March 8-13, 2009 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Editors:   Dr. Cedric Briens, ICFAR, University of Western Ontario, Canada
  Dr. Franco Berruti, ICFAR, University of Western Ontario, Canada
  Dr. Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Washington University, USA

The articles for these proceedings are not peer-reviewed.

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Bio-Energy II - Conference Program, José Duarte and Cedric Briens (Article)

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HISTORICAL AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS OF BRAZILIAN FEEDSTOCKS FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION, Elba P.S. Bon (Article)

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Designing an SSCF process for bioethanol production from lignocellulosic substrates by co-fermentation of xylose and glucose, Kim Olofsson (Article)

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Conversion of Lower Lignin Mutants of Sorghum bicolor to Ethanol, Michael A. Cotta (Article)

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THERMOPHILIC ENZYMES FOR BIOMASS CONVERSION, Mosè Rossi (Article)

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Ethanol Production Using Organic Waste, Daewon Pak, Jun Cheol Lee, and Jae Hyung Kim (Article)

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INCREASING CORN THROUGHPUT IN DRY GRIND PROCESS FOR ETHANOL PROCESS, Vijay Singh, Jameel Shihadeh, Kent D. Rausch, and M. E. Tumbleson (Article)

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REAL-TIME OBSERVATION OF CELLULOSE BIODEGRADATION BY ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY, Anthony Clarke, Amanda Quirk, Jacek Lipkowski, Darrell Cockburn, and Dan Glickman (Article)

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COMPARISON OF LABORATORY AND INDUSTRIAL SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE STRAINS FOR THEIR INHIBITOR RESISTANCE AND XYLOSE UTILIZATION, Anli Geng and Wang Zhankun, Lai Kok Soon Tan Wei Yi Mark, Goh Kiow Leng Hedy, New Jen Yan (Article)

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HIGH PERFORMANCE VAPOUR PERMEATION WITH ORGANIC MEMBRANES FOR DEWATERING ETHANOL AND OTHER ORGANIC SOLVENTS, Meik Wusterhausen and Torsten Brinkmann (Article)

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ASSESSMENT OF KINETICS FOR BUTANOL PRODUCTION BY CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM, Fabio Napoli, Antonio Marzocchella, and G. Olivieri P. Salatino (Article)

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USE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE TO CONVERT SOLUBLE STARCH DIRECTLY TO BIOETHANOL, Bo Liao, W. J. Roesler, and G. A. Hill (Article)

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Biodiesel – Oxidation, Storage Stability and Materials Compatibility – The Brazilian R&D Experience, Eduardo Cavalcanti (Article)

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CONVERSION OF WOODY BIOMASS TO ENERGY, CHEMICALS AND MATERIALS, Shijie Liu and Thomas E. Amidon (Article)

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BIOFUEL PRODUCTION FROM BIOMASS-DERIVED VOLATILE FATTY ACID PLATFORM, Ho Nam Chang and Nakjong Kim, Changmoon Joeng Jongwon Kang, Hyungshik Choi (Article)

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BIOCYCLE – Sustainable polymer from sugar cane, Sylvio Ortega Filho (Article)

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SUPPLY AND PROPERTIES OF AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES SUITABLE FOR BIOENERGY APPLICATIONS, Fernando Preto and Irene Coyle (Article)

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HYDROUS THERMOLYSIS OF BIOMASS PRODUCTION OF HODGE' CARBONYLS AND OLIGOMERIC LIGNIN, Jan Piskorz, Piotr Majerski, and Ed Hogan (Article)

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GAS PHASE MIXING IN BUBBLE COLUMNS WITH INTERNALS, Mohamed Hamed and Muthanna Al Dahhan (Article)

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IN SILICO ANALYSIS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGHER CARBON ALCOHOLS USING SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE, Balaji Balagurunathan, Sudhakar Jonnalagadda, Dong-Yup Lee, and Rajagopalan Srinivasan (Article)

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INVESTIGATING CATALYST DESIGN STRATEGIES FOR SELECTIVE REACTION OF CYCLIC C4 OXYGENATES FROM BIOMASS, Clay Horiuchi; Andrea S. Loh, Stephen T. Marshall J. Will Medlin; and Benjamin M. Israel (Article)

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Kinetic Assessment For Selective Production of FURFURAL from C5 sugars contained in Biomass, Gianluca Marcotullio (Article)

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A NOVEL TOA-GLYCEROL BASED EXTRACTION - RE-EXTRACTION PROCESS FOR THE SEPARATION OF CHEMICALS PRODUCED BY ACIDOGENIC FERMENTATION OF BIOMASS, Juray De Wilde, Emilie Fockedey, and Patrick A. Gerin (Article)

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Biofuels and Biochemicals: Investment Opportunities?, Fernando Preto (Article)

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COMPARATIVE FAST PYROLYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES FOR USE IN BIOREFINERIES, Dietrich Meier and Jens Markgraf (Article)

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A simulation model of combined biogas, bioethanol and protein fodder co-production in organic farming, Piotr Oleskowicz-Popiel (Article)

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NOVEL DESIGN OF MULTIPHASE REACTORS FOR BIOMASS-TO-LIQUID SYNTHESIS, Ahmed Youssef and Milorad P. Dudukovic Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan (Article)

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Pyrolysis of Agricultural and Forestry Residues into Bio-oil, Ran Xu, Lorenzo Ferrante, John Edwards, Franco Berruti, and Cedric Briens (Article)

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SCALE-UP OF THE MILENA GASIFICATION PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIO-SNG, Christiaan M. van der Meijden and Berend Vreugdenhil (Article)

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Fast Pyrolysis of Biomass Under Gasification Conditions: Influence of Particle Size, Reactor Temperature and Gas Phase Reactions, Li Chen, Capucine Dupont, Sylvain SALVADOR, Guillaume BOISSONNET, and Daniel SCHWEICH (Article)

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STUDY OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF A CATALYTIC CERAMIC CANDLE FILTER IN A LAB-SCALE UNIT AT HIGH TEMPERATURES, Eleonora Simeone; Manfred Nacken, Steffen Heidenreich; and Wiebren de Jong (Article)

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SYNTHESIS GAS BY CATALYTIC STEAM REFORMING OF BIO-OIL, Lucía García; Fernando Bimbela, Miriam Oliva, Joaquín Ruiz Jesús Arauzo; and De Chen (Article)

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EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND RESIDENCE TIME ON THE THERMAL CRACKING OF BIO-OIL FOR SYNGAS PRODUCTION, Mohammad Latifi and Lorenzo Ferrante, Matt Klaas, Cedric Briens, Franco Berruti (Article)

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SUITABILITY OF WOOD CHIPS FROM FORESTRY AND DIFFERENT BIOMASS FEEDSTOCKS FOR USE IN A SEMI-INDUSTRIAL PLANT OF BTL PRODUCTION BY GASIFICATION, Capucine Dupont; Sylvie Rouge; Alain Berthelot, Denilson Dasilvaperez; Ambroise Graffin; Françoise Labalette; Céline Laboubee; Jean-Claude Mithouard; and Sophie Pitocchi (Article)

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ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF OLIVE MILL WASTEWATER: ANAEROBIC FILTER VS. HYBRID, Isabel Paula Marques and Marta Gonçalves, Paulo Freitas (Article)

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COMBUSTION OF PYROLYSIS 'BIO-OILS' IN A TUNNEL FURNACE, Fernando Preto; Irene Coyle, Joe Wong; and Frank Zhang (Article)

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Characterization of the Pesticide Properties of Tobacco Bio-oil, Christina J. Booker; Rohan Bedmutha, Tiffany Vogel, Franco Berruti, Cedric Briens, K.K.-C. Yeung; Ian Scott; and Ken Conn (Article)

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A NOVEL FAST GAS-SOLID SEPARATOR FOR PYROLYSIS REACTORS, Martin Huard, Cedric Briens, and Franco Berruti (Article)

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LIQUEFACTION OF WOOD PARTICLES BY USING PYROLYTIC OIL, Mehmet H. Alma (Article)

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HYBRID STAGED THERMOLYSIS TO VALORISE BIOMASS, Paul J. de Wild (Article)

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THE IMPACT OF STORAGE CONDITIONS ON THE FOREST BIOMASS QUALITY FOR BIOFUELS PRODUCTION, Denilson DA SILVA PEREZ; Jerome MOREAU, Alain BERTHELOT, Audrey GUILLEMAIN, Francis DE MOROGUES; and Michel PETIT-CONIL (Article)

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ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE BIOFUELS - BIODIESEL, Palligarnai T. Vasudevan (Article)

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PRODUCTION OF ETHYLIC BIODIESEL FROM HYDROLYSIS AND ESTERIFICATION OF ACID ANIMAL FAT, Jose Geraldo Pacheco; Ligia Martinelli, Jadson P. A. Silva, Luiz Stragevitch; and Donato Aranda (Article)

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HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY AQUEOUS-PHASE REFORMING, Lucía García; Ana Valiente, José Antonio Medrano, Miriam Oliva, Joaquín Ruiz; and Jesús Arauzo (Article)

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TRANSTERSTERFICATION OF JATROPHA CURCAS OIL RADIATED WITH THE MICROWAVE, Zahira Yaakob, Irwan S. Sukarman, and Faizal Mohamed (Article)

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PHOTOSYNTHETIC – FERMENTATIVE FUEL CELL USED IN A BIOFUEL PROCESSING FACILITY, Erin E. Powell; G.A. Hill, R.W. Evitts; and J. C. Bolster (Article)

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Production of Biodiesel from Waste Oil via Catalytic Distillation, Flora T. T. Ng; Zhiwen Qi, Yuanqing Liu, Blaise Pinaud, Peter Rehbein; and Garry L. Rempel (Article)

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TEMPERATURE EFFECT ON HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM REACTIONS BETWEEN ETHANOL AND STEAM IN THE PRESENCE OF PD-RU/NB2O5-TIO2 CATALYST, Nadia Regina C. Fernandes-Machado; Christian Gonçalves Alonso, Andréia C. Furtado Onélia Aparecida Andreo dos Santos; and Maurício Pereira Cantão (Article)

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Fuels and Chemicals from Biomass and Waste, Esben Taarning (Article)