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Cellulase Inhibition by Pretreatment-Released Biomass Degradation Products

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
The influence of pretreatment chemistry and the severity of dilute acid pretreatment on the subsequent enzymatic hydrolysis of soluble oligomer-...

Evaluation of Membrane Separations Opportunities within Lignocellulosic Biorefining Processes: Tailoring Membrane Properties

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Evaluation of Membrane Separations Opportunities within Lignocellulosic Biorefining Processes: Tailoring Membrane Properties Jennifer Leberknight,...

Feedstock Mixture Effects On Sugar Monomer Recovery Following Dilute Acid Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Feedstock Mixture Effects on Sugar Monomer Recovery Following Dilute Acid Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis Michael Brodeur-Campbell 1 , Jordan...

Isoconversional Methods Applied to Kinetic Modeling Oxidative Alkaline Pretreatment of Sugarcane Bagasse

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Delignification (decrease of lignin content) has shown to be a valid method to significantly increase lignocellulosic feedstocks digestibility. This...

Pyrolytic Pathways to Advanced Biofuels

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Pyrolysis is the thermal conversion of carbonaceous materials in the absence of molecular oxygen to liquids, solids and gases. In the most general...

CO2 Separation From Coal-Fired Power Plants by Regenerable Mg(OH)2 Solutions

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
AICHE ABSTRACT CO 2 Separation from Coal-Fired Power Plants by Regenerable Mg(OH) 2 Solutions Hari K. Bharadwaj † , Joo-Youp Lee † *, Xiang Zhou ‡ ,...

Lignin Depolymerization and Deoxygenation In Ionic Liquids

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Lignin, an amorphous aromatic biopolymer that comprises up to 30% of plant matter, was dissolved and depolymerized in ionic liquids under acidic...

Which Fractionation Process Can Overcome Techno-Economic Hurdles of a Lignocellulosic Biorefinery?

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Lignocellulosics are considered as feed stock for transportation fuels and chemicals because they address two pressing global issues; climate change...

Triacylglycerol Production From Corn Stover Silage Using a Xylose-Fermenting Rhodococcus Opacus Strain

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Background: Biodiesel, monoalkyl esters of long-chain fatty acids attached to short-chain alcohols derived from triacylglycerols (TAGs), can be...

Heterogeneous Catalysts in the Dehydration of Fructose to HMF

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Several crucial steps in the upgrading of biomass-derived raw materials involve acid catalyzed reactions, such as the hydrolysis of cellulose or the...

A Future Energy Supply Based on Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHC)

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
This lecture describes a concept for the establishment of a competitive energy distribution network based on Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC)...

Improving Corn Stover Reactivity In Low Severity Pretreatment Through Deacetylation and Disc-Refining

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
The current “state-of-art” dilute acid pretreatment to produce bio-ethanol from corn stover requires severe conditions to overcome biomass...

Kinetics of CO2 Absorption Into Aqueous Potassium Carbonate Solution Promoted by Carbonic Anhydrase Enzyme

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
A novel Integrated Vacuum Carbonate Absorption Process (IVCAP) for post-combustion CO 2 capture is being developed at the University of Illinois at...

Structure and Thermochemistry of Phase-Changing Aminosilicone-Based CO2-Capture Absorbents

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Liquid aminosilicone-based CO 2 absorbents that solidify upon reaction with CO 2 have been developed. These phase-changing absorbents have the...

The Role of Oxygen In the Stability of Biomass Pyrolysis Oils

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
One of the major challenges in the conversion of biomass pyrolysis to high value products and fuels is the poor stability of the oils. Biomass...

A New Generation of Zirconia Supported Metal Oxide Catalysts for Esterification of Free Acid Feedstocks

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
The acid catalyst promotes esterification by reacting the carboxylic group of the FFA with methanol to form methylesters and water. In this reaction...

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