Session 18: Feedstock III – Biomass Supply, Integrated Biorefineries, and Sustainability
Thursday, April 28, 2016: 8:00 AM-11:25 AM
Key Ballroom 3-4, 2nd fl (Hilton Baltimore)
Conveners:
Timothy Rials - The University of Tennessee and Sabrina Spatari - Drexel University
8:00 AM
Outdoor storage performance of chopped switchgrass for bioenergy use
William A. Smith1, J Austin Murphy1, Lynn M. Wendt1, Sam W Jackson2 and Lance Stewart3, (1)Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, USA, (2)Genera Energy, Inc., Vonore, TN, USA, (3)Genera Energy, Inc, Vonore, TN, USA
8:25 AM
Ideal biomass characteristics for biofuels and biochemicals production - can we bridge the gap between feedstock growers and users?
Renata Bura, Chang Dou, Rodrigo A. Morales and Rick Gustafson, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
8:50 AM
Application of air classification, acid leaching and formulation to manage feedstock cost, quality and quantity for bioenergy
Vicki Thompson, Jeffrey Lacey, John Aston, Damon Hartley, Erin Searcy and David N. Thompson, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, USA
9:15 AM
Break
9:45 AM
Impact of preprocessing on bioconversion yields from densified and blended feedstocks
Nick Nagle1, Edward Wolfrum1, David Templeton1, Allison E. Ray2, Neal Yancey2, Jaya Tumuluru2 and Nathan Crawford1, (1)National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA, (2)Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, USA
10:10 AM
Multi-faceted studies on the effects of extractive ammonia pretreatment on cell wall ultrastructure and glycan composition of plant biomass
Sivakumar Pattathil, Bioenergy Science Center (BESC) Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN and Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, Utku Avci, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, Leonardo da Costa Sousa, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, USA, Venkatesh Balan, DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Lansing, MI, USA and Prof. Bruce E. Dale, Michigan State University, DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Lansing, MI, USA
10:35 AM
Impacts of feedstock quality on bio-oil production - economics and life cycle implications
Stephen Kelley, Carlos Aizpura, Sunkyu Park, Hasan Jameel and Hoyong Kim, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
11:00 AM
Evaluation of degradation of fermentable sugars during syrup storage
Ms. Stephanie Linares and Dr. Franz Ehrenhauser, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, St. Gabriel, LA, USA
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