Don't miss the Southeast Biomass Conference & Trade Show

October 7, 2010

BY Ron Kotrba

I just wanted to take this opportunity to personally invite readers of The Biorefining Blog to BBI International’s Southeast Biomass Conference & Trade Show, Nov. 2-4 in Atlanta. One of the four main tracks at the event will be biorefining, and if you are reading this blog through our weekly e-newsletter, check out the accompanying story, titled, “Southeast Biomass Conference to feature renewable hydrocarbons panel.”


Another panel is focused on biodiesel from wastes such as used cooking oils and trap and sewer greases. I will be moderating this panel of speakers, which features Brandon Spence, CEO of Winnsboro, S.C.-based Midlands Biofuels, a community-scale biodiesel producer with a new initiative underway to divert waste greases entering the sewage system by developing drop-off points where residents can donate their waste oils and greases to a good cause-sustainable biodiesel production.


Christina Borgese with PreProcess Inc. will present on feedstock pretreatment, and the engineering and economics of grease separation. Frank Yeboah with North Carolina Ag and Technical University will talk about his three-year Department of Defense project developing a computer model to accurately determine how much waste oils and greases the military produces, how much can feasibly be used for biodiesel production, and how much petroleum can be displaced as a result.

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Finally, Klaus Ruhmer with BDI-BioEnergy International AG, formerly called BDI-BioDiesel International AG, will give a presentation on returning biodiesel plants to profitability through processing low-cost, high-FFA feedstock. BDI is a leading biodiesel process technology provider and has built biodiesel plants all over the world.


The conference is less than a month away, so be sure to lock in your registration so you can network with all of your peers in the realm of biomass and biorefining. The event is coproduced by Biorefining and Biomass Power & Thermal magazines. See you there!


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