Sunkyu Park
Bio
– Biorefinery and Pulp&Paper process integration (mass and energy balance) and its techno-economic analysis
– Process development for biomass biochemical treatment (pretreatment, mechanical refining, enzymatic hydrolysis)
– Process development for biomass thermal treatment (pyrolysis, torrefaction)
– Dissolving pulp characterization and application
- 2021 ~ current Professor, North Carolina State University
- 2017 ~ 2021 E.J. Woody Rice Associate Professor, North Carolina State University
- 2015 ~ 2017 Associate Professor, North Carolina State University
- 2011 ~ 2017 Adjunct Professor, Seoul National University
- 2009 ~ 2015 Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University
- 2006, Ph.D., Pulp and Paper, North Carolina State University
- 2001, M.S., Pulp and Paper, Seoul National University, Korea
- 1997, B.S., Forest Products, Seoul National University, Korea
Website
https://sites.google.com/ncsu.edu/sunkyupark/
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wad2gqcAAAAJ&hl=en
Teaching
- FB 760 Engineering Unit Operations for Biomass Conversion
- FB 595 Special Topic: Bioenergy Science and Engineering
- PSE 425 Bioenergy and Biomaterials Engineering
- PSE 417 Pulp and Paper Process Simulation
Research Interests
Growing concerns over climate change and the desire to stimulate a sustainable economy have renewed the urgency for developing substantial replacement of fossil feedstocks with renewable resources. Chemical and other commodity industries are gradually shifting from relying on petroleum to lignocellulosic biomass as feedstocks. To make biorefinery financially attractive, it is critically important to co-produce high-value chemicals and materials in addition to biofuel production. This lesson is clear from the petroleum industry in which petro-based chemical production generates similar cash value to fuel production, while only ~16% of crude oil is used for chemical production.
Our research at NC State University covers a broad spectrum of biorefinery development and is focused on the fundamental understanding of lignocellulosic biomass reactivity and engineering process development for both biochemical and thermochemical conversion processes into biofuels, biochemicals, and biomaterials. Please check our publications to follow research trends.
Area(s) of Expertise
Biorefinery development for biochemical and thermochemical conversion processes into biofuels, biochemicals, and biomaterials.
Publications
- Exploring potential of cellulose acetate sulfate films for sustainable packaging: tuning characteristics via sulfate group variation , CELLULOSE (2024)
- Process design and techno-economic analysis for the lignin oil solvent recovery and purification process , JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION (2024)
- Scale-Up of a Two-Stage Cu-Catalyzed Alkaline-Oxidative Pretreatment of Hybrid Poplar , INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH (2024)
- Understanding the formation of insoluble gel particles during cellulose diacetate production , CELLULOSE (2024)
- Effective toluene removal from aqueous solutions using fast pyrolysis-derived activated carbon from agricultural and forest residues: Isotherms and kinetics study , HELIYON (2023)
- Green Needle Coke Production from Pyrolysis Biocrude toward Bio-based Anode Material Manufacture: Biochar Fines Addition Effect as ?Physical Template? on the Crystalline Order , ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING (2023)
- Production of single-component cellulose-based hydrogel and its utilization as adsorbent for aqueous contaminants , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES (2023)
- Sustainable Li-ion anode material from Fe-catalyzed graphitization of paper waste , JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE (2023)
- Effect of ash in paper sludge on enzymatic hydrolysis , Biomass and Bioenergy (2022)
- Toughened Renewable Bio-polyester Blends Achieved through Crystallization Retardation by Acetylated Cellulose Fibers , ACS APPLIED POLYMER MATERIALS (2022)