2015 AIChE Annual Meeting Proceedings

Session: Biomass Characterization, Pretreatment and Fractionation

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

Chairs

Junyong Zhu, USDA Forest Products Laboratory
Xuejun Pan, UW-Madison

Co-Chair

Xuejun Pan, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Presentations

08:30 AM

(56a) Dissolution of Lignin in Recalcitrant Biomass Using Ionic Liquid - Glycerol Mixtures
Joan G. Lynam, Charles Coronella

08:55 AM

(56b) Characterization of Lignins Produced from Woody Biomass Using Solvent Extraction
Ruoshui Ma, Mond Guo, Xiao Zhang, Carlos Alvarez-Vasco

09:45 AM

(56d) Changes in Lignin Structure after Autohydrolysis Pretreatment Analyzed By Quantitative NMR Techniques
Robert Narron, Qiang Han, Hasan Jameel, Hou-min Chang, Sunkyu Park

10:35 AM

(56f) Extractives of Douglas-fir and their Implications for Fermentation Based Biofuel Production
Karl Oleson, Daniel T. Schwartz, Kayla Sprenger, Jim Pfaendtner