Dr. Ray Huhnke
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EPSCoR Research Emphasis Area:
Chemical Conversion
Co-Principal Investigator, NSF EPSCoR
Director, Biobased Products and Energy Center
Oklahoma State University
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Education:
B.S. | Agricultural Engineering | Purdue University | 1973
M.S. | Agricultural Engineering | University of Illinois | 1974
Ph.D. | Agricultural Engineering | Iowa State University | 1980
Research Interests:
“Some members of our society believe that biofuels compete with our petroleum resources. We must provide education to everyone - secondary education students through general public - about the benefits of biofuels and how we can use our biobased resources to develop alternative forms of energy to supplement our fossil fuels, while reducing our dependence on foreign oil."
Dr. Ray Huhnke, professor of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering at Oklahoma State University, is director of the Biobased Products and Energy Center and co-principal investigator of the multidisciplinary, multi-institutional, five-year NFS EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Plan entitled “Building Oklahoma’s Leadership Role in Cellulosic Bioenergy."
Huhnke is team leader in the research area of the project that addresses converting low-cost biomass into liquid fuel and other value-added products using a gasification-fermentation process. He also supports research in feedstock logistics and thermochemical conversion of biomass.
Pictured (right): Dr. Ray Huhnke shares information with attendees during Oklahoma Grown Biofuels field day at the Oklahoma Bioenergy Center's south central research station in Chickasha, Oklahoma.
(Photo Credit: OSU Agricultural Communication Services)
Key Publications:
These articles were supported by the OK EPSCoR RII Award
- Patil, K., P. R. Bhoi, R. L. Huhnke, and D. D. Bellmer. "Downdraft Biomass Gasifier with Internal Cyclonic Combustion Chamber: Design, Construction and Experimental Results." Bioresource Technology 102 (2011): 6286-290. SciVerse.DOI:10.1016/j.biortech.2011.03.033.
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- Huhnke, R. L., R. S. Lewis, and R. S. Tanner. "Biofpr: Patent Intelligence Article: Isolation and Characterization of Novel Clostridial Species." Biofpr. Home. World Intellectual Property Organization, 27 Apr. 2010.
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- Bellmer, D., R. Huhnke, R. Whiteley, and C. Godsey. "The Untapped Potential of Sweet Sorghum as a Bioenergy Feedstock." Biofuels 1 (2010): 563-73. Future Science. DOI: 10.4155/bfs.10.34.
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- Kundiyana, D., D. Bellmer, R. Huhnke, M. Wilkins, and P. L. Claypool. "Influence of Temperature, ph and Yeast on In-Field Production of Ethanol from Unsterilized Sweet Sorghum Juice." Biomass and Bioenergy 34(2010): 1481-486. SciVerse. DOI:10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.04.022.
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- Kundiyana, D. K., R. L. Huhnke, P. Maddipati, H. K. Atiyeh, and M. R. Wilkins. "Feasibility of Incorporating Cotton Seed Extract in Clostridium Strain P11 Fermentation Medium during Synthesis Gas Fermentation." Bioresource Technology 101(2010): 9673-680. SciVerse. DOI:10.1016/j.biortech.2010.07.054.
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- Kundiyana, D. K., R. L. Huhnke, and M. R. Wilkins. "Syngas Fermentation in a 100-L Pilot Scale Fermentor: Design and Process Considerations." Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 110 (2010): 274. SciVerse. DOI:10.1016/j.jbiosc.2009.10.022.
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- Bellmer, D., R. Huhnke, and D. Kundiyana. "Issues with In-Field Fermentation of Sweet Sorghum Juice." ASABE 084828. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (2008). St. Joseph, MI.
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- Patil, K. N., R. L. Huhnke, and D. D. Bellmer. "Gasification of Switchgrass Using a Unique Downdraft Reactor." ASABE 084415. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (2008). St. Joseph, MI. Paper Number: 084415.
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- Suryawati, L., M. R. Wilkins, D. D. Bellmer, R. L. Huhnke, N. O. Maness, and I. M. Banat. "Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation of Kanlow Switchgrass Pretreated by Hydrothermolysis Using Kluveromyces Marxianus IMB4." Biotechnol. Bioeng. 101 (2008): 894-902. Paper No: 083578.
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- Patil, K. N., R. L. Huhnke, and D. D. Bellmer. "Influence of Internal Baffles on Mixing Characteristics of Biomass in a Fluidized Sand Bed." Agricultural Engineering International: the CIGR Ejournal. EE 06 016. IX (2007).
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- Ahmed, A., B. G. Cateni, R. L. Huhnke, and R. S. Lewis. "Effects of Biomass-generated Producer Gas Constituents on Cell Growth, Product Distribution and Hydrogenase Activity of Clostridium Carboxidivorans P7T." British Library Direct - Search and Order Journal Articles Online. SciVerse, July 2006. DOI:10.1016/j.biombioe.2006.01.007.
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