Session 5: Pretreatment and Fractionation I: Alkaline and Neutral Chemistries
Tuesday, April 28, 2015: 8:00 AM-11:25 AM
Aventine Ballroom G, Ballroom Level
Conveners:
Bin Yang - Washington State University, Richland, WA and Mark Holtzapple - Texas A&M University, College Station, TX



8:00 AM
5-1
Effective copper-catalyzed alkaline-oxidative pretreatment of woody biomass
Prof. Eric L. Hegg1, Aditya Bhalla1, Namita Bansal1, Zhenglun Li2, Ryan J. Stoklosa3 and David B. Hodge4, (1)Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, East Lansing, MI, (2)BioResource Research, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, (3)Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, (4)Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Michigan State University, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, East Lansing, MI
8:25 AM
5-2
Impact of ecofriendly pretreatments on lignocellulose properties and its digestibility by a hydrolytic microbial consortium
Ms. Adèle Lazuka, Mr. Lucas Auer, Ms. Cécile Roland, Michael O'Donohue and Guillermina Hernandez-Raquet, INRA, LISBP, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077 Toulouse, France, Toulouse, France
8:50 AM
5-4
Novel DDR processing of corn stover achieves high monomeric sugar concentrations from enzymatic hydrolysis (230 g/L) and high ethanol concentration (10% v/v) during fermentation
Xiaowen Chen1, Ed Jennings1, Joe Shekiro1, Erik M. Kuhn1, Marykate O'Brien1, Wei Wang2, Daniel J. Schell1, Mike Himmel3, Richard T. Elander1 and Melvin P. Tucker1, (1)National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, (2)Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, (3)Biosciences Center, BioEnergy Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and BioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Golden, CO
9:15 AM
Break
9:45 AM
5-3
Shock Pretreatment
Mark T. Holtzapple, Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
10:10 AM
5-5
An examination of the efficacy of aqueous ammonia pretreatment at different scales
Dr. Arun Athmanathan, Dr. Sabrina Trupia and Mr. Terry Lash, National Corn to Ethanol Research Center, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
10:35 AM
5-6
Application of hydrodynamic cavitation as a physico-chemical pretreatment method for bioethanol production  
Prof. Jong-In Han, Mr. Ilgook Kim and Mr. Muhammad Azaj Ahmed, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon
11:00 AM
5-7
Kinetic characterization of flowthrough pretreatment
Libing Zhang, Lishi Yan and Bin Yang, Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Richland, WA
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