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Cedric Briens
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Latest papers
Antioxidant Activity of the Lignins Derived from Fluidized-Bed Fast Pyrolysis.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017
Application of 1D and 2D MFR reactor technology for the isolation of insecticidal and anti-microbial properties from pyrolysis bio-oils.
Journal of environmental science and health. Part. B, Pesticides, food contaminants, and agricultural wastes · 2016 · senior author
Improved lignin pyrolysis for phenolics production in a bubbling bed reactor--Effect of bed materials.
Bioresource technology · 2015
Latest funding
- $125,125
Fluid coker heater modifications to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's oil sands
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $76,000
Development of chemical reactors for waste material recycling and greenhouse gas reduction
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $89,838
Development of methods to monitor the fouling of stripper sheds in fluid cokers
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
4 publications.
Antioxidant Activity of the Lignins Derived from Fluidized-Bed Fast Pyrolysis.
Qazi SS, Li D, Briens C, Berruti F, Abou-Zaid MM
Application of 1D and 2D MFR reactor technology for the isolation of insecticidal and anti-microbial properties from pyrolysis bio-oils.
Hossain MM, Scott IM, Berruti F, Briens C
Improved lignin pyrolysis for phenolics production in a bubbling bed reactor--Effect of bed materials.
Li D, Briens C, Berruti F
Detection of the breakage of pharmaceutical tablets in pneumatic transport.
Albion K, Briens L, Briens C, Berruti F
Fluid coker heater modifications to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's oil sands
Principal investigators: Pjontek, Dominic D
Keywords: coke combustion; fluidized beds; greenhouse gas emissions reduction; green hydrogen; natural gas combustion
Development of chemical reactors for waste material recycling and greenhouse gas reduction
Principal investigators: Briens, Cedric
Keywords: pyrolysis; fluid coking; waste plastics recycling; carbon production; hydrogen production
Development of methods to monitor the fouling of stripper sheds in fluid cokers
Principal investigators: Briens, Cedric CL
Keywords: Fluid Coking; Fluidization; Fouling; Monitoring; Signal Analysis; Thermal cracking
Tuning Supercritical Water for Polymer Recycling to Monomers and Chemicals
Principal investigators: Charpentier, Paul PA
Keywords: chemicals; kinetics; monomers; polymers; polyolefins; reactor technology; recycling; supercritical fluids; thermodynamics
NSERC/Syncrude Industrial Research Chair in Fluid Coking Technologies
Principal investigators: Briens, Cedric CL
Development of Reactors for Thermal and Catalytic Cracking
Principal investigators: Briens, Cedric
Integrated probe station for electrical conductivity measurements from cryogenic temperatures to room temperature
Principal investigators: Fanchini, Giovanni
Adhesive production from bark via fast pyrolysis
Principal investigators: Briens, Cedric
Cyclone fouling in fluid cokers: model development and adsorption experiments
Principal investigators: Pjontek, Dominic
Multipurpose Jiggled Bed Reactor (JBR)
Principal investigators: Briens, Cedric
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Franco Berruti and Cedric Briens: 4 shared papers
- Franco Berruti and Lauren Briens: 1 shared paper
- Cedric Briens and Lauren Briens: 1 shared paper
- Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
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