Biorefinery Optimization Workshop in Chicago
I have just learned about an interesting biorefinery
workshop organized by BETO
(BioEnergy Technology Office of US Department of Energy) in Chicago. I share
the information available in this post.
Purpose
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To advance
the understanding of the current capabilities, as well as barriers and
opportunities, for the operation of integrated biorefineries to produce
biofuels, biochemicals and bioproducts.
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Dates
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October 5
– 6, 2016
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Location
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Loews
Chicago O'Hare Hotel (Rosemont, IL, USA)
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Registration
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Draft
Agenda
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Contact
Info
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Remy
Biron (Remy.Biron@ee.doe.gov) or
Borka Kostova (Borka.Kostova@ee.doe.gov)
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There are still numerous challenges that need
to be overcome in order to achieve reliable and continuous operation of
biorefineries that effectively compete with the refining and petrochemical
industry. In order to address those challenges, the workshop will be organized
with parallel breakout sessions that will focus on the following three
technical areas:
- Key technical and economic challenges facing feedstocks and solids handling processes. This session will explore the movement of feedstocks from the plant gate through to the throat of the reactor and discuss the key challenges related to commercialization of feed handling concepts and approaches on how to overcome these challenges.
- Efforts in process intensification, scale-up and CapEx/OpEx reduction. This session will analyze efforts to successfully achieve project scale up (pilot-scale to commercialization) for production of biofuels and biochemicals, the factors essential to reducing operational risks and the key technical milestones that projects must overcome along the way.
- Product and waste stream monetization. This session will study the co-product and waste streams that exist in integrated biorefinery operations, but are considered to be of little economic significance at this point, discuss methods for fully utilizing the potential of waste streams to obtain higher value products and how to separate valuable components.
Note: You can see a list of congresses and workshops related to biorefineries and green chemistry here.