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AOCS Short Course
The Changing Biodiesel Market: Alternative Feedstocks and Retrofitting Plants for Alternative Products
October 17, 2008
Hyatt Regency Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH, USA
This short course immediately follows the Industrial Applications of Renewable Resources: A Conference on Biobased Technologies.
Course Organizer: Dr. S. Sefa Koseoglu, Filtration and Membrane World LLC, USA
The biodiesel market, supply and cost of feedstock, and government regulations are influencing the profitability of the biodiesel plants. This short course will bring in experts dealing with alternative feedstock and current regulations. In addition, retrofitting biodiesel plants for alternative products will be discussed. This program is geared towards biodiesel producers and entrepreneurs to prepare them for the changing biodiesel market.
Who should attend? This is a crash course for anyone involved in the biodiesel business including company executives, plant managers, superintendents, business owners, suppliers to the biodiesel industry, and anyone who wants to get into this business.
Tentative Schedule
(as of August 6, 2008)
| BIODIESEL MARKET REVIEW | |
| 9:00 am | The Global Impact of the Biodiesel Industry Derek Masterson, Crown Iron Works, USA |
| BIODIESEL REGULATIONS | |
| 9:30 am | Review of Biodiesel Regulations Gerhard Knothe, USDA, ARS, NCAUR, USA |
| BIODIESEL ALTERNATIVE FEEDSTOCK | |
| 10:00 am | Alternative Biodiesel Feedstocks Speaker to be announced |
| 10:30 am | Break |
| 11:00 am | Critical Issues Dealing with Alternative High FFA Feedstocks Franz J. Luxem, Stepan Chemical Co., USA |
| FURTHER PROCESSING AND USE OF METHYL ESTERS AND GLYCERINE | |
| 11:30 am | Alternative Solutions for Meeting the Cold Soak Test and Current Changes to ASTM D6751 Chris Mitchell and Jim Willits, Desmet Ballestra North America, Inc., USA |
| 12:00 pm | Fractionation of Methyl Esters Chris Mitchell and Jim Willits, Desmet Ballestra North America, Inc., USA |
| 12:15 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm | Use of Methyl Esters as an Industrial Raw Material: Surfactants, Solvents, Ag Products, Food Ingredients etc. Franz J. Luxem, Stepan Chemical Co., USA |
| 2:00 pm | Glycerine Recovery from Biodiesel Feedstocks Perry Alasti, Artisan Industries Inc., USA |
| 2:30 pm | Glycerine-Based Polyols and Polyuratene Foams Ivan Javni, Kansas Polymer Research Center, Pittsburg State University, USA |
| 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:30 pm | Product Modification for the Chemical Industry Joseph Perez, Pennsylvania State University, USA |
RETROFITTING BIODIESEL PLANT FOR ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS |
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| 4:00 pm | The Lubricants from Biobased Materials and their Production Sevim Erhan, NCAUR, ARS, USDA, USA |
| 4:30 pm | Vegetable Oils Based Thermoset and Thermoplastic Elastomers Ivan Javni, Pittsburg State University, USA |
Registration Information
Register for both the short course and the Industrial Applications conference and receive a discount on the short course.
Online Special By August 1, 2008 |
Early Rate By Sept. 12, 2008 |
Standard Rate |
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| Attending the Industrial Applications Conference | |||
| AOCS or STLE Member | $595 | $695 | $795 |
| Nonmember | $695 | $795 | $895 |
| Student | $175 | $175 | |
| Not Attending the Conference | |||
| AOCS or STLE Member | $695 | $795 | $895 |
| Nonmember | $795 | $895 | $995 |
| Student | $250 | $250 |