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Mark Mba Wright

Iowa State University

613 Wallace Road

Ames, IA 50011-2063

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

8

DOWNLOADS

423

TOTAL CITATIONS

4

Scholarly Papers (8)

1.

Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessment of Standalone Single-Stream Material Recovery Facilities in the United States

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 09 Feb 2023
Iowa State University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Iowa State University
Downloads 110 (654,668)
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Material Recovery Facility, Techno-economic analysis, Life cycle assessment, recycling, Waste management

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Assessing the Depletion of Fossil Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy Consumption of Material Recovery Facilities (Mrfs) in the United States

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 25 Apr 2024
University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Iowa State University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Iowa State University and University of Wisconsin-Madison
Downloads 93 (725,554)
Citation 1

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Material recovery facility, energy consumption, GHG emissions, life cycle assessment

Efficient Chemo-Catalytic Transformation of Spent Coffee Grounds into Lactic Acid Using Erbium Triflate

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 13 Mar 2023
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Iowa State University, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Hanyang University - Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering and Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
Downloads 32 (1,326,242)

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CirCircular bioeconomy, Spent coffee grounds, Catalytic conversion, Lactic acid, Technoeconomic analysis

Efficient Chemo-Catalytic Transformation of Spent Coffee Grounds into Lactic Acid Using Erbium Triflate

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 24 Apr 2023
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Iowa State University, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Hanyang University - Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
Downloads 31 (1,371,100)

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circular bioeconomy, Spent coffee grounds, Catalytic conversion, Lactic acid, Technoeconomic analysis

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Evaluating the Economic and Environmental Benefits of Jet Fuel Production from Municipal Solid Waste via Gasification

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 03 Dec 2025
Joseph Amponsah, Pallavi Dubey, Jian Shi and Mark Mba Wright
Iowa State University, Iowa State University, University of Kentucky and Iowa State University
Downloads 58 (1,063,489)

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municipal solid waste, sustainable aviation fuel, techno-economic analysis, life cycle assessment, gasification

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Design and Systems Analysis Potential of a Concentrated Solar Thermal-Driven Ammonia Production Via Natural Gas Pyrolysis in the United States

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 03 Jul 2025
Government of the United States of America - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Iowa State University, Iowa State University and Government of the United States of America - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Downloads 35 (1,277,121)

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Concentrated solar thermal, Ammonia, Natural gas, Pyrolysis, Systems analysis

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Enhancing Carbon Removal Via Scalable On-Site Pyrolysis and Well-Plugging Systems

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 24 Oct 2024
Pallavi Dubey, Samirah Gnangbe and Mark Mba Wright
Iowa State University, Iowa State University and Iowa State University
Downloads 33 (1,290,922)

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Bio oil, Carbon Removal, carbon sequestration, techno-economic analysis, life cycle assessment, Biomass pyrolysis

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Economic analysis and optimization of renewable natural gas production from prairie biomass

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 13 Apr 2026
Iowa State University, Iowa State University, Iowa State University, Iowa State University, Iowa State University and Pennsylvania State University
Downloads 18 (1,491,251)

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Anaerobic digestion, co-digestion, Lignocellulosic biomass, tecno-economic analysis, biomethane

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Experimental and techno-economic assessment of renewable natural gas production from swine manure, prairie, and cereal rye

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 Jun 2026
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Iowa State University, Iowa State University and Iowa State University
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anaerobic digestion, Techno-economic analysis, prairie, cereal rye