Ajay Shah

Ajay Shah's research focuses on converting agricultural residues, manure, and other biomass into fuels, chemicals, and soil amendments, often paired with techno-economic and life-cycle analyses to assess whether these processes are cost-effective and environmentally beneficial. Work spans hydrothermal carbonization (converting wet biomass into a coal-like solid called hydrochar), anaerobic digestion (breaking down organic waste using microbes to produce biogas), and pretreatment methods to improve biomass processing, alongside studies on grain storage and renewable energy systems.

Publication output was relatively steady at 7-11 papers per year from 2017-2021, then declined to a lower and more variable pace of roughly 3-7 papers per year from 2022 onward.

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