270 Biobased Materials IV: Value-Added Coproducts

Tuesday, November 10, 2015: 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM
250D (Salt Palace Convention Center)

Description:
This session will focus on biobased materials produced as by-products from biomass conversion processes.

Sponsor:
Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division
Co-Sponsor(s):
Biomaterials (08B), Biorefinery Technologies for Forest Based Lignocellulosic Biomass (T4A)
Chair:
Manju Misra Email: mmisra@uoguelph.ca
Co-Chair:
Amar K. Mohanty Email: mohanty@uoguelph.ca


8:30 AM
(270a) Graphitic Bio-Carbon from Lignin Biomass Synthesized with Nickel Nitrate Catalyst
Muslum Demir, Ahmed A. Farghaly, Maryanne M Collinson, Burak Aksoy, Naveen K. R. Palapati, Arunkumar Subramanian, Harry T. Cullinan and Ram B. Gupta



9:12 AM
(270c) Qualitative and Quantitative Characterization of Biomass Using FT-IR Microspectroscopy and X-Ray Diffraction
C. Luke Williams, Amber Hoover, Rachel Emerson, Lucia M. Petkovic, Daniel Stevens and Tyler L. Westover


9:33 AM
(270d) Value-Added Products from Thermal Treatment of Biomass Pyrolysis Oil
Matthew Lemieux, Swomitra Mohanty and Eric Eddings


9:54 AM