Visiting Speaker Seriees - Dr. Ajay K. Dalai,
This presentation will highlight the current Canadian and global scenario and strategy on pollution control, and candidacy of a variety of bioprocessing technologies for a wide range of waste feedstocks such as lignocellulosic biomass to produce clean sustainable energy production.
This will focus on some notable research studies conducted in the Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering Laboratories (CCREL) over the past 25+ years at the University of Saskatchewan, especially on biomass-to-liquid (BTL) conversion technology using supercritical water liquefaction process to produce synthetic transportation fuels and carbon-rich solid products and on pollution control strategies from conventional thermal power plants.
The current progress, challenges and knowledge gaps in the R&D of these technologies for the production of synthetic hydrocarbon fuels from waste resources as well as their global opportunities for bio-economy will be presented.
Dr. Ajay K. Dalai, FRSC (Canada), FRSC (UK)
Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering
Canada Research Chair in Bio-Energy and Environmentally Friendly Chemical Processing
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan
Abstract: Biofuels, which are gaining attention as renewable energy sources, can be produced from a wide variety of renewable feedstocks and biogenic wastes through thermochemical, biological and hybrid conversion technologies.
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Program room 218
MacRae Library
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