NAME Brian Bibens TITLE Research Engineer II DEPARTMENT Biological and Agricultural Engineering PHONE 678-662-5377 FAX 706-542-8806 ADDRESS Driftmier Engineering Center University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 30602 EMAIL bbibens@engr.uga.edu EDUCATION M.S., Bio-chemical Engineering, University of Georgia (Graduate 2009) B.S., Bio-medical Engineering, University of Georgia RESEARCH INTERESTS Thermochemical processing, Bioenergy, Biofuels, Bioproducts

Brian Bibens

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

Brian Bibens has been involved with the UGA Biorefinery and Carbon Cycling Program since 2006. He received his B.S. from the BAE department (2005) and is currently working towards his M.S. degree in Biochemical Engineering (2009). As an undergraduate student, he worked exclusively under the Outreach program conducting research on biodiesel and pyrolysis. Currently, he is focusing on biobased energy processes in thermochemical conversion such as pyrolysis, gasification, and combustion.

PATENT

Hilten, R., Kastner, J.R., Das, K.C., Bibens, B. 2009. Producing higher quality bio-oils by in-line esterification of pyrolysis vapor with ethyl alcohol. Patent Disclosure. University of Georgia.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

B. Bibens, R. Hilten, and K.C. Das. 2009. Temperature effects on palm oil residues during slow pyrolysis.  To submitted to Fuel, Fall.


Hilten, R., B. Bibens, J. Kastner, K.C. Das. 2009. Producing higher quality bio-oils by inline esterification of pyrolysis vapor with ethyl alcohol.  To be submitted to Energy and Fuels,