Room: Poster Area
Date: Thursday, 21 May 2026
Time: 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Session code 4CV.5
Biomass pre-treatment and production of intermediates (part 1)
Characterization of Ex Situ Cotreatment and Consolidated Bioprocessing Residuals with Thermophilic Bacteria for Enhanced Bioethanol Production
Short Introductive summary
This study explores the use of cotreatment with consolidated bioprocessing (C-CBP) as a means of increasing access to switchgrass constituent carbohydrates for conversion into ethanol by overcoming the issue of biomass recalcitrance, the resistance to microbial or enzymatic degradation. C-CBP combines enzyme production, lignocellulose solubilization and fermentation and biomass deconstruction (milling) into a single unit operation and reduces costs compared to conventional conversion paradigms. This work aimed to understand the physical effect of milling at short time scales on switchgrass feedstock within a C-CBP regime that demonstrates enhanced fractional carbohydrate solubilization (FCS) by employing analytical characterization techniques.
Presenter
Madeline HOEY
Dartmouth College, Engineering Dpt., USA
Biographies and Short introductive summaries are supplied directly by presenters and are published here unedited
Co-authors:
B. Addison, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, USA
E. Holwerda, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA
Y. Bomble, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, USA
Session reference: 4CV.5.12