Biological and Chemical Conversion Processes In Forest Biorefineries I: Enzymatic and Other Biological Processes

Tuesday, October 18, 2011: 12:30 PM
210 A/B (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Description:
This session deals with enzymatic and other various aspects of biological conversions of lignocellulosic biomass from forest resources.


Sponsor:
International Congress on Energy: Biorefinery Technologies for Forest Based Lignocellulosic Biomass
Co-Sponsor(s):
Sustainability (09g), Sustainable Biorefineries (23B), Sustainable Energy (23C), Sustainable Engineering Forum (23), Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division (17), Topical B: 1st Annual World Congress on Sustainable Engineering (TB)


Chair:
Shijie Liu
Email: sliu@esf.edu

Co-Chair:
Bandaru V. Ramarao
Email: bvramara@esf.edu

- indicates paper has an Extended Abstract file available on CD.





1:10 PM
(274d) Thermostable Cellulases and Xylanases
Aditya Bhalla, Venkat Kunreddy, Sudhir Kumar, Kenneth Bischoff, Lew P. Christopher, Stephen R. Hughes and Rajesh K. Sani


1:30 PM
(274e) Ionic Liquid Pretreatment of Wood Biomass Leading to Enhanced Enzymatic Delignification
Muhammad Moniruzzaman, Tsutomu Ono, Hiroshi Kanzaki and Kenji Okada



2:10 PM
(274g) Role of Enzyme Blend Composition, Biomass Particle Size and Solids Loading On Pretreated Biomass Saccharification Efficiency
Shishir PS Chundawat, Nirmal Uppugundla, Mary Lipton, Margaret Magyar, Dahai Gao, Venkatesh Balan and Bruce Dale
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