2010 Annual Meeting

Session: Chemical and Catalytic Conversions and Processes for Renewable Feedstocks

Explore advances in products and processes based on chemically- or catalytically-mediated conversion of renewable substrates. Favor contributions that demonstrate the sound application of core scientific and engineering principles.

Chair

Susan Stagg-Williams, University of Kansas

Co-Chair

Dennis J. Miller, Michigan State University

Presentations

12:30 PM

(631a) Adsorption of Polyfunctional Molecules Onto Zeolites for the Development of Biorefinery Separation Processes
Elizabeth E. Mallon, Aditya Bhan, Michael Tsapatsis

12:55 PM

(631b) Esterification of Free Fatty Acids with Methanol Over Metaloxides Supported ZrO2 Catalysts
Manhoe Kim, Craig DiMaggio, Shuli Yan, Steven O. Salley, K. Y. Simon Ng

01:20 PM

(631c) Aqueous Processing of Cellulosic Biomass to Reactive Intermediates for Biological and Catalytic Conversion to Liquid Fuels and Other Products
Deepti Tanjore, Charles E. Wyman

01:45 PM

(631d) Catalytic Conversion of Hemicellulose Sugars to Furfural in Ionic Liquid Media
Sasidhar Varanasi, Thehazhnan (Thihal) K. Ponnaiyan, Bin Li, Wenwen Zhang, Akinwale Shittu, Sridhar Viamajala

02:10 PM

(631e) Consolidated Acid Catalysis and Extraction of Fermentable Sugars From Switchgrass in Ionic Liquids
Bradley M. Holmes, Timothy C. R. Brennan, Blake A. Simmons, Harvey Blanch

02:35 PM

(631f) Dilute Sulfuric Acid Pretreatment of Corn Stover Assisted by Renewable Carbonaceous Catalysts
Erik M. Kuhn, Joseph Shekiro, Richard T. Elander, Nicholas J. Nagle, Clare J. Dibble