Fuels and Chemicals Products: Advanced Biofuels and Refinery Feedstocks

Thursday, May 2, 2013: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Ballroom II, Ballroom Level
Convener:
Timothy Theiss - ORNL, Knoxville, TN
Co-Convener:
Christine J. Kelly - Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
• Biotechnologies for the production of liquid fuels (butanol, alkyl esters, and beyond). • Development of infrastructure-compatible hydrocarbon biofuels that can directly substitute or blend with current petroleum-derived fuels (gasoline, diesel, and beyond). • Production of bio-based intermediates for petroleum refinery feedstocks. • Logistics of large volume delivery and use of renewable fuels. • Engine testing and certification of new renewable fuels.


8:00 AM
The potential and challenges of "drop-in" biofuels
Sergios Karatzos and Jack N. Saddler, Forest Products Biotechnology & Bioenergy Group, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
8:25 AM
Direct Catalytic Conversion of Aqueous Ethanol Streams into Hydrocarbon Blendstock
Erik M. Casbeer1, James P. Szybist2, Christopher Kinchin3, Martin Keller4, Brian H. Davison4 and Chaitanya K. Narula1, (1)Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, (2)Energy and Environmental Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knoxville, TN, (3)National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, (4)Energy and Environmental Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
8:50 AM
Novel Catalytic Processing of Lignin to Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Dhrubojyoti D. Laskar1, Xiaowen Chen2, Melvin Tucker2 and Bin Yang3, (1)Center for Bioproducts and Bioenergy, Department of Biological System Engineering, Washington State University, Richland, WA, (2)National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, (3)Center for Bioproducts and Bioenergy, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Richland, WA
9:15 AM
Break
9:45 AM
Biorefinary concept applied to the conversion of Brazilian lignocellulosic materials: fractionation, ethanol production, cellulose derivatives, composites and lignin characterization and behavior during treatments
Adilson R. Gonçalves1, Maria da Rosa Capri1, Bruno C. Gambarato1, Fernanda C. Oliveira1, Naila R. Mori1, Patricia C. Mileo1, Priscila Maziero1, Rafael G. Candido1 and George J. M. Rocha2, (1)Departamento de Biotecnologia, Escola de Engenharia de Lorena - Universidade de São Paulo, Lorena, Brazil, (2)Engineering School of Lorena, University of São Paulo and Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory, Lorena, Brazil
10:10 AM
Conversion of MSW into biobutanol
Abdul Aala Najmus Saqib1, Rosa Dominguez1, Renia Gemmell1, Preben Krabben1, Tim Davies1, Aleksandvav Mrzyglocka1 and Carl-Axel Lalander2, (1)Green Biologics Ltd, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, (2)Green Biologics, Abingdon, United Kingdom
10:35 AM
Synthetic Biology Tool Box for the Metabolic Engineering of Ralstonia eutropha 
Changhao Bi, Jana Mueller, Yi-Chun Yeh, Peter Su, Nathan J. Hillson, Harry R. Beller, Swapnil R. Chhabra and Steven W. Singer, Biophysical Science, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emveryville, CA
11:00 AM
The identification and engine testing of potential renewable oxygenated biofuels for the aviation and road transport sectors
Rhodri W. Jenkins, Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, Christopher J. Chuck, Chemical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, Chris D. Bannister, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom and Sarah Nash, EADS Innovation Works, Bristol, United Kingdom
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