3: Biomass Supply and Logistics

Monday, May 2, 2011: 1:00 PM-4:30 PM
Willow A-B, 2nd fl (Sheraton Seattle)
Chair:
Steve Thomas
Co-chair:
Garold L. Gresham
1:00 PM
DOE’s perspective on feedstock supply logistics
Steven R. Thomas, Golden Field Office, Department of Energy, Golden, CO and Garold L. Gresham, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID
1:30 PM
Techno-economic assessment of granulation based biomass supply logistics system for a biorefinery
Sudhagar Mani, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA and Shahab Sokhansanj, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
2:30 PM
Break - Sponsored by Sartorius-Stedim
3:00 PM
Within-bale compositional variability after storage: Impact on feedstock value for biological conversion to ethanol
William A. Smith1, Kevin L. Kenney2, Allison Ray2, Mark Delwiche1 and Adam Wirt3, (1)Biological Systems Department, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, (2)Biofuels & Renewable Energy Technologies, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, (3)Poet Biomass, Sioux Falls, SD
3:30 PM
Pipeline transport of agricultural biomass – experimental results
Mahdi Vaezi, A. Kumar and Jason Luk, Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
4:00 PM
Understanding the impact of feedstock production options on water resource and water quality
May Wu1, Yonas Demissie2 and Eugene Yan2, (1)Energy Systems Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, (2)Environmental Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
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