2008 Annual Meeting

Session: Sustainable Biomass Feedstock Production and Supply for the Emerging Biorefinery Industry

Explore developments in methods for sustainable supply of renewable feedstocks for processing to fuels, chemicals, and materials to support a biobased economy. Favor papers demonstrating the sound application of core scientific and engineering principles.

Chair

Richard Hess, Idaho National Laboratory

Co-Chair

Tom L. Richard, Pennsylvania State University

Presentations

12:30 PM

(511a) Sustainable Biofuel Production: a DOE Perspective
Alison Goss Eng

12:55 PM

(511b) Sustainable Strategies for Biofuel Production
Tom L. Richard, Gustavo Camargo, Robert P. Anex, Ed Van Ouwerkerk

01:20 PM

(511c) Biological Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass during Wet Storage and Its Impact on Downstream Biorefinery Processes
Megan Marshall, Tom L. Richard, Qin Chen, Irene Darku, Lynn Petzke, Corey Radtke, Allison Ray, Farzaneh Rezaei, Deepti Tanjore

01:45 PM

(511d) Sustainability of Biomass Feedstock Production, Removal, and Transport Optimization
Remegio B. Confesor, Gerald Whittaker, Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf

02:10 PM

(511e) Providing a Sustained Biomass Supply: Implications of Feedstock Variation
Timothy Rials

02:35 PM

(511f) Development of Feedstock Quality Specifications for Optimizing Biofuels Conversion Processes
Judy K. Partin, Garold L. Gresham, Peter A. Pryfogle