Category 1. Identification, technical assessment and feasibility of cost-effective options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from power generation by Nebraska’s public power districts.
Category 2: Theoretical and applied research on validating opportunities to offset greenhouse gas emissions in Nebraska, especially from the agricultural and biofuel industries
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ethanol with Byproduct Feeding
Principal Investigator: Galen Erickson, Animal Science
Co-Investigator(s): Terry Klopfenstein, Animal Science, Adam Liska, Agronomy and Horticulture
PI web page: Galen Erickson Webpage
Abstract: 301 Galen Erickson Abstract
Publications:
- Comparing Different Drying Methods for Distillers Grains and its Effects on Feedlot Cattle Performance – Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports
- Comparing Dry, Wet, or Modified Distillers Grains Plus Solubles on Feedlot Cattle Performance Distiller’s Grains and Livestock – Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports
- Economics for Feeding Distillers Grains to Finishing Cattle – Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports
- Effect of Distillers’ Grains Moisture and Inclusion Level in Livestock Diets on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Corn-Ethanol-Livestock Life Cycle – Professional Animal Scientist
- Effect of Drying Distillers Grains on Nutrient Metabolism – Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports
- Emissions Savings in the Corn-Ethanol Life Cycle . . .J Environmental Quality
- Impact of Distillers’ Grains Moisture and Inclusion Level on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Corn-Ethanol-Livestock Life Cycle Report article-Bremer et al Anim Feed Sci Tech
Western Nebraska Perennial Grass Production Under Variable Water for Ethanol Production
Principal Investigator: Gary Hergert, Panhandle Research and Extension Center
PI web page: Gary Hergert Webpage
Abstract: 302 Gary Hergert Abstract
Opportunities for Nebraska in Future Carbon Markets
Principal Investigator: Richard Perrin, Agricultural Economics
PI web page: Richard Perrin Webpage
Abstract: 303 Richard Perrin Abstract
Publications:
- Biomass Supply Schedules for Great Plains Delivery Points – Biomass and Bioenergy
- Climate Change Policy Waxman-Markey Bill – Cornhusker Economics
- Energy and Climate Implications for Agricultural Nutrient Use – UNL Digital Commons, Paper 9
- Environmental Efficiency Among Corn Ethanol Plants – Biomass and Bioenergy
- Indirect Land Use Emissions in the Life Cycle of Biofuels: Reguations vs Science
- Is Corn Economically Viable in the Long Run – Cornhusker Economics
- Looming Changes in the Energy Economy – Cornhusker Economics
- Nebraska Ethanol’s Carbon Footprint – Cornhusker Economics
- Securing Foreign Oil – A Case for Including Military Operations in the Climate Change Impact of Fuels – Environment
- Status of U.S. Initiatives to Limit GHG Emissions – Cornhusker Economics
- The Status of International Negotiations on Climate Change – Cornhusker Economics
Category 3: Options for storage of off-peak energy from power plants and wind turbines and reducing the cost of distributed power generation in rural areas.
Modeling and Simulation of the Effects of Dispersed and Distributed Generation Dynamics on Electric Distribution Networks
Principal Investigator: Sohrab Asgarpoor, Electrical Engineering
PI web page: Sohrab Asgarpoor Webpage
Abstract: 304 Sohrab Asgarpoor Abstract
Publications:
A Route to Store Off-Peak Energy: New Hydrogen Storage materials and synthetic Strategy to Optimize Hydrogen Adsorption
Principal Investigator: Wonyoung Choe, Chemistry
PI web page: No longer at the University of Nebraska
Abstract: 305 Wonyoung Choe Abstract
Publications:
- A Metal-Organic Framework Assembled from T-Shaped and Octahedral Nodes: A Mixed-Linker Strategy to Create a Rare Anatase TiO2 Topology – Inorganic Chemistry
- Structural Variation in Porphyrin Pillared Homologous Series: Influence of Distinct Coordination Centers for Pillars on Framework Topology – Crystal Growth and Design
Category 4: Basic and applied (pilot-scale) research on bioenergy or biofuel production from cellulosic biomass or other biomass resources (e.g. algal systems, wood, municipal waste, livestock manure, etc.) via biological or thermo-chemical conversion
Carbon-Negative Biofuels from Gasification and Pyrolysis of Biomass
Principal Investigator: David Jones, Biological Systems Engineering
PI web page: David Jones Webpage
Abstract: 306 David Jones Abstract
Publications:
- Contemporary Issues in Thermal Gasification of Biomass and its Application to Electricity and Fuel Production – Biomass and Bioenergy, 2008
- Simulation of Corn Stover and Distillers Grains Gasification with Aspen Plus – Trans. ASABE
- Steam–Air Fluidized Bed Gasification of Distillers Grains: Effects of Steam to Biomass Ratio, Equivalence Ratio and Gasification Temperature – Bioresource Technology
- Thermal Degradation Kinetics of Distillers Grains and Solubles in Nitroben and Air – Energy Sources, Part A
- Thermochemical Biomass Gasification – Energy Sources, A
- Thermogravimetric Characterization of Corn Stover – Bioomass and Bioenergy
Generation of Bioenergy from Solid Agricultural Wastes with Novel Microbial Fuel Cell Technology
Principal Investigator: Tian C. Zhang, Civil Engineering
PI web page: Tian Zhang Webpage
Abstract: Tian Zhang Abstract
Category 5: Research on improving the efficiency of catalysts and enzymes for converting biomass-derived carbon molecules to biofuels and/or other high value bio-based products
Establishing the Synthetic Potential of Geothermal Dehydrogenases
Principal Investigator: David Berkowitz, Chemistry
PI web page: David Berkowitz Webpage
Abstract: David Berkowitz Abstract
Publications:
- A New Dehydrogenase from Clostridium Acetobutylicum for Asymmetric Synthesis: Dynamic Reductive Kinetic Resolution Entry into the Taxotere Side Chain – Chemical Communications
- Enantioselective, Ketoreductase-Based Entry into Pharmaceutical Building Blocks: Ethanol as Tunable Nicotinamide Reductant – Organic Letters
- Primordial Path to Pain Killers – Chemical and and Engineering News
- Synthesis of (S)-Profens – J American Chemical Society
- Use of a Robust Dehydrogenase from an Archael Hyperthermophile – J American Chemical Society
High Efficiency Acetylation of Biomass and Co-Products of Ethanol Production for Value-Added Bioproducts
Principal Investigator: Yiqi Yang; Textiles, Clothing and Design
PI web page: Yiqi Yang Webpage
Abstract: Yiqi Yang Abstract
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