Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Exhibit Hall
Biorefineries face many challenges as they seek to obtain maximum value from their feedstocks. Often the initial product or products a plant was built to produce are either insufficient to support the operation, or are vulnerable to market fluctuations that complicate long term planning. Taking a whole-feedstock approach to process development and plant design adds flexibility to operations that can provide considerable risk minimization. Hazen has been conducting studies on softwood feedstocks for several years with the intent of incorporating 'real-world' plant performance data into a cost-benefit model for the integrated biorefinery. The presentation will focus on the data collected, and the subsequent relative value of various product streams of a process, assuming that the integrated operation can shunt feedstocks, intermediates and co-products to those areas that provide the most value.