Alvin B. Culaba

ORCID: 0000-0001-9588-0909
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Research Areas
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Biodiesel Production and Applications
  • Process Optimization and Integration
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
  • Multi-Criteria Decision Making
  • Sustainable Industrial Ecology
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis
  • Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
  • Smart Grid Energy Management
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Heat Transfer and Optimization
  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods

De La Salle University
2015-2024

Industrial Technology Research Institute
2020

Ateneo de Naga University
2018

Technological University of the Philippines
2018

National University
2017

La Salle University
2002-2013

The development of biofuels has been considered as an important countermeasure to abate anthropogenic CO2 emissions, suppress deteriorated atmospheric greenhouse effect, and mitigate global warming. To produce from biomass, thermochemical conversion processes are the most efficient routes wherein torrefaction lowest warming potential. Combustion is easiest way consume which can be burned alone or co-fired with coal generate heat power. However, solid biomass fuels not commonly applied in...

10.1016/j.pecs.2020.100887 article EN cc-by Progress in Energy and Combustion Science 2020-10-26

Lignocellulosic biomass has been recognized as promising feedstock for biofuels production. However, the high cost of pretreatment is one major challenges hindering large-scale production from these abundant, indigenously-available, and economic feedstock. In addition to capital operation cost, water consumption also regarded a challenge unfavorably affecting performance. present review, advances in lignocellulose technologies are reviewed critically discussed. Moreover, faced future...

10.18331/brj2020.7.1.4 article EN cc-by Biofuel Research Journal 2020-02-29

As the demand for biofuels increases globally, microalgae offer a viable biomass feedstock to produce biofuel. With abundant sources of in rural communities, these materials could be converted biodiesel. Efforts are being done order pursue commercialization. However, its main usage is other applications such as pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and aquaculture, which has high return investment. In last 5 decades algal research, cultivation genetically engineered algae have been pursued push...

10.3390/su12198009 article EN Sustainability 2020-09-28

The decarbonization of the energy industry is one key pillars in reduction greenhouse gas emissions atmosphere. generation an important driver development nations. Small modular reactors (SMRs) are considered affordable technology that can provide clean comparable to other renewable technologies. However, several critical issues established full adoption and investment SMRs developing A state-of-the-art review proposed, involving on technological, economic, environmental, socio-political...

10.3390/en16073224 article EN cc-by Energies 2023-04-03

Geopolymers are inorganic polymers formed from the alkaline activation of amorphous alumino-silicate materials resulting in a three-dimensional polymeric network. As class materials, it is seen to have potential replacing ordinary Portland cement (OPC), which for more than hundred years has been binder choice structural and building applications. emerged as sustainable option vis-à-vis OPC three reasons: (1) their technical properties comparable if not better; (2) they can be produced...

10.3390/ma9070580 article EN Materials 2016-07-15

The study described in this paper consists of a system that involves image processing techniques to extract relevant features related leaf conjunction with using artificial neural network order detect and identify some Philippine herbal plants. Real samples twelve different medicine plant leaves are collected where each isolated single image. Several extracted processing. With the acting as autonomous brain network, can species being tested. also provide information about diseases cure. For...

10.1109/hnicem.2017.8269470 article EN 2021 IEEE 13th International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment, and Management (HNICEM) 2017-12-01

Mixed-use buildings contribute to the sustainable development of cities by providing economic, environmental, and social benefits. Energy management these still remains a challenge due their unpredictable energy consumption characteristics lack design guidelines for efficiency sustainability solutions. forecasting models have been crucial improvement but its application mixed-use are limited. Hence, this study aims develop prediction model characterize forecast buildings. Machine learning...

10.1002/er.5523 article EN International Journal of Energy Research 2020-05-18
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