Peter Huajiang Huang

Research Associate Professor
8 Kaufert Lab
2004 Folwell Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108
huang159@umn.edu
+1 612 625 2287

Education

  • Ph.D. - Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
  • M.S. - Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, China.
  • B.S. - Chemical Engineering Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China.
Peter Huang, Asst. Professor

Areas of Interest

My current interests include process modeling and analysis of biorefineries, product separation and purification, biofiber from biomass, and thermo-chemical conversion of biomass.

Select Publications

  • Huang, H.-J., Ramaswamy, S., Liu, Y. Separation and purification of biobutanol during bioconversion of biomass. Separation and Purification Technology, 132,513-540.
  • Huang, H.-J., Ramaswamy, S., Overview of Biomass conversion processes and separation and purification technologies in biorefineries. In: Ramaswamy, S., Huang, H.-J., Ramarao, B.V., ed., Separation and Purification Technologies in Biorefineries, Wiley, 2013.
  • S. Ramaswamy, H.-J. Huang, B. Ramarao, ed., Separation and purification technologies in biorefineries, Wiley, 2013.
  • Huang, H.-J., Ramaswamy, S., Separation and purification of phytochemicals as co-products in biorefineries. In: Carrier, J., Ramaswamy, S., Bergeron, C., ed., Biorefinery Co-Products: Phytochemicals, Primary Metabolites and Value-Added Biomass Processing, Wiley, 2012.
  • Huang, H.-J., Ramaswamy, S., Tschirner, U. W., and Ramarao, B.V., Separation and purification processes for lignocelluloses-to-bioalcohol production, in: Waldron, K., ed., Bioalcohol production: biochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass. Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge, UK, 2010.
  • Huang, H.-J., Ramaswamy, S., Al-Dajani, W., Tschirner, U., Process modeling and analysis of pulp mill-based integrated biorefinery with hemicellulose pre-extraction for ethanol production: A comparative study. Bioresource Technology. 101(2): 624-631, 2010.
  • Huang, H.-J., Ramaswamy, S., Thermodynamic analysis of black liquor steam gasification. BioResources, 6(3), 3210-3230, 2011.
  • Huang, H.-J., Ramaswamy, S., Modeling biomass gasification using thermodynamic equilibrium approach. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 154(1-3):14-25, 2009.
  • Huang, H.-J., Ramaswamy, S., Al-Dajani W., Tschirner, U., Cairncross, R. A., Effect of biomass species and plant size on cellulosic ethanol: A comparative process and economic analysis. Biomass and Bioenergy. 33(2): 234-246, 2009.
  • Huang, H.-J., Lin, W., Ramaswamy, S., Tschirner, U., Process modeling of comprehensive integrated forest biorefinery - An integrated approach. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 154(1-3):26-37, 2009.
  • Huang, H.-J., Ramaswamy, S., Tschirner, U. W., Ramarao, B.V., A review of separation technologies in current and future biorefineries, Separation and Purification Technology. 62(1):1-21, 2008.
  • B. Zhang, H.-J. Huang and S. Ramaswamy. Reaction kinetics of the hydrothermal treatment of lignin. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 147(1-3):119-131, 2008.
  • Huang, H.-J., Practical Computer Simulation of Chemical Processes — MATLAB’s Application in Chemical Engineering (Chinese), Chemical Industrial Press, Beijing, 2004.
  • Huang, H.-J., G.-B. Wu, J. Yang, Y.-C. Dai, W.-K. Yuan, and H.-B. Lu. Modeling of gas-solid chemisorption in chemical heat pumps, Separation and Purification Technology, 34, 191–200, 2004.