Abhijit Dutta
MANAGER
BIOREFINERY ANALYSIS
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
United States of America
Biography
Dutta is a senior engineer and the supervisor of the Biorefinery Analysis Section in the National Bioenergy Center (NBC) at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Dutta has more than 20 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 at the NBC from 2008 to 2014. Prior to joining NREL, Dutta worked at Bloom Energy and Aspen Technology on process control and simulator development.
Research Interest
biomass conversion,process engineering
Publications
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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 (PNNL) Joint Technical Report (2015)
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"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)
