SCOTT Q. TURN
ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER

Pacific Ocean Science & Technology
1680 East-West Road
Room 111A
Phone: (808) 956-2346
Fax: (808) 956-2335
Email: sturn@hawaii.edu

University of Hawaii

• Associate Researcher, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii, 2001 to present
  
• Assistant Researcher, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii, 1995-2001
  
• Assistant Researcher (50% FTE), Biosystems Engineering Department, University of Hawaii, 1999-2000
  
• Lecturer, Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Hawaii, 1997
  
• Research Associate, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii, 1994-1995.

Education

• Ph.D., Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, 1994.
  
• M.S., Agricultural Engineering, University of Hawaii, 1985.
  
• B.S., Agricultural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 1983.

Activities and Memberships

• American Society of Agricultural Engineering
  
• Sigma Xi
  
• American Geophysical Union
  
• Gamma Sigma Delta
  
• Alpha Epsilon

Recent Reports

"Biomass and Bioenergy Resource Assessment, State of Hawaii" posted at http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/ert/biomass-assessment.html

"Analysis of Hawaii Biomass Energy Resources for Distributed Energy Applications" posted at http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/ert/biomass-der.html

Selected Publications

Turn, S.Q., C.M. Kinoshita, L.A. Jakeway, B.M. Jenkins, L.L. Baxter, B.C. Wu, L.G. Blevins. 2003. Fuel characteristics of processed, high-fiber, sugar cane. Fuel Processing Technology. 81(1), pp. 35-55.

Kinoshita, C.M. and S.Q. Turn. 2003. Production of hydrogen from bio-oil using CaO and CO2 sorbent. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 28(10), pp. 1065-1071.

Turn, S.Q., R.L. Bain, and C.M. Kinoshita. 2002. Biomass gasification for combined heat and power in the cane sugar industry. International Sugar Journal. 104(1242), pp. 268-273.

Pfaff, D., B.M. Jenkins, and S.Q. Turn. 2001. Elemental gas-particle partitioning in fluidized bed combustion and gasification of a biomass fuel. In Bridgewater, A.V. (ed.). Progress in Thermochemical Biomass Conversion, Blackwell Science, Oxford, pp. 713-729.

Turn, S.Q., C.M. Kinoshita, D.M. Ishimura, J. Zhou, T.T. Hiraki, and S.M Masutani. 2001. An experimental investigation of alkali removal from biomass producer gas using a fixed bed of solid sorbent. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 40(8); pp. 1960-1967.

Zhou, J., S.M. Masutani, D.M. Ishimura, S.Q. Turn, and C.M. Kinoshita. 2000. Release of fuel-bound nitrogen during biomass gasification. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 39(3); pp. 626-634.

Dayton, D.C., B.M. Jenkins, S.Q. Turn, R.R. Bakker, R.B. Williams, D. Belle-Oudry, and L.M. Hill. 1999. Release of inorganic constituents from leached biomass during thermal conversion. Energy and Fuel 13(4), pp. 860-870.

Turn, S.Q. 1999. Biomass integrated gasifier combined cycle technology: Application in the cane sugar industry, Part III, International Sugar Journal 101(1207), pp. 367-374.

Turn, S.Q. 1999. Biomass integrated gasifier combined cycle technology: Application in the cane sugar industry, Part II, International Sugar Journal. 101(1206), pp. 316-322.

Ishimura, D.M., C.M. Kinoshita, S.M. Masutani, and S.Q. Turn. 1999. Cycle analyses of 5 and 20 MWe biomass gasifier-based electric power stations in Hawaii. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power. 121(1), pp. 25-30.

Turn, S.Q., C.M. Kinoshita, D.M. Ishimura, J. Zhou, T.T. Hiraki, and S.M Masutani. 1998. A review of sorbent materials for fixed bed alkali getter systems in biomass gasifier combined cycle power generation applications. Journal of the Institute of Energy. 71, pp. 163-177.

Turn, S.Q., C.M. Kinoshita, Z. Zhang, D.M. Ishimura, and J. Zhou. 1998. An experimental investigation of hydrogen production from biomass gasification. International Journal of Hydrogen Research, 23(8), pp. 641-648.

Turn, S.Q., C.M. Kinoshita, W.E. Kaar, and D.M. Ishimura. 1998. Measurement of gas phase carbon in steam explosion of biomass. Bioresource Technology. 64(1), pp.71-75.

Turn, S.Q., C.M. Kinoshita, D.M. Ishimura, and J. Zhou. 1998. The fate of inorganic constituents of biomass in fluidized bed gasification. Fuel . 77(3), pp 135-146.

Kinoshita, C.M., S.Q. Turn, R.P. Overend and R.L. Bain. 1997. Power generation potential of biomass gasification systems. Journal of Energy Engineering, 123(3), 88-99.

Turn, S.Q., C.M. Kinoshita, and D.M. Ishimura. 1997 Removal of inorganic constituents of biomass feedstocks by mechanical dewatering and leaching. Biomass and Bioenergy. 12(4), pp. 241-252.

Turn, S.Q., B.M. Jenkins, J.C. Chow, L.C. Pritchett, D. Campbell, T. Cahill and S.A. Whalen. 1997. Elemental characterization of particulate matter emitted from biomass burning: wind tunnel derived source profiles for herbaceous and wood fuels. Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheres. 102(D3):3683-3699.

Consultancy

Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development

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