2006 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Life Cycle Analysis of Renewable Feedstock-Based Processes and Products

Emphasis on cradle-to-grave life cycle assessments of existing or conceptual processes for producing value-added fuels, chemicals, and/or materials from renewable agricultural residues, plant-derived starches and oils (lipids), lignocellulosic biomass, or plant-based industrial processing wastes.

Chair

Mary Ann Curran, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Co-Chair

David R. Shonnard, Department of Chemical Engineering

Presentations

03:15 PM

(595a) Life Cycle Assessment of Integrated Biorefinery: Corn Grain, Corn Stover and Switchgrass

Seungdo Kim, Bruce E. Dale, Mark Laser, Lee R. Lynd

03:35 PM

(595b) Considering Advanced Biorefineries in Context

Mark Laser, Shahab Sokhansanj, David Bransby, R. Lance Martin, Haiming Jin, Lee R. Lynd, Eric D. Larson, Bruce E. Dale

03:55 PM

(595c) Life Cycle Analysis of Polyols from Soy Oil or Castor Oil

Richard K. Helling

04:15 PM

(595d) Optimal Biorefinery Resource Utilization by Combining Process and Economic Modeling

Norman E. Sammons, Mario R. Eden, Burak Aksoy, Harry T. Cullinan

04:45 PM

(595e) Impacts on Soil of Large-Scale Crop Residue Harvest for Biofuel Production

John M. Baker, Wallace W. Wilhelm

05:05 PM

(595f) Techno-Economic Analysis of Lignocellulose to Fuel Ethanol Biorefinery

Hua-jiang Huang, Sridharan Ramaswamy, Al-Dajani Waleed, Ulrike Tschirner, Richard Cairncross

05:25 PM

(595g) Comparative Study of Biofuels Vs Petroleum Fuels Using Input-Output Hybrid Life-Cycle Assessment

Anil Baral, Bhavik Bakshi