Shahab Sokhansanj

Adjunct Professor

Chemical and Biological Engineering

Faculty of Applied Science

Shahab’s core research is in feedstock engineering focusing on harvesting, drying, fractionating, and densification of cellulosic biomass. The work has evolved in two fronts: (1) experimenting with innovative biomass preprocesses to acquire engineering data for design and optimum operation of individual unit operations; and (2) developing engineering models for simulation of unit operations for optimizing the entire supply chains.

BPI Publications

Comparison of measured values from single pellet durability tester and standard tumbler tester Biosystems Engineering, 2023
Dry matter loss and heat release due to oxygen depletion in stored wood pellets Biomass and Bioenergy, 2023
Evaluating the economic feasibility of replacing propane with solid biofuels for grain drying – a scenario analysis Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 2023
Hydrothermal carbonization of mixture waste Gingko leaf and wheat straw for solid biofuel production Industrial Crops and Products, 2023
Proxy quality control of biomass particles using thermogravimetric analysis and Gaussian process regression models Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 2023
Thermal Pretreatment Impact on Densified Biomass Physical Properties Densification Impact on Raw, Chemically and Thermally Pretreated Biomass: Physical Properties and Biofuels Production, 2023
Torrefaction severity influence on the nutrient composition of biomass Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2023
A computational approach to determine the residence time distribution of biomass particles in rotary drum dryers Chemical Engineering Science, 2022
CFD investigation of pelletization effect on co-firing coal with wheat straw Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2022
Dual objectives of forage drying and insect disinfestation Drying Technology, 2022
Dust and Particulate Matter Generated during Handling and Pelletization of Herbaceous Biomass: A Review Energies, 2022
Energy pellets from whole-wheat straw processed with a deep eutectic solvent: A comprehensive thermal, molecular and environmental evaluation Renewable Energy, 2022
Evaluation of the potential of pelletized enzyme-treated Ginkgo leaf residues for use as a solid fuel Renewable Energy, 2022
Hydrothermal carbonization and pelletization of moistened wheat straw Renewable Energy, 2022
Hydrothermal carbonization of waste ginkgo leaf residues for solid biofuel production: Hydrochar characterization and its pelletization Fuel, 2022
HYDROTHERMAL RESPONSE OF WOOD PELLETS TO INTERNAL HEAT GENERATION DUE TO HYGROSCOPIC WETTING Journal of the ASABE, 2022
Residence time distribution and solids mixing of sawdust in a horizontal pulsed fluidized bed Powder Technology, 2022
Start-up, shutdown, and transition timescale analysis in biomass reactor operations Energy, 2022
Steam explosion of lignocellulosic biomass for multiple advanced bioenergy processes: A review Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022
Thermal conditioning of remoistened wheat straw to produce durable pellets Biomass and Bioenergy, 2022
A review on determining the residence time of solid particles in rotary drum dryers Drying Technology, 2021
Biomass Torrefaction Process, Product Properties, Reactor Types, and Moving Bed Reactor Design Concepts Frontiers in Energy Research, 2021
Bulk permeability characteristics in a biomass moving bed and their effects on reactor design and scaling Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021
Chlorine and ash removal from salt-laden woody biomass by washing and pressing Biomass and Bioenergy, 2021
Corrigendum to "Technoeconomic and emissions evaluation of mobile in-woods biochar production" [Energy Convers. Manag. 223 (2020) 1–15 113305] (Energy Conversion and Management (2020) 223, (S0196890420308438), (10.1016/j.enconman.2020.113305)) Energy Conversion and Management, 2021
Evaluating the economic viability of agricultural pellets to supplement the current global wood pellets supply for bioenergy production Energies, 2021
Flammability analysis of gaseous emissions from western red cedar and SPF (Spruce, Pine, Fir) sawdust Biomass and Bioenergy, 2021
Improvement of the pellet quality and fuel characteristics of agricultural residues through mild hydrothermal treatment Industrial Crops and Products, 2021
Market prospects for biochar production and application in California Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 2021
Moisture adsorption rate and durability of commercial softwood pellets in a humid environment Biosystems Engineering, 2021
Development of a torrefied wood pellet binder from the cross-linking between specified risk materials-derived peptides and epoxidized poly (vinyl alcohol) Renewable Energy, 2020
Heats of wetting and sorption for wood pellets Biomass and Bioenergy, 2020
Investigation of wood pellets self-heating kinetics and thermal runaway phenomena using lab scale experiments Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2020
Pelletization of refuse-derived fuel with varying compositions of plastic, paper, organic and wood Sustainability (Switzerland), 2020
Pelletization properties of refuse-derived fuel - Effects of particle size and moisture content Fuel Processing Technology, 2020
Technoeconomic and emissions evaluation of mobile in-woods biochar production Energy Conversion and Management, 2020
The impact of rain exposure during loading of wood pellets for ocean shipment: An experimental study Transactions of the ASABE, 2020
Thermal loss analysis and improvements for biomass conversion reactors Energy Conversion and Management, 2020

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