Biomass Research Presentation Set for July 26
Contact: Sandra Neily, 581-2831; George Manlove, 581-3756
ORONO — Adriaan VanHeiningen, professor of chemical and biological engineering, will speak to students working on summer biomass research projects on campus at a public forum July 26, from 4-5 p.m. in the Jenness Hall Soderberg Lecture Theater, on”Potential New Bulk Products in the Forest Biorefinery.”
The public is invited to hear about developing new uses for forest bi-products, specifically the removal of hemicellulose from wood pulp and conversion of hemicellulose into biofuels, energy, wood plastics and other industrial and consumer products.
The process, under way at Red Shield Environmental, the former Georgia-Pacific Corp., is the result of collaboration involving Red Shield and UMaine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Initiative, which is partially funded by the National Science Foundation and Department of Energy.