Industrial Biotechnology

Modeling and Scale up of CO2-Water Pretreatment of Guayule Biomass

Oct 17, 2011
Ehsan Moharreri
A carbon dioxide – water pretreatment process was developed for guayule biomass. The guayule biomass was mixed with water and then loaded to a reactor where it was exposed to a biphasic environment consisting of CO2 rich vapor phase and water rich liquid phase. Then, the biomass was enzymatically...

Catalytic Conversion of Biomass Into Carboxylic Acids Via APPO Process

Oct 17, 2011
Hongfei Lin
Converting raw solid biomass into liquid or gas phase intermediates which can be readily upgraded to hydrocarbon fuels is the most challenging or energy intensive step during the biofuel production process due to the complex composition and structure of biomass. We are developing cost competitive...

Effect of Pressure and Heating Rate On Biomass Devolatilization and Gasification

Oct 17, 2011
Pradeep K. Agrawal
The goal of present study is to characterize the effect of pressure and heating rate on the devolatilization behavior of different biomass species. Three biomass species (southern Pine, corn stover, and switchgrass) were studied. A combination of two complementary gasification devices are utilized...

Catalytic Study On Lignin Degradation and Conversion Into Biofuels

Oct 17, 2011
Yulin Deng
Catalytic study on lignin degradation and conversion into biofuels Wei Mu and Yulin Deng School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and IPST at GT, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0620 Author for correspondence (e-mail: yulin.deng@chbe.gatech.edu ) As an ideal...

F = MA of Biology?

Oct 17, 2011
Michael W. Deem
I will describe my participation over the past few years in an effort to find fundamental mathematical laws in biology. I will discuss a theory for understanding the emergence of multi-scale, hierarchical structure in biology. I will describe how modular structure in proteins, genetics, and...

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