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.

Short Course Topics

Biodiesel Market Review

• Global impact of the emerging biodiesel industry

Biodiesel Regulations

• Review of current biodiesel regulations

Biodiesel Alternative Feedstock

• Introduction on the future feedstocks for biodiesel
• Genetic enhancement of vegetable oil feedstock supply and quality for biofuel applications
• Application of molecular and genetic technologies to improve feedstock supplies for biodiesel production
• South American review
• Asian review
• European perspective

Retrofitting Biodiesel Plants for Alternative Products

• Biodiesel-based surfactants and their physical chemistry and performance properties
• Glycerine recovery from biodiesel feedstocks
• Product modification for the chemical industry
• Plant modification to handle solvent-based pharmaceutical products
• Preparation of biodegradable resins
• Oleochemical products processing
• Vegetable oils as green alternatives for monomer and polymer synthesis
• Vegetable oil-based demolding agents
• European eco-label lubricants

Registration Information

Register for both the short course and the Industrial Applications conference and receive a discount on the short course.

All prices listed are in USD.

Online registration will be open in May 2008.