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Reforming of Residual Tars and Oils From Biomass Gasification

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 16, 2011
One of the barriers to wider use of many kinds of biomass is the fact that they generate refractory tars and oils when gasified. These compounds...

Lignin Unlocking Process Led by Termites for Efficient Carbohydrate Utilization

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 16, 2011
Wood-feeding termites are highly effective in deconstruction of wood cell wall structure for efficient utilization of cellulose and hemicelluloses...

Separate Processing of Hemicellulose and Cellulose to Optimize Ethanol Production From Corn Stover

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Separate processing of hemicellulose and cellulose to optimize ethanol production from corn stover Alexandre Chapeaux, Nancy Dowe, Daniel J. Schell...

Construction of Efficient Gram-Negative Biocatalysts for Lignocellulose Conversion

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Research within the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center aims to better understand the bottlenecks associated with bioconversion of lignocellulose...

Modeling and Optimization of Algae Based Biodiesel Production

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 16, 2011
Processing of biodiesel from algae biomass has attracted much interest in recent times due to many reasons. Significant amongst them are global...

A Novel SHF Process for Conversion of AFEX-CS to Ethanol Featuring High Ethanol Productivity, Enzyme Recycling, and Yeast Cells Reuse

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
There are two major problems in current cellulosic ethanol production process: low ethanol productivity and high enzyme loading. Based on the current...

Multi-Scale Study On the Pyrolysis of Sustainable Biomass Feedstock

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 16, 2011
Multi-Scale Study on the Pyrolysis of Sustainable Biomass Feedstock Jessica D. Murillo Department of Chemistry, Environmental Sciences, Tennessee...

Flow and Transport Properties In High-Solids Biomass Slurries

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Economic biochemical conversion of cellulose to sugars necessitates minimal addition of water to biomass slurries during conversion, resulting in...

Comparative Reaction Kinetics of Acid Hydrolysis of Plant Biomass and Algae Biomass

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
The current vision of biomass (e.g. plant, algae) conversion technologies is focused on developing the reactive intermediates platform for biofuels...

Observing and Modeling Cellulosic Substrate Depolymerization by Commercial Enzyme Cocktails Using Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Understanding and modeling the depolymerization mechanisms of cellulosic and lignocellulosic substrates by cellulase cocktails is a critical step...

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