Thursday, November 8, 2007: 3:30 PM-6:00 PM
Room 250 A (Salt Palace Convention Center)

Topical 4: Sustainable Biorefineries (T4)

#644 - Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass and Interactions with Other Processing Steps III (T4012)
Explore progress in developing and understanding technologies to prepare solid cellulosic biomass for conversion by enzymatic hydrolysis using a variety of process configurations. Included will be updates from investigators in the Biomass Refining Consortium for Applied Fundamentals and Innovation (CAFI).
Chair:Richard T. Elander
CoChair:G. Peter Van Walsum
3:30 PMConformational Energies of Cellobiohydrolase I Linker on Cellulose Surface
Xiongce Zhao, Clare McCabe, Michael E. Himmel
3:55 PMKinetic Measurements Of The Enzymatic Hydrolysis Of Microcrystalline Cellulose By In Situ Afm
Dean C. Dibble, Blake A. Simmons
4:20 PMPretreatment Of Biomass With Surfactants
Qing Qing, Michael Studer, Bin Yang, Charles Wyman
4:45 PMMicrobial Conditioning and Pretreatment of Grasses for Ethanol and Lignin Co-Products
Swetha Mahalaxmi, Ashwini Thakre, Clint Williford, Colin Jackson
5:10 PMInteractions Of Ensiled Storage With Biomass Pretreatment
Tom L. Richard, Qin Chen, Corey Radtke, Lynn Petzke, Megan Marshall, Kevin Shinners
5:35 PMModified Dry Grind Process Integrating Cellulosic Ethanol From Distiller's Grains
Youngmi Kim, Rick Hendrickson, Nathan Mosier, Michael Ladisch

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