Preliminary Program subject to change
TE002 Business Case & Sustainable Feedstocks
OverviewThis session presents the business case for sustainabiity and innovations related to the use of sustainable or renewable feedstocks and resources.
Primary SponsorTopical E: Sustainability in Practice (TE)
Co-Sponsor(s)Process Research and Innovation (12a), Sustainable Engineering Forum (23), Topical 9: Infusing Sustainability: HSE and Business Workflows (T9)

Chair

Joseph B. Powell
Chief Scientist Chemical Engineering
Shell Global Solutions US Inc.
Westhollow Technology Center
P. O. Box 1380
Houston, TX 77251-1380
Phone Number: 281-544-8976
Email: Joe.Powell@shell.com

CoChair

Andrew Mangan
Executive Director
United States Business Council for Sustainable Development
4425 South Mopac, Bldg. II, Suite 202
Austin, TX 78735
Phone Number: 512-328-8795
Email: mangan@usbcsd.org
New Views on Climate Change and Societal Implications Thereof
Earl R. Beaver, Practical Sustainability, LLC, PO Box 599, Chesterfield, MO 63006-0599
Modeling the Combined Effects of Forests and Agriculture on Future Water Availability
Jason T. Kirby, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hoen 140, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-4440 and Robert W. Peters, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1075 13th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294-4440
Pyrolysis Kinetics of Bagasse Fibers
Liangfeng Sun1, Yan Chen1, Ioan I. Negulescu1 and Mary Ann Moore2, (1)School of Human Ecology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (2)College of Human Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306
Catalytic Conversion of Biomass in Organic Solvents
Aiguo Liu, YoonKook Park, Zhiliang Huang, Baowu Wang and Ramble O. Ankumah, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088
Use of Molecular Sieves to Remove H2S and CΟ2 from Landfill Gas, Producing a High-Energy Content Methane Stream
Manolis M. Tomadakis, Chemical Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, 150 West University Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32901, Merilyn L. Hall, United Space Alliance, Melbourne, FL and Howell H. Heck, Civil Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, 150 West University Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32901
Physical-Mechanical Properties of Panels Manufactured from the Blend of Residues of the Wood, Asparagus and Bagasse of Sugar Cane
Gamarra, F.M.C.; Tambourgi, E. B. Bittencourt, Chemical Engineering, State University of Campinas, City Universitary "Zeferino Vaz" -P.O. 6066 - CEP 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, Brazil

Topical E: Sustainability in Practice