S4: Cellulosic Biomass Commercialization: Overcoming Obstacles in the Supply Chain for Fuels and Chemicals
Sunday, November 8, 8:30am - 5:00pm
Cost: $499
Where: Belle Meade C, Gaylord Opryland Hotel
Instructors: James Hettenhaus, James D. McMillan and Richard L. Bain
Professional Development Hours: 7.5. Participating in this AIChE short course may qualify as CPC in certain jurisdictions. Attendees will receive a signed Professional Development Hours certificate at the end of the course.
Overview:
Biorefineries convert renewable feedstocks to fuels, chemicals and other value-added products. This approach offers many opportunities to apply multi-disciplinary technologies to produce large volumes of liquid transportation fuels as well as routes to more economic and sustainable production of industrial chemicals. Cellulosic feedstocks in large supply include crop residues like corn stalks and cereal straws that require no additional land use. Energy crops like prairie grass can meet additional supply needs as next generation biorefining technologies are demonstrated and large markets developed. The enabling biochemical, thermochemical and hybrid conversion technology pathways, their recent improvements, and the commercialization status of this rapidly evolving field will be covered, with ample time for discussion.
Schedule of What You Will Learn:
8:30AM Introduction
8: 40 Thermochemical 1, Rich Bain
9:30 Break
9:45 Thermochemical 2 , Q&A
10:45 Break
11:00 Biotech Processing 1, Jim McMillan
11:45 Lunch Break
12:45PM Biotech Processing 2, Q&A
2:15 Break
2:30 Feedstock 1, Hettenhaus
3:30 Break
3:45 Feedstock 2, Q&A
4:30 Open Q&A, Distribute PDH Certificate
Who should attend:
All who are interested in sustainable development for the chemical and biofuels industries: chemical, biochemical and process engineers, application development and product engineers, chemists, biochemists, biologists, academic researchers and students.
About the Instructors:
James Hettenhaus is the Co-founder of Chief Executive Assistance, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in commercializing emerging applications in biotechnology. Since 1997 he has worked with the US Department of Energy, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a variety of private companies to accelerate the commercialization of biomass conversion to chemicals, fuels and materials.
James D. McMillan is a Group Manager and Principal Engineer in the National Renewable Energy Laboratorys Bioenergy Center. He leads the Biorefining Process R&D group working to advance and integrate lignocellulose biorefining technology unit operations. He is a co-chair of the annual Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals and a founder and former chair of AIChE Biorefineries Topical Conference.
Richard L. Bain is a Principal Engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratorys Bioenergy Center. He has extensive experience in the thermal conversion of biomass, municipal wastes, coal, and petroleum to fuels, chemicals and power products. He currently leads the Bioenergy Centers process engineering section performing technoeconomic and life cycle modeling and assessment of biomass conversion processes.
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