2018 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Catalytic Biomass Conversion to Chemicals

Conversion of biomass to chemicals via catalytic reactions and processes

Chair

Karthikeyan Ramasamy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Co-Chair

Presentations

03:30 PM

(693a) Alcohols/Mixed Oxygenates Conversion to Higher Ketones over Multifunctional Mixed Oxide Catalysts
Senthil Subramaniam, Michel Gray, Mond Guo, Heather Job, Karthikeyan Ramasamy

03:50 PM

(693b) Single-Step Co-Synthesis of Methanol, Dimethyl Ether and Dimethyl Carbonate from Biomass Derived Syngas
Pramod Sripada, Anurag Parihar, Sankar Bhattacharya

04:10 PM

(693c) Insight into the Reactions of Upgrading Bio Aldehydes to High Value Aromatic Precursors
Kuan-Ting Lin, Mond Guo, Karthikeyan Ramasamy

04:30 PM

(693d) A High Selective Catalyst for Hydrogenation of 2-Methylfuran to 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran
Zhu Ming, Li Zengjie, Mei Hua

04:50 PM

(693e) Glycerol-Free Biodiesel Production from Palm Oil and Supercritical Dimethyl/Diethyl Carbonate Mixtures with Trace Heterogeneous Base Catalyst
Yixia Gao, Zhong Xin, Jiahui Gu

05:10 PM

(693f) Process Simulation and Analysis to Study Yield Conversion of Vegetable Oil to Biodiesel
Mayra A. Pantoja-Castro, Horacio González-Rodríguez, Luis Fernando García-Montaño, Carlos Antonio Márquez-Vera, Francisco López-Villarreal

05:30 PM

(693g) Modelling a Process to Study Production Biofuels
Mayra Agustina Pantoja-Castro, Francisco López-Villarreal, Mario Moscosa-Santillán, Ozny Lydia Avilés Hernández, Carlos Antonio Marquez-Vera

05:50 PM

(693h) Lipase-Catalyzed Synthesis of Biodiesel from Insect Fat Using Methyl Acetate As an Acyl Acceptor
Chinh Hoang Nguyen, Fu-Ming Wang, Chia-Hung Su