Selected Recent Publications
Li, K., S. Kirkland, B-L. Yeo, C. Tubbesing, V. Bandaru, L. Song, L. Holstege, B.R. Hartsough, A. Kendall and B.M. Jenkins. 2023. Integrated economic and environmental modeling of forest biomass for renewable energy in California: Part I – Model development. Biomass and Bioenergy 173:106774, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2023.106774.
El Mashad, H.M., A. Edalati, R. Zhang and B.M. Jenkins. 2022. Production and characterization of biochar from almond shells. Clean Technol. 4:854-864, doi.org/10.3390/cleantechnol4030053.
Barfod, G.H., R.Seiser, R. Yazdani, L. Wang, C.E. Lesher, B.M. Jenkins and P. Thy. 2022. Anthropocene geochemical and technological signatures of an experimental landfill bioreactor in the Central Valley of California. Anthropocene Science https://doi.org/10.1007/s44177-022-00020-6.
Wang, K., A.M. Hobby, Y. Chen, A. Chio, B.M. Jenkins, and R. Zhang. 2022. Techno-economic analysis on an industrial-scale production system of biodegradable plastics from cheese by-products by halophiles. Processes 2022, 10(1):17, https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10010017.
Zhang, N., T. Walker, B.M. Jenkins, S. Anderson and Y. Zheng. 2021. Bioleaching of sorghum straw in bioreactors for biomass cleaning. Fermentation 7(4):270, https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation7040270.
Cunningham, P.C., L. Wang, P. Thy, B.M. Jenkins and S. Miller. 2021. Effects of leaching method and ashing temperature of rice residues for energy production and construction materials. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c07919.
Li, Y., J. Xue, J. Peppers, N. Kado, C. Vogel, C. Alaimo, P. Green, R. Zhang, B.M. Jenkins, M. Kim, T. Young and M. Kleeman. 2021. Chemical and toxicological properties of emissions from a light-duty CNG vehicle fueled with renewable natural gas. Environmental Science and Technology 55(5):2820-2830, doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c04962.
Rojo, F., R. Dhillon, S. Upadhyaya and B.M. Jenkins. 2020. Development of a dynamic model to estimate canopy PAR interception. Biosystems Engineering 198:120-136.
Peppers, J., Y. Li, J. Xue, X. Chen, C. Alaimo, L. Wong, T. Young, P.G. Green, B. Jenkins, R. Zhang, M.J. Kleeman. 2019. Performance analysis of membrane separation for upgrading biogas to biomethane at small scale production sites. Biomass and Bioenergy 128:105314, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2019.105314.
Li, Y., C.P. Alaimo, M. Kim, N.Y. Kado, J. Peppers, J. Xue, C. Wan, P.G. Green, R. Zhang, B.M. Jenkins, C.F.A. Vogel, S. Wuertz, T.M. Young and M.J. Kleeman. 2019. Composition and toxicity of biogas produced from different feedstocks in California. Environmental Science and Technology 53:11569-11579.
McCaffrey, Z., P. Thy, M. Long, M. Oliveira, L. Wang, L. Torres, T. Aktas, B.-S. Chiou, W. Orts and B.M. Jenkins. 2019. Air and steam gasification of almond biomass. Frontiers in Energy Research 7:84, doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2019.00084.
Jenkins, B.M., L.L. Baxter and J. Koppejan. 2019. Biomass Combustion. Chapter 3, R. Brown (ed.), Thermochemical processing of biomass: conversion into fuels, chemicals and power, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey.
Wiryadinata, S., B. M. Jenkins, K. Kornbluth and P. Erickson. 2019. Experimental and numerical study into the effects of passive flow disturbance on conversion and C7+ yield of the packed bed Fischer-Tropsch reaction. Fuel 254 115571, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.05.154
Zhang, N., L. Wang, K. Zhang, T. Walker, P. Thy, B. Jenkins and Y. Zheng. 2019. Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass using bioleaching to reduce inorganic elements. Fuel 246:386-393.
Zheng, YY., B.M. Jenkins, K. Kornbluth, A. Kendall, C. Træholt. 2018. Optimization of a biomass-integrated renewable energy microgrid with demand side management under uncertainty. Applied Energy 230:836-844.
Merz, J., V. Bandaru, Q. Hart, N. Parker and B.M. Jenkins. 2018. Hybrid poplar based biorefinery siting web application (HP-BiSWA): an online decision support application for siting hybrid poplar based biorefineries. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 155:76-83.
Zheng, YY., B.M. Jenkins, K. Kornbluth, A. Kendall and C. Træholt. 2018. Optimal design and operating strategies for a biomass-fueled combined heat and power system with energy storage. Energy 155:620-629.
Li, X., K. Li, H. Li, H. El-Mashad, B.M. Jenkins and W. Yin. 2018. White poplar microwave pyrolysis: heating rate and optimization of biochar yield. Bioresources 13(1):1107-1121.
Zheng, YY., B.M. Jenkins, K. Kornbluth and C. Træholt. 2018. Optimization under uncertainty of a biomass-integrated renewable energy microgrid with energy storage. Renewable Energy 123:214-217.
Byrnes, R., V. Eviner, E. Kebreab, W.R. Horwath, L. Jackson, B.M. Jenkins, S. Kaffka, A. Kerr, J. Lewis, F.M. Mitloehner, J.P. Mitchell, K.M. Scow, K.L. Steenwerth and S. Wheeler. 2017. Review of research to inform California’s climate scoping plan: Agriculture and working lands. California Agriculture UC Global Food Initiative Special Issue, California Agriculture 71(3):160-168.
Thy, P., G.H. Barfod, A.M. Cole, E.L. Brown, B.M. Jenkins and C.E. Lesher. 2017. Trace metal release during wood pyrolysis. Fuel 203:548-556.
Hiloidhari, M., D.C. Baruah, A. Singh, S. Kataki, K. Medhi, S. Kumari, T.V. Ramachandra, B.M. Jenkins and I.S. Thakur. 2017. Emerging role of geographical information system (GIS), life cycle assessment (LCA) and spatial LCA (GIS-LCA) in sustainable bioenergy planning. Bioresource Technology 242(SI):218-226.
Liu, Z., L. Wang, B.M. Jenkins, Y. Li, W. Yi and Z. Li. 2017. Influence of alkali and alkaline earth metallic species on the phenolic species of pyrolysis oil. Bioresources 12(1):1611-1623.
Bandaru, V., Y. Pei, Q. Hart and B.M. Jenkins. 2017. Impact of biases in gridded weather datasets on biomass estimates of short rotation woody cropping systems. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 233:71-79.
Karimi, M., B. M. Jenkins and P. Stroeve. 2016. Multi-objective optimization of transesterification in biodiesel production catalyzed by immobilized lipase. Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining 10:804–818, doi:10.1002/bbb.1706.
Wiryadinata, S., M. Modera, B. Jenkins and K. Kornbluth. 2016. Technical and economic feasibility of unitary, horizontal ground-loop geothermal heat pumps for space conditioning in selected California climate zones. Energy and Buildings 119:164-172.
Li Y., P.W. Tittmann, N.C. Parker and B.M. Jenkins. 2016. Economic impact of combined torrefaction and pelletization processes on forestry biomass supply. Global Change Biology Bioenergy, doi: 10.1111/gcbb.12375.
Bandaru, V., N.C. Parker, Q. Hart, M. Jenner, B-L. Yeo, J.T. Crawford, Y. Li, P.W. Tittmann, L. Rogers, S.R. Kaffka and B.M. Jenkins. 2015. Economic sustainability modeling provides decision support for assessing hybrid poplar-based biofuel development in California. California Agriculture 69(3):171-176.
Aktas, T., P. Thy, R.B. Williams, Z. McCaffrey, R. Khatami and B.M. Jenkins. 2015. Characterization of almond processing residues from the Central Valley of California for thermal conversion. Fuel Processing Technology 140:132-147.
Hart, Q.J., P.W. Tittmann,V. Bandaru and B.M. Jenkins. 2015. Modeling poplar growth as a short rotation woody crop for biofuels in the Pacific Northwest. Biomass and Bioenergy, 79:12-27.
Brum, M., P. Erickson, B. Jenkins and K. Kornbluth. 2015. A comparative study of district and individual energy systems providing electrical-based heating, cooling, and domestic hot water to a low-energy use residential community. Energy and Buildings 92:306-312.
Steenwerth, K.L., A.K. Hodson, A.J. Bloom, M.R. Carter, A. Cattaneo, C.J. Chartres, J.L. Hatfield, K. Henry, J.W. Hopmans, W.R. Horwath, B.M. Jenkins, E. Kebreab, R. Leemans, L. Lipper, M.N. Lubell, S. Msangi, R. Prabhu, M.P. Reynolds, S.S. Solis, W.M. Sischo, M. Springborn, P. Tittonell, S.M. Wheeler, S.J. Vermeulen, E.K. Wollenberg, L.S. Jarvis and L.E. Jackson. 2014. Climate-smart agriculture global research agenda: scientific basis for action. Agriculture & Food Security 3:11, http://www.agricultureandfoodsecurity.com/content/3/1/11.
Jenkins, B.M. 2014. Global agriculture—industrial feedstocks for energy and materials. Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems 2014:461-498, doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52512-3.00156-X.
