8: Biomass Pretreatment and Fractionation

Wednesday, April 21, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Salon F-G (Hilton Clearwater Beach)
Chair:
Bin Yang
Co-chair:
Michael Ladisch
8:00 AM
Effects of pretreatment technologies, enzyme formulations, enzyme loadings and biomass type on sugar yields and costs for coupling of leading pretreatments with enzymatic hydrolysis
Charles Wyman, University of California at Riverside; Bruce Dale, Michigan State University; Richard Elander, NREL; Mark T. Holtzapple, Texas A&M University; Michael Ladisch, Purdue University; Y. Y. Lee, Auburn University; Ryan Warner, Genencor, A Danisco Division; Bonnie Hames, Ceres, Inc.
8:30 AM
Comparison of cell wall structure, recalcitrance and saccharification of corn stover pretreated by ammonia fiber expansion and ionic liquid
Chenlin Li, Joint BioEnergy Institute; Lan Sun, Joint BioEnergy Institute; Gang Cheng, Joint BioEnergy Institute; Michael Kent, Joint BioEnergy Institute; Venkatesh Balan, Michigan State University; Bruce Dale, Michigan State University; Blake Simmons, Joint BioEnergy Institute; Seema Singh, Joint BioEnergy Institute
9:00 AM
Xylose production and degradation during acid pretreatment of biomass
Mark R. Nimlos, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Heidi M. Pilath, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Xianghong Qian, Colorado State University; Michael E. Himmel, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; David K. Johnson, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
10:00 AM
Kinetic characterization of hemicellulose hydrolysis of corn stover with dilute acid cycle spray flowthrough pretreatment
Hongman Zhang, School of Science, Nanjing University of Technology; Qiang Jin, College of Life Science and Pharmacy,Nanjing University of Technology; Lishi Yan, College of Life Science and Pharmacy,Nanjing University of Technology; He Huang, College of Life Science and Pharmacy,Nanjing University of Technology
10:30 AM
Pretreatment with alkali and oxygen to produce highly hydrolysable cellulose
Matti Siika-aho, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland; Anne Kallioinen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland; Maija Hakola, University of Helsinki; Tarja Tamminen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland; Anikó Várnai, University of Helsinki; Timo Repo, University of Helsinki; Niklas von Weymarn, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland; Liisa Viikari, University of Helsinki; Markku Leskelä, University of Helsinki
11:00 AM
Pretreatment and fermentation at high dry matter concentrations
Johan W. van Groenestijn, TNO; Arno H. van de Kant, TNO
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