Session: Developments in the Pretreatment of Lignocellulosics for Bioconversion II (2009 Annual Meeting)

Wednesday, November 11, 2009: 12:30 PM

Belle Meade C/D (Gaylord Opryland Hotel)

Description:

Explore progress in developing and understanding technologies to prepare solid cellulosic biomass for conversion by enzymatic hydrolysis using a variety of process configurations. This session will focus on non-CAFI group biomass pretreatments.

Sponsor:

Sustainable Biorefineries

Co-Sponsor(s):

Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division (17), Sustainable Engineering Forum (23)

Chair:

R. Eric Berson
Email: eric.berson@louisville.edu

Co-Chair:

Daniel J. Schell
Email: dan_schell@nrel.gov

12:30 PM

(406a) Development of Comprehensive Models to Predict the Processability of Miscanthus in Biological Conversion
Taiying Zhang, Charles Wyman, Bin Yang and James Zhang

12:55 PM

(406b) Effective Hemicellulose Hydrolysis in a Pilot Scale Continuous Pretreatment Reactor; Improving Reactor Design and Understanding Process Performance
Erik Kuhn, Noah D. Weiss, Nicholas J. Nagle, Melvin P Tucker, David Sievers and Richard T Elander

1:20 PM

(406c) How Dilute Acid Pretreatment Produces a Highly Digestible Cellulosic Substrate
David K. Johnson

1:45 PM

(406d) Kinetic Modeling of Lime Pretreatment of Switchgrass
Rocio Sierra, Matthew Falls and Mark Holtzapple

2:10 PM

(406e) Cellulose Dissolution in Ionic Liquids: Influence of Ion Structure On β-Glucosidase Stability and Activity
Xinglian Geng, William McDanel and Wesley A. Henderson

2:35 PM

(406f) Effect of Biomass Size Partitioning On Pretreatment and Enzyme Requirements Using Response Surface Analysis
Swetha Mahalaxmi, Geoffrey Sinning and Clint Williford

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