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PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

(*indicates the work of MS or Ph.D. students supervised by Dr. Adhikari).

2012

39. Suchithra Thangalazhy-Gopakumar*, Sushil Adhikari, and Ram B. Gupta, 2012. Catalytic pyrolysis of biomass over H+ZSM-5 under hydrogen pressure. Energy & Fuels DOI: 10.1021/ef3008213 (accepted for publication).
38. Nourredine Abdoulmoumine*, Avanti Kulkarni*, Sushil Adhikari , Steven Taylor, and Edward Loewenstein. Economic analysis of municipal power generation from gasification of urban green wastes: case study of Fultondale, Alabama. Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining (accepted for publication).
37. Suchithra Thangalazhy-Gopakumar*, Sushil Adhikari , Shyamsundar Ayalur Chattanathan* and Ram B. Gupta, 2012. Catalytic pyrolysis of green algae for hydrocarbon production using H+ZSM-5 catalyst. Bioresource Technology Vol. 118, pg. 150-157.
36. Shyamsundar Ayalur Chattanathan*, Sushil Adhikari, and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, 2012. A review on current status of hydrogen production from bio-oil. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (accepted from publication).

2011

35. Thomas J. Robinson, Brian. K. Via, Oladiran. Fasina, Sushil Adhikari, and Emily Carter, 2011. Impregnation of bio-oil from small diameter pine into wood for moisture resistance. BioResources. Vol. 6(4), pp. 4747-4761.
34. Gopal Gautam*, Sushil Adhikari, Suchithra Thangalazhy-Gopakumar, Christian Brodbeck, Sushil Bhavnani, and Steven Taylor, 2011. Tar analysis in syngas derived from pelletized biomass in a commercial stratified downdraft gasifier. BioResources. Vol. 6(4), pp. 4652-4661.
33. Gopal Gautam*, Sushil Adhikari, Christian Brodbeck, Sushil Bhavnani, Oladiran Fasina, and Steven Taylor, 2011. Gasification of wood chips, agricultural residues and waste using a downdraft commercial gasifier. Trans of ASABE Vol. 54(5).1801-1807.
32. Harideepan Ravindran*, Suchithra Thangalazhy-Gopakumar*, Sushil Adhikari, Oladiran Fasina, Maobing Tu, Brian Via, Emily Carter, and Steven Taylor, 2011. Production of bio-oil from underutilized forest biomass using an auger reactor. Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects (accepted for publication).
31. Agus Haryanto, Sandun Fernando, S. D. Filip To, P. Steele, Lester Pordesimo, and Sushil Adhikari, 2011. High temperature water gas shift reaction over nickel catalysts for hydrogen production: effect of supports, ghsv, metal loading, and dopant materials. J. Thermodynamics and Catalysis. Vol.2 (1): 106. doi:10.4172/2153-0645.1000106.
30. Brad Littlefield, Oladiran Fasina, Joe Shaw, Sushil Adhikari, and Brian K. Via, 2011. Physical and flow properties of pecan shells — particle size and moisture effects. Powder Technology. Vol. 212, pp.173-180.
29. Liang Wei, Anshu Shrestha, Maobing Tu and Sushil Adhikari, 2011. Effects of surfactant on biochemical and hydrothermal conversion of softwood hemicellulose to ethanol and furan derivatives. Process Biochemistry (accepted for publication).
28. Suchithra T. Gopakumar*, Sushil Adhikari, Ram B. Gupta, Maobing Tu and Steven Taylor. Production of Hydrocarbon Fuels from Biomass using Catalytic Pyrolysis under Helium and Hydrogen Environments. Bioresource Technology. Vol. 102, pp. 6472-6479
27. Rui Xie, Maobing Tu, Yonnie Wu and Sushil Adhikari. Improvement in HPLC Separation of Acetic Acid and Levulinic Acid in the Profiling of Biomass Hydrolysate. Bioresource Technology. Vol. 102(7), pp. 4938-4942
26. Suchithra T. Gopakumar*, Sushil Adhikari, Ram Gupta and Sandun Fernando. Influence of Pyrolysis Operating Conditions on Bio-Oil Components: A Microscale Study in a Pyroprobe. Energy & Fuels 25 (3), pp 1191–1199.

2010

25. Gayan Nawaratna, Sandun Fernando and Sushil Adhikari. Response of titanium isopropropoxide-based heterogeneous amphiphilic-polymer-catalysts for transesterification. Energy & Fuels. Vol. 24, pp. 4123-4129.
24. Gayan Nawaratna, Sushil Adhikari, Donald E. Lacey and Sandun Fernando. Reforming glycerol under electro-statically charged surface conditions. Energy & Environmental Science. Vol. 3, pp. 1593-1599.
23. Suchithra T. Gopakumar*, Sushil Adhikari, Harideepan Ravindran, Ram B. Gupta, Oladiran Fasina, Maobing Tu and Sandun Fernando, 2010. Physiochemical properties of bio-oil produced at various temperatures from pine wood using an auger reactor. Bioresource Technology 101, pp. 8389–8395.
22. Gopal Gautam*, Sushil Adhikari and Sushil Bhavnani, 2010. Estimation of biomass synthesis gas composition using equilibrium modeling. Energy & Fuels 24 (4), pp. 2692–2698.

2009

21. Sushil Adhikari, Sandun Fernando, and Agus Haryanto, 2009. Hydrogen production from glycerol: an update. Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 50, pp. 2600-2604.
20. Agus Haryanto, Sandun Fernando, Lester Pordesimo S. D. Filip To, Philip H. Steele and Sushil Adhikari, 2009. Hydrogen production through water gas shift reaction: thermodynamic equilibrium vs. experimental results over supported Ni catalysts. Energy & Fuels, Vol. 23 (6), pp 3097–3102.
19. Shetian Liu, Sanjana R. Musuku, Sushil Adhikari and Sandun Fernando, 2009. Adsorption of glycerol from biodiesel washwaters. Environment Technology, Vol. 30(5), pp. 505-510.
18. Agus Haryanto, Sandun Fernando, Lester Pordesimo and Sushil Adhikari, 2009. Upgrading of syngas derived from biomass gasification: a thermodynamic analysis. Biomass and Bioenergy, Vol. 33, pp. 882-889.
17. Sushil Adhikari, Sandun Fernando, and Agus Haryanto, 2009. Kinetics and reactor modeling of hydrogen production from glycerol via steam reforming process over Ni/CeO2 catalysts. Chemical Engineering and Technology, Vol. 32(4), pp.1-8.

2008

16. Sushil Adhikari, Sandun Fernando, S. D. Filip To, R. Mark Bricka, Philip H. Steele, and Agus Haryanto, 2008. Conversion of glycerol to hydrogen via a steam reforming process over nickel catalysts. Energy & Fuels Vol. 22(2), pp. 1220-1226.
15. Sushil Adhikari, Sandun Fernando, and Agus Haryanto, 2008. Hydrogen production from glycerin by steam reforming over nickel catalysts. Renewable Energy Vol. 33, pp. 1097-1100.

2007

14. Sushil Adhikari, Sandun Fernando, and Agus Haryanto, 2007. Production of hydrogen by steam reforming of glycerin over alumina supported metal catalysts. Catalysis Today, Vol. 129 (3-4), pp. 355-364.
13. Sushil Adhikari, Sandun Fernando, Steven Gwaltney, S. D. Filip To, R. Mark Bricka, Philip H. Steele, and Agus Haryanto, 2007. A thermodynamic analysis of hydrogen production by steam reforming of glycerol. Int. Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 32(14), pp. 2875-2880.
12. Sushil Adhikari, Sandun Fernando, and Agus Haryanto, 2007. Glycerin steam reforming for hydrogen production. Transactions of ASABE, Vol. 50(2), pp. 591-595.
11. Sushil Adhikari, Sandun Fernando, and Agus Haryanto, 2007. A comparative thermodynamic and experimental analysis on hydrogen production by steam reforming of glycerin. Energy & Fuels, Vol. 21(4), pp. 2306-2310.
10. Agus Haryanto, Sandun Fernando, and Sushil Adhikari, 2007. Ultrahigh temperature water gas shift catalysts to increase hydrogen yield from biomass gasification. Catalysis Today, Vol. 129 (3-4), pp. 269-274.
9. Ram M. Shrestha, Nazrul Islam, N. T. Kim Oanh, Sushil Adhikari, Sudhakar Yedla, Kejun Jiang, Ucok Siagian, Nguyen Dinh Tuan, and Joy Abrenica, 2007. Strategies for the promotion of cleaner and energy efficient technologies in the urban transport system in selected Asian cities. International Journal of Environment and Pollution, Vol. 30, pp. 45-58.
8. Sandun Fernando, Sushil Adhikari, Kiran Kota, and Ranjitha Bandi, 2007. Glycerol based automotive fuels from future biorefineries. Fuel, Vol. 86 (17-18), pp.2806-2809.

2006

7. Sushil Adhikari, Sandun Fernando, and Mark Novotny, 2006. Nanoparticles production from glycerin via electrospray and size measurement. Transactions of ASABE, Vol. 49 (4), pp. 1269-1272.
6. Sandun Fernando, Sushil Adhikari, Chauda Chandrapal, and Naveen Murali, 2006. Biorefineries: current status, challenges and future direction. Energy & Fuels, Vol. 20 (4), pp. 1727-1737. Highly accessed article in 2006
5. Sushil Adhikari and Sandun Fernando, 2006. Hydrogen separation techniques. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 45, pp. 875-881. Highly accessed article in 2006.
4. Sandun Fernando, Milford Hanna, and Sushil Adhikari. 2006. Lubricity characteristics of selected vegetable oils, animal fats and their derivatives. Applied Engineering in Agriculture, Vol. 23 (1), pp. 5-11.

2005

3. Ram M. Shrestha, Gabrial Anandarajah, Sushil Adhikari, Kejun Jiang and Zhu Songli, 2005. Energy and environmental implications of NOx emission reduction from the transport sector of Beijing: a least-cost planning analysis. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Vol.10, pp.1-11.
2. Agus Haryanto, Sandun Fernando, Naveen Murali, and Sushil Adhikari, 2005. Current status of hydrogen production techniques by steam reforming of ethanol: a review. Energy & Fuels, Vol. 19, pp. 2098-2106. Highly accessed article in 2005/2006.

2003

1. Sushil Adhikari, S. Kumar, and Pinij Siripuekpong, 2003. Performance of household grid-connected PV system in Thailand. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, Vol. 11: pp.1-8.

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