Preliminary Program subject to change
TB008 Thermochemical Conversion of Forest & Other Biomass to Hydrogen, Biofuels and Chemicals
OverviewPapers in this session will descibe the progress and challenges in converting forest and other biomass to hydrogen, bio-fuels and chemicals.
Primary SponsorTopical B: Energy Processes (TB)

Chair

Kinya Sakanishi
Director
Biomass Technology Research Center (BTRC)
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Chugoku Center
Kure,
Japan
Phone Number: 0823-72-1947
Fax Number: 0823-72-1947
Email: kinya-sakanishi@aist.go.jp

CoChair

Hemant P. Pendse
Professor and Chair
Department of Chemical and Biological Enineering
University of Maine
5737 Jenness Hall, Room 115
Orono, ME 04469-5737
Phone Number: 207-581-2290
Fax Number: 207-581-2323
Email: pendse@maine.edu

CoChair

C.B. Panchal
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 S. Cass Avenue
Argonne, IL 60439
Phone Number: 443-812-5930
Email: cpanchal@anl.gov
H2 Purification and CO2 Capture in a Post-Biomass-Gasifier Membrane Reactor
Charles Taylor, Bryan D. Morreale and Bret H. Howard, U.S. DOE/NETL, Pittsburgh, PA
Fast Pyrolysis of Poplar Wood and Poultry Litter
Sedat H. Beis and Foster A. Agblevor, Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
Syngas/ Hydrogen Production Via Gasification of Meat and Bone Meal
Chirayu G. Soni1, Zhiguo Wang1, Ajay K. Dalai1, Todd Pugsley2 and Terrance Fonstad3, (1)Chemical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, (2)University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, (3)Department of Agricultural and Bioresource Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Intermediate Temperature Catalytic Reforming of Bio-Oil for Distributed Hydrogen Production
Jonathan R. Marda1, Anthony M. Dean1, Stefan Czernik2, Robert J. Evans3, Richard French2 and Matthew Ratcliff2, (1)Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, (2)National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, (3)Hydrogen Technologies & Systems Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
Biomass Gasification Using a Fixed-Bed Downdraft Gasifier
Morteza Eslamian1, Alice Yip1, Masahiro Kawaji2, C.A. Mims1 and Honghi N. Tran3, (1)Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, (2)Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, (3)Pulp & Paper Centre, Dept. of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Topical B: Emerging Energy Frontiers in Research and Innovation