Friday, January 12, 2007: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Grand Ballroom E (Sheraton New Orleans)
Cotton Engineering-Systems - Friday Morning Session
Organizer:John Wanjura, Agricultural Engineer, USDA-ARS, College Station, TX
8:00 AM 
Wind Tunnel Testing Protocol for Evaluating Aerosol Samplers Using Poly-dispersed Particles   
Jing Chen, Bryan W. Shaw and Calvin Parnell, Center for Agricultural Air Quality Engineering and Science, College Station, TX
8:15 AM 
Physical and Mechanical Properties of Bio-based Composition Boards Made From Cotton Gin and Guayule Wastes   
Greg Holt1, Terry A. Coffelt2, Poo Chow3 and Francis S. Nakayama2, (1)USDA-ARS, Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit, Lubbock, TX, (2)USDA-ARS, U.S. Arid Land Ag. Res. Center, Maricopa, AZ, (3)Urbana, IL
8:30 AM 
Elucidating the Solid, Liquid and Gaseous Products from Pyrolysis of Cotton Gin Trash   
Froilan Ludana Aquino, Sergio C. Capareda and Joan R. Hernandez, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
8:45 AM 
Activated Carbon Production from Pyrolysis and Steam Activation of Cotton Gin Trash   
Joan Rollog Hernandez, Sergio C. Capareda and Froilan L. Aquino, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
9:00 AM 
Performance of a Portable Downdraft Gasifier   
Jacob Joseph Powell, Froilan Aquino and Sergio Capareda, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, College Station, TX
9:15 AM 
Progress on Scale-up of Bioconversion of Cotton Gin Waste to Ethanol   
Foster A. Agblevor1, Maha Ibrahim2 and Waleed, K. El Zawawy2, (1)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, (2)National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
9:30 AM 
Diesel Engine Performance and Exhaust Emissions Using Cottonseed Oil Biodiesel   
Jacob Joseph Powell, Sergio Capareda and Calvin Parnell, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, College Station, TX
9:45 AM 
A Preliminary Particulate Matter Emission Factor from Cotton Harvesting   
J.D. Wanjura1, B. W. Shaw2, C.B. Parnell3, S.C. Capareda2 and W. B. Faulkner4, (1)USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit, College Station, TX, (2)College Station, TX, (3)BAEN-TAMU, College Station, TX, (4)Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
10:00 AM 
Effects of Cyclone Diameter on Performance of 1D3D Cyclones: Cyclone Cut Point   
William Brock Faulkner1, Michael D. Buser2, Derek P. Whitelock3 and Bryan W. Shaw1, (1)Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, (2)USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit, Lubbock, TX, (3)USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, Mesilla Park, NM
10:15 AM Break 
10:30 AM 
Determining Crustal Exclusion for Cotton Gins   
J.M. Lange1, Ronald E. Lacey1, J. D. Wanjura2 and C. B. Parnell1, (1)BAEN-TAMU, College Station, TX, (2)USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit, College Station, TX
10:45 AM 
Evaluation of the FRM PM10 Sampler for Property Line Measurement of PM10 Concentration 
Stewart James Skloss1, J.M. Lange2, C. B. Parnell2 and Bryan W. Shaw3, (1)Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, (2)BAEN-TAMU, College Station, TX, (3)Center for Agricultural Air Quality Engineering and Science, College Station, TX
11:00 AM 
Engineering of Seed Cotton Transport Alternatives   
Shay L. Simpson, Mark Hamann, Calvin Parnell, Scott Emsoff, Sergio Capareda and Bryan Shaw, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
11:15 AM 
Systems Engineering of Seed Cotton Handling and Ginning in Texas   
Scott Emsoff1, Calvin B. Parnell2, Shay L. Simpson3, Mark Hamann3, Bryan W. Shaw4 and Sergio Capareda3, (1)Texas A&M University - BAEN/CAAQES, College Station, TX, (2)Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, College Station, TX, (3)Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, (4)Center for Agricultural Air Quality Engineering and Science, College Station, TX
11:30 AM 
Small Sample Techniques to Evaluate Cotton Variety Trials   
J. Clif Boykin, USDA, ARS, Cotton Ginning Lab, Stoneville, MS
11:45 AM 
Water Vapor Permeance of Polyolefin Bale Bagging   
Shay L. Simpson1, Andrew G. Jordan2 and Stephen W. Searcy1, (1)Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, (2)Memphis, TN
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