Session: Sustainable Biomass Feedstock Production and Supply for the Emerging Biorefinery Industry (2012 Annual Meeting)

Description:

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.

Sponsor:

Sustainable Biorefineries

Co-Sponsor(s):

ICE 2012: Biorefinery Technologies for Forest Based Lignocellulosic Biomass (T4A), ICE2012: BioFuels (T4F), Topical B: 2nd Annual World Congress on Sustainable Engineering (TB)

Chair:

Steven E. Taylor
Professor, Head & Director
Auburn University
Biosystems Engineering
200 Corley Building
Auburn, AL 36849
Email: taylost@auburn.edu

Co-Chair:

Yogendra Shastri
Post-doctoral Research Associate
Energy Biosciences Institute
Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1209 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801
Email: yshast1@illinois.edu

Papers:

380a

Multidisciplinary Optimization Model for Region Specific Sustainable Biorefining
Sumesh Sukumara, University of Kentucky; Dr. Jeffrey Seay, University of Kentucky; Dr. Fazleena Badurdeen, University of Kentucky; Joseph Amundson, University of Kentucky; William Faulkner, University of Kentucky

380b

Sustainable Processing of Water Hyacinth Through a Distributed Biorefinery System
José Ezequiel Santibañez-Aguilar, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo; Janett Betzabe Gonzalez-Campos, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo; José María Ponce-Ortega, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo; Medardo Serna-González, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo; Mahmoud El-Halwagi, Texas A&M University

380c

Optimal Design of County-Level Hydrocarbon Biorefinery Supply Chains Under Uncertainty: A Case Study for the State of Illinois Using Spatially-Explicit Model
Yuan Yao, Northwestern University; Berhane H. Gebreslassie, Northwestern University; Fengqi You, Northwestern University

380d

Life-Cycle Assessments of Forest Biomass Supply in Michigan
Robert M. Handler, Michigan Technological University; Dalia Abbas, Tennessee State University; Ajit Srivastava, Michigan State University; David R. Shonnard, Michigan Technological University

380e

Distributed Small Scale Marine Biorefineries: Scale Analyses and Design for Developing Countries
Alexander Golberg, UC Berkeley; Gregory Linshiz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Nathan Hillson, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Jay D. Keasling, UC, Berkeley; Alexander Chemodanov, Independent; Mark Koudritsky, Independent

380f

Identification of the Most Appropriate Method to Use Sewage Sludge As a Source of Alternative Energy
Yolanda Pliego-Bravo, Instituto Tecnológico de Orizaba; Marlene Vergara-Hernández, INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE ORIZABA; Galo Rafael Urrea-García, Instituto Tecnologico de Orizaba; María Elena García-Reyes, Instituto Tecnologico de Orizaba

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