Society for Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology

All biomass is local: economic and environmental performance of cellulosic biofuels depend strongly on logistics and local conditions
Seungdo Kim, DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI and Bruce Dale, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Lansing, MI

Advances in high tonnage supply systems for southern pine biomass
Dr. Steven Taylor¹, Dr. Timothy McDonald¹, Dana Mitchell², John Klepac³, Jason Thompson³, Robert B. Rummer⁴, Frank Corley⁵, Tom Gallagher⁶, Mathew Smidt⁷, Oladiran Fasina¹ and Grant Somerville⁸, (1)Biosystems Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, (2)Southern Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, Auburn, AL, (3)Forest Operations Unit, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Auburn, AL, (4)University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, (5)Corley Land Services, Chapman, AL, (6)School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn Unversity, Auburn, AL, (7)School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, (8)TIgerCat, Inc., Brantford, ON

Green biorefinery feed protein - influence of harvest method and post-harvest time on protein extraction yield
Morten Ambye-Jensen¹, Lene Stødkilde-Jørgensen², Vinni Kragbæk Damborg Jensen², Søren Krogh Jensen² and Anders Peter S. Adamsen³, (1)Department of Engineering, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, (2)Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University, (3)Department of Engineering, Aarhus University

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Predictive modeling can de-risk bio-based production
Akash Narani¹, Phillip Coffman¹, James Gardner¹, N.V.S.N. Murthy Konda², Kevin L. Kenney³, Vicki Thompson³, Garold L. Gresham³, Dr. Chenlin Li¹, Blake Simmons⁴, Daniel Klein-Marcuschamer⁵, Dr. Todd Pray¹ and Dr. Deepti Tanjore¹, (1)Advanced Biofuels (and Bioproducts) Process Demonstration Unit (AB-PDU), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, (2)Deconstruction Division, Joint BioEnergy Institue, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, CA, (3)Biofuels & Renewable Energy Technologies, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, (4)Deconstruction Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute / Sandia National Laboratories, Emeryville, CA, (5)Dow Center for Sustainable Engineering Innovation,, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia

The effect of feedstock densification on structural sugar release and yield in and biofuel feedstock and feedstock blends
Edward Wolfrum, National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Lab, Golden, CO and Nick J. Nagle, National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO

Assessment of municipal solid waste for biochemical and thermochemical conversion pathways
Dr. Vicki S. Thompson¹, Allison E. Ray², Daniel Stevens², Dayna L. Daubaras³, Amber Hoover² and Rachel M. Emerson¹, (1)Biological and Chemical Processing, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, (2)Biofuels & Renewable Energy Technologies, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, (3)Biological & Chemical Processing, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID

Strategies for use of novel, low value, heterogeneous feedstocks for production of fuels and chemicals
Renata Bura¹, Rodrigo Morales Vera¹, Chang Dou¹, Naila Mori², Shannon Ewanick¹ and Rick Gustafson¹, (1)School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, (2)Biotechnology Department, Engineering School of Lorena- EEL-USP, Lorena-SP, Brazil