| Monday, May 4, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM | |||
| Grand Ballroom A-B (InterContinental San Francisco Hotel) | |||
| Session 3: Biomass Pretreatment and Fractionation | |||
| Lignocellulosic plant material (biomass) is difficult to economically disassemble at high yield due to the presence of structural carbohydrates (holocellulose) and aromatic (lignin) polymers. Papers in this session will discuss recent developments in chemical and biochemical pretreatment or fractionation processes – both existing and new approaches – that make biomass more amenable to subsequent biocon¬version. | |||
| Chair: | Mark T. Holtzapple | ||
| Co-chair: | Constance A. Schall | ||
| 8:00 AM | 3-01 | On Size Reduction for Woody Biomass Conversion J. Y. Zhu, Gaosheng Wang, Wenyuan Zhu, Xuejun Pan, Rolland Gleisner | |
| 8:30 AM | 3-02 | Glucose and xylose yields from switchgrass for ammonia fiber expansion, ammonia recycle percolation, dilute sulfuric acid, hot water, lime, and sulfur dioxide pretreatments followed by enzymatic hydrolysis Charles Wyman, Bruce E. Dale, Richard T. Elander, Mark T. Holtzapple, Michael R. Ladisch, Y. Y. Lee, Colin Mitchinson, Steve Thomas | |
| 9:00 AM | 3-03 | Sub- and super-critical water technology for biofuels: Switchgrass to ethanol, biocrude, and hydrogen fuels Sandeep Kumar, Adam Byrd, Ram B. Gupta | |
| 9:30 AM | Break | ||
| 10:00 AM | 3-04 | The technical advantages and challenges of ionic liquid-based biomass pretreatments Les A. Edye, William O. S. Doherty, Sergios Karatzos, Saee Keskar | |
| 10:30 AM | 3-05 | Ultra-structural and physicochemical modifications within ammonia pretreated lignocellulosic cell walls that influence enzyme accessibility Shishir Chundawat, Bryon S. Donohoe, Thomas Elder, Per Askeland, Ramin Vismeh, Umesh Agarwal, James F. Humpula, Lekh Nath Sharma, Rebecca Garlock, A. Daniel Jones, Kevin Chambliss, Michael E. Himmel, Venkatesh Balan, Bruce Dale | |
| 11:00 AM | 3-06 | A novel biochemical platform for fuels and chemicals production from cellulosic biomass Zhiliang Fan, Xiaochao Xiong, Weihua Wu, Takao Kasuga, Ruifu Zhang | |
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