Preliminary Program subject to change
T4011 Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass and Interactions with Other Processing Steps II
OverviewExplore progress in developing and understanding technologies to prepare solid cellulosic biomass for conversion by enzymatic hydrolysis using a variety of process configurations. Included will be updates from investigators in the Biomass Refining Consortium for Applied Fundamentals and Innovation (CAFI).
Primary SponsorTopical 4: Sustainable Biorefineries (T4)
Co-Sponsor(s)Forest Products Division (17), Sustainable Engineering Forum (23)

Chair

G. Peter Van Walsum
Associate Professor
Environmental Studies and Glasscock Energy Research Center
Baylor University
One Bear Place 97266
Waco, TX 76798-7266
Phone Number: 254-710-6552
Fax Number: 254-710-3409
Email: GPeter_van_Walsum@baylor.edu

CoChair

Constance A. Schall
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
The University of Toledo
2801 West Bancroft Street
Toledo, OH 43606
Phone Number: 4195308097
Fax Number: 419-530-8086
Email: cschall@eng.utoledo.edu
Performance Of Alkaline Pretreatment As Affected By Reagent, Mode Of Reaction, And Feedstock Composition
Rajesh Gupta and Y. Y. Lee, Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849
Hydrolysis of Sucrose in Dilute Sulfuric Acid Solutions at Pretreatment Conditions for Lignocellulosic Biomass
Dan Schell, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Bioenergy Center, 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401 and Ranil Wickramasinghe, Colorado State University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1370
Kinetics And Modeling Of Xylan Hydrolysis And Xylose Dehydration And Reversion During Acid Pretreatment
Mark R. Nimlos1, Heidi M. Pilath1, David K. Johnson1, Michael E. Himmel1, Xianghong Qian2 and Haitao Dong2, (1)National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401, (2)Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, Mechanical Engineering, 1374 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523
Synergistic Hydrolysis Of Afex Treated Corn Stover & Poplar Using Automated 96-Well Microplate Assay
Shishir Chundawat, Venkatesh Balan and Bruce E. Dale, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, 3246 Engineering Building, East Lansing, MI 48824
Quantitative Solid-State NMR Characterization of Solid Residues Produced Using Different Acids in the Hydrolysis of Loblolly Pine
Carsten Sievers1, Teresita Marzialetti1, Travis Hoskins1, Mariefel B. Valenzuela1, Pradeep K. Agrawal2 and Christopher W. Jones1, (1)School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive, N.W., Atlanta, GA 30332-0100, (2)Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive, N.W., Atlanta, GA 30332-0100
Differences In The Dilute Acid Pretreatment Of Corn Stover Anatomical Fractions
David K. Johnson1, David W. Templeton1, Todd B. Vinzant1 and Steven R. Thomas2, (1)National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401, (2)Ceres, Inc.,, 1535 Rancho Conejo Blvd., Thousand Oaks, CA 91320

Topical 4: Sustainable Biorefineries