| Day 1 - [28 May, 2008 - Wednesday] |
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08:30
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Registration & Morning Coffee
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09:00
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NEXT GEN ETHANOL PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY & ECONOMICS
ETHANOL PRODUCTION
Brief Introduction to Mature technologies
• Squeezed sugar (Sugarcane)
- Process description
• Starch (Corn)
- Process description
• Distillation
- Alcoholic distillation, description, capacities
• Anhydrous ethanol production
Texas A&M University
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10:00
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ADVANCED MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY FOR ETHANOL DEWATERING
Mr. Willy Yeo, Asst Vice President
Hyflux Group of Companies
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10:45
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CELLULOSIC ETHANOL
• Historic background of cellulosic ethanol
• Importance of establishing a cellulosic-ethanol economy
• Potential feedstock & yields
• Characteristics of lignocellulose
• Some incentives for implementing cellulosic ethanol
- Agricultural waste burning phase out
- Lignocellulose yields
- Environmental impact of using wastes
- Potential ethanol yield from lignocellulosic sources
• High-productivity crops (energy cane, Miscanthus hybrids, sweet sorghum, water hyacinth)
• Harvesting, transportation and storage strategies (efficiency and economics)
Texas A&M University
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12:00
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Lunch
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14:00
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ETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM LIGNOCELLULOSE
i) Gasification followed by Catalysis
• Economics/yields
• Description of processes
ii) Gasification followed by ethanol fermentation (Gaddy process)
iii) Lignocellulose hydrolysis processes followed by ethanol fermentation
• Acid hydrolysis
• Enzymatic hydrolysis
• Pretreatment technologies for enhancing biodigestibility
• Ethanologenic microorganisms
Texas A&M University
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16:30
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Discussion and End of Day 1
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| Day 2 - [29 May, 2008 - Thursday] |
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09:00
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iv) Lignocellulose hydrolysis followed by Acetic-acid fermentation with downstream Chemical transformation into ethanol (the Zeachem process)
• Rationale: Acetic-acid fermentation vs. ethanol fermentation
v) Mixed-acid fermentation of lignocellulose followed by downstream chemical transformation into ethanol and higher-alcohols (the MixAlco process)
• Alcohols conversion to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel
Dr. Cesar B Granda, Research Engineer
Texas A&M University
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10:30
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OVERVIEW AND COMPARISON OF INITIATIVES IN THE LIGNOCELLULOSE ETHANOL PLAYING FIELD
• Comparison of major initatives and ranking the major players, in terms of technology, feedstocks used, commercialisation strategies
Mr. Carlo Hamelinck, Consultant - BioEnergy
Ecofys Netherlands BV
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11:15
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CERTIFICATION OF SUSTAINABILITY AND QUALITY ALONG THE LOGISTIC CHAIN
Ms. Kris Truyens, Head of Marketing For Biofuels Global
SGS OIL, GAS & CHEMICALS
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11:45
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BIOBUTANOL - TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMICS & RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
- Introduction & History of the ABE Fermantation Metabolic Pathway
University of Illinois,Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research
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12:30
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Lunch
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14:00
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- Clostridia Strain Development and Characterization
- Post-Genomic Characterization
- Downstream Processing & Recovery Intergrated Process
- Scale Up and Commercialisation of ABE
University of Illinois,Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research
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17:00
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Final Discussion. End of Conference
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