16-17 Oct, 2006
Munich, GERMANY
LondonParis/Kopenh/Zurich
LondonParis/Kopenh/Zurich
| Day 1 - Monday, 16 October | |
| 8:00 | Registration |
| 9:00 | Chairman’s Opening Remarks |
| Tord Fjällström , Chairman | |
| European Biomass Industry Association (EUBIA) | |
| 9:15 | BTL PROGRESS REPORTS, LOGISTICS, GHG ANALYSIS |
UPDATE ON THE WORLD’S FIRST COMMERCIALIZED BTL PROJECT | |
| Tom Blades, CEO | |
| Choren Industries GmbH Freiberg | |
| 9:50 | IFP BTL INITIATIVES |
| • Developments in optimising integration of biomass conversion process and liquid fuel production processes | |
| • Synfuel FT process: from natural gas to biomass | |
| Dr. Jean Luc Duplan, BTL Manager | |
| IFP - Institut Francais Du Petrole | |
| 10:30 | Discussion followed by Coffee |
| 11:00 | BIOMASS SUPPLY & DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN - FUTURE OUTLOOK |
| Dr. Ing. Daniela Thrän | |
| Institute of Energy, Economics and Environment, Leipzig | |
| 11:30 | RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AT THE BIOMASS CHP GÜSSING IN THE AREA OF FT-SYNTHESIS |
| Dr. Reinhard Rauch | |
| Institute for Chemical Eng-Fuel and Environmental Tech | |
| University of Technology Vienna | |
| 12:00 | BTL PROJECT IN JAPAN |
| • BTL technology for small to medium plants with woody biomass as raw materials | |
| Kinya Sakanishi, Director | |
| Biomass Technology Research Center / BTRC, Japan | |
| 12:30 | COMPARISON OF WELLS-TO WHEELS ANALYSES OF ALL BTL TECHNOLOGIES |
| Dr. Guido Reinhardt, Scientific Director | |
| Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg GmbH | |
| 1:00 | Discussion followed by Lunch |
| 2:15 | RECENT TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION FOR COMMERCIAL COMPETITIVE BIOFUELS PRODUCTION |
| Giuliano Grassi, Executive Vice-President | |
| EUBIA | |
| 2:40 | BREAKING ECONOMIC BARRIERS IN BTL FUELS: LOGISTICS, TRANSPORTATION, CONVERSION |
| Dr. Desmond Radlein, Director | |
| DynaMotive Energy Systems Corporation | |
| 3:10 | LURGI’S BIOFUEL TECHNOLOGIES - STATUS & FUTURE |
| Dr. Ludolf W Plass, Executive VP – Technology | |
| Lurgi | |
| 3:50 | Discussion followed by Tea |
| 4:20 | DEVELOPMENT IN MICROCHANNEL SYNTHESIS REACTORS |
| Jeff McDaniel, Manager - Business Development | |
| Velocys | |
| 4:50 | CONVERSION OF BIODIESEL GLYCERIN INTO INDUSTRIAL GLYCOLS |
| Jeffery Mahaffey, Executive Vice President | |
| International Polyol Chemicals Inc | |
| 5:30 | Discussion. Close of Day 1 |
| 1800 - 1930 hrs. Cocktail Reception | |
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| Day 2 - Tuesday, 17 October | |
| 9:00 | Chairman’s Remarks |
| 9:15 | VIEWS FROM AUTOMOTIVE MAKERS |
| BTL FUELS AND DEVELOPING IT AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THEIR FUEL STRATEGY | |
| • Volkswagen | |
| Dr. Hartmut Heinrich, Executive Manager | |
| Group Research Powertrain | |
| Fuels & Lubricants | |
| 9:45 | • Volvo |
| Patrik Klintbom | |
| Coordinator Alternative Fuels and Urea | |
| Volvo Technology Corporation | |
| - Fuels and Lubricants | |
| 10:15 | Discussion followed by Coffee |
| 10:45 | INITIAL BIOMASS TREATMENT (PYROLYSIS AND TORREFACTION) FOR LARGE-SCALE FISCHER-TROPSCH PRODUCTION FROM IMPORTED BIOMASS |
| Ir. A. Van der Drift | |
| Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) | |
| 11:15 | ADVANCEMENTS IN REACTOR TECHNOLOGY FOR FISCHER TROPSCH WITH BIOMASS AS FEEDSTOCK |
| • New methodology for scaleup and design these reactors along with advanced measurement techniques | |
| Professor Al-Dahhan Muthanna, Co-Director - Chemical Reaction | |
| Engineering Lab (CREL) | |
| Washington University | |
| 11:45 | NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN LARGE SCALE BIOMASS GASIFICATION |
| Erik Rensfelt, Consultant | |
| ERen Energy | |
| 12:15 | Final Discussion followed by Lunch |
| 2:15 | Close of Conference |
