Developing economically viable, scalable, and sustainable technologies for the conversion
of lignocellulosic polysaccharides to liquid fuels is widely seen as a centerpiece of the …

With the increasing demand for net-zero sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), new conversion
technologies are needed to process waste feedstocks and meet carbon reduction and cost …

Ether derivatives have myriad applications in several areas of chemical industry and
academia. Hence, the development of more effective and sustainable protocols for their …

Catalytic etherification is a new and developing method for the upgradation of pyrolysis bio-
oil into high performance bio-based long-chain ethers. In this work, the application of bio …

The combustion kinetics of a novel oxygenated bioblendstock for diesel, 4-butoxyheptane (4-
BH), was investigated experimentally using a flow reactor and a heated, high-pressure …

Reducing the impacts of medium-and heavy-duty (MD/HD) ground transportation can be
enabled by fuel-engine combinations that use lower compression ignition liquid fuels and …

Furfuryl alkyl ethers (FAEs) are considered attractive biofuels or gasoline additives.
Reductive etherification of bio-based furfural (FF) is a promising method for production of …

Combining torrefaction with fast pyrolysis is an achievable route for producing long-chain
ether precursors. The results of structural characterization for native and torrefied …

The depolymerization mechanisms of lignin-derived oligomers over Pd/NbOPO 4 catalyst
were investigated by Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations. Taking the lignin-derived …

Biomass conversion to fuels and chemicals is crucial to decarbonization, but choosing an
advantageous upgrading pathway out of many options is challenging. Rigorously evaluating …