US-UK Planning Visit: Collaborative Research on Production of Bio-adhesive from Bio-mass

OISE 10-46141Elham finnorth Carolina a&&t State university这个项目为一个为期一周的计划访问提供支持。对于PI，四名初级教师和三名未被充分代表的美国学生-前往英国诺丁汉大学。美国首席研究员是来自北卡罗来纳州农业技术州立大学的Elham Fini。外国合作者是戈登·艾雷。此次计划访问的主要目的是建立合作研究，在从生物质中提取可持续建筑胶粘剂的生产和特性，同时封存碳，减少温室气体，否则将被释放到大气中。虽然对生物质转化为生物燃料已经进行了一些研究，但很少有人关注转化后遗留的重粘性残渣的利用。迄今为止，重点是提取用作燃料的轻烃和作为废物处理的重质残留物。PI和她的英国合作者所做的初步研究表明，这种所谓的废物可以通过化学改性来生产用于几种建筑目的的生物粘合剂，同时将碳封存在生物粘合剂中。该项目实现了为美国青年教师和学生提供全球视野和独特设施和专业知识的项目目标。它还旨在解决这一跨学科研究的技术、环境和经济方面的问题。

OISE 10-46141Elham FiniNorth Carolina A&T State UniversityThis project provides support for a one-week planning visit ? for the PI, four junior faculty and three underrepresented US students - to the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. The US principal investigator is Elham Fini from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University. The foreign collaborator is Gordon Airey. The primary purpose of this planning visit is to establish collaborative research on production and characterization of sustainable construction adhesive from bio-mass while sequestering carbon and reducing green house gases that would otherwise be released to the atmosphere.While there have been several studies on the conversion of bio-mass to bio-fuel, little attention has been give to the use of the heavy sticky residue remaining after the conversion. To date, the focus has been on extraction of the light hydrocarbon used as fuel and the heavy residue treated as a waste. Initial studies done by the PI and her UK collaborator show that this so called waste material can be chemically modified to produce bio-adhesives for several construction purposes while sequestering carbon in the bio-adhesive. This project fulfills the program objectives of providing US junior faculty and students with a global perspective and access to unique facilities and expertise. It also aims to address the technical, environmental and economical aspects of this interdisciplinary research.