Topical 4: Sustainable Biorefineries

Session 617 - Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass and Interactions with Other Processing Steps I
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).
Chair: Richard T. Elander
CoChair: Tae Hyun Kim
CoSponsor(s): Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division
Sustainable Engineering Forum
  Process Modeling Results of Various Leading Pretreatment Technologies for Corn Stover and Hybrid Poplar
Tim Eggeman, Richard Elander
  Short-Term Lime Pretreatment: Woody Vs Herbaceous Biomass
Rocio Sierra, Mark Holtzapple
  Pretreatment of Switch Grass by Aqueous Ammonia
Y. Y. Lee, V. Ramesh Pallapolu, Urvi D. Kothari
  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, Bruce E. Dale
  Effect of Liquid Hot Water Pretreatment on Switchgrass Hydrolysis
Youngmi Kim, Nathan S. Mosier, Michael R. Ladisch
  Sugar Yields from Switchgrass for the Coupled Operations of Dilute Acid and Sulfur Dioxide Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis
Jian Shi, Mirvat Ebrik, Bin Yang, Charles Wyman

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