13: Bioprocessing & Separations Technology

Thursday, May 3, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Rhythms Ballroom, 2nd fl (Sheraton New Orleans)
Chair:
Birgit Kamm
8:00 AM
Alleviating monoterpene toxicity using a two-phase extractive fermentation for the bioproduction of jet fuel mixtures in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Timothy Brennan, Chris Turner, Jens Kromer and Lars K. Nielsen, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
8:30 AM
Screening ofenzymes and reaction parameters under process conditions using microsystems
Janosch Fagaschewski, Jan Simons, Katharina Götz and Lutz Hilterhaus, Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, Germany
9:00 AM
Acid catalyzed hydrolysis of switchgrass in ionic liquid and separation of sugars using liquid-liquid extraction
Ning Sun, Kim Tran, Anthe George, Blake A. Simmons and Bradley M. Holmes, Deconstruction Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, CA
9:30 AM
Break, Napoleon Foyer, 3rd fl
10:00 AM
Continuous pilot scale process demonstrating waste fibre as a feasible feedstock to ethanol and biogas production
Katariina Kemppainen1, Liisa Ranta2, Esa Sipilä3, Anders Östman4, Jari Vehmaanperä5, Terhi Puranen6, Kim Langfelder7, Janne Hannula8, Anne Kallioinen1, Matti Siika-aho1, Kai Sipilä1 and Niklas von Weymarn1, (1)VTT Technical Research Centre, Espoo, Finland, (2)UPM-Kymmene Oyj, (3)Pöyry Management Consulting Oy, (4)Skandinavisk Kemiinformation AB, (5)ROAL Oy, Rajamäki, Finland, (6)Roal Oy, Rajamäki, Finland, (7)AB Enzymes GmbH, (8)Lassila & Tikanoja Oyj
10:30 AM
Performance evaluation and fouling analysis of reverse osmosis membranes and evaporator heating surfaces during concentration of enzymatic hydrolysate sugars
Todd J. Menkhaus, Raghunandan Guarram and Amitkumar Gautam, Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD
11:00 AM
A process for the direct fermentation of lignocellullosic material to ethanol in a multi-species membrane reactor
Simone Brethauer and Michael Hans-Peter Studer, Institute of Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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