Earl Christensen

Fast pyrolysis is a relatively inexpensive, near-term process for generating energy liquids from biomass for production of sustainable fuels…

Microbial lipids are a promising precursor to renewable diesel fuels, but catalytic hydroprocessing of the crude lipid extracts is an under-studied operation. In particular, impurities in the crude extracts can lead to catalyst deactivation…

Research octane number (RON) is a critical property of spark-ignition (SI) engine gasoline fuels and is important for enabling higher efficiency engine designs…