NWBC 2012

The 4th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference

Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland, October 23–25, 2012

Conference programme

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012: Biorefinery – strategy and innovation

8.00-9.45 Registration and coffee

9.45-11.55 Opening session – Petri Vasara, Pöyry

9.45-10.00 Welcome (John Kettle, VTT, Finland)

10.00-10.15 Opening address (Mikael Hannus, Stora Enso, Sweden)

10.15-10.40 Initiating a Public-Private Partnership for biorefineries (Johan Elvnert, Forest-Based

Sector Technology Platform, Belgium)

10.40-11.05 Regulatory and legal frameworks for wood biorefineries in EU and Russia (Kaisu

Annala, Allan Flink, Mariia Kaikkonen, Petteri Nuolivirta, Matias Pekkanen and Jarno

Seppälä, Indufor, Finland)

11.05-11.30 Forest biorefineries – sustainable business opportunities in Scandinavia and North

America (Annukka Näyhä, University of Eastern Finland, Finland; Hanna-Leena

Pesonen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland)

11.30-11.55 European Strategic Energy Technology Plan – instruments and impact on the forest

industry sector (Markku Karlsson, European Biofuels Technology Platform)

11.55-12.55 Lunch break

12.55-14.35 Roadmaps and innovation opportunities – John Schmidt, FPInnovations

12.55-13.25 Keynote lecture: Roadmap for advanced bio-based materials (Katja Salmenkivi and

Petri Vasara, Pöyry, Finland)

13.25-13.50 Bio-based chemicals – success by maximizing value and being resource efficient

(Anna Holmberg, Arizona Chemical, Sweden)

13.50-14.15 The role of COST in European forest and forest products research (Sjur Baardsen,

Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway)

14.15-14.35 Understanding wood cell wall structure, biopolymer interaction and composition:

implications for current products and new material innovation (Philip Turner,

Edinburgh Napier University, UK)

14.35-15.05 Coffee break

15.05-16.50 Raw materials and resources – Christine Chirat, Grenoble INP-Pagora

15.05-15.30 Genetically engineered (GE) forest trees as biorefinery raw materials – legislative

and scientific status (Marja Ruohonen-Lehto, Finnish Environment Institute,

Finland, and Hely Häggman, University of Oulu, Finland)

15.30-15.50 Used wood sorting, utilization and recycling in different value chains (Juha Hakala,

VTT, Finland; Gerard Deroubaix, Institute Technologique FCBA, France)

15.50-16.10 The Forest Refine project. Development of efficient forest biomass supply chains for

biorefineries (Magnus Matisons, Biofuel region, Sweden)

16.10-16.30 ForestSpeCs findings on byproducts of forest industry: could bark be more valuable

than timber? (Heikki Hokkanen, University of Helsinki, Finland)

16.30-16.50 Supporting processes in biorefineries by correct water treatment (Ilkka Virkajärvi,

Michael Recktenwald, Timo Härmä and Veli-Matti Vuorenpalo, Kemira, Finland)

18.30-20.00 Reception at the City Hall by courtesy of the City of Helsinki

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012: Industrial developments

8.30-10.00 Pulp mill biorefineries – Adriaan van Heiningen, University of Maine

8.30-9.00 Keynote lecture: Actual and future trends in dissolving pulp manufacture (Herbert

Sixta, Mikhail Iakovlev, Lidia Testova, Annariikka Roselli, Michael Hummel and Marc

Borrega, Aalto University, Finland; Adriaan van Heiningen, University of Maine,

USA)

9.00-9.20 Andritz’s new technology applied to dissolving pulp grades – a different approach

(Hannu Råmark and Aaron Leavitt, Andritz, Finland)

9.20-9.40 Forest biorefinery cluster – a possible path to biobased products (Mariya Marinova,

École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada; Sari Hämäläinen and Hanna-Leena

Pesonen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland)

9.40-10.00 Production of surface active agents from hemicelluloses extracted from wood chips

(Bevan Jarman, Christine Chirat, Marion Sanglard and Dominique Lachenal,

Grenoble INP-Pagora, France)

10.00-10.30 Coffee break

10.30–12.10 National programmes/projects – Peter Axegård, Innventia

10.30-10.50 The Forest Biorefinery: Canadian drivers and ongoing activities (Thomas Browne,

FPInnovations, Canada)

10.50-11.10 Economic and ecological assessment of biorefineries – findings of the German

biorefinery roadmap process (Magnus Fröhling, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology,

Germany; Uwe R. Fritsche, Jochen Gerlach, Arne Gröngröft, Armin Günther, Jens

Günther, Birgit Kamm, Ingo Klenk, Sophia Laure, Jörn-Christian Meyer, Jörg

Schweinle, Heinz Stichnothe, Kathrin Strohm, Frederik Trippe, Dietmar Peters and

Kurt Wagemann)

11.10-11.30 New pilot-plant facility of the “German lignocellulose feedstock biorefinery project”

in Leuna – experiences with first time operations (Moritz Leschinsky and Gerd

Unkelbach, Fraunhofer CBP, Germany; Jochen Michels, DECHEMA, Germany;

Thomas Hirth, Fraunhofer IGB, Germany)

11.30-11.50 The LignoRef project. A national research initiative to enhance biorefinery process

developments in Norway (Karin Øyaas, PFI, Norway)

11.50-12.10 Finnish BioRefine – new biomass products programme – RD&D on biofuels and

biorefineries in Finland (Erja Ämmälahti, Tekes, Finland; Tuula Mäkinen, VTT,

Finland)

12.10-13.10 Lunch break

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13.10-14.30 Biofuels and bioenergy I – Per Dahlen, Dovre Group

13.10-13.30 The Domsjö biorefinery – how to make more from the tree (Lars Winter, Domsjö

Fabriker, Sweden)

13.30-13.50 UPM – producing fuels of the future from wood-based raw materials (Sari

Mannonen, UPM, Finland)

13.50-14.10 Scaling up Borregaard's BALI™ biorefinery concept (Anders Sjøde and Martin

Lersch, Borregaard, Norway)

14.10-14.30 The new Swedish programme “Ethanol Processes” – status and challenges (Lars

Vallander, Swedish Energy Agency, Sweden)

14.30-15.40 Coffee break and poster session

15.40-17.20 Biofuels and bioenergy II – Per Dahlen, Dovre Group

15.40-16.00 Biorefinery initiatives implemented by Nippon Paper – torrefaction of wood biomass

for co-firing in a pulverized coal boiler (Hiroshi Ono, Hiroshi Shinkura, Tomonori

Kawamata and Hiroyasu Ebinuma, Nippon Paper Industries, Japan)

16.00-16.20 Pressurized entrained flow gasification of biomass powder ─ initial results from pilot

plant experiments (Fredrik Weiland, Henrik Wiinikka, Henry Hedman, Magnus

Marklund and Rikard Gebart, Energy Technology Centre, Sweden)

16.20-16.40 Green Fuel Nordic – The Smart Way: Utilising RTP™ technology to produce

sustainable 2nd generation bio-oil from local feedstocks (Timo Saarelainen and

Jerkko Starck, Green Fuel Nordic, Finland)

16.40-17.00 Towards industrial production of microbial oil for high quality traffic fuels (Petri

Lehmus, Perttu Koskinen, Miia Mujunen, Simo Laakso and Ossi Pastinen, Neste Oil,

Finland)

17.00-17.20 CHP-integrated bio-oil production demonstration plant, project development and

current status (Joakim Autio, Metso, Finland)

19.15-22.30 Dinner at Helsinki Music Centre

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Thursday, October 25, 2012: R&D highlights

8.30-10.00 Lignin – Philip Turner, Edinburgh Napier University

8.30-9.00 Keynote lecture: Utilization of hydrolysis lignin in the Soviet Union and Russia:

what is applicable in the wood biorefinery era? (Mikhail Rabinovich, Russian

Academy of Sciences, Russia)

9.00-9.20 The Lignoworks strategic network – a Canadian approach to value-added lignin

products (John Schmidt, FPInnovations, Canada; John Kadla, University of British

Columbia, Canada)

9.20-9.40 Lignin-based sustainable packaging solutions (Kristiina Poppius-Levlin, Eva-Lena

Hult, Jarmo Ropponen, Catharina Hohenthal and Tarja Tamminen, VTT, Finland)

9.40-10.00 Lignin based carbon fibres – recent progress (Elisabeth Sjöholm and Rickard

Drougge, Innventia, Sweden)

10.00–10.30 Coffee break

10.30-12.30 Biorefinery processes and products I – Sari Mannonen, UPM

10.30-10.50 Rapid refining of lignocellulosics to carbohydrates and lignin-based new materials

(lignophenols) and design of sustainable industrial network connecting forests and

chemical industries (Masamitsu Funaoka, Mie University, Japan)

10.50-11.10 Sugars and lignin from cellulosic source – high quality, high value products – the

“wet wood milling” approach (Noa Lapidot, Robert P Jansen and Eran Baniel, Virdia,

US & Israel)

11.10-11.30 Ionic liquids in wood and biomass dissolution and fractionation (Ilkka Kilpeläinen,

Jorma Matikainen, Pirkko Karhunen, Arno Parviainen, Christoph Selg and Alistair

W.T. King, University of Helsinki, Finland)

11.30-11.50 Ethanol-based organosolv biorefineries: feedstock-flexibility & economic evaluation

(Raimo van der Linden, Wouter J.J. Huijgen and Johannes H. Reith, ECN, The

Netherlands)

11.50-12.10 Biobutanol from forest residues – a process utilizing SO2-ethanol-water

fractionation and ABE fermentation (Adriaan van Heiningen, Minna Yamamoto,

Evangelos Sklavounos, Shrikant Survase, German Jurgens and Tom Granström,

Aalto University, Finland)

12.10-12.30 Upgrading pulp mill waste streams for integration with fish farming (Nippe

Hylander, ÅF Pulp&Paper, Sweden; Ragnar Johannsson, Arctic Tilapia, Iceland;

Christer Svanholm, Eurocon Engineering, Sweden; Liselotte Uhlir and Clas

Engström, Processum, Sweden)

12.30-13.30 Lunch break

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13.30-15.10 Biorefinery processes and products II – Karin Øyaas, PFI

13.30-13.50 FPInnovations’ novel fractionation process for lignocellulosic biomass (Changbin

Mao, Zhirun Yuan, David Wong, Waleed Wafa Al Dajani and Thomas Browne,

FPInnovations, Canada)

13.50-14.10 Co-production of renewable polymers and ethanol from eucalyptus-based pulp mills

(Niklas Berglin, Anna von Schenck and Christian Hoffstedt, Innventia, Sweden)

14.10-14.30 Lignin removal from different black liquors (Per Tomani, Peter Axegård, Lars

Norberg and Lars-Erik Åkerlund, Innventia, Sweden)

14.30-14.50 Recovery of bio-based light carboxylic acids from dilute aqueous solutions (Jukka

Hietala, Kemira, Finland)

14.50-15.10 Some xylan ethers for coating applications (Christiane Laine, Ali Harlin, Jonas

Hartman, Sari Hyvärinen, Kari Kammiovirta, Björn Krogerus, Heikki Pajari, Hille

Rautkoski, Harri Setälä, Jenni Sievänen, Johanna Uotila and Mika Vähä-Nissi, VTT,

Finland)

15.10-15.30 Closing session

15.10-15.20 Summing up (Niklas von Weymarn, Metsä Fibre, Finland)

15.20-15.30 Announcement of the 5th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference (Birgit Backlund,

Innventia, Sweden)

15.30-16.30 Coffee

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List of NWBC 2012 Posters

I. Biorefinery programmes

P1. Activities of IEA bioenergy task 42 “biorefinery” on wood based bioenergy driven biorefineries.

Classification, sustainability assessment, complexity index and international perspectives until

2025

G. Jungmeier (Joanneum Research, Austria), and R. Van Ree, E. de Jong, H. Jørgensen, N.S.

Bentsen, A. Departe, C. Philips, J.C. Pouet, I. Skiadas, P. Walsh, M. Wellisch, K. Piquette, T.

Willke, I. de Bari, M. Klembara, G. Bullock, J. Tomkinson, O. Atac, G. Garnier and M. Mandl

II. Raw materials and logistics

P2. The Forest Refine project. Development of efficient forest biomass supply chains for

biorefineries

Magnus Matisons (BioFuel Region, Sweden); Dan Bergström (Swedish University of Agricultural

Sciences, Sweden); Juha Nurmi (Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland)

III. Biofuels

IIIa. Bioethanol; raw material pretreatment; hydrolysis

P3. Immobilization of cellulases on magnetic particles enables enzyme re-use during hydrolysis of

pretreated spruce

Johan Alftrén and Timothy Hobley (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)

P4. Contrast of Escherichia coli KO11 and Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATCC96581 in fermenting

Pinus patula hydrolysate pretreated at severe steam explosion conditions

Nyangi Chacha, Godliving Mtui, Jamidu Katima and Godwill Mrema (University of Dar es Salaam,

Tanzania); Nils Dyrset (Sintef, Norway)

P5. Simultaneous production of ethanol and softwood kraft pulp: pretreatments and effects of

inhibitors on fermentations

Christine Chirat, Jérémy Boucher and Dominique Lachenal (Grenoble INP-Pagora, France)

P6. Sustainable biofuel: innovations in bioethanol production technologies (SusBioFuel)

Nils Dyrset (SINTEF, Norway); Karin Øyaas (PFI, Norway); Timothy John Hobley and Johan Alfrén

(DTU, Denmark); Gudmundur Hreggvidsson (Matis-Food, Iceland); Jaana Uusitalo (VTT, Finland);

Anna von Schenck (Innventia, Sweden); Esther Ochoa-Fernández (Statoil, Norway); Jørn Einen

(Weyland, Norway)

P7. Studies on influence of phosphates-surfactants systems on cellulose surface properties

Maciej Góra and Bartłomiej Kozik (Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland); Małgorzata Nattich-

Rak and Dorota Dronka-Góra (Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Poland);

Janusz Gołaszewski, Michał Łuczyński and Ewelina Olba-Zięty (UWM in Olsztyn, Poland)

P8. Oxidative pretreatment of CCA-treated wood for bioethanol production

Maija Hakola, Markku Leskelä and Timo Repo (University of Helsinki, Finland)

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P9. Improvement of enzymatic hydrolysis conditions of Salix viminalis polysaccharides

Karolina Świątek, Magdalena Świątek, Małgorzata Lewandowska and Włodzimierz Bednarski

(University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland)

P10. Production of fermentable sugars by enzymatic hydrolysis of pretreated waste textile

Elahe Gholamzad, Kheikhosro Karimi and Mahmood Masoomi (Isfahan University of Technology,

Iran); Vahid Jafari (Aalto University, Finland)

P11. Monosaccharide production from lignocellulosic biomasses via concentrated acid hydrolysis

Jari Heinonen and Tuomo Sainio (Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland); Anu

Tamminen and Jaana Uusitalo (VTT, Finland)

P12. Process schemes for chromatographic fractionation of lignocellulosic concentrated acid

hydrolysates

Jari Heinonen, Sanna Hellstén and Tuomo Sainio (Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland)

IIIb. Other biofuels

P13. Potential expansion of second generation Fischer Tropsch biodiesel production in Finland

Karthikeyan Natarajan and Paavo Pelkonen (University of Eastern Finland, Finland); Sylvain Leduc

(International Institute for Applied System Analysis, Austria); Erik Dotzauer (Mälardalen

University, Sweden); Erkki Tomppo, Matti Katila, Kai Mäkisara and Jouni Peräsaari (Finnish Forest

Research Institute, Finland)

P14. Biofuels and chemicals from lignocellulosic materials - a scheme for conditioning SO2-

ethanol-water spent liquor for ABE fermentation

Evangelos Sklavounos and Adriaan van Heiningen (Aalto University, Finland)

P15. Opportunities and challenges in emerging bioenergy business: Case of Finnish sawmilling

industry

Minli Wan, Anne Toppinen and Matti Toivio (University of Helsinki, Finland); Katja Lähtinen

(Finnish Environmental Institute, Finland)

P16. Preliminary spectral characterization of the calorific value of pyrolitic products from wood

biomass

K.V. Kulikov, D.A. Ponomarev, A.A. Spitsyn, D.S. Sharova and O.Yu. Derkacheva (St. Petersburg

State Forestry Engineering University, Russia); H.D. Mettee (Youngstown State University, USA);

Y.V. Maksimuk (Belarus State University, Belarus); A.V. Levdanski (Siberian Branch of Russian

Academy of Sciences, Russia)

P17. An industrial plant (25,000 m3/yr) for wood ultraoxypyrolysis by the formed layer process

V.V. Litvinov and V.N. Piyalkin (St. Petersburg State Forestry Engineering University, Russia);

H.D. Mettee (Youngstown State University, USA); V.I. Shirshikov (Vyborg Coal Company, Russia)

P18. Measurement methods for physical properties of the pyrolysis oil components

Juho Autio, Erlin Sapei, Piia Haimi and Ville Alopaeus (Aalto University, Finland)

P19. Effect of plastics on the co-liquefaction of cellulosic biomass and plastics to liquid fuel

Katsumi Hirano, Yusuke Kakuta, Takuya Itoh and Koji Yoshida (Nihon University, Japan); Shouzo

Itagaki, Masahiko Kajioka, Hideki Yamada and Toshihiko Okada (JFE Techno-Research

Corporation, Japan)

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IV. Biorefinery processes and concepts

IVa. Pulp and paper mill biorefinery processes

P20. AFORE - Forest Biorefineries: Added-value from chemicals and polymers by new, integrated

separation, fractionation and upgrading methods

Anna Suurnäkki (VTT, Finland)

P21. Bioconversion of primary sludge from Portuguese pulp and paper mills to fermentable sugars

Cátia V.T. Mendes, M. Graça V.S. Carvalho and Jorge M.S. Rocha (University of Coimbra, Portugal)

P22. Investigating anaerobic digestion of pulp washing effluent using bench-scale UASB reactors

Minqing Ivy Yang, Torsten Meyer, Mike Lacourt, Liqun Zheng, Angie Tse, Elizabeth Edwards,

Honghi Tran and D. Grant Allen (University of Toronto, Canada)

P23. From birch to soda-AQ pulps, pure xylan and fractions thereof – HemiEx project overview

Lidia Testova, Annariikka Roselli, Luciana Costabel and Herbert Sixta (Aalto University, Finland)

P24. Implementation of lignin-based biorefinery within a Canadian kraft mill: Impact on utility

system and solutions toward optimal operation

Abdelaziz Hammache, Etienne Ayotte-Sauvé, Zoé Périn-Levasseur, Marzouk Benali and Luciana

Savulescu (Natural Resources Canada, Canada)

P25. Opportunities for energy upgrading by means of an absorption heat pump in an integrated

forest biorefinery

Olumoye Ajao, Tatiana Rafione, Mariya Marinova, Robert Legros, Louis Fradette and Jean Paris

(École Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada)

P26. The LignoForce System™ for the recovery of lignin from black liquor

Lamfeddal Kouisni, Michael Paleologou, Peter Holt-Hindle, and Kirsten Maki (FPInnovations,

Canada)

P27. Influence of the use of high shear rate module in membrane filtration performance in

ultrafiltration of black liquor

Jussi Lahti, Mari Kallioinen and Mika Mänttäri (Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland)

P28. Impact of lignin extraction on the recovery loop of the kraft process: Measures to minimize

the consumption of chemicals

Miyuru Kannangara, Carmen Liebich, Mariya Marinova, Louis Fradette and Jean Paris (École

Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada)

P29. Bio-methanol production from kraft pulp mill condensates

Naceur Jemaa and Michael Paleologou (FPInnovations, Canada)

P30. Utilization of byproduct streams treated by wet oxidation

Kristian Melin, Sarada Kuppa, Raja Muddassar, Jukka Koskinen and Markku Hurme (Aalto

University, Finland)

P31. Biorefinery and energy savings

Anna Slobodenyuk and Esa Vakkilainen (Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland)

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IVb. Other wood biorefinery processes

P32. Towards optimal treatment procedure upon fractionation of Nordic lignocelluloses using novel

alkanol amine – superbase ionic liquid system

I. Anugwom, P. Mäki-Arvela, V. Eta, P. Virtanen and J.-P. Mikkola (Åbo Akademi, Finland)

P33. Sustainable Resource Technology (SuReTech)

Eva Nordberg Karlsson and Charlotta Turner (Lund University, Sweden)

P34. Identification of degradation products from birch wood in water extracts

Marc Borrega and Herbert Sixta (Aalto University, Finland); Klaus Niemelä (VTT, Finland)

P35. Alkaline oxidation pretreatment of woody materials to produce ethanol

Anne Kallioinen, Matti Siika-aho, Eemeli Hytönen, Stella Rovio, Tarja Tamminen and Niklas von

Weymarn (VTT, Finland); Maija Hakola, Timo Repo and Markku Leskelä (University of Helsinki,

Finland)

P36. Enzymes – tools to upgrade biomass to high-value products

Stina Grönqvist, Jaakko Pere, Matti Siika-aho, Anna Suurnäkki and Terhi K. Hakala (VTT, Finland)

P37. Enzyme technologies for the production of high-value polymers and chemicals from forest

resources

Galina Mai-Gisondi, Filip Mollerup and Ossi Turunen (Aalto University, Finland); Maryam Foumani,

Thu Vuong, Weijun Wang and Emma Master (University of Toronto, Canada); Maija Tenkanen

(University of Helsinki, Finland)

P38. Thermostabilizing mutations improved the stability of Trichoderma reesei GH11 xylanase in

high pressure

H. Li, L. Murtomäki, M. Leisola and O. Turunen (Aalto University, Finland)

P39. Some aspects of the changes in the birch wood morphological structure and its components’

composition in the acidic hydrolysis process

Aivars Zhurinsh, Galina Dobele, Janis Rizhikovs, Aigars Paze, Tatiana Dizhbite and Lubova Belkova

(Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Latvia)

P40. Low temperature sulfonation of lignocellulose for effective biomass deconstruction and

conversion

Kai Toven and Karin Øyaas (PFI, Norway)

V. Extractives; bioactive substances

P41. Liquid phase acetoxylation of α-pinene

M. Golets, S. Ajaikumar and J.–P. Mikkola (Umeå University, Sweden); D. Blomberg (Processum

Biorefinery Initiative AB, Sweden); H. Grundberg (Aditya Birla Domsjö Fabriker AB, Sweden); J.

Wärnå and T. Salmi (Åbo Akademi, Finland)

P42. Biocomposites based on birch suberin

Dongfang Li and Monica Ek (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Tommy Iversen (Innventia,

Sweden)

P43. Isolation of triterpene rich extracts from outer birch bark

Janis Zandersons, Janis Rizhikovs, Baiba Spince, Aigars Pazhe, Vilhelmine Jurkjane, Galina Dobele

and Ausma Tardenaka (Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Latvia)

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VI. Lignin, products and uses

P44. Fractionation and structural characterisation of softwood kraft lignins

Marina Alekhina, Olga Ershova and Herbert Sixta (Aalto University, Finland); Andreas Ebert

(Fraunhofer IAP, Germany)

P45. Funaoka lignin facilitating sustainable and recyclable biocomposites for transportation

Kari Kolppo and Jyrki Vuorinen (Tampere University of Technology, Finland); Masamitsu Funaoka

(Mie University, Japan)

P46. Composites of kraft lignin

Kalle Nättinen, Lisa Wikström and Niklas von Weymarn (VTT, Finland); Lamfeddal Kouisni, Michael

Paleologou and Tom Browne (FPInnovations, Canada)

P47. Selective enzymatic degradation of alkali extracted lignin for the production of high-value

aromatic components

Juho Järvinen, Ville Sotaniemi, Sanna Taskila, Lauri Hiltunen, Sampo Mattila and Heikki Ojamo

(University of Oulu, Finland); Olli Byman, Kaisu Leppänen and Hannu Ilvesniemi (Finnish Forest

Research Institute, Finland)

P48. From lignins to aromatic synthons by base catalysed degradation in continuous reactors – a

tentative review

Detlef Schmiedl, Sarah Endisch, Detlef Rückert and Rainer Schweppe (Fraunhofer Institute for

Chemical Technology, Germany); Gerd Unkelbach (Fraunhofer Chemical and Biotechnological

Process Centre, Germany)

P49. Optimization of the kraft lignin copolymerization with -caprolactone for higher value lignin-

adhesives

Maja Kandula and Stefan Friebel (Fraunhofer WKI, Germany)

P50. Fast catalytic pyrolysis of lignin

Robertus Dhimas D.P., Dong Jin Suh and Kim Chang Soo (Korea Institute of Science and

Technology, Korea)

P51. Analytical tools to study the chemistry of hydrothermal lignin depolymerization

Abdelrahman Ismail, Margareta Sandahl and Charlotta Turner (Lund University, Sweden)

P52. Pulsed corona discharge oxidation in lignin modification

Alexander Sokolov, Sergei Preis and Marjatta Louhi-Kultanen (Lappeenranta University of

Technology, Finland)

P53. Synthetic humic materials from ligneous waste materials of the South-African pulping and

sugar industries. Synthesis and properties

L. Tyhoda and T. Rypstra (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa); K. Fischer (Technical

University of Dresden, Germany); T. Rosenau and F. Liebner (University of Natural Resources and

Life Sciences, Austria)

P54. Effect of black liquor type and lignin fractionation on the polymerisation of a Kraft lignin by

laccase. Optimisation of the operation conditions

S. Gouveia, C. Fernández-Costas, M.A. Sanromán and D. Moldes (University of Vigo, Spain)

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VII. Fibres, pulp and paper, cellulose, hemicelluloses

VIIa. Packaging applications

P55. Recovery strategies control the wood hydrolysate barrier performance

Anas Ibn Yaich, Ulrica Edlund and Ann-Christine Albertsson (Royal Institute of Technology,

Sweden)

P56. Design of new bioresource packaging from wood hydrolysates

Soheil Saadatmand, Ulrica Edlund and Ann-Christine Albertsson (Royal Institute of Technology,

Sweden)

P57. Spray application of biopolymers and tailored refining as tools in the production of formable

paper material for novel applications

Alexey Vishtal, Elias Retulainen, Timo Rantanen and Sauli Vuoti (VTT, Finland)

P58. Renewable barrier films from wood hydrolysates

Yingzhi Zhu Ryberg, Ulrica Edlund and Ann-Christine Albertsson (Royal Institute of Technology,

Sweden)

VIIb. Cellulose and cellulose products; pulp

P59. Functionalizing of cellulosic fibres through patented modification reactions to increase

hydrophobicity

Hans Grundberg and Kristina Elg Christoffersson (Domsjö Fabriker, Sweden); Mårten Hellberg and

Ali Naderi (OrganoClick, Sweden); David Blomberg (Processum Biorefinery Initiative, Sweden)

P60. Nanocellulose as a toughening agent

Mindaugas Bulota and Mark Hughes (Aalto University, Finland)

P61. Cellulose regeneration from solutions of Eucalyptus globulus wood in 1-allyl-3-

methylimidazolium chloride

A. Casas, M.V. Alonso, M. Oliet and F. Rodríguez (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)

P62. Production and separation of water soluble cello-oligomers by supercritical water treatment

and membrane filtration

Lasse Tolonen, Annariikka Roselli and Herbert Sixta (Aalto University, Finland)

P63. Comparison of oxygen delignification of high-kappa pine Kraft pulp in throughflow and batch

mode

Vahid Jafari, Herbert Sixta and Adriaan van Heiningen (Aalto University, Finland)

VIIc. Hemicelluloses; isolation, hydrolysis, products

P64. Hemicellulose precipitation in methanol-water solutions and its effect with solubility

parameters

Karol Peredo, Andrea Andrade and Miguel Pereira (University of Concepcion, Chile)

P65. Recovery of high molar mass hemicelluloses from birch saw dust

Mari Kallioinen, Tuomas Nevalainen and Mika Mänttäri (Lappeenranta University of Technology,

Finland); Olli Byman, Sanna Hautala, Veikko Kitunen, Petri Kilpeläinen and Hannu Ilvesniemi

(Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland)

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P66. Scale-up of pressurised hot flow-through extraction system

Petri Kilpeläinen, Kaisu Leppänen, Sanna Hautala, Olli Byman, Veikko Kitunen and Hannu

Ilvesniemi (Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland); Stefan Willför (Åbo Akademi, Finland)

P67. Fractionation of PHW extracts in a pulp mill biorefinery. Part I: a process concept

Tuomo Sainio, Mari Kallioinen, Olli Nakari and Mika Mänttäri (Lappeenranta University of

Technology, Finland)

P68. Fractionation of PHW extracts in a pulp mill biorefinery. Part II: enhanced performance of

ultrafiltration

Mari Kallioinen, Tuomo Sainio and Mika Mänttäri (Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland)

P69. Extraction of hemicellulose and condensed tannin from spruce bark

Katariina Kemppainen and Vidar Grönberg (VTT, Finland)

P70. Methods to remove foulants from wood extracts prior to ultrafiltration

Elsi Koivula, Mari Kallioinen and Mika Mänttäri (Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland)

P71. Purification of hardwood-derived autohydrolysates

Joni Lehto and Raimo Alén (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)

P72. Hot water extraction of hemicellulose from softwood and sugarcane bagasse using

microwave heating technology

Karin Øyaas, Ingvild A. Johnsen, Mihaela Tanase Opedal and Kai Toven (PFI, Norway); Bård H.

Hoff and Tore Aa. Gulbrandsen (NTNU, Norway)

P73. Modelling of hot water extraction of sawdust

Susanna Kuitunen, Waqar Ahmad and Ville Alopaeus (Aalto University, Finland)

P74. The kinetics of simultaneous aqueous extraction and hydrolysis of spruce hemicelluloses

Jussi Rissanen, Henrik Grénman, Chunlin Xu, Jens Krogell, Stefan Willför, Dmitry Murzin and Tapio

Salmi (Åbo Akademi, Finland)

P75. Acid functionalized carbon as heterogeneous catalysts for dehydration of xylose to furfural

Emma Sairanen, Kati Vilonen, Reetta Karinen and Juha Lehtonen (Aalto University, Finland)

P76. Kinetic study on the formation of furfural from pentoses in complex solutions

B. Danon and W. de Jong (Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands); W. van Well (DONG

Energy, Denmark)

P77. D-Xylonate and xylitol as biorefinery products from hemicellulose

Mervi Toivari, Yvonne Nygård, Maija-Leena Vehkomäki, Laura Ruohonen, Merja Penttilä and

Marilyn Wiebe (VTT, Finland)

P78. Selective oxidation of uronic acids into aldaric acids over gold catalysts

Sari Rautiainen, Jingjing Chen, Markku Leskelä and Timo Repo (University of Helsinki, Finland);

Klaus Niemelä (VTT, Finland)

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VIII. Miscellaneous innovative products

P79. In situ polymerization of polyaniline in wood veneers

Stacy Trey (SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, Sweden); Shadi Jafarzadeh and Mats

Johansson (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)

P80. Pre- and post-processing of solid biofuels and bio-ash into new construction materials

Valter Wigren and Bob Talling (Ekolite Inc., Finland)

IX. Sustainability studies

P81. Carbon footprint of wood biorefinery products – case Forchem tall oil derivative products

Anna Kumpulainen, Tiina Pursula and Jatta Aho (Gaia Consulting, Finland); Janne Lukkarinen, Anu

Valtonen and Minna Lähdekorpi (Forchem, Finland)

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Meet our chairpersons

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Helsinki City Centre: 1. Finlandia Hall; 2. Hotel Arthur; 3. Hotel Scandic Continental; 4. Sokos

Hotel Helsinki; 5. Sokos Hotel Presidentti; 6. Helsinki City Hall (reception on the 23rd October,

street address Pohjoisesplanadi 11-13); 7. Helsinki Music Centre (conference dinner on the 24th

October).