Journal of Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Applications
Open Access

International Congress and Expo on Biofuels & Bioenergy

August 25- 27, 2015 Valencia, Spain

Scientific Tracks Abstracts

• Development of advanced biofuels and biomass conversion technologies at the Joint BioEnergy Institute

  Blake A Simmons

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• Cellulosome-inspired multi-enzyme assemblies for conversion of cellulosic biomass into biofuels

  Edward A Bayer

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• Research strategies to generate economically viable biofuels from cellulosic biomass: Approaches and results from the BioEnergy Science Center (BESC)

  Paul Gilna

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• Catalytic pyrolysis of olive mill wastewater sludge to produce biofuels

  F A Agblevor1, H Abdellaoui1 and K Halouani2

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• First and second generation fuels: How to assess their potential for sustainable transportation?

  Daniela Thrän

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• Improved saccharification efficiency of alfalfa for bioethanol production: From phenotypic characterization to marker-assisted selection

  Annick Bertrand

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• Use of near infrared spectroscopy for the rapid low-cost analysis of a wide variety of lignocellulosic feed stocks

  Daniel Hayes

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• Optimization models in support of biomass co-firing decisions in coal fired power plants

  Sandra D Ekşioglu and Hadi Karimi

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• Bio-inspired heterogeneous catalyst for sustainable biofuel production

  D Deka

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• Removal effect of alkali and alkaline earth metallic species and ash from biomass (palm empty fruit bunch) on pyrolytic characteristics to produce oil

  Yong-Chil Seo, Heung-Min Yoo, and Hang-Seok Choi

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• Workers’ exposure to biological and chemical agents in biomass processing at CHP plants

  Juha Laitinen1, S Laitinen1, M L Aatamila1, M Jumpponen1, K Ojanen1, K Korpijärvi2, L Fagernäs2, H Koponen3, J Jokiniemi3 and L Korpinen4

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• Burning characteristics of carbonized chars from RDF, scrap tire, and their blends

  S Yaman, H Haykiri-Acma and S Kucukbayrak

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• From biomass to biofuels: Exploiting the cellulosome of Clostridium clariflavum for plant cell wall degradation

  Lior Artzi

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• Efficiency of biomass energy use– Approach for the determination of the efficiency of diverse bioenergy projects

  Diana Pfeiffer and Daniela Thrän

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• Comparison of scientific studies related to biomass conversion in Europe and Turkey

  Hasan Merdun and Ismail Veli Sezgin

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• Moving beyond the food versus fuel debate

  Frank Rosillo-Calle

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• Sustainability perspectives on the energy-water-food nexus: A new technical or political paradigm?

  Rocio A Diaz-Chavez

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• Bioethanol production: Corn v/s lignocellulose biomass from olive oil industry and the potential role in ensuring food security

  Sebastián Sánchez, Manuel Cuevas and Juan Francisco García

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• Catalytic upgrading of biomass pyrolysis vapors

  Mark Nimlos

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• The bioliq-process for synthetic chemicals and fuels production

  Nicolaus Dahmen

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• Bioenergy produced from plant waste

  Siek-Ting Yong1, Shu-Hong Lim1, Chien-Wei Ooi1, Siang-Piao Chai1, Veena Doshi2 and Wan Ramli Wan Daud3

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• Production of biocrude oil by waste biomass CatLiq process and characterization of oils

  Parvana Aksoy1, Mehmet Unsal1, Haydar Livatyali2 and Alper Onoglu3

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• CatLiq- Catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction process from pilot scale to demo scale

  Mehmet Unsal1, Haydar Livatyali2, Parvana Aksoy1, Serhat Gul1 and Alper Onoglu3

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• Rational design of nanoengineered catalysts for biofuels production

  Adam F Lee

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• Ethylic biodiesel: The bottlenecks for process optimization

  Meirelles A J A1, Batista E A C1, Rodrigues C E C2, Batista F1, Bessa L1, Cravo M1, Porcina T1, Deboni T1, Cuevas M S1, Cavalcanti R1, Atsuko G1, Sampaio K1, Lucchesi K W1, Fonseca L A A P1, Ansolin M1, Shiozawa S1, Sampaio Neto O Z1 and Souza P T1

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• In- situ transformation of municipal sewage sludge into biodiesel

  R Sánchez-Vázquez, I A Vasiliadou, Juan A Melero, F Martínez, L Fernando Bautista, J Iglesias, G Morales and R Molina

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• Supply chain planning and design for biodiesel production via wastewater sludge

  Sandra D Ekşioglu

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• Heterogeneous acid and base catalysts for biodiesel production

  Jinesh C Manayil

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• Ethanol fuel as portable power source in alkaline fuel cells

  Shingjiang Jessie Lue

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• Brazilian technology of fuel ethanol fermentation: New perspectives to improve the technology and diversification

  Pedro de Oliva-Neto

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• Evaluation of alkaline peroxide pretreatment of rice husk and its potential for bioethanol production

  R. A. Pandey1, Saumita Banerjee1, Sandeep Mudliar1 and Ramkrishna Sen2

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• Investigation of catalytic activity of thermally treated waste mussel shells for biodiesel production from jojoba oil

  Jorge M Marchetti1, Mangesh R Avhad1, Marcos Sánchez2, Elisa Peña2, Mercedes Martínez2 and José Aracil2

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• Maralfalfa grass: Synergies with biogas plants and potential as bioenergy and biorefinery crop

  Luis Puchades Rufino

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• Screening of a wide range of pre-treatments for improving the algal biomass solubilization and biogas potential

  Serge R. Guiot

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• Sustainable small-scale biogas production from agro-food waste for energy self-sufficiency (BIOGAS3 project)

  Paz Gomez

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• Biochemical methane potential of Ulva spp. seaweed biorefinery residues

  Silvia Tedesco

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• Upgrading of bio-gas into bio-methane by regenerative activated carbon

  Muhammad Farooq

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• Biogas, tool of energy saving for companies: To transform the expenditures in savings and profits

  Sofía González Hergueta

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• The Algae Testbed Public Private Partnership (ATP3): Facilitating the commercialization of algal technologies

  Philip T. Pienkos

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• Second generation biofuels production from wastewater treatment plants

  Piemonte V, Di Paola L and Russo V

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• An outlook on microalgae production chains

  Dorinde M M Kleinegris, Maria J Barbosa and René H Wijffels

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• From wastewater to bioenergy: Nutrient and energy recovery with algae treatment

  Zouhayr Arbib, Ignacio de Godos, Maikel Fernandez, Enrique Lara, Bernardo Llamas and Frank Rogalla

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• Effect of aeration flow rate on the growth of microalgae as a biofuel feedstock and wastewater treatment

  Harrison Onome Tighiri and Emrah Ahmet Erkurt

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• Hydrothermal liquefaction and carbonization for fuels and materials

  Andrea Kruse

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• Optimization of bio-oil yields in fast biomass pyrolysis by demineralization of low quality biomass feedstocks

  S Stefanidis, E Heracleous, K Kalogiannis, D Patiaka and A A Lappas

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• Catalytic deoxygenation: Industrial applications and catalysts

  David Kubička

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• In-situ upgrading of Eucalyptus woodchips fast-pyrolysis bio-oil using metal oxide/h-ZSM-5 catalysts

  Patricia Pizarro1, Javier Fermoso1, Héctor Hernando1, Angel Peral2, Prabhas Jana1, Thangaraju M Sankaranarayanan1, Juan M Coronado1 and David P Serrano2

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• Hydrodeoxygenation of bio-oil model compounds over supported nickel catalysts

  T M Sankaranarayanan1, A Berenguer1, P Jana1, I Moreno1,2, J M Coronado1, P Pizarro1,2 and D P Serrano1,2

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• Catalytic cracking of stearic acid over Pd supported over nanocrystalline and hierarchical HZSM-5

  M Arroyo, D P Serrano, J M Escola and L Briones

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• Design of base catalysts for the catalytic deoxygenation of bio-oil by aldol condensation

  Tobias C Keller, Begoña Puértolas, Sharon Mitchell and Javier Pérez-Ramírez

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• Evolution of palm oil mills into bio-refineries: Technical and environmental assessment of six bio-refinery options

  Jesus Alberto Garcia-Nunez1, Deisy Tatiana Rodriguez1, Nidia Elizabeth Ramirez1, Electo Eduardo Silva Lora3 and Manuel Garcia-Perez2

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• The development of a wheat straw based biorefinery for bioethanol fermentation

  Chenyu Du

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• The development of a bio refining strategy to convert municipal solid waste into bioethanol

  Jwan Abdullah Al- Dabbagh1,2, Gregory A. Tucker1 and Chenyu Du1

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• Itaconic acid production from sorghum bran: A biorefining approach

  Amina Ahmed El-Imam1,2 and Du Chenyu2

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• Biorefinery annexed to typical South African sugar mill, part 1: Flowsheet development and simulation

  M Ali Mandegari, S Farzad and J F Gorgens

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• Biorefinery annexed to South African sugar mill, part II; Energy sufficiency analysis

  S Farzad, M Ali Mandegari and J F Gorgens

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