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

Wednesday, November 11, 2009: 8:30 AM

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:

Tae Hyun Kim
Email: thkim@iastate.edu

Co-Chair:

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

8:30 AM

(355a) Investigating the Effects of Ethanol Organosolv Pretreatment On Buddleja Davidii
Bassem Hallac, Poulomi Sannigrahi, Yunqiao Pu, Michael Ray, Richard Murphy and Arthur J. Ragauskas

8:55 AM

(355b) Sulfite Pretreatment to Overcome Recalcitracne of Lignocellulose (SPORL) for Robust and Efficient Conversion of Biomass to Sugars
Junyong Zhu, Xuejun Pan and Roland Gleisner

9:20 AM

(355c) Optimization of Process Parameters for Alkaline Pretreatment of Switchgrass
Urvi D. Kothari and Y. Y. Lee

9:45 AM

(355d) Characterizing the Effect of AFEX Pretreatment Severity On Corn Stover Cell Wall Ultra-Structural Modifications and Formation of Ammonolysis by-Products
Shishir Chundawat, Bryon Donohoe, Leonardo D. Sousa, Naveen Nair, Ramin Vismeh, James Humpula, Umesh Agarwal, A. Daniel Jones, Michael E. Himmel, Bruce E. Dale and Venkatesh Balan

10:10 AM

(355e) Understanding Ionic Liquid Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass by Hyperspectral Raman Imaging
Lan Sun, Chenlin Li, Blake Simmons and Seema Singh

10:35 AM

(355f) ABE (acetone, butanol, and ethanol) Production From Fiber-Enriched DDGS Pretreated by Electrolyzed Water
Xiaojuan Wang, Yi Wang, Hao Feng, Hans Blaschek and Zhiyi Li

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