8: Pretreatment & Fractionation II

Tuesday, May 1, 2012: 1:00 PM-4:30 PM
Napoleon Ballroom A and B, 3rd fl (Sheraton New Orleans)
Chair:
Bruce E. Dale
1:00 PM
Compositional changes and enzymatic cellulose convertibility of grass ensiled at different conditions of inoculation and dry matter concentrations
Morten Jensen1, Thomas Didion2, Katja Salomon Johansen3 and Jens Ejbye Schmidt1, (1)Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Risř Campus, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Roskilde, Denmark, (2)Danish Plant Breeding Research Division, DLF TRIFOLIUM A/S, Store Heddinge, Denmark, (3)Novozymes A/S, Bagsvćrd, Denmark
1:30 PM
Recent achievements in the production of fuel ethanol from sugarcane bagasse
Luiz P. Ramos1, Ana Paula Pitarelo1, Rodrigo S. Aguiar1, Arion Zandona Filho1, Marcos H. L. Silveira1, Luiza Roseiro2 and Francisco M. Gírio2, (1)Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil, (2)Biotechnology, LNEG - Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Lisboa, Portugal
2:00 PM
Physical and chemical characterization of sweet sorghum bagasse pretreated with dilute acid, alkaline and liquid hot water technologies
Jihong Li1, Zhipei Yan1, Bing Han1, Qun Sun2 and Shizhong Li1, (1)Institute of New Energy Technology, Beijing, China, (2)College of chemical engineering, Beijing, China
2:30 PM
Break/Exhibits open Napoleon Foyer, 3rd fl
3:00 PM
Shock pretreatment
Mark T. Holtzapple, Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
3:30 PM
Investigation of lignin deposition on cellulose during hydrothermal pretreatment, its effect on cellulose hydrolysis, and underlying mechanisms
Hongja Li1, Rajeev Kumar1, Yunqiao Pu2, Art J. Ragauskas2 and Charles E. Wyman1, (1)Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Center for Environmental Research and Technology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, (2)Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
4:00 PM
Mechanistic modeling of lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis to enable virtual engineering
Andrew J. Griggs1, Ambarish Nag2, Michael A. Sprague2, James J. Lischeske1, Erik M. Kuhn1, Melvin P. Tucker1 and Jonathan J. Stickel1, (1)National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, (2)Computational Sciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
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