10th Annual National Sustainable Design Expo Washington. D.C April 26-27 2014.

 

• Garcia M. and Kumar S.; Production of Arginine and soluble peptides from microalgae protein (Scenedesmus spp.) using Flash Hydrolysis, 247th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting & Exposition, March 16-20, 2014, Dallas, TX.

 

• Popov S.; Kumar S. A Novel Integrated Process for Producing Oil and Biochar from Oilseeds, 247th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting & Exposition, March 16-20, 2014, Dallas, TX. 

 

2013

• Kumar S.; Garcia M.; Obeid W.; Hatcher P.; Balan V. Elodie H; Ramani N.; Jones D. Biopolymers from Proteins extracted from Microalgae via Flash Hydrolysis Process. 35th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Portland, OR, April 2013.

 

 2012

• Popov S.; Kumar S.; Ruhl I.; Balan V.; Uppugundla N.; Sousa L., Dale B. Hydrothermal Processing of Un-Hydrolyzed Biomass for Biocrude and Biochar Production, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual conference, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 28-Nov. 2, 2012.

 

• Garcia M.; Chen R.; Kumar S.; Liao W.; Flash hydrolysis for producing algal hydrolyzate and its application in enzymatic saccharification of lignocellulose biomass. American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual conference, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 28-Nov. 2, 2012.

 

• Garcia, M., Popov, S., Kumar, S. Microalgae as a Feedstock for Alternative Fuels Microalgae as a Feedstock for Alternative Fuels: Opportunities and Challenges. The Fourth International Forum on Systems and Mechatronics, Conference Proceedings. Editor Gene Hou, Published by IFSM2012, Virginia Beach, VA, August 6-9, 2012.

 

• Hatcher P.; Obeid W.; Garcia M.; Salmon E.; Kumar S.; High resolution mass spectrometric analysis of biocrude derived from subcritical water treatment of algae biomass. American Society of Mass Spectrometry (ASMS), May 20 - 24, 2012, Vancouver, Canada.

 

• Popov S.; Kumar S.; Hydrothermal Catalytic Liquefaction of Un-hydrolyzed Solids for Bio-oil Production, 14th Annual Tidewater Student Research Poster Session on November 16, 2012, at Christopher Newport University (3rd Prize).

 

• Garcia M. and Kumar S.; Flash hydrolysis; An ecofriendly method to process algae biomass, 14th Annual Tidewater Student Research Poster Session on November 16, 2012, at Christopher Newport University (1st Prize).

 

• Balan V.; Kumar S.; Popov S.; Uppugundla N.; Sousa L.; Bokade V.; and Dale B.; Hydrothermal Processing of Un-hydrolyzed Solids Produced after Enzyme Hydrolysis of AFEXTM pretreated biomass to Generate Bio-oil and Biochar (poster), 34th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, New Orleans, LA, April 2012.

 

• Hatcher P.G.; Salmon E.; Kumar S.; Obeid W.; Hydrocarbon-based crude oil from algaenan-containing algae: Production via a two-step subcritical hydrous pyrolysis, 2nd International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts, June 10-13, 2012, San Diego, CA.

 

• Garcia M. and Kumar S.; Protein extraction from microalgae using subcritical water hydrolysis, 243rd American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting & Exposition March 25-29, 2012, San Diego, CA.

 

2011

• Kumar S.; Microalgae to Biofuels Using Sub-and Supercritical Water Technology. Energy Technology Partnership Forum, Williamsburg, VA, April 13, 2011.

 

• Regmi P.; Garcia M.; Kumar S.; and Schafran G.; Removal of copper, cadmium, and chromium contaminants from aqueous solution using switchgrass biochar produced via hydrothermal carbonization process, 242nd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Anaheim, CA, March 27-31, 2011.

 

• Regmi P.; Garcia M.; Hamill D.; Kumar S.; and Schafran G.; Biochar: A Renewable Material for Removing Contaminants from Water, 22nd Annual Environment Virginia Symposium, Lexington, VA, April 5-7, 2011.

 

2010

• Byrd, A.; Kumar, S.; Gupta, R. B.; Hydrogen Production from Liquefied Switchgrass in Supercritical Water over Ru, Ni, and Co Catalysts. American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Salt lake City, UT, Nov. 2010.

 

• Ramsurn H., Kumar, S.; Gupta, R. B.; Supercritical-Water Gasification of Switchgrass Biochar: Effect of K2CO3 catalysis and Ca(OH)2 passivation. (poster) American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual conference, Salt lake City, UT, Nov. 2010.

 

• Kothari, U.; Kumar, S., Gupta, R.B., Lee, Y.Y.; Improvement of enzymatic hydrolysis for hydrothermally-treated switchgrass using mixed enzymes. (Poster) 32nd Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Clearwater Beach, FL, April 2010.

 

2009

• Kumar, S.; Kothari, U.; Lee, Y.Y.; Gupta, R.B., Hydrothermal Pretreatment of Switchgrass for Ethanol Production. American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual conference, Nashville, TN, Nov. 2009.

 

• Kumar, S.; Kong, L.; Gupta, R.B., Hydrothermal Carbonization of Switchgrass for Biochar Production. American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual conference, Nashville, TN, Nov. 2009.

 

• Kumar, S.; Byrd, A.; Kong, L.; Cullinan, H.; Gupta, R.B.’ Hydrothermal (sub- and super-critical water) technology for biofuel production from switchgrass, (poster) tcbiomass 2009, The International Conference on Thermochemical Conversion Science, Chicago, Sept. 16-18, 2009.

 

• Kumar, S.; Byrd, A.; Gupta R.B., Sub- and Super-critical Water Technology for Biofuels: Swtichgrass to Ethanol, Biocrude, and Hydrogen, at 31st Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, San Francisco, CA, May 2009.

 

• Kumar, S.; Kothari, U; Lee, Y.Y.; Gupta, R.B., Hydrothermal pretreatment of switchgrass: Effect of temperature and potassium carbonate on enzymatic reactivity, (poster) 31st Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, May 2009.

 

2008 and earlier

• Kumar, S.; Gupta, R.; Lee, Y. Y.; Gupta R. B., Enhancement of Enzymatic Digestibility of Cellulose by Treatment in Subcritical Water, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual conference, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 2008.

 

• Kumar, S.; Demirbas A. Gupta, R. B., Hydrolysis of Microcrystalline Cellulose in Subcritical and Supercritical Water in a Continuous Flow Reactor, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual conference, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 2008.

 

• Kumar, S.; Gupta, R. B., Biocrude Production from Switchgrass using Subcritical Water, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual conference, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 2008.

 

• Byrd, A.; Kumar, S.; Gupta, R. B., Cellulose Liquefaction and Hydrogen Production in Supercritical Water” American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual conference, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 2008.

 

• Nair, K.U.; Kumar, S.; Roy, S.B.; Bose, D.K.; Gupta, C.K., Production of uranium metal by calciothermic reduction.  International symposium of Indian Institute of Metals, Bangalore, India, 1998.

 

• Roy S.B., Kumar S.; Narayanamurthy, S.L.; Multiphase Mass Transfer in Slurry Reactors. IIChE annual conference, CHEMCON-99, India, 1999.

 

 

 

• EPA/P3 Phase I Project Number: SU83550101-0; Title:  Flash Hydrolysis of Microalgae for On-site Nutrients Recovery and Biofuels Production, Final Project Report: March 24, 2014.