Friday, 6 January 2006: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Ballroom C (Menger Hotel)
Engineering Systems, Friday Morning
Presiding:	J.D. Wanjura, USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit, College Station, TX
8:00 AM			Effects of Cyclone Diameter on Performance of 1D3D and 2D2D Cyclones   William Brock Faulkner1, Bryan W. Shaw1 and Michael D. Buser2, (1)Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, (2)USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit, Lubbock, TX
8:15 AM			Source Testing of Particulate Matter Emissions from Cotton Harvesters – System Design   J.D. Wanjura1, C.B. Parnell2, B.W. Shaw2 and S.C. Capareda2, (1)USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit, College Station, TX, (2)TAMU-CAAQES, College Station, TX
8:30 AM			A Comparison of Predicted Property Line Particulate Concentrations using ISCST3, AERMOD, WindTrax, and AUSTAL View   Jacob Joseph Powell1, Calvin B. Parnell1, J. D. Wanjura2 and Bryan Shaw1, (1)Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, College Station, TX, (2)USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit, College Station, TX
8:45 AM			Rationale for Integrating a Heat and Power Generating Unit in a Cotton Gin Fueled by Cotton Gin Trash   Sergio C. Capareda1, Calvin B. Parnell1, Greg A. Holt2, Art Lilley3, Robb Walt3 and James Diebold3, (1)Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, (2)USDA-ARS, Lubbock, TX, (3)Community Power Corporation, Littleton, CO
9:00 AM			Feasibility of Using Cotton Gin Trash for Cogeneration   S.A. Emsoff1, J.D. Wanjura2, S.C. Capareda2, C.B. Parnell2 and B.W. Shaw2, (1)Texas A&M University - BAEN/CAAQES, College Station, TX, (2)USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit, College Station, TX
9:15 AM			Characteristics of Fuel Pellets Produced From Cotton Gin By-Products and Guayule Bagasse   Greg A. Holt1, Francis S. Nakayama2, Terry A. Coffelt2 and Terry L. Blodgett3, (1)USDA-ARS, Lubbock, TX, (2)USDA-ARS, Phoenix, AZ, (3)Alcoa, Rockdale, TX
9:30 AM			Fertility and Toxicity of Potting Soils Prepared from Ginning and Dairy Wastes Anaerobic Digestate   Paul A. Funk, USDA-ARS-Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, Mesilla Park, NM, Carlos B. Armijo, USDA-ARS, Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, Mesilla Park, NM, William C. Lindemann, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, Brad E. Lewis, New Mexico Department of Agriculture, Las Cruces, NM, Robert P. Flynn, New Mexico State University, Artesia, NM and Maritza Macias-Corral, Mew Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
9:45 AM			Processing Cottonseed into Biodegradable Materials for Agriculture as an Alternative to Synthetic Polymers Catherine MARQUIE1, Jérôme LECOMTE1, Paulo SOBRAL2, Patricia EISENBERG3, Laurent FERRY4, Paul KLEMANN5 and Michel FOK AH CHUEN1, (1)CIRAD, MONTPELLIER CEDEX 5, France, (2)Universidad de Sao Paulo, Pirassununga - SP, Brazil, (3)National Institute of Industrial Technology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (4)Ecole des Mines, Alès cedex, France, (5)R&D Department - Oating Technology Research, Enkhuizen, Netherlands
10:00 AM			Break
10:30 AM			Real-time sensing of lint quality   Mathew G. Pelletier, USDA-ARS, Lubbock, TX and Dennis Steele, Pratville, AL
10:45 AM			Development of an Operator Feedback System for the Module Builder   Robert G. Hardin IV and Stephen W. Searcy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
11:00 AM			Spindle Design Effects on Cotton Quality   Kevin D. Baker, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, SW Cotton Ginning Research Lab, Mesilla Park, NM and S. Ed Hughs, USDA-ARS, Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, Las Cruces, NM
11:15 AM			Instrumental Measurement of Leaf Grade: Progress Report   Preston E. Sasser, Sunho Lee, Yupeng Zhang, C. Kyle Shofner and Frederick M. Shofner, Schaffner Technologies, Inc, Knoxville, TN
11:30 AM			Genetic Traits Associated with Seed Coat Fragments, Motes, and Neps   J. Clif Boykin, USDA, ARS, Cotton Ginning Lab, Stoneville, MS
11:45 AM			INTELLIGIN On-Line Fiber Length Trial   Joe Yankey, Mike Galyon, Warren Landis and Dr. Roger Riley, Uster Technologies, Knoxville, TN
Sponsor:	Cotton Engineering-Systems Conference

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