129 Catalytic Biomass Conversion to Chemicals

Monday, October 29, 2012: 3:15 PM
322 (Convention Center )
Description:
Conversion of biomass to chemicals via catalytic reactions and processes

Sponsor:
Fuels and Petrochemicals Division
Co-Sponsor(s):
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division (20), Sustainability (09g), Sustainable Biorefineries (23B), ICE2012: BioFuels (T4F)

Chair:
Friederike C. Jentoft
Email: fcjentoft@ou.edu

Co-Chair:
Brent H. Shanks
Email: bshanks@iastate.edu


3:15 PM
(129a) Role of Metal Halides in Enhancing the Dehydration of Xylose to Furfural: A 1H and 13C NMR Spectroscopy Study
Kristopher Enslow and Alexis T. Bell

3:40 PM
(129b) Design of Solid Acid Catalysts for Aqueous Phase Dehydration of Carbohydrates: The Role of Lewis and Brønsted Acid Sites
Ronen Weingarten, Joungmo Cho, Geoffrey A. Tompsett, Wm. Curtis Conner Jr. and George W. Huber

4:05 PM
(129c) One-Pot Homogeneous Synthesis of Furfural From High Purity Xylulose in Aqueous Media
Bin Li, Sasidhar Varanasi and Patricia Relue

4:30 PM
(129d) Catalytic Conversion of Xylan to Value-Added Carboxylic Acids
Hongfei Lin

4:55 PM
(129e) Production of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural From Glucose Using Water Compatible Lewis Acid Catalysts in a Biphasic Reactor with an Alkylphenol Solvent
Tianfu Wang, Jean Marcel Gallo, James A. Dumesic and Brent H. Shanks

5:20 PM
(129f) Bi-Functional Catalysts: A Path to Improved Catalytic Performance for the Conversion of Biomass Feedstocks
Brandon J. O'Neill, Mei Chia, David Jackson, Thomas F. Kuech and James A. Dumesic
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