2014 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Biomass Conversion: Processing of Solids

This session deals with solids processing in forest/plant biorefineries.

Chair

Junyong Zhu, USDA Forest Products Laboratory

Co-Chair

Shijie Liu, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Presentations

08:30 AM

(431a) Study of the Effect of Alkali Distillation Liquid on Simultaneous Saccharification and Co Fermentation (SSCF) of Alkaline Pretreated Solid State Fermented Sweet Sorghum Bagasse with Zymomonas Mobilis
Menghui Yu, Shizhong Li, Jihong Li, Ting Cui, Zhixing Zhou

08:55 AM

(431b) Multi-Scale Investigation for the Effect of Mechanical Refining for Pretreated Lignocellulosic Biomass on the Subsequent Enzymatic Hydrolysis
Wenhui Geng, Junyeong Park, Kabindra Kafle, Brandon W. Jones, Seong H. Kim, Sunkyu Park

09:20 AM

(431c) Effect of Temperature on Pelletizing SPORL Pretreated Forest Biomass and Subsequent Enzymatic Saccharification and Fermentation
J.Y. Zhu, Craig Clemons, Michael P. Wolcott, Rolland Gleisner, Jingzhi Zhang, Andrea Laguna

09:45 AM

(431d) Optimization of Operating Conditions of Aerobic Digester for Effective Conversion of Biomass to Bio-Gas
Saima Suleman, Muhammad Suleman Tahir, Sajid Mahmood

10:10 AM

(431e) Life Cycle Assessment of Lignin-Derived Chemicals from Catalytic Reaction of Candlenut Nutshells with Methanol
Mahdokht Montazeri, Evan Beach, Matthew Eckelman