2016 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Developments in the Commercialization of Fuels and Chemicals from Biomass

This session will discuss progress in commercialization of various conversion processes to produce fuels and chemicals from biomass

Chair

Eric C. D. Tan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Co-Chairs

Sumesh Sukumara, Technical University of Denmark
Orion Hanbury, University of Nevada, Reno

Presentations

08:30 AM

(761a) Technoeconomic Analysis of Conversion of Corn Fiber to Ethanol Using Engineered Thermophilic Bacteria
Mark Laser, Lee R. Lynd, Xiaoyu Liang, Christopher D. Herring

09:00 AM

(761b) Assessing Technological, Economic and Environmental Performance of Bio-Based Chemicals
Sumesh Sukumara, MIguel A. Campodonico, Markus J. Herrgård

09:30 AM

(761c) The Effect of Technology Choices on the Biorefinery Value Chain: Facile Analysis Using the Value Chain Assessment Platform (VCAP)
Madeleine J. Bussemaker, Nikolaos Trokanas, Franjo Cecelja

10:00 AM

(761d) Estimated Economic Impacts of Biofuel Production - a Comparative Analysis of Three Cellulosic Biofuel Pathways
Yimin Zhang

10:30 AM

(761f) Total Acid Number (TAN) Analysis of Bio-Oil and Tan Balance over Bio-Oil Neutralization
Costas Tsouris, Sotira Yiacoumi, Abhijeet P. Borole, Lydia K.-E. Park