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

Wednesday, November 11, 2009: 3:15 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:

Daniel J. Schell
Email: dan_schell@nrel.gov

Co-Chair:

Tae Hyun Kim
Email: thkim@iastate.edu

3:15 PM

(452a) Two-Stage Pretreatment of Miscanthus with Alkaline Peroxide and Electrolyzed Water for Ethanol Production
Atilio de Frias, Xiaojuan Wang and Hao Feng

3:40 PM

(452b) Hydrothermal Pretreatment of Switchgrass for Ethanol Production
Sandeep Kumar, Urvi D. Kothari, Lingzhao Kong, Y. Y. Lee and Ram B. Gupta

4:05 PM

(452c) Solvent Fractionation of Biomass: Applications of Switchgrass Pretreatment for Biofuels
C.J. O'Lenick, Joseph J. Bozell, Timothy G. Rials, Rene Buchinger, Anton Astner, Stuart Black and Stacy A. Warwick

4:30 PM

(452d) High Value Products Derived From Biological Pretreatment
Deepak Singh, Xiaochen Yu and Sulin Chen

4:55 PM

(452e) Ionic Liquid Pretreatement of Lignocellulosic Material for Enhancement of Enzyme Hydrolysis
Indira Priya Samayam, Constance Schall and Sasidhar Varanasi

5:20 PM

(452f) The Kinetics of Reversion Reactions During Acid Pretreatment of Biomass
Mark R. Nimlos, Heidi M. Pilath, Michael E. Himmel and David K. Johnson

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