Peter Huajiang Huang

Peter Huajiang Huang
Research Associate Professor
[email protected]
+1 612 625 2287
8 Kaufert Lab

2004 Folwell Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

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.

Areas of Interest

Process Modeling & Analysis, Product Separation/Purification, Biorefineries

Teaching

  • Co-teaching Computer Applications in Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering (BBE 2003)
  • Help teaching Bioproducts Separation and Purification Processes (BBE 4401/5401).

Research

  • Process Modeling & Analysis
  • Product Separation and Purification
  • Biorefineries

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.