2015 AIChE Annual Meeting Proceedings

Session: Biobased Materials IV: Value-Added Coproducts

This session will focus on biobased materials produced as by-products from biomass conversion processes.

Chair

Manju Misra, University of Guelph

Co-Chair

Amar K. Mohanty, University of Guelph

Presentations

08:30 AM

(270a) Graphitic Bio-Carbon from Lignin Biomass Synthesized with Nickel Nitrate Catalyst
Ahmed A. Farghaly, Muslum Demir, Ram Gupta, Maryanne M Collinson, Burak Aksoy, Naveen K. R. Palapati, Arunkumar Subramanian, Harry T. Cullinan

08:51 AM

(270b) High Efficient Biomass-to-Hydrogen Conversion By Polyoxometalate Solution Catalyzed Electrolysis
Wei Liu, Yong Cui, Xu Du, Zhe Zhang, Yulin Deng

09:12 AM

(270c) Qualitative and Quantitative Characterization of Biomass Using FT-IR Microspectroscopy and X-Ray Diffraction
C. Luke Williams, Amber Hoover, Rachel Emerson, Lucia M. Petkovic, Daniel Stevens, Tyler L. Westover

09:33 AM

(270d) Value-Added Products from Thermal Treatment of Biomass Pyrolysis Oil
Matthew Lemieux, Swomitra Mohanty, Eric Eddings

09:54 AM

(270e) Corncob Hydrolysate Based Media for Pigments Production By Penicillium Purpurogenum GH2: Kinetics and Modeling
Lourdes Morales-Oyervides, J. C. Montanez, Alejandro Mendez-Zavala

10:15 AM

(270f) New Biopolyester from Co-Product of Biodiesel Industries: Synthesis, Characterization and Blending
Manju Misra, Amar K. Mohanty, Oscar Valerio

10:36 AM

(270g) Selective Aromatic Ring-Opening of Biorefinery Lignin Towards Dicarboxylic Acids
Ruoshui Ma, Xiao Zhang, Mond Guo