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Track 8: Biodiesel
 

Track 8-1: New Technologies for Biodiesel
Time:
08:30-11:50, April 27, 2011 (Wednesday);  Place: Meeting Room 18, 2nd Floor, DWEC

Chair: Dr. Tim Hitchman, Purifine Product Manager, Verenium Corp, USA
Co-Chair: Dr. Suzana Yusup, Head of Mission Oriented Reserach (Green Technology), Chemical Engineering Department, University Technology Petronas, Malaysia

08:30-08:35

Chair's Introduction

08:35-08:55

Title: A Novel Single Step Process for the Production of Biodiesel from Low-grade Oils with High Free Fatty Acid Content
Dr. Flora T. T. Ng, Professor & Research Chair, University of Waterloo, Canada

08:55-09:15

Title: The Application of Wasted Materials on Biodiesel Production
Dr. Yo-ping Greg Wu, Professor, National Ilan University, Taiwan

09:15-09:35

Title: Semi-Industrial Production of Biodiesel with Immobilized Lipases
Dr. Ahmed Tafesh, VP & CTO, TransBiodiesel Ltd., Israel

09:35-09:55

Title: Economic Evaluation of  Heterotropic Microbial (C. albus) Lipid Production using Low Cost Volatile Fatty Acids in MSC-HCDC+ Bioreactor System
Dr. Ho Nam Chang, Professor, KAIST, Korea

09:55-10:15

Title: Maximizing Biodiesel Yield in Integrated Refineries Via Purifine PLC Oil Processing
Dr. Tim Hitchman, Director, Oilseed Processing Enzymes, Verenium Corporation, USA

10:15-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:50

Title: Basic Properties of Crude Rubber Seed Oil and Crude Palm Oil Blend as a Potential Feedstock for Biodiesel Production
Dr. Suzana Yusup, Associate Professor/Head of Mission Oriented Reserach, University Technology Petronas, Malaysia

10:50-11:10

Title: Technology to Convert Vegetable Oil into Biodiesel with the Help of Solid Base Catalysis of Calcium Oxide
Dr. Masato Kouzu, Associate Professor, Doshisha University, Japan

11:10-11:30

Title: Development of Microwave-Assisted Technology for the Synthesis of Biodiesel
Dr. Armando T. Quitain, Assistant Professor, Kumamoto University, Japan

11:30-11:50

Title: Effects of CO2 Concentrations on Growth and Oil Characteristics of an Oil-producing Microalgae, Scenedesmus Dimorphus
Dr. Bo Fu, Associate Professor, Jiangnan University, China

Track 8-2: Large Scale Biodiesel Production, Refining & Quality
Time:
15:30-16:50, April 27, 2011 (Wednesday);  Place: Meeting Room 17, 2nd Floor, DWEC
Chair: Dr. Stephen Fitzpatrick, President, Biometics, LLC, USA
15:30-15:35
Chair's Introduction
15:35-16:00
Title: Advanced Technology of Glycerine Distillation
Dr. Bernd Emersleben, Sales Manager, CIMBRIA SKET GmbH, Germany
16:00-16:25
Title: Professional Biodiesel Quality for Petroleum Industry - Successful Industrial Case Studies
Dr. Edgar Ahn, Chief Innovation Officer, BDI - BioEnergy International AG, Austria
16:25-16:50
Title: Biodiesel Esters from Lignocellulose via the Biofine Process
Dr. Stephen W. Fitzpatrick, President, Biometics, LLC, USA

Track 8-3: Next Generation Biodiesel
Time:
10:30-12:15, April 28, 2011 (Thursday);  Place: Meeting Room 16, 2nd Floor, DWEC
Chair: Dr. Bjorn R. Sorensen, Professor, Narvik University College, Norway
Co-Chair: Dr. Liguang Li, Executive Dean, College of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University, China
10:30-10:35
Chair's Introduction
10:35-11:00
Keynote Speech
Title:
Next Generation of Biodiesel: How Can We Get There?
Dr. K. Y. Simon Ng, Interim Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Chemical, Engineering; Chief Technology Officer, NextCAT Inc.; Director, National Biofuels Energy Laboratory, Wayne State University, USA
11:00-11:25
Title: Suggestion for Industrialization Path of Biomass Energy
Dr. Bjorn R. Sorensen, Professor, Narvik University College, Norway
11:25-11:50
Title: Biochemical Route to Biodiesel Using Lignocelluloses
Zongbao Kent Zhao, Head of the Biomass Conversion Technology Group, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS and Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, China
11:50-12:15
Title: Application Studies of Biodiesel for Automobile Engine
Dr. Liguang Li, Executive Dean, College of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University, China

 
 

Session for Young Scientist
Time: 08:30-12:00, April 28, 2011 (Thursday);  Place: Meeting Room 18, 2nd Floor, DWEC

Chair:  Prachand Shrestha, Post Doctoral Research Scholar, Energy Biosciences Institute, University of California - Berkeley, USA

08:30-08:35

Chair's Introduction

08:35-08:50

Title: Influence of Plant Pathogens on Ethanol Yield in Distilling Wheat
Andrew Michael Watson, Lecturer in Agronomy, Harper Adams University College, UK

08:50-09:05

Title: Co-Digestion, Upgrading and Gas Grid Injection - Minimize GHG-Emissions from the Biogas System in a Cost-Efficient Way
Mikael Lantz, Ph. D. Candidate, Lund University, Sweden

09:05-09:20

Title: The Influence of Process Conditions on the Concentrated Sulphuric Acid Hydrolysis of Wood
Kando Khalifa Janga, Ph. D. Student, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

09:20-09:35

Title: Modification of Novel Yeasts for the Production of Butanol by Metabolic Engineering
Dr. Hui Wang, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Manchester, UK

09:35-09:50

Title: Mechanical Disruption of Microalgal Cells for Biodiesel Production
Ronald Halim, Ph. D. Candidate, Monash University, Australia

09:50-10:05

Title: Environmental Assessment of Biorefinery Systems, A Southern Swedish Case Study
Anna Ekman, Ph. D. Students, Lund University, Sweden

10:05-10:20

Title:Bioprospecting of Lignocellulose Degrading Fungi Isolated from Miscanthus and Sugarcane Fields
Prachand Shrestha, Post Doctoral Research Scholar, Energy Biosciences Institute, University of California, USA

10:20-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:45

Title: Botanical Classification: Why It's Important and How a Better Understanding Can Improve Decisions Related to Bioenergy Production
Rebecca Garlock, Ph.D. Candidate, Michigan State University, USA

10:45-11:00

Title: Feeding Animals with Biodiesel Glycerol. Effect of Biodiesel G- Fractions on Genes Regulating Microsomal Metabolism
Dr. Eszter Szele, Doctor, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pécs, Hungary

11:00-11:15

Title: Production and Characterization of Biodiesel Produced from Musk melon (Cucumis melo) Seed Oil
Umer Rashid, Post Doctoral Fellow, Universiti Tecknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia

11:15-11:30

Title: Converting Biomass to Sugars via Pyrolysis
Qi Li, Graduate Research Assistant, Mississippi State University, USA

11:30-11:45

Title: Suggestion for Industrialization Path of Biomass Energy
Wei Cui, Student, Narvik University College, Norway

11:45-12:00 Title: A Survey of Biodiesel Extraction and Biogas Production by Using Food Waste
Yan Zhong, Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environmental Protection , China

 



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