Tuesday, May 5, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Ballroom C (InterContinental San Francisco Hotel)
Session 8: Biofuels Logistics and Sustainability
The potential of lignocellulosic biomass to supply humanity with renewable fuels and chemicals is significant but constrained by environmental sustainability considerations such as land availability, soil quality and water use. Papers in this session will examine these and other sustainability issues that must be understood for the bioenergy industry to rapidly grow.
Chair:J. Richard Hess
8:00 AMAn up-to-date overview and comparison of sustainability certification schemes for biofuels
Andre Faaij, Jinke van Dam
8:30 AMInternational trade in lignocellulose biomass
Peter-Paul Schouwenberg
9:00 AMFood and Fuel: Investigation into integrating animal feed production with cellulosic ethanol from switchgrass
Bryan D. Bals, Bruce Dale, Michael Allen
9:30 AMBreak
10:00 AMSourcing Stover: Results from the ISU Integrated Corn Stover Feedstock Supply Systems Project
Rob Anex, Kenneth J. Moore, Stuart Birrell, Kendall R. Lamkey Lamkey, M. Paul Scott, K. Mark Bryden, Tom L. Richard, Kevin J. Shinners, James Coors, Richard E. Muck, Liz Marshall
10:30 AMA Life Cycle Impact Assessment Framework for Characterizing Human Health Benefits and Impacts from Emerging Biofuels
Agnes B. Lobscheid, Thomas E. McKone
11:00 AMProcess technology and integration options for a sustainable biorefinery
Carina Maria Alles, Robin E. Jenkins, Jamie P. Ginn, Bruce M. Vrana, Robert W. Sylvester, Susan M. Hennesey

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