Publications by authors named "Davis R Conklin"
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- - The growing need for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) has led to the exploration of new technologies to use wet waste as a low-cost feedstock to create jet fuel alternatives, potentially replacing over 20% of US jet fuel consumption.
- - Researchers investigated the conversion of food waste into volatile fatty acids (VFAs) and their subsequent catalytic upgrading into n-paraffin and branched isoparaffin SAF blends, which meet fuel specifications and can significantly increase the renewable blend limits.
- - The study found that producing VFA-SAF from food waste could cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 165% compared to traditional jet fuel, especially highlighting the economic feasibility and environmental benefits of diverting waste from landfills. *
Hierarchically structured porous materials often exhibit advantageous functionality for many applications including catalysts, adsorbents, and filtration systems. In this study, we report a facile approach to achieve hierarchically structured, porous cerium oxide (CeO) catalyst particles using a templating method based on nanocellulose, a class of renewable, plant-derived nanomaterials. We demonstrate the catalyst performance benefits provided by this templating method in the context of Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis (CFP) which is a promising conversion technology to produce renewable fuel and chemical products from biomass and other types of organic waste.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe demonstrate improved manufacturability of spectrally flat detectors for visible to mid-infrared wavelengths by characterizing a carbon nanotube spray coating compatible with lithium tantalate and other thermal sensors. Compared against previous spray coatings, it demonstrated the highest responsivity yet attained due to both higher absorptivity and thermal diffusivity, while also being matured to a commercially available product. It demonstrated spectral nonuniformity from 300 nm to 12 μm less than 1% with uncertainty (k=2) under 0.
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