38th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals

Progress in converting furfural into hydrocarbons for blending into jet and diesel fuels
David K. Johnson, Stuart K. Black, Ashutosh Mittal and Heidi M. Pilath, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA

Simultaneous saccharification and ethanol fermentation by co-culture in biofilm reactors.
Prof. Ali Demirci, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA and Gulten Izmirlioglu, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

A Sustainable lignocellulosic biodiesel production integrating solar and bio-power generation
Michael Zanotti, Zhenhua Ruan, Mauricio Bustamante, Dr. Yan Liu and Wei Liao, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

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Hydrogen from the residue of biorefining via gasification and water gas shift reaction
Cerone Nadia¹, Francesco Zimbardi², Luca Contuzzi², Vito Valerio², Antonio Villone² and Massimo Carnevale², (1)University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy, (2)Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development - ENEA, Rotondella, Italy

Simple lignin conversion to marine diesel.
Anders Jensen¹, Joachim Bachmann Nielsen², Anker Degn Jensen² and Claus Felby³, (1)University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, Denmark, (2)Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark, (3)University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Design of a two-step hydrogen and methane process from lignocellulosic biomass
Ms. Johanna Björkmalm¹, Mr. Eoin Byrne², Dr. Emma Kreuger², Dr. Karin Willquist¹ and Dr. Ed van Niel², (1)SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, Borås, Sweden, (2)Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Geobiofuels:  Organic geochemistry as a novel platform for the synthesis of fuels and chemicals from biomass.
Dr. Jacob Borden, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, USA