2015 AIChE Annual Meeting Proceedings

Session: Biochemical Conversion Processes in Forest/Plant Biomass Biorefineries

This session deals with the biochemical conversions of plant-based biomass to liquid fuel and chemicals.

Chair

Zhang, X., Bioproducts Science Engineering Laboratory, Washington State University

Co-Chair

Hu, B., University of Minnesota

Presentations

03:15 PM

(386a) A New Method to Extract High Purity Lignin from Woody Biomass

Alvarez-Vasco, C., Zhang, X.

03:36 PM

(386b) Technical Feasibility Evaluation of Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) Conversion Technology for Renewable Jet Fuel

Geleynse, S., Zhang, X., Wolcott, M., Garcia-Perez, M.

03:57 PM

(386c) Dilute Alkali Treatment Followed By Mechanical Refining to Enhance Sugar Conversion

Park, J., Chen, X., Tucker, M., Jameel, H., Park, S.

04:18 PM

(386d) Investigation of Dissolved Lignin in Autohydrolysis Liquor

Narron, R., Boes, K., Chen, Y., Vinueza, N. R., Park, S.

04:39 PM

(386e) Process Modeling of a Distributed Sugar Depot Approach to Biomass Conversion

Guo, M., Zhang, X., Wolcott, M., Wang, J.

05:00 PM

(386f) Simultaneous Conversion of All Cell Wall Components By Oleaginous Fungus without Chemi-Physical Pretreatment

Xie, S., Qin, X., Laskar, D. D., Sun, S., Reyes, L. H., Dai, S., Sattler, S., Kao, K., Yang, B., Zhang, X., Yuan, J.

05:21 PM

(386g) Mixing Effects on the Reaction Kinetics and Dynamics of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Mediated Glucose Fermentation to Bioethanol