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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast in the Expo
Exhibit Halls BC
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Breakfast Burritos, whole fruit, coffee, hot tea |
7:30 am - 1:30 pm |
Expo Open
Exhibit Halls BC
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8:30 am - 10:00 am |
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Track 1: Production and Operations – Biological Processes
Strategies for Establishing and Maintaining Optimal Yeast Health in Plant Fermenters
Room 215/216 - (8:30 am - 10:00 am)
Read Description
Yeasts are a wonder; the tiny workhorses of every ethanol plant. However, they are a finicky bunch and when stressed will struggle to meet performance objectives. Often, producers are faced with the dilemma of choosing between yeast robustness and overall productivity, a historically inverse relationship has dominated that paradigm. Presenters in this panel will challenge that historical reality and offer thoughts on how to protect and preserve yeast health without sacrificing yield. A presentation on the use of artificial intelligence for yeast cell counting will also be delivered.
Moderator: Katie Schroeder, Staff Writer, BBI International
- Steve Westra, Field Service Manager, Phibro Ethanol
Robustness Wanted: Powering Through Process Variability and Plant Upsets
- Tara Naman, Laboratory Manager, CTE Global, Inc.
Using Automated Cell Counting Technology To Optimize Yeast Health And Fermentation Performance
- Jim Miers, Nutrient Category Manager, Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits
How Can Nutrients Bring Synergistic Value to your Facility
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Track 2: Production and Operations – Mechanical Processes and Plant Control
Water Management Concepts that Promise to Deliver Both Economic and Environmental Benefits
Ballroom A - (8:30 am - 10:00 am)
Read Description
This water-focused panel will begin with a reminder to plant teams that efforts to make more efficient plant water usage pays twice, as water and energy usage are inextricably linked. Presenters will then move into specific methodologies for reducing water usage and when appropriate, striving for zero liquid discharge. Attention will be given to technologies and treatment approaches making these ambitions possible before closing with call to action for biofuels producers to fully understand their own watersheds and their role in preserving and protecting it.
Moderator: Tim Portz, Program Manager, BBI International
- Harrison Fowler, Engineer - Softening Technologies, Veolia Water Technologies
Tough-to-Treat Water in Your Plant? An Innovative Co-Product and Alternative to Cold-Lime Softening
- Erica Pann, Senior Project Manager, Antea Group
Water Stewardship for the Renewable Fuel Industry: Global Perspectives, Local Impacts
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Carbon Capture & Storage Summit
Eyeing the Strategies and Technologies Enabling the Safest and Most Efficient Sequestration of Captured CO2 Streams
Room 213/214 - (8:30 am - 10:00 am)
Read Description
This panel will expand on the day’s previous discussions about the importance of sub-surface modeling for CCS projects. Panelists will make clear the vital importance of thorough analysis of potential sequestration sites as a means of mitigating project risk. The presentations will be rooted in case studies from some of the sector’s earliest investigations and will outline how a failure to fully comprehend and calculate the storage potential of a well can jeopardize a project’s long-term financial viability.
Moderator: Jamey Cline, Business Development Director, Christianson & Associates, PLLP
- Evan MacDonald, Senior Geologist, Enverus
Quantifying Risk for Sequestration Success – A Look At Potential CO2 Storage Hazards and Complications in Southern Louisiana
- Kacey Garber, Project Professional, SCS Engineers
Applications of Solution Storage Efficiency via Multiphase Flow Modeling to Carbon Dioxide Storage Project Scoping
- Binbin Guo, Strategic Technology Manager, The Lubrizol Corporation
Direct Thickening of CO2 for Efficient Underground Carbon Storage
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Track 3: Coproducts and Product Diversification
Strategies for Maximizing the Value of Oil and Feed Products Found Within Plant Stillage Streams
Room 201 - (8:30 am - 10:00 am)
Read Description
While varied in their individual approaches, these presentations are unified in their promise to increase the value of oil and co-product streams at ethanol plants. The panel begins by looking at densification as a means of increasing the value of animal feed co-products by reducing transportation costs and eliminating some of the headaches that come with bulk feed handling. The panel then transitions to an examination of technologies that enable even greater oil and protein capture from plant stillage streams.
Moderator: Brian Hoskins, Product Manager, Bioenergy, BASF Enzymes
- Matt Durler, Vice President of Feed Development, ICM, Inc.
Adding Value Beyond Bulk Density in the Carbon Economy
- Sam Cebula, Sales & Marketing Manager, Pneumat Systems, Inc.
DDG Handling & Transport: Solid Solutions for a Problematic Product
- Rohan Pingale, Deputy Manager - Business Development South America, PRAJ Industries Limited
Value Maximization options for Whole Stillage
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Track 4: Leadership and Financial Management
How Ethanol Producers Can Build-In Reduced Carbon Intensity Production to their Operational Plans
Room 202 - (8:30 am - 10:00 am)
Read Description
The existing momentum towards low carbon production approaches was put into overdrive upon the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. This legislation goes beyond marketplace access for low carbon fuels to direct financial incentivization. As plant teams plan capital investments, expansions and new technology deployments they must consider the carbon intensity implications before making a decision to proceed. These presentations will offer plant teams a broad overview of the carbon benefit of various technologies available today, how they might be deployed together and which offer the most cost effective means of achieving their CI-reduction goals.
Moderator: Kristy Moore, Principal Scientist, KMoore Consulting LLC
- Bill Schafer, CEO, Energy Integration, Inc.
Integrating Technologies
- Neal Jakel, President, Fluid Quip
CI Reduction through Engineering
- Dawn Kopecky, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Barr Engineering Co.
Exergy Analysis for Ethanol Production
- Adam Anderson, Director of Sales, ICM, Inc.
Carbon Impact Value of Technology Installation
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10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Refreshment Break in the Expo
Exhibit Halls BC
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5:00 pm |
Understanding and Using Your Water/Deposit Analyses
Presentation by Paul Young, Kurita Water Industries
Innovation Stage - Exhibit Halls BC
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10:30 am - Noon |
Concurrent Tracks
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Track 1: Production and Operations – Biological Processes
Why Net Zero is the Ethanol Industry’s New Target and the Technologies Available to Producers Ready to Take Aim
Room 215/216 - (10:30 am - Noon)
Read Description
This session opens with a broad overview of existing and emerging low carbon fuel markets and the compliance requirements plant teams must anticipate if they intend to participate in them. From there, the discussion will pivot to a review of technologies being aimed at the production processes most carbon intensive steps in a push towards net-zero ethanol. Alternative approaches to dehydration, fermentation and process steam will all be presented alongside methodologies for quantifying the carbon benefit delivered by these promising technologies.
Moderator: Matt Herman, Senior Director Renewable Products Marketing, Iowa Soybean Association
- Jessica Buckley, Project Manager, RTP Environmental Associates, Inc.
TO INFINITY AND BEYOND: How Diversifying Operations Can Help Facilities Achieve Market Sustainability and Net Zero Goals
- Virginia Andrade, Process Engineering Manager, Whitefox Technologies Limited
The Essential Role That Membranes Play In The Pursuit Of Net Zero Goals In The Biofuels Industry
✪ FEW Podcast Interview
- Todd Krieger, Senior Lead LCA Scientist, IFF
Towards a Sustainable Future: Metrics and Models for Measuring Corporate Sustainability and the Role of Enzymes
- Jeremy Keller, Director of Project Development, Rondo Energy, Inc.
Zero-Carbon Steam + CCS for Zero-Carbon Ethanol
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Track 2: Production and Operations – Mechanical Processes and Plant Control
How Technology is Changing the Game for Staffing Levels, Enabling Remote Plant Control and Increasing Overall Staff Productivity
Ballroom A - (10:30 am - Noon)
Read Description
Ethanol plant operators know that one of their biggest challenges in the next half decade will be maintaining plant rosters with enough qualified personnel to effectively run their operation. The presenters in this panel will make the argument that rather than waiting for the HR department to fill the hiring funnel with qualified operators, technology can be used to get more productivity with the team already in place. The technologies being presented range from mobile monitoring and control to the deployment of AI in ethanol production environments. The panel will also feature a compelling case study of a plant that deployed a process management software platform that greatly increased their shift-to-shift effectiveness.
Moderator: Jonathan Speed, Director of Product and Applications, Keit Industrial Applications
- Jason Pennington, Director of Digital Solutions, Endress+Hauser
Empowering the Mobile Worker
- Tyler Peterson, Business Development Lead, Digital Transformation, Novaspect, Inc.
Optimizing Plant Communication and Workflow - Digital Transformation with Immediate ROI
- Carson Merkwan Business Development Manager, Direct Companies
The Workerless Plant
- Matt Schneyer, Process Engineer Team Lead, Fluid Quip
Automation Strategies for Today and Tomorrow
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Carbon Capture & Storage Summit
Dotted “I’s” and Crossed “T’s”: Contract and Reporting Considerations for CCS Project Developers
Room 213/214 - (10:30 am - Noon)
Read Description
The impetus to participate in carbon capture and sequestration projects is well understood. The carbon reductions delivered offer market access, tax credits and other financial rewards to participating biofuels producers. This panel takes a deep look at the details of the local, state and federal permits and regulations producers will have to navigate in order to participate as well as the reporting requirements producers must build into their operational plant to satisfy regulators and capture all of the financial benefits of deploying the technology. Attendees will also hear about some contract considerations that are important to consider in the early stages of CCS project development.
Moderator: Mercy Renteria, Nat'l Business Development Mger - Energy - Strategic Business, Endress+Hauser
- Vanessa Silke, Partner, Baird Holm LLP
Carbon Capture Projects and Environmental Permitting
- Kari Buttenhoff, Partner, Christianson PLLP
CCS: Learning to Swim in the Deep End: Navigating CARB Requirements
- David Bracht, Partner, Kutak Rock LLP
Key contract terms in CO2 Contracts
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Track 3: Coproducts and Product Diversification
Why the Corn Ethanol Fleet is a Great Platform from Which to Build Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production
Room 201 - (10:30 am - Noon)
Read Description
Airlines around the world are committed to increased usage of sustainably manufactured aviation fuels, with many making significant investments in SAF start-ups as a means of accelerating the commercialization process. A good share of those investments are being made with technology partners hoping to grow SAF production from the fertile ground of first generation biofuel production sites. The presenters in this panel will explain why technologies leveraging this installed capacity is more likely to yield “ready-to-fly” volumes well before competing approaches leaving ethanol and biodiesel producers well-positioned to capture market share in an aviation market hungry to capture the decarbonizing attributes of sustainably produced aviation fuels.
Moderator: Donna Funk, Principal, Pinion
- Scott Kohl, Chief Technology Officer, Visionary Fiber Technologies
Opportunity For DCO In SAF/RD Markets – Market Growth Projections
- Mark Yancey, Chief Technology Officer, SAFFIRE
Alcohol to Jet: The One Billion Gal/Year Opportunity for the U.S. Ethanol Industry Available Now!
- Chuck Gallop, Director of Innovation, ICM, Inc.
Evolving with the Industry: Purifying Distillers Corn Oil to Spec for Renewable Diesel and Sustainable Aviation Fuel Feedstock
- Radu Craciun, Technology Manager Hydrogenation and Specialty Catalysts- Americas, BASF Enzymes
New Catalyst Geometry Poised To Re-Shape Ethanol-To-Ethylene Conversion
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Track 4: Leadership and Financial Management
Attracting, Training and Retaining a Highly Productive Production Team
Room 202 - (10:30 am - Noon)
Read Description
Populating plant rosters with qualified staff was a challenge before the pandemic and management teams are still struggling to find, place and retain good help. This panel will urge attendees to think critically about how they are building and managing their talent funnel, how they are training their time and how they are creating a workplace environment that enhances their retention goals. This important discussion is a must for management teams that feel stuck on the merry go round of employee turnover, unanswered job postings and less than optimal staff morale.
Moderator: Asfia Qureshi, Applications, Innovation and Quality Control – Bioenergy, BASF Enzymes
- Ron Faciane, Director, GP Strategies Corporation
Enhancing Operational Excellence through Effective Upskilling
- Janet Fisher, Enzyme Product Category Manager, Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits/ RFA's Young Professionals Network
Baby Boomers vs Millennials: Insights into Successful Recruitment and Retention of Young Professionals in the US Ethanol Industry
✪ FEW Podcast Interview
- Kristen Glasgow, Manager, Pinion
Revamping Your Culture, Hiring Practices and How Your Current and Future Employees See You
- Erica Montefusco, Sr VP Risk and Compliance, PROtect, LLC
Creating Your Own Pipeline of Talent
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Noon - 1:30 pm |
Networking Lunch in the Expo
Exhibit Halls BC
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Smoked Pork Loin on ciabatta, Chicken Caprese on ciabatta, Cobb salad, Fresh Fruit Salad, Grilled Vegetable Pasta Salad, Blondie Bars, Iced Tea & Lemonade |
1:30 pm - 6:30 pm |
Exhibitor Move-Out |
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
Concurrent Tracks
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Track 1: Production and Operations – Biological Processes
Next to Godliness: The Economic Argument for the Deployment of Best-in-Class Plant Hygiene Programs
Room 215/216 - (1:30 pm - 3:00 pm)
Read Description
Achieving ethanol yield goals requires the effective management of the fermentation environment to ensure that the only organisms dining on inbound starch streams are plant yeast populations. Bacteria and organic acids in plant fermenters and biofilms and scaling downstream all hamper plant productivity. Protection against all of these bad actors begins with a well-considered plant hygiene program rooted in years of experience and fermentation science. Presenters from the industry’s most active providers of plant hygiene solutions will argue that the most cost effective means of boosting plant yields may be a recommitment to best-in-class cleaning regimens.
Moderator: Anne Chronic, Director of Market Analytics, Phibro Ethanol
- Caleb Ogden, Senior Technical Account Manager, Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits
Importance of Hygiene Monitoring and Auditing for Optimum Fermentation Performance
- Andrew Hawkins, Director of Laboratory Services, Phibro Ethanol
15 Years of Learnings on Ethanol Process Contamination
- Mitch Manstedt, Strategic Business Leader, Kurita America
Reducing Energy Costs thru Cleaning and Maintenance of your Water Treatment Systems
- Chris Wilkins, Sales Manager, Anderson Chemical Co.
Reducing CIP Costs at an Ethanol Production Facility
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Track 2: Production and Operations – Mechanical Processes and Plant Control
Bringing Technology to Bear on Emissions Monitoring and Control
Ballroom A - (1:30 pm - 3:00 pm)
Read Description
Attention to emissions limits differs from other operating parameters in that not achieving required parameters can shut a plant down. The stakes for plant teams around emissions program couldn’t be higher. This panel will argue that like so many other aspects of ethanol production, production teams charged with keeping plant emissions within permitted ranges can and should make operational decisions based upon captured data. The economic benefits of a data-based emissions control approach will serve as the cornerstone of each presentation.
Moderator: Anna Simet, Editor, BBI International
- Monty McCoy, Director of Process Technology, Kurita America
Air Emissions Compliance Cost Management
- Erica Montefusco, Sr VP Risk and Compliance, PROtect, LLC
SHIELD Your Operational KPIs
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Carbon Capture & Storage Summit
Down Below: The Science of Understanding the Readiness of Geologic Formations to Receive Carbon Dioxide Streams
Room 213/214 - (1:30 pm - 3:00 pm)
Read Description
Modeling underground carbon dioxide storage formations is required by the EPA to obtain a class VI permit and authorization to begin sequestration. The presentations in this panel will help facilities considering CCS deployments understand the basics of what is required and what can be learned from underground models. Attention will also be paid to the importance of understanding how sub-surface modeling can protect investors from risk by identifying best and worst-case scenarios of potential sequestration volumes. Presenters will explain the critical importance of a thorough analysis of sub-surface modeling and how and when to incorporate it into CCS project development.
Moderator: Evan Zeller, Commercial Development Director, Battelle
- Zach Freund, Reservoir Engineer, ARI
Why CCS Projects Need Subsurface CO2 Modeling And How It Leads To Successful Projects
- James Nutaitis, Carbon Consultant, EcoEngineers
Using a Geological Assessment to determine the Viability of Carbon Capture and Storage for Ethanol Producers
- Joseph Mello, Vice President, Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. (NSAI)
Subsurface Uncertainty in CCS Investment Decisions
- Stephanie Cook, Manager, Carbon Storage, Navigator CO2
Carbon Storage in Geological Formations: Science, Technology, and Workflow
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Track 2: Production and Operations – Mechanical Processes and Plant Control
Deploying Onsite Heat and Power Production to Trim Costs, Improve Production Efficiency and Reduce Carbon Intensity
Room 201 - (1:30 pm - 3:00 pm)
Read Description
While most ethanol plant boards have likely given serious consideration to on-site power production, the presenters in this panel will ask attendees to look once again at the available technologies in the new context of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The credits available to producers for ultra-low CI-intensity biofuels can dramatically change the ROI timeline for on-site deployments compared to pre-IRA pro-formas. Finally, presenters will make compelling arguments for their technologies of an effective means of not only providing required energy loads but dramatically reducing the carbon intensity of produced fuels as well.
Moderator: McCord Pankonen, Director, Ethanol & Biodiesel Services, EcoEngineers
- John Oyen, Business Development Manager, ABB, Inc.
Managing Renewable Power for Optimum Performance
- Jordan Kearns, Vice President of Project Development, Antora Energy
45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit and the Decarbonization Opportunity of Electrifying Plant Thermal Loads
- Kasper Larsen, CEO, EnerDry
Steam Drying of Distillers Grain – Eliminate Gas Consumption and CO2 Emissions from Drying Process
- Kevin Jensen, Account Manager, Solar Turbines Incorporated
Flexing CHP to Take Advantage of a Rapidly Changing Electrical Market
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Track 4: Leadership and Financial Management
Tracing the Interplay between Board Stewardship, Profitability and Plant Valuation
Room 202 - (1:30 pm - 3:00 pm)
Read Description
Designed specifically to help ethanol plant boards think beyond their basic fiduciary responsibilities, this panel features presentations meant to inspire strategic thinking amongst the plant’s board of directors. The discussion will begin with a review of the financial documents board members need to understand and how they connect to plant value before moving into discussions on board dynamics, working with member investors and board recruitment. Finally, the panel concludes with a presentation that ponders the future of bio-refineries in an era of rising input costs and the opportunities to produce bio-based fertilizers.
Moderator: Richard Weiner, Vice President, Fredrikson & Byron
- Kathryn Mueller, Manager, Christianson PLLP
Financial Literacy: Understanding the Financial Statements
- James Jirak, Manager, Pinion
Working Together As A Board, During The Good (Easy) Times As Well As The More Difficult Times
- Mark Pomykacz, Managing Partner, Federal Appraisal, LLC
Creating and Measuring Value – The Ethanol Plant
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3:00 pm - 3:30 pm |
Refreshment Break
Ballroom Lobby
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Tuxedo & Peanut Butter Brownies, Coffee, Soda |
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm |
Concurrent Tracks
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Track 1: Production and Operations – Biological Processes
Enzyme Strategies to Optimize Yeast Performance, Decrease Byproduct Formation and Increase Fermentation Throughput
Room 215/216 - (3:30 pm - 5:00 pm)
Read Description
Enzymes are the prep cooks in the ethanol plant kitchen. While not glamorous, the work they do to convert starches into the simple sugars the yeasts will dine upon is crucial to achieving yield targets. Owing to their importance, there continues to be robust research and development in enzymes and enzyme expressing yeast strains. This panel will offer attendees a close look at new developments and new thinking in effective enzyme deployment and use. Presenters will make it clear that to keep pace with the industry’s highest yielding cohort, they’ll need to embrace the advances made in enzyme development and use.
Moderator: Katie Schroeder, Staff Writer, BBI International
- Pedro Pena, VP of Technology and Innovation, CTE Global, Inc.
Synchronizing Enzyme and Yeast Biotechnology to Finetune Plant Performance from Start To Finish
- Aafke Van Aalst, PhD Candidate, Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology,
Minimizing Byproduct Formation at Sub-Maximal Growth Rates by Engineered Low-Glycerol S. Cerevisiae Strains Expressing Heterologous Genes Encoding Calvin-Cycle Enzymes
- Kyle Abbott, Application Associate, IFF
Use of Phytase Enzymes in The Liquefaction Process
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Track 2: Production and Operations – Mechanical Processes and Plant Control
Enlisting Best-in-Class Instrumentation and Software into Your Preventative Maintenance Plan
Ballroom A - (3:30 pm - 5:00 pm)
Read Description
Plant maintenance teams would bristle at the notion that their preventative maintenance plans comes down to guess work. Still, presentations in this panel argue that there are unrecognized efficiencies available to every plant that shows a willingness to deploy state of the art instrumentation and software into their maintenance diagnostics. Attendees will hear about the technologies available to quickly diagnose sub-optimal component performance, software that connects gathered data to work order generation and parts inventory and the increased confidence that comes with a maintenance plant built upon a foundation of trusted information.
Moderator: Denys Pchelintsev, VP of Engineering, Universal Fuel Technologies
- Shawn Anderson, President / Chief Engineer, API Solutions, LLC
Valve Leakage Inspection using Acoustic Emission
- Scott Frappier, Chief Software Architect, Stoneridge Software
Tackling the Biggest Challenges in Maintenance with Software Automation
- Lara Rabbath, Refining & Sustainability Marketing Manager, Emerson
Essential Corrosion Monitoring for Biofuel Production
- Keith Riley, Product Marketing Manager of Level + Pressure, Endress+Hauser
Taking the Pulse of Your Measurement
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Carbon Capture & Storage Summit
Exploring the Best Design Packages Emerging for Carbon Capture and Storage Operations
Room 213/214 - (3:30 pm - 5:00 pm)
Read Description
Most observers of the coming wave of carbon capture and sequestration projects understand the basic concept of the technology but the nuts and bolts of how carbon will be captured from plants, prepared for direct injection into on-site wells or pipelines is less clear. This panel seeks to fill in that knowledge gap with four presentations on the leading designs for CCS facilities and the opportunities already being identified to reduce their overall cost of operation.
Moderator: Jon Cartlidge, Commercial Sales Director, Battelle
- John Oyen, Business Development Manager, ABB, Inc.
The Design and Operational model for full CCS facilities
- Mercy Renteria, Nat'l Business Development Mger - Energy - Strategic Business, Endress+Hauser
Optimal Technology for Carbon Capture
- Shane Hughes, Senior Sales Manager, Toshiba America Energy Systems Corp
Mikawa Post Combustion Capture Pilot Plant – Amine Solvent
- Andrew Sexton, Senior Engineer, Trimeric Coporation
CO2 Surface Facilities Process Evaluation and Design
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Track 3: Coproducts and Product Diversification
Strategies Available to Producers Now to Unlock the Potential for Cellulosic Ethanol Production in their Operations
Room 201 - (3:30 pm - 5:00 pm)
Read Description
The production of cellulosic ethanol from material already flowing through traditional ethanol plants has been simultaneously motivated and thwarted by federal biofuel policy. Cellulosic production from corn fiber streams seemed poised to become as commonplace as corn oil capture. Regulators have grown uncomfortable, however, with methodologies to appropriately quantify and confirm in-situ cellulosic volumes. Language within the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 may once again unlock opportunity for producers ready to invest in cellulosic production. This panel will offer attendees a review of the state of cellulosic production technologies and their commercial readiness.
Moderator: Jim Ramm, Vice President, Client Services, EcoEngineers
- Melita Kyriakou, Senior Consultant, Christianson PLLP
All Signs Point to Cellulosic Ethanol
- Adam Vaughn, Technical Manager, CTE Global, Inc.
The Use Of A Hemicellulase To Unlock Corn Kernel Fiber, Gaining Access To Bound Starch And Releasing Additional Corn Oil
- Mark Yancey, Chief Technology Officer, D3MAX
Corn Starch, Fiber, and Stover: Diversify Your Feedstock and Your Product Portfolio
- Yanhong Zhang, Director of Research, National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center
Contribution to D3 RINs Application with in situ Fermentation - Review of the NREL Cellulose Method and the NCERC Package
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Track 4: Leadership and Financial Management
The Number One Priority: Safety Considerations to Keep Plant Personnel Out of Harms Way
Room 202 - (3:30 pm - 5:00 pm)
Read Description
No one would argue against doing absolutely everything possible to protect the men and women who work at their plants. That said, building a culture of plant safety requires daily diligence and attention to detail. This panel features presentations that take both a broad, holistic view to building a strong ethic of safety within plant teams as well as discussions about managing very specific risks including rail hazards and static discharge during fuel load-out operations. This annual safety discussion is built with EHS professionals in mind, but would benefit plant leadership teams and board members as well.
Moderator: Kristy Moore, Principal Scientist, KMoore Consulting LLC
- Jason Simons, Director of Environmental, Health and Safety, Merjent, Inc.
Planning and Conducting EHS Audits: The Added Value to Building a Strong EHS Culture
- Richard Puig, Product Manager - Americas, Newson Gale, Inc.
Hazardous Area Static Control When Loading and Unloading Ethanol
- Scott Allen, VP Business Development, Renewable Fuels, PROtect, LLC
Operations Training and Risk Control
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