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Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass and Interactions with Other Processing Steps I

Thursday, November 20, 2008: 8:30 AM
Room 202-A (Pennsylvania Convention Center)

Description:
Explore 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).


Sponsor:
Topical 4: Sustainable Biorefineries
Co-Sponsor(s):
Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division (17), Sustainable Engineering Forum (23)


Chair:
Richard T. Elander
Email: richard_elander@nrel.gov

CoChair:
Tae Hyun Kim
Email: thkim@iastate.edu


8:30 AM
(617a) Process Modeling Results of Various Leading Pretreatment Technologies for Corn Stover and Hybrid Poplar
Tim Eggeman and Richard Elander

8:55 AM
(617b) Short-Term Lime Pretreatment: Woody Vs Herbaceous Biomass
Rocio Sierra and Mark Holtzapple

9:20 AM
(617c) Pretreatment of Switch Grass by Aqueous Ammonia
Y. Y. Lee, V. Ramesh Pallapolu and Urvi D. Kothari

9:45 AM
(617d) Effect of Upland Vs. Lowland Variety on Sugar Yields Following Ammonia Fiber Expansion (AFEX) Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Shawnee and Alamo Switchgrass
Rebecca J. Garlock, Venkatesh Balan and Bruce E. Dale

10:10 AM
(617e) Effect of Liquid Hot Water Pretreatment on Switchgrass Hydrolysis
Youngmi Kim, Nathan S. Mosier and Michael R. Ladisch

10:35 AM
(617f) Sugar Yields from Switchgrass for the Coupled Operations of Dilute Acid and Sulfur Dioxide Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis
Jian Shi, Mirvat Ebrik, Bin Yang and Charles Wyman
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