Preliminary Program subject to change
T4000 Chemical and Catalytic Conversions and Processes for Renewable Feedstocks
OverviewExplore advances in products and processes based on chemically- or catalytically-mediated conversion of renewable substrates. Favor contributions that demonstrate the sound application of core scientific and engineering principles.
Primary SponsorTopical 4: Sustainable Biorefineries (T4)
Co-Sponsor(s)Forest Products Division (17), Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division (20), Sustainable Engineering Forum (See also Topical E) (23)

Chair

Susan M. Stagg-Williams
Assistant Professor
University of Kansas
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
1530 W 15th Street Room 4132
Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone Number: 785-864-2919
Fax Number: 785-864-4967
Email: smwilliams@ku.edu

CoChair

Dennis J. Miller
Professor
Michigan State University
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
2527 Engineering Building
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone Number: (517) 353-3928
Fax Number: (527) 432-1105
Email: millerd@egr.msu.edu
Transesterification of Poultry Lipids Using Mg-Al Hydrotalcite Derived Catalysts
Yijun Liu1, Edgar Lotero2, James G. Goodwin2 and David Bruce2, (1)Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, (2)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, 127 Earle Hall, Clemson, SC 29634-0909
Preliminary Investigations of the Catalytic Deoxygenation of Fatty Acids
A. More, Kansas State University, 105 Durland Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, John R. Schlup, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, 105 Durland Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506 and Keith L. Hohn, Kansas State University, 105 Durland Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-5102
The Effects of Temperature and Hydrogen on Glycerol Adsorption on Ruthenium Metal
Lars Peereboom, MSU department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Engineering Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1226, J. E. Jackson, Chemistry Department, Michigan State University, Chemistry building, East Lansing, MI 48824 and Dennis J. Miller, Michigan State University, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, 2527 Engineering Building, East Lansing, MI 48824
In-Situ X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Supported Transition Metal Catalysts for Hydrogenolysis of Sorbitol and Oxidation of Glycerol
William C. Ketchie, Erin P. Maris and Robert J. Davis, Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, 102 Engineer's Way, Room 117, Charlottesville, VA 22904
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Highly Selective Conversion of Glycerol to Propylene Glycol
Galen J. Suppes, Chuang-Wei Chiu, William R. Sutterlin and Lizanette Rivera Ramos, University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Chemical Engineering, W2028 Engineering Bldg. East, Columbia, MO 65211
A New Route to Improved Glucose Yields in Cellulose Hydrolysis
Haibo Zhao1, Jamelyn D. Holladay1, J. M. White1, Y. Wang1 and Z. C. Zhang2, (1)Institute for Interfacial Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National laboratory, P.O.Box 999, 902 Battelle Blvd., Richland, WA 99352, (2)Institute for Interfacial Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O.Box 999, 902 Battelle Blvd., Richland, WA 99352
Fundamentals of Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Liquid Fuels: Heat Transfer and Kinetics
Bo Zhang1, Marc von Keitz2 and Kenneth Valentas2, (1)BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, 1479 Gortner Avenue, Suite 140, St. Paul, MN 55108, (2)BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, 1479 Gortner Avenue, Suite 240, St. Paul, MN 55108

Topical 4: Sustainable Biorefineries