Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Exhibit Hall
The successful scale up and commercialization of bio-fuels and biomaterials is a challenging task that requires collaboration of professionals from many disciplines. Process simulators and other computer aids can facilitate this task by assisting scientists and engineers to answer the following and other related questions: What process development efforts could have the highest return on investment? What changes are required in an existing multi-product facility to accommodate the process of a new product? What is the impact of extensive recycling on the demand for utilities, the environment and the cost of goods? Our experience in addressing the above and other related questions will be presented using industrial examples in which we evaluated technologies for producing succinic acid and lysine for animal feed.