2014 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Chemical Conversion Processes in Forest/Plant Biorefineries

The main theme of this session is on the chemical conversion of lignocellulosics or plant biomass into fuels and chemicals.

Chair

Bin Liang, Sichuan University

Co-Chair

Sasidhar Varanasi, The University of Toledo

Presentations

08:30 AM

(53a) Chemical Conversion of Biorefinery Lignin to Value Added Platform Chemicals
Ruoshui Ma, Xiao Zhang

08:55 AM

(53b) Metal Catalyzed Conversion of Biomass to Maximize Hemicellulose Sugar Conversion to Valuable Organic Acids
Carlos Alvarez-Vasco, Xiao Zhang

09:20 AM

(53c) Catalytic Hydroprocessing of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters to Jet Fuels
Pengmei Lv

09:45 AM

(53d) Saccharification and Lignin Fractionation of Lignocellulosic Biomass in Molten Salt Hydrate System
Xuejun Pan, Ning Li, Chaoqun Mei, Li Shuai

10:10 AM

(53e) Conversion of Lignin to Hydrocarbon Fuels Via Catalytic Depolymerization and Hydrogenation
Xiao-dong Tian, Yue-yuan Ye, Yun-quan Liu

10:35 AM

(53f) Catalytic Conversion of Xylose-Rich Hydrolyzate from Autohydrolysis into Furfural
Lu Liu, Jing Du, Hou-min Chang, Hasan Jameel, Sunkyu Park