Tuesday, 27 June 2006: 1:15 PM-4:45 PM
Tahoe Room (John Ascuaga’s Nugget Casino Resort)
Renewable Energy (Invited and Contributed Speakers)
This session will focus on renewable biofuels and energy sources such as biodiesel, ethanol, biogas, hydrogen, biomass, solar, geothermal, wind, and hydro. Papers discussing research, pilot, and industrial scale results are welcomed.
Organizers:Hatice Gecol
Glenn C. Miller
1:15 PMNUCLEAR Energy: Friend or foe?
Nicholas Tsoulfanidis
1:40 PMAnalytical Methods and Reaction Kinetic Parameters for the Production of Biodiesel Using Waste Cooking Oil and Ethanol
Hatice Gecol, Erdogan Ergican, Sage R. Hiibel
2:05 PMThe case for community-scale biodiesel production
Rudi Wiedemann
2:30 PMOverview of Orientationally Disordered “Plastic Crystal” Passive Thermal Energy Storage Materials
Dhanesh Chandra, Wen-Ming Chien, Raja Chellappa, Anjali Talekar, Suresh Divi
2:55 PMBreak
3:15 PMGeothermal research at the Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy
Lisa Shevenell
3:40 PMWind energy assessment for Nevada: Observations and modeling
Darko R. Koracin, Richard Reinhardt
4:05 PMPerformance assessment of photovoltaic installations
John C. Sagebiel

Back to The 61st Northwest Regional Meeting (June 25 - 28, 2006)