Cotton Engineering-Systems - Friday Early Morning

Friday, January 6, 2012: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Crystal Ballrooms A & B (Orlando World Center Marriott)
8:00 AM
Effects of Leaf and Bract Trichomes On Trash Content and Quality of Ginned Lint
J. Clif Boykin, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit; Fred Bourland, University of Arkansas; Darrin M. Dodds, Mississippi State University
8:15 AM
Empirical Modeling of Lint Cleaner Effects On Fiber Quality
J. Alex Thomasson, TAMU - BAEN Dept.; Yufeng Ge, TAMU - BAEN Dept.; Edward M. Barnes, Cotton Incorporated
8:30 AM
Microwave Bale Moisture Imaging At Reduced Power Levels for FCC Compliance
M.G. Pelletier, USDA-ARS; G.A. Holt, USDA-ARS; J. D. Wanjura, USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit
8:45 AM
Influence of Defoliation Date and Gin-Drying Temperature on Oven Moisture and KFT Water within Cotton Cultivars
Joe Montalvo, USDA-ARS-SRRC; Terri M. Von Hoven, USDA-ARS-SRRC; Richard K. Byler, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit
9:00 AM
Optimization of a Cottonseed Dehulling Process to Yield Intact Seed Meats
William Brock Faulkner, Texas A&M University; Jacob Nunneley, Texas A&M University; Greg Holt, USDA-ARS
9:15 AM
Laboratory Testing of Explosible/Combustible Dust
Balaji Ganesan, Texas A&M University; Calvin B. Parnell Jr., Texas A&M University; Russell O. McGee, Texas A&M University
9:30 AM
Dust Cyclone Research in the 21st Century
Paul A. Funk, USDA-ARS-Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; Kevin D. Baker, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, SW Cotton Ginning Research Lab
9:45 AM
Cyclones for the Removal of Biochar From A Fludized Bed Reactor
D. Shane Saucier, Texas A&M University; Calvin B. Parnell Jr., Texas A&M University; Sergio Capareda, Texas A&M University; Russell O. McGee, Texas A&M University