2024 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Biorefinery processes: pretreatment, fractionation, and conversion strategies

Advancements in biorefinery processes, including pretreatment, fractionation, and conversion strategies, are essential for maximizing the utilization of carbon present in lignocellulosic biomass. In this session, we aim to present recent breakthroughs and innovative approaches in biomass pretreatment and fractionation as well as bioproduct production.

Chair

Kwang Ho Kim, University of British Columbia

Co-Chairs

Ali Salifu, Boston College
Qiang Yang, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Shri Ramaswamy, University of Minnesota

Presentations

08:00 AM

(72a) Machine Learning and COSMO-RS Assisted to Predict the Solvatochromic Parameters of Deep Eutectic Solvents for Lignocellulosic Biorefinery
LE Zhou, Joshua Yuan

08:18 AM

(72b) Potential Woody Biomass Preprocessing Strategies to Mitigate Sticky Biochar Formation in Dilute Acid Conversion Processes
Ehsan Sardar, Sampath Gunukula, Clayton Wheeler, C. Luke Williams

08:36 AM

(72c) Continuous Transfer Hydrogenolysis of Lignin Model Compounds in Hot-Compressed 2-Propanol with Ni Catalyst Bed
Taishi Dowaki, Osamu Sawai, Teppei Nunoura

08:54 AM

(72d) Scale up for a High Solids Loading Aqueous Slurry Formation in a Biorefinery
Jorge Ramirez, Michael Smith, Diana Ramirez Gutierrez, Zhujin Xia, Ganesan Narsimhan, M. Teresa Carvajal, Nathan S. Mosier, Carson Reeling, Michael Ladisch

09:12 AM

(72e) Fractionation of Lignocellulose through a Solution-Free Process
Qiang Yang, Minsheng Lin

09:30 AM

(72f) Pretreatment of Lignocellulose Waste Using Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) for Biofuels and Chemicals Production: State-of-the-Art, Prospects, and Challenges
Weidong Lu

09:48 AM

(72g) Aromatic Monomer from Recalcitrant Biomass: An Innovative Pretreatment Depolymerization Factor (PDF) Controlling the Dissociation of Polysaccharide
JIanyu Guan, Shao-Yuan Leu

10:06 AM

(72h) Sustainable Thermochemical Extraction of Lignins with Glycerol-Derived Solvents
Kelechi Agwu, Bernard Ekeoma, James D. Sheehan