Abhijit Dutta is a senior engineer working on biorefinery analysis at NREL. Abhijit has more than 25 years of experience in process engineering, including expertise in process modeling. He led and/or contributed to analyses, detailed reports, and publications on biomass conversion, including many studies as the principal investigator for the Thermochemical Conversion Analysis task since 2008. Prior to joining NREL, Abhijit worked at Bloom Energy and Aspen Technology on process control and simulator development.

Research Interests

Areas of Expertise

Techno-economic analysis (process model development for existing and conceptual processes, detailed heat integration, and economic analysis of integrated processes)

Integration of process simulation learnings into control strategies

Process simulator development

Custom model development for deployment in integrated models

Education

M.S., Chemical Engineering, Tufts University

B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology

Featured Work

Conceptual Process Design and Techno-Economic Assessment of Ex Situ Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Biomass: A Fixed Bed Reactor Implementation Scenario for Future Feasibility, Topics in Catalysis (2016)

Process Design and Economics for the Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Hydrocarbon Fuels: Thermochemical Research Pathways With In Situ and Ex Situ Upgrading of Fast Pyrolysis Vapors, NREL and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Joint Technical Report (2015)

Technoeconomic Analysis for the Production of Mixed Alcohols via Indirect Gasification of Biomass Based on Demonstration Experiments, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (2014)

Process Design and Economics for Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Ethanol: Thermochemical Pathway by Indirect Gasification and Mixed Alcohol Synthesis, NREL Technical Report (2011)

Techno-Economics of the Production of Mixed Alcohols from Lignocellulosic Biomass via High-Temperature Gasification, Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy (2010)

Economic Comparison of Different Fermentation Configurations to Convert Corn Stover to Ethanol Using Z. mobilis and Saccharomyces, Biotechnology Progress (2010)

Thermochemical Ethanol via Direct Gasification and Mixed Alcohol Synthesis of Lignocellulosic Biomass, NREL Technical Report (2009)

Additional Publications

Production of Low-Oxygen Bio-Oil via Ex Situ Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis and Hydrotreating, Fuel (2017)

Liquid–Liquid Equilibrium Measurements for Model Systems Related to Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Biomass, Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (2017)

One-Dimensional Biomass Fast Pyrolysis Model with Reaction Kinetics Integrated in an Aspen Plus Biorefinery Process Model, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2017)

Process Design and Economics for the Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Hydrocarbons via Indirect Liquefaction: Thermochemical Research Pathway to High-Octane Gasoline Blendstock Through Methanol/Dimethyl Ether Intermediates, NREL and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Joint Technical Report (2015)

Evaluating the Effect of Potassium on Cellulose Pyrolysis Reaction Kinetics, Biomass and Bioenergy (2015)

One-Dimensional Steady-State Circulating Fluidized-Bed Reactor Model for Biomass Fast Pyrolysis, Fuel (2014)

Investigation of Thermochemical Biorefinery Sizing and Environmental Sustainability Impacts for Conventional Supply System and Distributed Pre-Processing Supply System Designs, Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biorefining (2014)

Process Design and Economics for the Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Hydrocarbon Fuels: Fast Pyrolysis and Hydrotreating Bio-Oil Pathway, NREL, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Idaho National Laboratory Joint Technical Report (2013)

Compositional Analysis and Advanced Distillation Curve for Mixed Alcohols Produced via Syngas on a K-CoMoSx Catalyst, Energy and Fuels (2013)

Ex Situ Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis Technology Pathway, NREL and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Joint Technical Report (2013)

In Situ Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis Technology Pathway, NREL and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Joint Technical Report (2013)

Syngas Upgrading to Hydrocarbon Fuels Technology Pathway, NREL and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Joint Technical Report (2013)

Techno-Economics for Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Ethanol by Indirect Gasification and Mixed Alcohol Synthesis, Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy (2012)

Integrated Process Configuration for High-Temperature Sulfur Mitigation during Biomass Conversion via Indirect Gasification, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (2012)

Gasoline from Wood via Integrated Gasification, Synthesis, and Methanol-to-Gasoline Technologies, NREL Technical Report (2011)

Gasoline from Woody Biomass via Thermochemical Gasification, Methanol Synthesis, and Methanol-to-Gasoline Technologies: A Technoeconomic Analysis, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (2011)

Pilot-Scale Gasification of Corn Stover, Switchgrass, Wheat Straw, and Wood: 1. Parametric Study and Comparison with Literature, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (2010)

Techno-Economic Comparison of Biomass-to-Transportation Fuels Via Pyrolysis, Gasification, and Biochemical Pathways, Fuel (2010)

Techno-Economic Analysis of Biochemical Scenarios for Production of Cellulosic Ethanol, NREL Technical Report (2010)

Economic and Environmental Comparison of a Biochemical and a Thermochemical Lignocellulosic Ethanol Conversion Processes, Cellulose (2009)

Analysis of Ultimate Permselectivity for H2S over CO2 in Alkaline Solutions, Chemical Engineering Science (1994)

Patents

Online Configurable Control System for Fuel Cells, U.S. Patent No. 7599760 (2009)


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