Track 1: Crop Residues
Track 1 will be tailored toward attendees with a specific interest in utilizing, processing or producing crop residues: materials left in a field after a crop has been harvested. A portion of the more than 500 million tons of crop residue produced in the United States each year can be used to meet some of the nation's energy and bioproduct needs. Track 1: Crop Residues will explore important questions impacting the viability of crop residues as a sustainable feedstock for bioenergy and biobased chemicals, including a look at current bioenergy projects utilizing a variety of agricultural residues including:
- Corn stover
- Rice hulls/straw
- Wheat straw
- Bagasse
- And more!
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Track 2: Dedicated Energy Crops
Track 2 will be tailored toward attendees with a specific interest in utilizing, processing or producing dedicated energy crops: perennial grasses, trees and other non-food/non-feed crops grown – often on degraded or unproductive land – specifically as feedstocks for bioproduct manufacturing: fuels, power and chemicals. The Dedicated Energy Crops track will explore important questions pertaining to next generation technologies that are moving the global bioenergy conversation beyond the corn-based ethanol to second-generation, non-food based sources of bioenergy. Panel discussion will cover the utilization of crops such as:
- Switchgrass
- Mixed prairie grasses
- Miscanthus
- Energy cane
- High-biomass sorghum
- Hybrid poplars and willows
- And more!
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Track 3: Forest & Wood Processing Residues
Track 3 will be tailored toward attendees with a specific interest in utilizing, processing, handling or managing forest and wood processing residues. Forest/wood waste is a substantial and widely available renewable resource that can be used as a fuel to generate electric power, useful thermal output, as well as second-generation biofuels and biobased chemical feedstocks. The Forest & Wood Processing Residues track at the International Biomass Conference & Expo will explore an array of issues related to the availability of forestry and wood processing feedstocks, as well as the characteristics, logistics and economics of current and future projects utilizing wood wastes such as:
- Sawmill waste
- Logging waste
- Pulp and/or paper mill waste
- Newsprint milling waste
- Paperboard milling waste
- Forestry waste (forest thinnings, etc.)
- C&D
- Urban and yard waste
- And more!
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Track 4: Livestock & Poultry Wastes
Track 4 will be tailored toward attendees with a specific interest in utilizing, processing, handling or managing livestock or poultry wastes. The growth of the U.S. animal-raising industry has posed new challenges and opportunities in the area of animal-waste management. The Livestock & Poultry Wastes track at the International Biomass Conference & Expo will explore the science, economics and sustainability of producing power and/or fuels from livestock and poultry wastes including:
- Dairy cattle and milk production manure management waste
- Beef feedlot manure management waste
- Hog and pig farming wastes
- Chicken egg production (layers) waste
- Poultry production waste (litter utilization)
- And other animal wastes
- And more!
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Track 5: MSW & Urban Wastes
Track 5 will be tailored toward attendees with a specific interest in utilizing, processing, handling or managing municipal solid waste, urban residues such as sewage, biosolids and waste water, and landfill gas. Municipal solid waste (MSW) refers to the stream of garbage collected through community sanitation services. The MSW & Urban Wastes track at the International BIOMASS Conference & Expo will explore the science, economics and sustainability of technologies related to the utilization of these raw materials for the production of electricity, heat and fuels:
- Municipal solid waste
- Sewage, biosolids and wastewater
- Landfill gas
- Other urban wastes
- And more!
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Track 6: Food Processing Residues
Track 6 will be tailored toward attendees with a specific interest in utilizing, processing, handling or managing food processing residues. The Food Processing Residues track will explore the science, economics and sustainability of deriving power and fuels from food wastes such as:
- Fruit and vegetable processing wastes
- Fruit juice and frozen fruit manufacturing wastes
- Fruit and vegetable canning wastes
- Milling wastes
- Livestock rendering wastes
- Meat and meat product manufacturing wastes
- Fats and oils manufacturing wastes
- Dog and cat food manufacturing wastes
- Cereal manufacturing wastes
- Specialty canning wastes
- Dairy and fluid milk processing wastes
- Cheese manufacturing wastes
- Snack food manufacturing wastes
- Brewery and distillery waste
- Winery waste
- Institutional wastes
- And more!
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