Energy - Session 1p

Monday, June 8, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:20 PM
Grand Ballroom Salon A (Hyatt Regency San Francisco)
Chairs:
James A. Dumesic and George W. Huber
1:30 PM
Production of Hydrogen and Alkanes by Aqueous Phase Processing of Aqueous Fraction of Bio-oil
Tushar P. Vispute, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; George W. Huber, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
1:50 PM
Catalytic upgrading of biomass-derived acids by dehydration/hydrogenation and C-C coupling reactions
Juan Carlos Serrano-Ruiz, University of Wisconsin -Madison; James A. Dumesic, University of Wisconsin Madison
2:10 PM
‘Single-step' Catalytic Cellulose Conversion in Ionic Liquids
Yu Su, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Heather M. Brown, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Conrad Z. Zhang, KiOR, Inc.; Xiwen Hwang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Guosheng Li, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Xiao-Dong Zhou, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; James E. Amonette, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; John L. Fulton, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Donald M. Camaioni, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; David L. King, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; James A. Franz, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
2:30 PM
Computational Study of Ethanol Synthesis from Biomass-derived Syngas using Rh-based Catalysts
Shawn M. Kathmann, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Donghai Mei, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Roger Rousseau, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Jim White, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Mark Gerber, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Don Stevens, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
2:50 PM
Aromatic Production from Biomass by Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis
Torren R. Carlson, University of Massachusetts; Jungho Jae, University of Massachusetts; George W. Huber, University of Massachusetts
3:10 PM
3:40 PM
Production of HMF from Aqueous Fructose:  a Microwave Study
Thomas S. Hansen, Technical University of Denmark
4:00 PM
Layered Hydroxide Catalysts for Transesterification of Tributyrin with Methanol
Yuanzhou Xi, University of Virginia; Robert J. Davis, University of Virginia
4:20 PM
Aqueous-phase Reforming of Glycerol:  Reaction Pathways, Base Effects, and Catalyst Deactivation
David L. King, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Yong Wang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Guan-guang Xia, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Yong Yang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; David Heldebrant, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Tom Peterson, Dow Chemical Company; Liang Zhang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
4:40 PM
Upgrading of Bio-oil via Acid Removal:  Effect of Various Alcohols and Aldehydes on Esterification of Acetic Acid
Nattaporn Lohitharn, Iowa State University; Shaojun Miao, Iowa State University; Brent H. Shanks, Iowa State University
5:00 PM
Simultaneous Transesterification and Esterification to Biodiesel Using Zinc Oxide-based Catalyst
Shuli Yan, Wayne State University; Steven O. Salley, Wayne State University; K. Y. Simon Ng, Wayne State University
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