2010 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

J. Richard Hess, Idaho National Laboratory

Co-Chair

Steve Kelley, North Carolina State University

Presentations

08:30 AM

(64a) Food and Fuel: The Technical Potential of Biofuels in the United States Using Land Efficient Animal Feeds
Bryan Bals, Bruce E. Dale, Seungdo Kim, Pragnya Eranki

08:55 AM

(64b) Optimal Design of Sustainable Cellulosic-Based Advanced Biofuels Supply Chains
Fengqi You, Ling Tao, Diane J. Graziano, Seth W. Snyder

09:20 AM

(64c) Establishing a Dedicated Energy Crop Supply Chain: The Tennessee Switchgrass Experience
Samuel W. Jackson

09:45 AM

(64d) Techno-Economic Feasibility of Miscanthus as Biomass Feedstock: Analysis Using BioFeed Model
Yogendra Shastri, Alan Hansen, Luis Rodriguez, K.C. Ting

10:10 AM

(64e) Methods for Determining Chemical Mechanisms of Biomass Torrefaction
Richard Boardman, Jaya Shankar Tumuluru, Jospeh Smith

10:35 AM

(64f) Optimal Design of Biomass Processing Networks for Biofuel Production Under Uncertainty
Jinkyung Kim, Matthew Realff, Jay H. Lee