Dr. Umakanta Jena

Desert Research Institute, USA

Assistant Professor

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

2011 Ph.D., University of Georgia, Biological and Agricultural Engineering

2002 M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Agricultural Engineering

2001 B.Tech., Orissa University of Agriculture and technology, Agricultural Engineering

Publications

1. Wang, K. C. D. S., & Jena, U. (2022). Long term performance of pilot methanogenic digester filled with seashell wastes treating slaughterhouse wastes: Biogas production and environmental impact. Biochemical Engineering Journal.
2. Jena, U., Eboibi, B. E., & Das, K. C. (2022). Co-solvent assisted hydrothermal liquefaction of algal biomass and biocrude upgrading. Fuels, 3, 326–341.
3. Yu, J., Audu, M., & Myint, M. T., et al. (2022). Bio-crude oil production and valorization of hydrochar as anode material from hydrothermal liquefaction of algae grown on brackish dairy wastewater. Fuel Processing Technology, 227, 107119.
4. Cui, Z., Cheng, F., & Jarvis, J. M., et al. (2021). Integrated extraction and catalytic upgrading of biocrude oil from co-hydrothermal liquefaction of crude glycerol and algae. Energy & Fuels, 35(15), 12165–12174.
5. Audu, M., Wang, H., & Arellano, D., et al. (2021). Ash-pretreatment and hydrothermal liquefaction of filamentous algae grown on dairy wastewater. Algal Research, 57, 102282.
6. Bayat, H., Dehghanizadeh, M., & Jarvis, J. M., et al. (2021). Hydrothermal liquefaction of food waste: Effect of process parameters on product yields and chemistry. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5, 658592.
7. Wang, S., Sahoo, K., & Jena, U., et al. (2021). Life-cycle assessment of treating slaughterhouse waste using anaerobic digestion systems. Journal of Cleaner Production, 292, 126038.
8. Cui, Z., Greene, J. M., & Cheng, F., et al. (2020). Co-hydrothermal liquefaction of wastewater-grown algae and crude glycerol: A novel strategy of bio-crude oil-aqueous separation and techno-economic analysis for bio-crude oil. Algal Research, 51, 102077.
9. Cui, Z., Cheng, F., & Jarvis, J. M., et al. (2020). Roles of co-solvents in hydrothermal liquefaction of low-lipid, high-protein algae. Bioresource Technology, 310, 123454.
10. Cheng, F., Bayat, H., & Jena, U., et al. (2020). Impact of feedstock composition on pyrolysis of low-cost, protein- and lignin-rich biomass: A review. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 147, 104780.
11. Bayat, H., Dehghanizadeh, M., & Holguin, F. O., et al. (2020). Removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater using food waste char. 2020 ASABE Annual International Virtual Meeting, 1.
12. Han, Y., Hoekman, K., & Jena, U., et al. (2020). Use of co-solvents in hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of microalgae. Energies, 13(1), 124.
13. Cheng, F., Jarvis, J. M., & Yu, J., et al. (2019). Bio-crude oil from hydrothermal liquefaction of wastewater microalgae in a pilot-scale continuous flow reactor. Bioresource Technology, 294, 122184.
14. Cheng, F., Mallick, K., & Gedara, S. M. H., et al. (2019). Hydrothermal liquefaction of Galdieria sulphuraria grown on municipal wastewater. Bioresource Technology, 292, 121884.
15. Díaz-Vázquez, L., M., A. Rojas-Pérez, I. Robles, Fuentes-Caraballo, U. Jena, K.C. Das. 2015. Demineralization of macro algae biomass Sargassum spp.: Towards a selective Thermochemical Liquefaction process for fuel and chemicals production. Frontiers in Energy Research, 3(6), doi:10.3389/fenrg.2015.00006.
16. Broch, A. U. Jena, S.K. Hoekman. 2014. Analysis of solid and aqueous phase products from hydrothermal carbonization of whole and lipid-extracted algae. Energies, 7(1): 62-79.
17. N. S. Bolan, R. Thangarajan, B. Seshadri, U. Jena, K.C. Das, H. Wang and R. Naidu. 2013. Landfills as a biorefinery to produce biomass and capture biogas. Bioresource Technology, 135 (2013): 578-587.
18. Jena, U., K.C. Das and J.R. Kastner. 2012. Comparison of the effects of Na2CO3, Ca3(PO4)2 , and NiO catalysts on the thermochemical liquefaction of microalga Spirulina Platensis. Applied Energy, 98(2012): 368-375.
19. Jena, U. and K.C. Das. 2011. Comparative evaluation of BioOil production from microalgae by thermochemical liquefaction and pyrolysis. Energy &Fuels, 25, 5472–5482.
20. Jena, U., K.C. Das and J.R. Kastner. 2011. Effect of operating conditions of thermochemical liquefaction on biocrude production from Spirulina platensis. Bioresource Technology 102(10): 6221-6229.

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