4: Hydrocarbon and Algae-based Biofuels

Tuesday, April 20, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Salon F-G (Hilton Clearwater Beach)
Chair:
Eric E. Jarvis
Co-chair:
Cathy Asleson
8:00 AM
Strategies for improving the photon usage efficiency and productivity of microalgal cultures
Zoee Gokhale, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center; Clayton Stroff, Phycal, LLC; Richard Sayre, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
8:30 AM
A novel, cost-effective method for producing ethanol from carbon dioxide in hybrid algae
Craig R. Smith, Algenol Biofuels Inc.; Paul Woods, Algenol Biofuels Inc.; Ed Legere, Algenol Biofuels Inc.
9:00 AM
Techno-economic analysis of biomass-to-hydrocarbons via the MixAlco process
Mark T. Holtzapple, Texas A&M University; Mahmoud El-Halwagi, Texas A&M University; Viet Pham, Texas A&M University; Cesar B. Granda, Terrabon, Inc.
9:30 AM
Clostridium beijerinckii tolerance improvement to biomass hydrolysate inhibitors during the acetone butanol and ethanol (ABE) fermentation
Hans P. Blaschek, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Yi Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
11:00 AM
Development of microalgal biomass feedstocks for the production of advanced, high-energy density biofuels
Al Darzins, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Lee Elliott, Colorado School of Mines; Lieve Laurens, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Edward J. Wolfrum, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Matthew Posewitz, Colorado School of Mines
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