1. Introduction to the Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals

   • James D. McMillan

   Report Pages: iii - viii

2. Introduction to session 2

   • Tsobanakis Paris

   Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 347 - 348

3. Existing biorefinery operations that benefit from fractal-based process intensification

   • Vadim Kochergin
   • Mike Kearney

   Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 349 - 360

4. The importance of utility systems in today's biorefineries and a vision for tomorrow

   • Tim Eggeman
   • Dan Verser

   Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 361 - 381

5. Extraction of hyperoside and quercitrin from mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) foliage

   • Adam K. Ekenseair
   • Lijan Duan
   • Edgar C. Clausen

   Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 382 - 391

6. Foam control in fermentation bioprocess

   • A. Etoc
   • F. Delvigne
   • P. Thonart

   Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 392 - 404

7. Optimization of biodiesel production from castor oil

   • Nivea de Lima Da Silva
   • Maria Regina Wolf Maciel
   • Rubens Maciel Filho

   Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 405 - 414

8. Maniplating the phenolic acid content and digestibility of italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum)b y vacuolar-targeted epession of a fungal ferulic acid esterase

   • Marcia M. de O. Buanafina
   • Tim Langdon
   • Phil Morris

   Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 416 - 426

9. Variation of S/G ratio and lignin content in a Populus family influences the release of xylose by dilute acid hydrolysis

   • Brian H. Davison
   • Sadie R. Drescher
   • Nhuan P. Nghiem

   Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 427 - 435

10. Enhanced secondary metabolite biosynthesis by elicitation in transformed plant root system

    • Gwi-T Aek Jeong
    • Don-H ee Park

    Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 436 - 446

11. Preliminary results on optimization of pilot scale pretreatment of wheat straw used in coproduction of bioethanol and electricity

    • Mette Hedegaard Thomsen
    • Anders Thygesen
    • Anne Belinda Thomsen

    Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 448 - 460

12. The combined effects of acetic acid, formic acid, and hydroquinone on Debaryomyces hansenii physiology

    • Luís C. Duarte
    • Florbela Carvalheiro
    • Francisco M. Gírio

    Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 461 - 475

13. Bioethanol from cellulose with supercritical water treatment followed by enzymatic hydrolysis

    • Toshiki Nakata
    • Hisashi Miyafuji
    • Shiro Saka

    Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 476 - 485

14. Enhancement of the enzymatic digestibility of waste newspaper using tween

    • Sung Bae Kim
    • Hyun Joo Kim
    • Chang Joon Kim

    Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 486 - 495

15. Ethanol production from steam-explosion pretreated wheat straw

    • Ignacio Ballesteros
    • Ma José Negro
    • Mercedes Ballesteros

    Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 496 - 508

16. Catalyst transport in corn stover internodes

    • Sridhar Viamajala
    • Michael J. Selig
    • Stephen R. Decker

    Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 509 - 527

17. Evaluation of cellulase preparations for hydrolysis of hardwood substrates

    • Alex Berlin
    • Neil Gilkes
    • John N. Saddler

    Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 528 - 545

18. Steam pretreatment of acid-sprayed and acid-soaked barley straw for production of ethanol

    • Marie Linde
    • Mast Galb
    • Guido Zacchi

    Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 546 - 562

19. Reaction kinetics of stover liquefaction in recycled stover polyol

    • Fei Yu
    • Roger Ruan
    • Yinyu Gao

    Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 563 - 573

20. Liquefaction of corn stover and preparation of polyester from the liquefied polyol

    • Fei Yu
    • Yuhuan Liu
    • Roger Ruan

    Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 574 - 585

21. Enzymatic production of xylooligosaccharides from corn stover and corn cobs treated with aqueous ammonia

    • Yongming Zhu
    • Tae Hyun Kim
    • Richard T. Elander

    Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 586 - 598

22. Optimal conditions for alkaline detoxification of dilute-acid lignocellulose hydrolysates

    • Björn Alriksson
    • Anders Sjöde
    • Leif J. Jönsson

    Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 599 - 611

23. Reintroduced solids increase inhibitor levels in a pretreated corn stover hydrolysate

    • R. Eric Berson
    • John S. Young
    • Thomas R. Hanley

    Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 612 - 620

24. Modeling of a continuous pretreatment reactor using computational fluid dynamics

    • R. Eric Berson
    • Rajesh K. Dasari
    • Thomas R. Hanley

    Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 621 - 630

25. Ethanol production from pretreated olive tree wood and sunflower stalks by an SSF process

    • Encarnación Ruiz
    • Cristóbal Cara
    • Eulogio Castro

    Session 2 Today's Biorefineries Pages: 631 - 643