Wednesday, May 1, 2013: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Pavilion, Plaza Level
Convener:
Richard T. Elander - National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
Co-Convener:
Heather Trajano - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
8:00 AM
Novel lignin modifying redox-catalytic mechanism in termite to overcome plant cell wall recalcitrance
Jing Ke and Shulin Chen, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Jing Ke and Shulin Chen, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
8:25 AM
Determining the Impact of Cations and Anions of Ionic Liquids on Biomass Pretreatment Efficiency
Ning Sun, Aron Socha, Noppadon Sathitsuksanoh, Jian Shi, Sonny Zhang, Anthe George, Blake Simmons and Seema Singh, Deconstruction Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, CA
Ning Sun, Aron Socha, Noppadon Sathitsuksanoh, Jian Shi, Sonny Zhang, Anthe George, Blake Simmons and Seema Singh, Deconstruction Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, CA
8:50 AM
Pretreatment of Miscanthus with a switchable solvent
J. Atilio de Frias, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL and Hao Feng, Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
J. Atilio de Frias, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL and Hao Feng, Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
9:45 AM
Diluted thermopressurized phosphoric acid as a gentle proton donor for the hydrolysis of polysaccharides from several phytobiomass models: softwood heteromannans as target
José Domingos Fontana1, Angela Maria Palacio1, Marcela Tiboni1, Gizele Rejane Baldo2, Edson Flausino Dias Jr1, Adelia Grzybowski1, Robert D. Tanner3 and Julia A. Kornfield3, (1)Chemistry and Biology, UTFPR - Federal Technological University of Paraná, Curitiba-PR, Brazil, (2)UTFPR - Federal Technological University of Paraná, Pasadena, CA, Brazil, (3)Caltech, Pasadena, CA
José Domingos Fontana1, Angela Maria Palacio1, Marcela Tiboni1, Gizele Rejane Baldo2, Edson Flausino Dias Jr1, Adelia Grzybowski1, Robert D. Tanner3 and Julia A. Kornfield3, (1)Chemistry and Biology, UTFPR - Federal Technological University of Paraná, Curitiba-PR, Brazil, (2)UTFPR - Federal Technological University of Paraná, Pasadena, CA, Brazil, (3)Caltech, Pasadena, CA
10:10 AM
Clean fractionation of biomass into cellulose, hemicellulose sugars, and lignin
David K. Johnson1, Stuart K. Black2 and Ashutosh Mittal1, (1)Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, (2)National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
David K. Johnson1, Stuart K. Black2 and Ashutosh Mittal1, (1)Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, (2)National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
10:35 AM
Enhancement of Total Sugar Yields through Dissolution of Poplar Wood by Water and/or Extremely Low Concentration Acid Flowthrough Pretreatment
Lishi Yan1, Libing Zhang1 and Bin Yang2, (1)Center for Bioproducts and Bioenergy,Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Richland, WA, (2)Biological Systems Engineering, Center for Bioproducts and Bioenergy,Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Richland, WA
Lishi Yan1, Libing Zhang1 and Bin Yang2, (1)Center for Bioproducts and Bioenergy,Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Richland, WA, (2)Biological Systems Engineering, Center for Bioproducts and Bioenergy,Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Richland, WA
11:00 AM
Targeted conversion of hemicellulose and cellulose into reactive intermediates by a single phase solvent process
Charles M. Cai1, Taiying Zhang2, Rajeev Kumar1 and Charles E. Wyman1, (1)Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Center for Environmental Research and Technology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, (2)Center for Environmental Research and Technology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA
Charles M. Cai1, Taiying Zhang2, Rajeev Kumar1 and Charles E. Wyman1, (1)Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Center for Environmental Research and Technology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, (2)Center for Environmental Research and Technology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA
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