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Bio-fuels Harith K. Rojanala Graduate Student Thermal Degradation Characteristics of Biomass in the Presence of Air, CO 2 and N 2 The objectives of this research are to investigate the chemistry of biomass gasification and the reactive gas-particle flow behavior in a fluidized bed gasifier, and to advance biomass gasifier design and operation. Gasification has already been proven as a robust technology that can be used to convert a low value and highly distributed solid biomass such as forest, agricultural and organic processing residues to a uniform gaseous mixture, by heating the biomass in a gaseous medium such as air, steam and oxygen. The product gas can be further used as an industrial feedstock for heat and power generation, H2 generation and synthesis of liquid fuels. A Thermo Gravimetric Analyzer (TGA) has been used as an ideal gasifier in order to better understand the gasification process. The TGA measures the changes in weight of a sample as a function of temperature and time, under controlled atmosphere. 16
Sustainable Design, Operation, Construction and Maintenance Buildings account for 40% of the energy and 72% of the electricity used in the United States. They account for 16% of the total U.S. water consumption, 40% of all material flows and produce up to 40% of the waste in landfills, depending on the region. In 2007, the North Carolina General Assembly mandated that new state buildings “shall be designed, constructed and certified to at least a thirty percent (30%) greater energy efficiency than the standard under ASHRAE 90.1-2004” as specified in the state building code. Legislation also requires that for major renovations, a twenty percent (20%) greater energy efficiency standard…shall be used. In addition, for new construction, the water systems shall be designed and constructed to use a minimum of twenty percent (20%) less potable water than the indoor water use baseline calculated for the building after meeting the fixture performance requirements required by the 2006 North Carolina Plumbing Code. Outdoor potable water or harvested groundwater consumption shall be reduced by a minimum of fifty percent (50%) over that consumed by conventional means through water use, efficient landscape materials and irrigation strategies, including water reuse and N.C. A&T State University Residence Hall recycling.” The legislation further requires that state buildings shall be commissioned “in order to verify performance of building components and systems and help ensure that design requirements are met upon completion of construction.” In order to measure energy use and ensure that actual energy use is consistent with energy modeling completed during the design of the building, “building level owner’s meters for electricity, natural gas, fuel oil, and water shall be installed. The public agency shall compare metered data from the first 12 months of building operation with the energy design target(s) and report that performance to the State Construction Office.” 17 (Reprinted from UNC Tomorrow Phase II Report)
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