Optimization and modeling of phosphoric-acid-pretreated sugarcane bagasse
Ismael U. Nieves¹, Claudia C. Geddes¹, Ralph W. Hoffman¹, Mike Mullinnix¹ and Lonnie O. Ingram², (1)University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, (2)Microbiology & Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Enhancement in enzymatic hydrolysis by mechanical refining of pretreated biomass
Bonwook Koo, Sunkyu Park, Hasan Jameel, Richard Phillips and Hou-min Chang, Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Scale-up and characterization of the cell wall hydrophilicity for alkaline hydrogen peroxide pretreatment at high solids concentrations
Dan Williams and David Hodge, Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

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A new low cost design for the AFEX™ process: application in distributed biofuel production systems
Bruce E. Dale¹, Leonardo da Costa Sousa², Shishir P. Chundawat², Venkatesh Balan³, Bryan D. Bals⁴, Timothy J. Campbell⁴ and Farzaneh Teymouri⁴, (1)Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, (2)Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, (3)Biomass Conversion Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, (4)MBI International, Lansing, MI

Optimizing pretreatment for tailor made process equipment
Mads Pedersen, Henrik Buch and Marie Just Mikkelsen, BioGasol ApS, Ballerup, Denmark

Solid cellulosic sugar production for fuel and chemicals
Johnway Gao, Dwight Anderson and Benjamin Levie, Catchlight Energy LLC, Federal Way, WA