2016 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Biomass Characterization, Pretreatment, and Fractionation

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

Chair

Xuejun Pan, UW-Madison

Co-Chair

Junyong Zhu, USDA Forest Products Laboratory

Presentations

08:30 AM

(276a) Tuning Ionic Liquids for Low Cost: Applications in Lignocellulose Deconstruction
Jason Hallett

08:55 AM

(276b) Investigation of Lignin Streams Generated during Ionic Liquid Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass
Gabriella Papa, Tanmoy Dutta, Jian Sun, John R Cort, Nancy Isern, Seema Singh, Blake Simmons

09:20 AM

(276c) Swelling and Dissolution of Cellulosic Fibers: Effect of Crystallinity and Fiber Diameter
Paschalis Alexandridis, Marina Tsianou, Mohammad Ghasemi

10:35 AM

(276f) Towards a New Paradigm in the Ionic Liquid Pretreatment for the Production of Lignocellulosic Biofuels: Technoeconomic Insights
N.V.S.N. Murthy Konda, Seema Singh, Feng Xu, Jian Sun, Blake Simmons, Corinne D. Scown