Dr. Umakanta Jena

Desert Research Institute, USA

Assistant Professor

Email: umakanta.jena@dri.edu

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. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Jena, U. and K.C. Das. 2011. Comparative evaluation of BioOil production from microalgae by thermochemical liquefaction and pyrolysis. Energy &Fuels, 25, 5472–5482.
6. 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.
7. Jena, U., N. Vaidyanathan, S. Chinnasamy and K.C. Das. 2010. Evaluation of microalgae cultivation using recovered aqueous solution from thermochemical liquefaction of algal biomass. Bioresource Technology 102(3): 3380-3387.
8. Singh, R.N., U. Jena, J.B. Patel and A.M. Sharma. 2006. Feasibility study of cashew nut shells as an open core gasifier feedstock.  Renewable Energy 31: 481–487.
9. Singh, RN., Sharma, AM, Jena, U., Bhave, AG, Vyas, DK, 2006. Case study of open core down draft gasifier system for cooking applications.  Agricultural Engineering Today 30(3-4): 19–25.

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