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Validation Of A Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Dynamic Flux Balance Model, Jared L. Hjersted, Michael A. Henson

Conference on Cellulosic Biofuels

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Evaluation Of Acid And Enzymatic Hydrolysis Of Hemicellulose Extracts Produced From Northeast Hardwood, Byung-Hwan Um

Conference on Cellulosic Biofuels

At the University of Maine, a hemicellulose pre-extraction technology is now being investigated to improve pulp yields, reduce organic and inorganic load for liquor recovery, and create a feed stream for the generation of new biomaterials. In this study, we investigate 1. the extent of hemicellulose recovery by pre-extraction using green liquor pretreatment and 2. characterize the hydrolysis of the extract with respect to variable concentration via evaporation and comparing acid and enzymatic hydrolysis.

Uncertainty, Climate Change, And Biofuels, Erin Baker

Conference on Cellulosic Biofuels

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The Advanced Biofuels Policy Environment: Framing The Debate And Laying The Foundation For Industry Expansion, Andrew Schuyler

Conference on Cellulosic Biofuels

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Biochar: A Carbon Negative Model For Umass Amherst, Susanne E. Hale

Conference on Cellulosic Biofuels

Biochar is a charcoal by-product of pyrolysis production of biofuels from biomass, which offers the potential for long-term, affordable carbon sequestration. Biochar in Amazonian soils have been found to be stable in the soil for hundreds to thousands of years. New pyrolysis technologies currently being developed may have the potential to be used in the future with the new UMass co-generation Central Heating Plant to produce syngas for powering plant turbines, while at the same time producing biochar for carbon sequestration, yielding a carbon negative system. Other benefits of biochar include increased soil fertility and crop yield, stimulation of the …

The Institute For Massachusetts Biofuels Research - Timbr, Danny Schnell

Conference on Cellulosic Biofuels

Enabling the emerging biofuels industry through: -Research -Innovation -Workforce development -Industrial outreach

First Annual Conference On Cellulosic Biofuels - Program, Loren Walker

Conference on Cellulosic Biofuels

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Fueling The Commercializationof Cellulosic Ethanol, John Howe

Conference on Cellulosic Biofuels

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Measuring And Predicting Reaction Kinetics For Clean Use Of Biofuels, Phillip R. Westmoreland, Nicole J. Labbe, Wenjun Li, Andrey Pereverzev

Conference on Cellulosic Biofuels

Fuels from renewable biomass already make up part of our energy picture, and that must surely increase. However, relative to petroleum-based fuels, they are thought to generate increased aldehyde and NOx pollutants due to their high content of oxygen and sometimes nitrogen. We are working to explore, explain, and help solve these challenges.

Our two major directions are measuring kinetics with flame molecular-beam mass spectrometry (MBMS) and predicting kinetics using theory, computational quantum chemistry, and our new Reactive Molecular Dynamics methods. We recently built a pioneering MBMS apparatus based on synchrotron VUV-photoionization [Taatjes et al., Science, 308, 1887 (2005)] and …

Bioenergy International, Llc. A Biorefinery Company, Corinne Young

Conference on Cellulosic Biofuels

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A Novel Biocatalyst For Cellulosic Ethanol Production, Susan Leschine

Conference on Cellulosic Biofuels

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Biofuels Research Opportunities In Thermochemical Conversion Of Biomass, Douglas Elliott

Conference on Cellulosic Biofuels

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The Clean Energy Biofuels Act Of 2008: Promoting Advanced Biofuels In Massachusetts, Dwayne Breger

Conference on Cellulosic Biofuels

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Agrivida Presentation To Timbr Conference, Jeremy Johnson

Conference on Cellulosic Biofuels

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Spectroscopic Signatures Of Nitrogen-Substituted Zeolites, Karl D. Hammond, Fulya Dogan, Geoffrey A. Tompsett, Wm. Curtis Conner Jr., Clare P. Grey, Scott M. Auerbach

Conference on Cellulosic Biofuels

Zeolites are important heterogeneous acid catalysts with pores the diameter of small molecules. Turning zeolites into bases would open up these unique materials to alkaline-catalyzed reactions, many of which are important in the synthesis of liquid fuels from biomass. One method of preparing alkaline zeolites is to replace some framework oxygen with nitrogen, producing an amine. Unfortunately, such replacements require a post-synthetic treatment, so the question of whether the resulting materials are intact is still open. It is, in general, difficult to characterize these new materials experimentally (since the actual structures can only be guessed), so we employ a mixture …