Session: Developments In the Pretreatment of Lignocellulosics for Bioconversion I (2011 Annual Meeting)

Tuesday, October 18, 2011: 3:15 PM

211 B (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Description:

Explore progress in developing and understanding technologies to prepare cellulosic biomass for conversion by enzymatic hydrolysis using a variety of process configurations.

Sponsor:

Sustainable Biorefineries

Co-Sponsor(s):

Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division (20), Emerging Energy Processes (07B), Sustainability (09g), Alternate Fuels and New Technology (16D), Extractions (02C), Sustainable Energy (23C), Sustainable Engineering Forum (23), Topical B: 1st Annual World Congress on Sustainable Engineering (TB), International Congress on Energy: Biorefinery Technologies for Forest Based Lignocellulosic Biomass (T4B)

Chair:

Daniel J. Schell
Email: dan.schell@nrel.gov

Co-chairs:

Tae Hyun Kim
Email: thkim@iastate.edu

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

3:15 PM

(364a) Impact of Lignin Extraction and Cellulose III Conversion On the Enzymatic Digestibility of Corn Stover
Leonardo da costa Sousa, Shishir Chundawat, Nirmal Uppugundla, Bruce Dale and Venkatesh Balan

3:40 PM

(364b) The Effects of Cationic Polyelectrolyte On the Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Corn Stover
Shaowen Ji and Ilsoon Lee

4:05 PM

(364c) Novel Lignocellulosic Biomass Pretreatment Using a Modified Taylor-Couette Mixer for Biofuels and Biomaterials
Wei Wang and Ilsoon Lee

4:30 PM

(364d) Modeling and Scale up of CO2-Water Pretreatment of Guayule Biomass
Ehsan Moharreri and J Richard Elliott

4:55 PM

(499g) Effect of Transition Metal Catalyst On Lignin Oxidation During Alkaline Hydrogen Peroxide Pretreatment
Zhenglun Li and David Hodge

5:20 PM

(364f) Progress Toward Biological Pretreatment - Understanding Plant Cell Wall Degradation by Termite and White-Rot Fungi
Shulin Chen, Jing Ke, Dhrubojyoti D. Laskar and Jijiao Zeng

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