2014 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Biomass Characterization, Pretreatment and Fractionation I

This session focuses on the characterization, pretreatment and fractionation of plant-based biomass for biorefinery.

Co-Chairs

G. Peter van Walsum, University of Maine
Xiao Zhang, Washington State University

Presentations

08:30 AM

(43a) Supercritical CO2 Based Pretreatment of Guayule Biomass for High Sugar Yield and Low Inhibition Hydrolysate
S M Mahfuzul Islam, J. Richard Elliott, Lu-Kwang Ju

08:55 AM

(43b) Determination of Cellulose Degree of Polymerization in Lignocellulosic Biomass
Lu Liu, Hou-min Chang, Hasan Jameel, Sunkyu Park

09:20 AM

(43c) Quantifying Variations in the Biomass Recalcitrance of Douglas Fir
Scott Geleynse, Xiao Zhang

09:45 AM

(43d) Defeating Biomass Recalcitrance with a Novel Co-Solvent Pretreatment Technology
Thanh Yen Nguyen, Charles M. Cai, Samarthya Bhagia, Yunqiao Pu, Rajeev Kumar, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Charles E. Wyman

10:10 AM

(43e) Pretreatments As Tools to Improve Fast Pyrolysis Products from Lignocellulosic Biomass
Rene Garrido, Justinus A. Satrio, Joseph Reckamp, Nicole L. Hammer, Charles G. Coe

10:35 AM

(298a) Cellulose Reducing Ends Have No Impact on Cellulose Biological Conversion with T. Reesei Cellulase
Rajeev Kumar, Ashutosh Mittal, Michael E. Himmel, Charles E. Wyman