Sasikumar Elumalai, Aicardo Roa-Espinosa, John L Markley, and Troy M Runge (2014) Combined sodium hydroxide and ammonium hydroxide pretreatment of post-biogas digestion dairy manure fiber for cost effective cellulosic bioethanol production. Sustainable Chemical Processes, 2:12.
Sasikumar Elumalai, Zong Liu, Aicardo Roa-Espinosa, John L Markley, and Troy M Runge (2014) Post-Biogas Digestion Manure Fibers for Cellulosic Bioethanol Production, Earth Day Global Poster Session 2014, Georgia Tech Renewable Products Institute.
Previous Relevant Patents and Publications by ARE Investigators
Alkan-Ozkaynak A, Karthikeyan KG, Roa-Espinosa A. (2010) Reducing phosphorus concentration in animal feed coproducts from the corn distilling industry. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers 53(4):1287-1294.
Bonilla CA, Kroll DG, Norman JM, Yoder DC, Molling CC, Miller PS, Panuska JC, Topel JB, Wakeman PL, Karthikeyan KG. (2006) Instrumentation for measuring runoff, sediment, and chemical losses. Journal of Environmental Quality 35(1):216-23.
Bonilla CA, Norman JM, Molling CC, Kartikeyan KG, Miller PS. (2008) Testing a grid-based soil erosion model across topographically complex landscapes. Soil Science Society of America Journal 72:1745-155.
Britz W, Ferris MC, Kuhn A. (2012) Modeling water allocating institutions based on multiple optimization problems with equilibrium constraints. Environmental Modeling Software 46:196-207.
Chylla RA, Hu K, Ellinger JJ, Markley JL. (2011) Deconvolution of two-dimensional NMR spectra by fast maximum likelihood reconstruction: application to quantitative metabolomics. Analytical Chemistry83(12):4871-80.
Cox TL, Zhu Y (2005) Assessing world dairy markets and policy reforms: Implications for developing countries, Editors M. Ataman Aksoy and John C. Beghin. In Global Agricultural Trade And Developing Countries, World Bank. (full book)
Cui Q, Lewis IA, Hegeman AD, Anderson ME, Li J, Schulte CF, Westler WM, Eghbalnia HR, Sussman MR, Markley JL. (2008) Metabolite identification via the Madison Metabolomics Consortium Database. Nature Biotechnology 26(2):162-4.
Davidson RA, Davidson CF, Roa-Espinosa A. (2009) Linear anionic polyacrylamide as an effective soil treatment: Understanding the chemistry and physical science. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation64(4):243-252.
Digman MF, Runge TM, Shinners KJ, Hatfield RD. (2013) Wet fractionation for improved utilization of alfalfa leaves. Biological Engineering Transactions 6(1):9-42.
Dong H, Ferris MC, Cox TL, Norman JM. (2013) Analyzing the benefits of manure separation using mathematical optimization. Lecture Notes in Management Science 5:111-19.
Hallows WC, Yu W, Smith BC, Devries MK, Ellinger JJ, Someya S, Shortreed MR, Prolla T, Markley JL, Smith LM, Zhao S, Guan KL, Denu JM. (2011) Sirt3 promotes the urea cycle and fatty acid oxidation during dietary restriction. Molecular Cell 41(2):139-49.
Hu K, Ellinger JJ, Chylla RA, Markley JL. (2011) Measurement of absolute concentrations of individual compounds in metabolite mixtures by gradient-selective time-zero (1)H-(13)C HSQC with two concentration references and fast maximum likelihood reconstruction analysis. Analytical Chemistry83(24):9352-60.
Hu K, Westler WM, Markley JL. (2011) Simultaneous quantification and identification of individual chemicals in metabolite mixtures by two-dimensional extrapolated time-zero (1)H-(13)C HSQC (HSQC(0)). Journal of the American Chemical Society 133(6):1662-5.
Hu K, Westler WM, Markley JL. (2011) Two-dimensional concurrent HMQC-COSY as an approach for small molecule chemical shift assignment and compound identification. Journal of Biomolecular NMR 49(3-4):291-6.
Lepore BJ, Morgan CLS, Norman JM, Molling C. (2009) A mesopore and matrix infiltration model based on soil structure. Geoderma 152:301-313.
Lewis IA, Karsten RH, Norton ME, Tonelli M, Westler WM, Markley JL. (2010) NMR method for measuring carbon-13 isotopic enrichment of metabolites in complex solutions. Analytical Chemistry 82(11):4558-63.
Lewis IA, Schommer SC, Hodis B, Robb KA, Tonelli M,Westler WM, Sussman MR, Markley JL (2007) Method for determining molar concentrations of metabolites in complex solutions from two-dimensional 1H-13C NMR spectra. Analytical Chemistry 79(24):9385-90.
Lewis IA, Schommer SC, Markley JL. (2009) rNMR: open source software for highthroughput NMR-based bioanalytical chemistry. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry 47 Suppl 1, S123-S126.
Lin H, Roa-Espinosa A. (2011) Integrated process for manufacturing a binder. U.S. Patent 20110021670,filed July 25, 2009, and issued Jsnusry 27, 2011.
Madalika A, Runge TM. (2012) Enabling integrated biorefineries through high-yield conversion of fractionated pentosans into furfural. Green Chemistry 14:3175-318.
Molling CC, Strikwerda JC, Norman JM, Rodgers CA, Wayne R, Morgan CLS, Diak GR, Mecikalski JR. (2005) Distributed runoff formulation designed for a precision agricultural landscape modeling system. Journal of American Water Resources Association 41(6):1289-1313.
Orts WJ, Roa-Espinosa A, Sojka RE, Glenn GM, Iman H, Erlacher K, Pedersen JS. (2007) Use of synthetic polymers and biopolymers for soil stabilization in agriculture, construction, and military applications. Journal of Material and Civil Engineering 19(1):58-66.
Roa-Espinosa A. (2013) Apparatus and process for treatment of fibers. U.S. Patent 8444810, filed November 21, 2010, and issued May 21, 2013.
Roa-Espinosa A. (2013) Clarifying and stabilizing composition. U.S. Patent 20130102503, filed October 19, 2011, and issued April 25, 2013.
Roa-Espinosa A. (2006) Copolymer composition for particle aggregation. U.S. Patent 20060089443, filed October 21, 2004, and issued April 27, 2006.
Roa-Espinosa A, Lin H. (2012) Enhanced biodiesel process. U.S. Patent 20120277461, filed July 25, 2009, and issued November 1, 2012.
Runge TM, Wipperfurth P, Zhang CH. (2013) Improving biomass combustion quality using a liquid hot water treatment. Biofuels 4(1):73-83.
Runge TM, Zhang CH. (2012) Two-stage acid-catalyzed conversion of carbohydrates into levulinic acid. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 51(8):3265-3270.
Shinners KJ, Digman MF, Runge TM. (2011) Biomass logistics – harvest and storage. In Sustainable Production of Fuels, Chemicals, and Fibers from Forest Biomass, ACS Publications, Chapter 3, pp. 65-86.
Shrestha RK, Thompson AM, Roa-Espinosa A. (2006) The effectiveness of polymers and additives on reducing suspended sediment. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 61(3):169-177.
Thompson AM, Vandermuss AJ, Norman JM, Roa-Espinosa A. (2008) Modeling the effect of a rock crib on reducing storm water runoff temperature. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers 51(3):947-960.
Thompson AM, Wilson T, Norman JM, Gemechu AL, Roa-Espinosa A. (2008) Modeling the effect of summertime heating on urban runoff temperature. Journal of American Water Resources Association44(6):1-16.
Thompson DN, Campbell T, Bals B, Runge TM, Teymouri F, Ovard LP. (2013) Chemical preconversion: Application of low-severity pretreatment chemistries for commoditization of lignocellulosic feedstock. Biofuels 4(3):323–340.
Zhang C, Runge TM. (2011) Fractionating pentosans and hexosans in hybrid poplar. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 51(1):133-139.