2018 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Developments in Biorefineries

This session will discuss research efforts that enhance the potential commercialization of various conversion processes to produce fuels and chemicals from biomass or any renewable feedstock. Examples include catalyst development that leads to higher yield and selectivity, novel processes to make chemicals, process development, economic feasibility, success stories, scaled production, and biorefinery sizing.

Chair

Eric C. D. Tan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Co-Chair

Kok Siew Ng, University of Surrey

Presentations

03:30 PM

(395a) Techno-Economic Analysis and Life-Cycle Assessment for Gas Phase Catalytic Oxidation of Lignin to Produce Phenolic Compounds
Eric C. D. Tan, Matthew M. Yung, Calvin Mukarakate, Mark Nimlos, Michael B. Griffin, Seonah Kim

03:50 PM

(395b) Kinetics of Pyrolysis-GCMS and Thermogravimetric Analysis of Oil-Laden Biomass Intermediate from Flashed-Hydrolyzed Microalgae
Alexander Asiedu, Sandeep Kumar

04:10 PM

(395c) Framework for Multi-Scale Modeling and Dynamic Simulation of a Biorefinery
Tobias Ploch, Xiao Zhao, Niklas Tenhaef, Jonathan Hüser, Eric von Lieres, Ralf Hannemann-Tamás, Uwe Naumann, Wolfgang Wiechert, Alexander Mitsos, Stephan Noack

04:30 PM

(395d) Solar Powered Biomass Pyrolysis: A Carbon Neutral Pathway for Producing Fuels and Chemicals
Maohong Fan, Asif Hasan Rony, Dengfeng Qin, Tongtong Wang

04:50 PM

(548x) A Total Site Synthesis (TSS) Model for the Selection, Integration and Planning of Multiple-Process and Multiple-Feedstock Biorefineries
Konstantinos A. Pyrgakis, Antonios Kokosis

05:10 PM

(395f) Optimal Bio-Refinery Configuration Using Economic Metrics and Environmental Impacts Considering Supply, Demand and Process Uncertainties
Abhay Athaley, Yue Zhang, Marianthi Ierapetritou