BTL & Bio-Based Chemicals 2010

Speaker Profile: Ingvar Landalv, Chief Technology Officer, Chemrec AB

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:49:54 +0000

Ingvar Landälv is born 1950 and is a Swedish citizen. He graduated in 1975 with a MSc in Physics & Chemistry. He has more than 30 years experience of process R&D, design, engineering, construction and operation of gasification based process plants based on oil, coal and biomass as feedstock. He holds a number of patents in the area of energy integration in gasification based processes.

Since 1997 he has been full time engaged in the development and commercialization of the Chemrec black liquor gasification technology serving as Chief Technology Officer. In this capacity he has taken the initiative to convert the pulp mills to biorefineries thus making the mills producers of syngas based fuels / chemicals besides there base product paper pulp.

BTL & Bio-Based Chemicals 2010 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 1 – Wednesday, 6 October
16:00 BioDME production via black liqour gasification route & technology scaleup

BTL & Bio-Based Chemicals 2010 is an authoritative platform for all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Biomass to Liquids industry. BTL & Bio-Based Chemicals 2010 will showcase key experts who are already in the field, technology companies, researchers and investors from all over the world, presenting new perspectives on the latest technology advancements, new capabilities and improved BTL economics. To find out more about BTL & Bio-Based Chemicals 2010 in Rotterdam from 6 to 7 October 2010, please visit http://www.btltec.com/btl/.

Speaker Profile: Eelco Dekker, Chief Marketing Officer, BioMCN

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:42:55 +0000

As Chief Marketing Officer, Eelco focuses on marketing bio-methanol as an attractive, sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative for a variety of fuel and other applications. Eelco is also involved in the introduction of a bio-fuel certificatesystem that captures relevant sustainability data and can be traded internationally.

BTL & Bio-Based Chemicals 2010 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, 7 October
11:10 Conversion of Crude Glycerine to Bio-Methanol

Speaker Profile: Dr. Sean Simpson, Co-Founder/ Chief Scientific Officer, LanzaTech NZ

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:38:52 +0000

Sean Simpson holds a PhD from York University and a Masters degree from Nottingham University, UK.

Prior to founding LanzaTech in 2005, Sean had several years experience in bio-products development working with Hoffmann La-Roche in Basel, Switzerland, the Japan International Research Centre for Agricultural Sciences, and Genesis R&D in Auckland, New Zealand.

BTL & Bio-Based Chemicals 2010 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 1 – Wednesday, 6 October
16:30 Creating Something from Nothing – Adding Value to Steel Mill Gases

Speaker Profile: Dr. Michiel Carbo, Research Engineer – biosyngas, bioSNG and BECCS, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN)

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:32:24 +0000

Michiel Carbo (1978) graduated from the Technical University of Eindhoven with a Master’s degree in studied Building Services, and attended the postgraduate course ‘Process and Equipment Design’ at the Chemical Engineering department of Delft University of Technology. He has been with the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) for 6.5 years, and conducted research on CO2 capture technologies as well as biomass gasification, gas cleaning and fuel synthesis. At present he coordinates all Bio Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) R&D activities at ECN.

BTL & Bio-Based Chemicals 2010 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, 7 October
09:10 Bio Energy with CO2 Capture and Storage (BECCS): Conversion Routes for Negative CO2 Emissions

Speaker Profile: Stephen Piccot, Director Environment and Energy, Southern Research Institute

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:28:25 +0000

Stephen Piccot serves as Director of Advanced Energy and Transportation Technologies for Southern Research Institute and has overall responsibility for the Institutes operations in North Carolina. He has 30 years of experience executing and leading environmental, energy and transportation technology research, development, and demonstration efforts. Mr. Piccot founded the Clean Energy Development Center in Durham, North Carolina – an advanced energy laboratory that designs, builds, operates pilot-scale industrial prototypes of advanced technologies that produce a range of bioproducts.

He has developed national measurement standards, field-demonstrated advanced energy and vehicle technologies, and developed energy demand and emissions forecast models. He has advised several organizations on technology issues including the World Bank, the Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the U.S. EPA, The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce, and the Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets.

BTL & Bio-Based Chemicals 2010 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 1 – Wednesday, 6 October
14:00 Lessons Learned from the Operation of Multiple Bioenergy Platforms at Southern Research’s Clean Energy Development Center in the USA

Speaker Profile: Spencer Swayze, Senior Manager of Business Development, Ceres, Inc.

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:48 +0000

Spencer Swayze is Senior Manager of Business Development for Ceres Inc. He joined Ceres in 2006 to build the company’s dedicated energy crop business for biofuel and biochemical applications. Prior to Ceres, Spencer was an Associate at PTV Sciences in Austin, TX. Spencer holds an MBA from The McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Oklahoma State University.

BTL & Bio-Based Chemicals 2010 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 1 – Wednesday, 6 October
10:40 Fine Tuning Feedstocks to Optimise Greater Thermochemical Conversion Efficiency

Speaker Profile: Mdm. Juliette Imbach, Operations Manager for Biofuels, Commissariat à l Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives / CEA

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:56:32 +0000

Juliette Imbach graduated from Ecole Normale Supérieure of Chemistry in Paris where she did a PhD in Solid Chemistry. Later, she worked for a consulting company specialized in innovation for 6 years where she developed the energy business unit.

In 2007, she integrated a techno economic service in the CEA, a French government-funded technological research organisation specialized in New Technology Energy and nuclear.

She is now in charge of the biomass supply and the economic field related to the BtL project called Syndiese.

BTL & Bio-Based Chemicals 2010 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 1 – Wednesday, 6 October
11:55 First BTL Project using external hydrogen to boost biofuels yields– Bure Saudron Project

Speaker Profile: Dr. Stefan Tostmann, Head of Unit -Energy Technologies and Research Co-ordination, European Commission

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:24:28 +0000

Dr. Stefan Tostmann is presently the Head of Unit, Energy Technologies and Research Co-ordination, 2009. He studied law in Germany & France in 1980- 1985 and obtained his PhD from the Free University of Berlin, 1998

He has led activities to focus EU Energy Research Work Programme on less projects with more impact, in line with EU SET-Plan priorities from 2008 to 2009

He has also led activities formulating and executing offshore wind part of European Energy Recovery Programme in 2009 and is currently working on industry-oriented international activities within the SET-Plan (Strategic Energy Technologies Plan).

BTL & Bio-Based Chemicals 2010 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 1 – Wednesday, 6 October
09:10 Strategic Energy Technology Plan: A Boost to Technological Progress in the Bio-Energy Industry

Dr. Sean Simpson, Co-founder/Chief Scientific Officer of LanzaTech NZ contributing at 5th BTL and Bio-Based Chemical

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:05:38 +0000

New Zealand-based clean technology company LanzaTech has attracted US$18M Series B financing from investors led by China focused venture capital firm Qiming Ventures.

LanzaTech uses proprietary bacteria to convert industrial waste gases into fuels and chemicals. The financing follows LanzaTech’s signing with Baosteel, China’s largest steel and iron conglomerate, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to commercialize its technologies for producing ethanol from steel mill off gases.

Gary Rieschel, Founder and Managing Director of Qiming, says Lanzatech represents a great opportunity for China.

Source: http://www.lanzatech.co.nz/?t=8&view=1&newsId=15

China, an up and coming market, is setting its eyes on LanzaTech due to the significance of its unique technology – using bacteria to convert waste gas to low cost liquid biofuel.

The 5^th BTL and Bio-Based Chemicals is proud to welcome Dr. Sean Simpson, Co-Founder/Chief Scientific Officer of LanzaTech NZ, to Rotterdam to speak on how they add value to effluent/ waste from industries – in this case steel mill gases, ie, using a microbial process for the production of liquid biofuels and high value chemicals.

The 2-day conference will also feature talks on BTL technology innovations and new projects.

For a full program agenda on the conference, click here or email Ms Reema Patnaik at reema@cmtsp.com.sg

French CEA Launches Biomass-to-Liquids Project; Hydrogen Used to Optimize Mass Yield

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 03:15:41 +0000

The French CEA (the Atomic Energy Commission, Commissariat à l’énergie atomique, now to be called the Atomic and Alternative Energy Commission) and its industrial and financial partners are launching the first phase of construction of a pilot thermochemical biomass-to-liquids (BTL) unit in Bure Saudron, which is located 80 km from Nancy in northeastern France.

The Bure Saudron pilot will demonstrate a complete BTL production chain: gathering and conditioning of the biomass, gasification, gas processing, and conversion to synthetic fuel via the Fischer-Tropsch process. It is intended (to) provide the experience necessary for the establishment of a BTL sector, both for process integration techniques and for the definition of a regional economic model. This will be the first production unit of its kind in France.

Currently, a limitation of BTL processing is the mass yield of the end products. The Bure Saudron project will experiment with a novel solution to increase process efficiency—the ratio of hydrogen to carbon monoxide generated during the synthesis stage of the fuel will be greatly enhanced by the external input of hydrogen. This innovation will be a world first, according to CEA.

Source: http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/12/bure-saudron-20091225.html, 25 December 2009

In view of the above, those seeking more insights on latest developments on Bure Saudron project will be pleased to know that BTL & Bio-Based Chemicals conference has invited Ms Juliette Imbach, Operation Manager, CEA and will be presenting on the topic below:

“First BTL project in France using external hydrogen to boost biofuels yields”

For more information on the conference schedule please click here.