Biomass Project Research Center, Hiroshima University, and HOSTY Association are co-organizing the Hiroshima University Biomass Evening Seminar. This seminar covers topics from the fundamentals of biomass to the latest information so that it can contribute the activities on biomass in this district. The 28th seminar will be held as follows. Please join.

• Date & Time: Wed.18 Feb., 2015 16:20-17:50

• Place: Engineering 110 Lecture Room, Higashi-Hiroshima Campus, Hiroshima University

＜Program＞

• Commentary: Yukihiko MATSUMURA

Professor, Institute of Engineering, Hiroshima University

• Lecture: Yutaka TAMARU 1,2,3

Professor,

1Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Bioresources,

2Section of Bioinformatics, Life Science Research Center,

3Laboratry of Applied Biotechnology, Industrial Technology Innovation Institute, Mie University

“Research and development of biorifinery using cellulosome-producing bacterium, Clostridium cellulovorans”



In order to carry out the biorefinery from cellulosic biomass, it is said that consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) is economically effective. Therefore, we are focusing on the cellulosome-producing bacterium, Clostridium cellulovorans, and acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE)-producing bacterium, C. acetobutylicum, that are anaerobe and mesophile. After both bacteria are co-cultivated in a tank, we succeeded the production of biofuel from wasted mandarins. In this seminar, I would like to introduce new trend of biorefinery and present our recent progress.

• Lecture: Thun LEEWISUTTIUL

M1 Student, Graduate School of Engineering,Hiroshima University

“Comparison of hydrothermal decomposition characteristics between glucose and cellbiose”

In hydrothermal treatment of biomass, glucose product will be the main desired product, but production of cellobiose is also expected. Also, these sugars further gets decomposed into many organic products. In this study, comparison of glucose and cellobiose was made in terms of hydrothermal decomposition. Hydrothermal treatment of these sugars were made by continuous flow type reactor. Both of them were analyzed and identify the liquid decomposition product by several king of analyzer such as TOC, HPLC, and LCMS. The purpose of this study is to identify the decomposition product and for more understanding of the decomposition pathway.

• Chair: Thachanan SAMANMULYA

Assistant Professor, Institute of Engineering, Hiroshima University

We will hold the discussion meeting from 18:00 (800 JPY needed). Join this meeting, too if you are available.

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