2018 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Biological Conversions and Processes for Renewable Feedstocks

Explore advances in biological conversions and processes for renewable feedstocks. Topics may include production of biofuels and chemicals from biomass and other renewable sources through biochemical and hybrid biochemical-thermochemical conversion pathways. Favor papers demonstrating the sound application of core scientific and engineering principles.

Chair

Shishir Chundawat, Rutgers University

Co-Chairs

Hasan Atiyeh, Oklahoma State University
Rebecca Ong, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

Presentations

08:00 AM

(602b) Two Different Synthetic Approaches to Obtain Levan Nanoparticles
Álvaro González-Garcinuño, Celia Nieto Jiménez, Gema Marcelo, Antonio Tabernero, Miguel A. Galan, Eva Martín del Valle, Manuel Arruebo, Jesus Santamaria
(602a) Comparison of Fructose Production By Sequential vs. Simultaneous Saccharification and Isomerization of CELF Pretreated Corn Stover Solids
Christian Alcaraz, Rajeev Kumar, Phillip Christopher, Charles E. Wyman

08:21 AM

(602c) Inhibitory Effect of Hemicellulose Hydrolysates on Glucose Transport across Cell Membrane in Yeast Fermentation
Maobing Tu, Xin Tan, Changlei Xia

08:42 AM

(602d) Biochar Enhanced Alcohol Production from Syngas By Clostridium Carboxidivorans
Hasan Atiyeh, Xiao Sun, Ajay Kumar, Hailin Zhang, Ralph S. Tanner

09:03 AM

(602e) Butanol Production By Fermentation with New Symbiotic Strain TSH06
Pengfei Wu, Shuo Mi, Shuai Mai, Zhangnan Lin, Chunkai Gu, Ya Liu, Genyu Wang, Yujie Zhou, Hongjuan Liu, Jianan Zhang

09:24 AM

(602g) Which Factors Limit Renewable Fuel Production from Switchgrass?
Rebecca Ong