Conversion Technologies (Deconstruction or Synthesis): Biomass Pretreatment and Fermentation ­Engineering and Scale Up

Thursday, May 2, 2013: 1:00 PM-4:30 PM
Pavilion, Plaza Level
Convener:
Thomas Pschorn - Andritz, Inc., Glens Falls, NY
Co-Convener:
Johnway Gao - Catchlight Energy LLC, Federal Way, WA



1:00 PM
Development of a pilot-scale packed bed Ammonia Fiber Expansion (AFEXTM) process
Timothy Campbell, Farzaneh Teymouri, John Glassbrook, David Senyk, Bryan D. Bals, Chandra D. Nielson, Josh J. Videto and Janette M. Moore, MBI International, Lansing, MI
1:25 PM
1:50 PM
Pretreatment scale-up: from the lab to commercial systems
Christopher R.W. Gerken, Jeremy Javers, Laers Malburg, Ryan Hoefling and Jesse Spooner, R&D, ICM, Inc, St. Joseph, MO
2:15 PM
Break
2:40 PM
Scale up of steam pretreatment of biomass for production of fermentable sugars
Quang Nguyen, Weidong He, Kevin Gross and Leroy Holmes, Abengoa Bioenergy, Chesterfield, MO
3:05 PM
Tailor made process equipment and equipment scalability
Mads Berthinus Pedersen, Magnus Hallas-Møller, Jacob Birke Reves, Mattias Ljunggren, Martin Hostrup and Rune Skovgaard-Petersen, BioGasol ApS, Ballerup, Denmark
3:55 PM
Large scale verification of butyric acid fermentations at the EPAB Demo Plant in Örnsköldsvik
Magnus Sjöblom1, Ulrika Rova1, Adam Jaros2 and Kris A. Berglund1, (1)Biochemical and Chemical Process Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden, (2)Food Science, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI
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