Beltwide Cotton Conferences
January 9-12, 2007
New Orleans, Louisiana

Cotton Engineering-Systems - Friday Morning Session

Organizer:

John Wanjura, Agricultural Engineer, USDA-ARS, College Station, TX

Wind Tunnel Testing Protocol for Evaluating Aerosol Samplers Using Poly-dispersed Particles

Jing Chen, Bryan W. Shaw and Calvin Parnell, Center for Agricultural Air Quality Engineering and Science, College Station, TX

Physical and Mechanical Properties of Bio-based Composition Boards Made From Cotton Gin and Guayule Wastes

Greg Holt1, Terry A. Coffelt2, Poo Chow3 and Francis S. Nakayama2, (1)USDA-ARS, Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit, Lubbock, TX, (2)USDA-ARS, U.S. Arid Land Ag. Res. Center, Maricopa, AZ, (3)Urbana, IL

Elucidating the Solid, Liquid and Gaseous Products from Pyrolysis of Cotton Gin Trash

Froilan Ludana Aquino, Sergio C. Capareda and Joan R. Hernandez, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Activated Carbon Production from Pyrolysis and Steam Activation of Cotton Gin Trash

Joan Rollog Hernandez, Sergio C. Capareda and Froilan L. Aquino, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Performance of a Portable Downdraft Gasifier

Jacob Joseph Powell, Froilan Aquino and Sergio Capareda, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, College Station, TX

Diesel Engine Performance and Exhaust Emissions Using Cottonseed Oil Biodiesel

Jacob Joseph Powell, Sergio Capareda and Calvin Parnell, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, College Station, TX

A Preliminary Particulate Matter Emission Factor from Cotton Harvesting

J.D. Wanjura1, B. W. Shaw2, C.B. Parnell3, S.C. Capareda2 and W. B. Faulkner4, (1)USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit, College Station, TX, (2)College Station, TX, (3)BAEN-TAMU, College Station, TX, (4)Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Effects of Cyclone Diameter on Performance of 1D3D Cyclones: Cyclone Cut Point

William Brock Faulkner1, Michael D. Buser2, Derek P. Whitelock3 and Bryan W. Shaw1, (1)Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, (2)USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit, Lubbock, TX, (3)USDA-ARS, Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, Las Cruces, NM

Determining Crustal Exclusion for Cotton Gins

J.M. Lange1, R. E. Lacey1, J. D. Wanjura2 and C. B. Parnell1, (1)BAEN-TAMU, College Station, TX, (2)USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit, College Station, TX

Evaluation of the FRM PM10 Sampler for Property Line Measurement of PM10 Concentration

Stewart James Skloss1, J.M. Lange2, C. B. Parnell2 and Bryan W. Shaw3, (1)Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, (2)BAEN-TAMU, College Station, TX, (3)Center for Agricultural Air Quality Engineering and Science, College Station, TX

Engineering of Seed Cotton Transport Alternatives

Shay L. Simpson, Mark Hamann, Calvin Parnell, Scott Emsoff, Sergio Capareda and Bryan Shaw, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Systems Engineering of Seed Cotton Handling and Ginning in Texas

Scott Emsoff1, Calvin B. Parnell2, Shay L. Simpson3, Mark Hamann3, Bryan W. Shaw4 and Sergio Capareda3, (1)Texas A&M University - BAEN/CAAQES, College Station, TX, (2)Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, College Station, TX, (3)Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, (4)Center for Agricultural Air Quality Engineering and Science, College Station, TX

Small Sample Techniques to Evaluate Cotton Variety Trials

J. Clif Boykin, USDA, ARS, Cotton Ginning Lab, Stoneville, MS

Water Vapor Permeance of Polyolefin Bale Bagging

Shay L. Simpson1, Andrew G. Jordan2 and Stephen W. Searcy1, (1)Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, (2)Memphis, TN