Session 2: Renewable Fuels, Chemicals, and Bio-based Products I: Bulk Chemicals and Co-Products
Monday, April 27, 2015: 1:00 PM-4:25 PM
Aventine Ballroom DEF, Ballroom Level
Conveners:
Robert Bakker - Wageningen U, Wageningen, and Shu-Chien Liang - DuPont Industrial BioSciences, Wilmington, DE



1:00 PM
2-1
Anaerobic granular sludge as a biocatalyst for 1,3-propanediol production from glycerol in continuous bioreactors
Dr. Roberto Gallardo, Mrs. Cristiana Faria, Prof. Lígia Raquel Rodrigues and Prof. Madalena Alves, Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga
1:25 PM
2-2
Simultaneous production of furfural, bromomethyl furfural and high-quality lignin from lignocellulosic biomass in a biphasic process involving molten salt hydrate
Chang Geun Yoo, Shuting Zhang and Xuejun Pan, Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
1:50 PM
2-3
Pilot scale production of fermentable sugars from corn stover via distributed preprocessing
Bryan D. Bals1, Sachin Jadhav1, James Wynn1, Farzaneh Teymouri1, Stefan Schwegmann1, Sara Boles1, Karyn Sanders1, Timothy J. Campbell1, Tonya Tiedje1, Cory Sarks2 and Dale Bruce3, (1)MBI International, Lansing, MI, (2)Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Lansing, MI, (3)Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2:15 PM
Break
2:45 PM
2-4
Syngas production at pilot scale from the residue of lignocellulosic based biorefinery
Francesco Zimbardi1, Cerone Nadia1, Luca Contuzzi2, Massimo Carnevale2, Vito Valerio1 and Antonio Villone2, (1)Research Center of Trisaia, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development - ENEA, Rotondella, Italy, (2)Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development - ENEA
3:10 PM
2-5
Lignin valorization through biological funneling and chemical catalysis
Gregg T. Beckham, Mary Ann Franden, Michael T. Guarnieri, Christopher W. Johnson, Eric Karp, Jeffrey G. Linger, Davinia Salvachua and Derek R. Vardon, National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
3:35 PM
2-6
Aqueous phase hydrodeoxygenation of biomass-derived lignin to its substructure based hydrocarbons and chemicals
Hongliang Wang1, Hao Ruan1, Melvin P. Tucker2 and Bin Yang1, (1)Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Richland, WA, (2)National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
4:00 PM
2-7
Recent advances in the use Lactobacillus diolivorans for fermentation of crude glycerol to 1,3 propanediol
Josef Modl1, Hans Marx2 and Michael Sauer2, (1)Vogelbusch GmbH, Vienna, Austria, (2)Department of Biotechnology, BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, CD Laboratory for Biotechnology of Glycerol, Vienna
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