Session 2: Pretreatment and Fractionation I- Alkaline and Neutral Chemistries
Monday, April 25, 2016: 1:00 PM-4:25 PM
Key Ballroom 9-10, 2nd fl (Hilton Baltimore)
Conveners:
Xiaowen Chen - National Renewable Energy Laboratory and David B. Hodge - Michigan State University
1:25 PM
2-2
Development of a two-stage steam explosion pretreatment process for beech wood
Robert Balan, Dr. Simone Brethauer and Michael Studer, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Zollikofen, Switzerland
1:50 PM
2-3
Targeted hemicellulose removal and lignin modification greatly enhance cellulose accessibility/hydrolysis and overall sugar recovery from steam treated wood using low enzyme loadings
Richard P. Chandra, Qiulu Chu, Na Zhong, Mandy Lin, Dong Tian, Jinguang Hu and Jack Saddler, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2:15 PM
Break
2:45 PM
2-4
Comparison of four pre-treatment methods
Matti Siika-aho1, Dr. Moritz Leschinsky2, Dr. Johan van Groenestijn3, Mr. David Blomberg4, Ms. Inga Marie Aasen5, Dr. Marjorie Dubreuil6, Marlen Verges2, Mr. Erwin Beckers3, Dr. Emma Johansson4, Mr. Antero Varhimo1, Dr. Eemeli Hytönen1, Dr. Jari Sirviö1 and Kristilna Kruus1, (1)VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Espoo, Finland, (2)Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes CBP, Leuna, Germany, (3)TNO, Zeist, Netherlands, (4)SP Processum AB, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, (5)Sintef Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim, Norway, (6)VITO, Mol, Belgium
3:10 PM
2-5
Planetary mill pretreatment for improving sugar production
Dr. Jin Hyung Lee, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology, Jinju, Gyeongnam, Korea, Republic of (South)
3:35 PM
2-6
Visualizing morphological changes to biomass components during steam pretreatment using neutron scattering
Sai Venkatesh Pingali1, Hugh O'Neill1, Yoshiharu Nishiyama2, Lilin He1, Yuri Melnichenko1, Urban Volker1, Loukas Petridis1, Paul Langan1 and Prof. Brian H. Davison1, (1)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA, (2)CEntre de Recherches sur les MAcromolécules Végétales, Grenoble, France
4:00 PM
2-7
Biological pretreatment of corn stover with white-rot fungus for enzymatic hydrolysis and bioethanol production
Badal C. Saha1, Gregory J. Kennedy2, Nasib Qureshi2 and Michael A. Cotta2, (1)USDA-ARS-National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, IL, USA, (2)USDA-ARS-NCAUR, Peoria, IL, USA
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