Catalysis and Alternative Feedstocks
"Catalysis and Alternative Feedstocks for the Biofuels Industry"
A New Industrial Chemistry and Engineering (NIChE) Workshop
by the Council for Chemical Research
September 21 - 22, 2011
University of Delaware Campus
Newark, DE
SESSION 1 - Plenary
Mark Barteau, UDel
Introduction
Joe Powell, Shell
Future Energy & Chemicals from Bio-Based Feedstocks: Catalytic Challenges & Opportunities
Tom Foust, NABC
Overview of Conversion Technologies for Converting Biomass to Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels
SESSION 2 - Hydrogen Production
Bob Cassidy, Air Liquide
Industrial Perspective on Hydrogen Production: Needs and Opportunities
Paul Dauenhauer, UMass Amherst
Catalytic Autothermal Reforming of Renewable Fuels at Millisecond Times
Dave King, PNNL
Hydrogen Production via Aqueous Phase Reforming
SESSION 3 - Feedstock Upgrading, Reduction, Heteroatom Handling
Mike Klein, UDel
Integrating Biofuels & Petroleum Refining: The Guidance of Quantitative Kinetics and Process Modeling
Randy Cortright, Virent
Catalytic Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Conventional Liquid Fuels and Chemicals
George Huber, UMass
Renewable Petrochemicals from Biomass by Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis
Dan Resasco, Univ of Oklahoma
Model Compound Studies Towards the Catalytic Upgrade of Pyrolysis in Vapor and Liquid Phases
SESSION 4 - Specialty Applications of Catalysis in Biomass Processing
Laurel Harmon, LanzaTech
Converting Ethanol to Hydrocarbon Fuels
Robert Weber, Sunrise Ridge
Algaculture for Beneficiating Carbon Dioxide Produced in Cement Manufacturing
Brent Shanks, Iowa State
Chemicals from Biorenewables: Creating a New Catalytic Platform
Theodore Krause, ANL
Workshop Summary
Program Committee:
Mark Barteau, University of Delaware (chair)
Ted Krause, Argonne National Laboratory
Charles Peden, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
David Hamilton, Shell Global Research
Joseph Kocal, UOP
CCR's Strategic Framework for the 21st Century
