A unit operations approach was used to study the break subsystem of the wheat flour milling process. The purpose of this study was to determine the parameters of the incoming stock to a break subsystem in estimation of the particle size distribution of the stock leaving the subsystem. The...

It is generally believed that preprocessing procedure can reduce the transportation and storage costs of biomass feedstock for biofuel production by condensing the feedstock’s size. However, the capital costs of preprocessing facilities could be significant in the feedstock logistics system....

Doctor of Philosophy