Mississippi State University Biofuels Conference
August 27, 2007
MSU Hunter Henry Center & Bost Conference Center
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Post Conference Proceedings
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9:00-9:45 |
BIODIESEL at Bost Auditorium Biodiesel: Past, Present, Future Dr. Gerhard Knothe, USDA |
ETHANOL at Hunter Henry Center Ethanol: Past, Present, Future, Tim Eggeman, River City Engineering |
BIO OIL at Hunter Henry Center What is Bio Oil? Stefan Czernik, NREL |
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9:45-10:15 |
Do you want to build and operate a biodiesel
facility? Dr. Daniel Geller,
University of Georgia |
Planning and Construction of a Traditional Ethanol
Fermentation Plant |
Bio Oil: The Good, Bad, and the Ugly Dr. Mark Bricka, MSU |
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10:15-10:40 |
Oil Feedstocks for the Southeast (What is Feasible?) Dr. Brian Baldwin, MSU |
Impact of the Ethanol Industry on Agricultural
Practices |
The Industrial Prospective of BioOil Production Phillip Badger, Renewable Oil International |
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10:40-11:20 |
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11:20-12:00 |
Oil Refining Technologies Integrated to Biodiesel
Production Mr. Walter Farr, The Farr Mixing Company |
Environmental Benefits of Ethanol Utilization Dr. Sandra D. Eksioglu, MSU |
Value Added Chemicals for BioOil Milt Copulos, Dynomotive USA |
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12:00-1:30 Lunch, Bost Auditorium, Mrs.
Cyndi Tucker, Director of Business Development & Emerging Technologies,
ConocoPhillips
BIODIESEL: Bost Conference |
ETHANOL: Hunter Henry Center | GREEN DIESEL: Hunter Henry Center Chaired by Mark G. White,Ph.D., |
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1:30-2:00 |
Biodiesel Production/Chemistry Dr. Rafael Hernandez, MSU |
DDG Management |
Dr. Joe .W. Hightower, Rice University, Houston, TX |
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2:00-2:30 |
ASTM/BQ9000 Dr.
Jose Rodriquez, MSU |
Impact of Aflatoxin on DDG
Marketability Drs. Ashli Brown & Jeff Wilkinson,
MSU |
Dr. Joe W. Hightower, Rice University, Houston, TX |
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2:30-3:00 |
Rapid Inexpensive Screening of
Biodiesel Quality William Holmes, MSU |
Production of Alcohols from Synthesis
Gas Dr. Hossein Toghiani, MSU |
Hydrocracking of Vegetable Oil Dr. Jim B. Kimble, Conoco-Phillips Corporation, Bartlesville, OK |
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3:00-3:30 |
Biodiesel Plant Design Mrs. Becky Williams, Ag Bioenergy |
Co-Production of Ethanol and
Triglycerides from Lignocellulosic Biomass Dr. Todd French, MSU |
Catalytic Cracking of Unsaturated Lipids over H-ZSM-5 Mr. Tracy Benson, Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, MSU |
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3:30-4:00 |
Break |
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4:00-4:30 |
Starting Up a Biodiesel Facility;
TroubleShooting Mr. Trey Fleming, Treyco |
Finance Strategies for Biofuels
Producers Mr. Bruce Crain, Crain Consulting |
Stephen Dufreche, Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, MSU |
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4:30-5:00 |
Glycerine Handling: Present and Future
Alternatives Drs. Sandun Fernando and Todd French,
MSU |
ASTM Standards and Ethanol Handling Drs. Jose Rodriquez and Todd French,
MSU |
Mark G. White, Ph. D., Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering |
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