2010 Annual Meeting

Session: Biorefinery – Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass II

This session will cover thermochemical conversion of biomass. Recent developments in industry infrastructure are also of interest.

Chair

Sridharan Ramaswamy, University of Minnesota

Co-Chair

Matthew M. Yung, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Presentations

03:15 PM

(517a) Modeling of Steam-Air-Blown Gasification for Biomass in a Dual Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) Gasifier
Son Ich Ngo, Thanh D. B. Nguyen, Young-Il Lim, Won Yang, Uen-Do Lee, Byung-Ho Song

04:05 PM

(517c) Thermal Deoxygenation of Levulinic Acid
M. Clayton Wheeler, Thomas J. Schwartz, Paige Case, Adriaan van Heiningen, G. Peter van Walsum

04:30 PM

(517d) Characterization of a 200 Kw Fluidized Bed Biomass Gasifier
Daniel J. Sweeney, Brett Christensen, Kevin J. Whitty

04:55 PM

(517e) Biomass Co-Firing for CO2 Management: Full-Scale Field Test and Modeling
Jacob B. Beutler, Sonnik Clausen, Alexander Fateev, Soren Hvid, Larry L. Baxter

05:20 PM

(517f) Biorefinery and Biomass Gasification Patent Trends: Essential Information for Researchers and Entrepreneurs
Jeff Lindsay