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AprilĀ 28-30 2014

2014 Northwest Wood-Based Biofuels + Co-Products Conference (NWBCC) Proceedings

A Look At The Big Picture

The goal of this conference is to bring together the national and regional communities of researchers, business leaders, government agencies, and economic development personnel to share research _ ndings, ideas, and strategies for the sustainable development of a wood-based biofuels and co-products industry in the Pacific Northwest.

Agenda

Roster

Presentations

Modeling the Biomass Supply Chain
Darius M. Adams

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Pretreatment as the starting point for producing aviation biofuels with focus on the Advanced Wet Explosion (AWEx) process
Birgitte K. Ahring

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Optimization of Mild Bisulfite Pretreatment on Pacific Northwest Softwood
Dwight Anderson

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Conversion of Hydrolyzed Douglas fir Biomass into Isobutanol and Biojet
Grant Balzer

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Hybrid Poplar as a Green Energy resource in the Pacific Northwest
Varaprasad Bandaru

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Biomass: Neither Automatically Good nor Automatically Bad – It all Depends
Barbara Bramble

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Northwest Wood-Based Biofuels & Co-Products Conference
Robert Buchan

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Climate-Related Risks for Western Forests
Michael Case

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An Efficient, Renewable and Biobased Economy
Chris Cassidy

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Effect of different bioass pretreatments and processing parameters on the properties and performance of NARA lignin-derived activated carbons
Ian Dallmeyer

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Renewable Fuels and the Environmental Community
Bob Dingethal

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Emerging Technologiews to Improve Preparation of Woody Biomass for Pretreatment and Conversion
Jim Dooley

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The Importance of Aviation Biofuels: An Airline’s Perspective
Dean DuVall

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Analyzing Changes in Lignin Chemistry Due to Biofuel Production Processes
Carter Fox

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Environmental assessments of woody biomass feedstock for bio-jet fuel production
Indroneil Ganguly

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Poplar Tree Improvement for Biomass Production in the PNW.
Carlos Gantz

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Optimization of Mild Bisulfite Pretreatment on Pacific Northwest Softwood
Johnway Gao

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Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Materials for the Production of Bio-fuels, Bio-chemicals and Bio-char
Manuel Garcia-Perez

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The Bali Project
Jerry Gargulak

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Feasibility of a biojet fuel supply chain in Canada
Fred Ghatala

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A Renewable Green Fuel Source: Woody Biomass
Peter Goldmark

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Overview of characterizing approaches to collecting forest residues
Han-Sup Han

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Modeling Poplar Growth as a Short Rotation Woody Crop for Biofuels in the Pacific Northwest
Quinn Hart

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Forest Biomass Harvest 2010
Bill Hermann

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Liquefaction Technologies for Producing Biocrude for Jet, Diesel and Gasoline
John Holladay

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Integrating Reasearch and Education: Education at the Speed of Research
R. Justin Hougham, Ph.D.

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Integrating Biomass Energy Campus: Creating value from woody biomass in Northwest Oregon
Lynn Jungwirth

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Low Cost, Bio-Renewable Carbon Fibers from Lignin/PLA Blends and Graft Copolymers
Micheal R. Kessler

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Aviation Biofuel: Recent breakthroughs and long term prospects
Micheal Lakeman

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Identifying Suitable Sites for Wood-based Biofuels Facilities in Western Oregon and Washington
Tammi Laninga

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CPPL and Economics of Lignocellulosic Biomass Conversion
Ali Manesh, Ph.D., P.E.

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Economic Impacts of Forest Residue Feedstocks Preparation for Biofuels
Gevan Marrs

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Montana Economic Development Tools: Bringing Biofuel/Biomass Development to Montana
Tracy McIntyre

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Tailoring a Sustainable Biomass Supply Chain for Your Facility
Paul R. McKenzie C.F.

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Social Acceptability of Biomass and Biofuels
Jillian Moroney

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Climate-related risks for western forests
Philip Mote

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What effect will Energy have in the Future on the Swedish Forestry?
Peter Nystrom

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Beetlejuice: Researching Sustainable Biofuels from Beetle-Kill Wood in the Rockies
Keith Paustian

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Market Outlook for Forest-Based Bioproducts – A Canadian Perspective
Ian de la Roche

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Renewable Acid-hydrolysis Condensation Hydrotreating
Karl Seck

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The Importance of Sustainable Aviation Fuels, An Airline’s Perspective?
Carol Sim

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US Forestry Presentation
Paul Spencer

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Wood Based Lignin Co Products An overview
Thomas Spink

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Biomass Harvest Solutions
Bruce Summers

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Pretreatment of Forest Slash using Wet Oxidation
Philip Teller

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Ash Reduction Strategies to Provide On-Spec Feedstocks for Biofuel Conversion Processes
David Thompson

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Biomass Supply Agreement From a Purchaser’s Perspective
Kevin Tuers

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Biomass Collection and Processing: A Southern US Perspective
Rene van der Merwe

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Wood to Wing Envisioning an Aviation Biofuels Industry from Forest Residuals
Michael Wolcott

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Biomass Feedstock Least Cost Formulation
Christopher T. Wright

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Modeling economic, social and enviromental issues surrounding woody biomass
Timothy M. Young, PhD

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Poplar Plantation Management for Biomass Production in the Pacific Northwest
Jose Zerpa

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Advanced Hardwood Biofuels Northwest (AHB)
Kevin W. Zobrist

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