Session 3B: Biomass Pretreatment and Hydrolysis

8:00 a.m.

Opening Remarks—Session Chair/Co-Chair

8:10 a.m.

Oral Presentation 3B-01. Biomass Recalcitrance: The Major Hurdle for the Lignocellulosic Biorefinery Industry, (MS Word 29 KB) Michael Himmel, Stan Bower, Mark Ruth, and Tom Foust, National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO and Amy Miranda, Office of the Biomass Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC

8:35 a.m.

Oral Presentation 3B-02. Fundamental Factors Affecting Enzymatic Reactivity, (MS Word 29 KB) Jonathan O'Dwyer, JLi Zhu and Mark Holtzapple, Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

9:00 a.m.

Oral Presentation 3B-03. Optimal Combination of Cellulase and Xylanase for Enzymatic Hydrolysis of AFEX Treated Corn Stover, (MS Word 35 KB) Farzaneh Teymouri, Darold MaCalla, Mark Stowers, MBI International, Lansing, MI; Bruce E. Dale Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and Stephen Decker, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO

9:25 a.m.

Oral Presentation 3B-04. Hydrolysis and Fermentation of Lime-Pretreated Biomass, (MS Word 30 KB) Robert R. Bakker, Ronald H.W. Maas, Ed de Jong, Ruud A. Weusthuis, Agrotechnology & Food Innovations, Wageningen, the Netherlands; and Mirjam A. Kabel and Henk A. Schols, Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Wageningen University, the Netherlands

9:50 a.m.

Break

10:20 a.m.

Oral Presentation 3B-05. Preliminary Results on Optimising Hydrothermal Treatment Used in Co-Production of Biofuels, (MS Word 31 KB) Mette Hedegaard Thomsen, Anne Belinda Thomsen, Plant Research Department, Risoe National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark; Henning Jørgensen, Danish Center for Forest, Landscape and Planning, KVL, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Taastrup, Denmark; and Børge Holm Christensen, Sicco K/S, Aalsgaarde, Denmark

10:45 a.m.

Oral Presentation 3B-06. Bioconversion of Lignocellulose to Ethanol: a Robust Pretreatment Method for Processing Mixed Feedstocks, (MS Word 30 KB) Renata Bura, Alex Berlin, Neil Gilkes, Douglas Kilburn, Jack Saddler, Biotechnology and Biomaterials Group, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

11:10 a.m.

Oral Presentation 3B-07. Cellulose to Glucose Conversion Via Swelling-Decrystallization and Subsequent Low Severity Acid Hydrolysis, (MS Word 32 KB) K. Bélanger, E. Capek, H. Gauvin, R. D'Amour, Université de Sherbrooke, Dépat. Génie chimique, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada; and E. Chornet, Enerkem Technologies Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada

11:35 a.m.

Closing Remarks—Session Chair/Co-Chair