2010 Annual Meeting

Session: Developments in the Pretreatment of Lignocellulosics for Bioconversion II

Explore progress in developing and understanding technologies to prepare cellulosic biomass for conversion by enzymatic hydrolysis using a variety of process configurations.

Chair

Daniel J. Schell, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Co-Chairs

R. Eric Berson, University of Louisville
Tae Hyun Kim, Iowa State University

Presentations

12:30 PM

(461a) Hot Water and Dilute Acid Pretreatment of High and Low Specific Gravity Populus Deltoides Clones
Ching-Shuan Lau, Kris Bunnell, Elizabeth M Martin, Edgar Clausen, James A. Smith, Danielle Julie Carrier, Matthew H. Pelkki, David W. Patterson

12:55 PM

(461b) Fungal Pretreatments for Lignocellulosic Bioconversion
Richard L. Giles, Emily R. Galloway, Barry Edwards, Matthew W. Parrow, Gloria D. Elliott

01:20 PM

(461c) Pretreatment and Fractionation of Corn Stover Using Zinc Chloride and Ammonium Hydroxide
Chang Geun Yoo, Tae Hyun Kim, Monlin Kuo

01:45 PM

(461d) Update On the Redistribution of Lignin Caused by Dilute Acid Pretreatment of Biomass and Its Effect On the Enzymatic Digestion of Cellulose
David K. Johnson, Bryon S. Donohoe, Rui Katahira, Melvin Tucker, Todd B. Vinzant, Michael E. Himmel

02:10 PM

(461e) Integrated Dynamic Model of the Alkaline Delignification Process of Lignocellulosic Biomass
John M. Fuertez, Angela A. Ruiz, Hernan D. Alvarez, Alejandro Molina

02:35 PM

(461f) Biofuel Production: Performance of New Generation of Cellulase Enzymes in Combination with Esterases On Ionic Liquid Pretreated Lignocellulosic Biomass
Thehazhnan (Thihal) K. Ponnaiyan, Sasidhar Varanasi