2012 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Catalytic Biomass Conversion to Chemicals

Co-Chair

Brent H. Shanks, Iowa State University

Presentations

03:15 PM

(129a) Role of Metal Halides in Enhancing the Dehydration of Xylose to Furfural: A 1H and 13C NMR Spectroscopy Study
Kristopher Enslow

03:40 PM

(129b) Design of Solid Acid Catalysts for Aqueous Phase Dehydration of Carbohydrates: The Role of Lewis and Brønsted Acid Sites
Ronen Weingarten, Joungmo Cho, Geoffrey A. Tompsett, Wm. Curtis Conner, George W. Huber

04:05 PM

(129c) One-Pot Homogeneous Synthesis of Furfural From High Purity Xylulose in Aqueous Media
Bin Li

04:30 PM

(129d) Catalytic Conversion of Xylan to Value-Added Carboxylic Acids

04:55 PM

(129e) Production of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural From Glucose Using Water Compatible Lewis Acid Catalysts in a Biphasic Reactor with an Alkylphenol Solvent
Tianfu Wang, Jean Marcel Gallo

05:20 PM

(129f) Bi-Functional Catalysts: A Path to Improved Catalytic Performance for the Conversion of Biomass Feedstocks
Mei Chia, James A. Dumesic