Start
Jan 12, 2015 - 11:30
End
Jan 12, 2015 - 12:30
Venue
Room 240 Computer Lab Chemical Engineering
Event Type
Speaker
Dr. Murthy Konda from the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) Berkeley USA.
Title
The 16 Billion Gallon Puzzle: A Techno-economic perspective on the cellulosic biorefineries
Abstract: To comply with the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)’s Renewable Fuel Standard 2 (RFS2) at least 16 billion gallon of cellulosic biofuels need to be sold in the US by 2022. Given the current state of the technology this is a significant challenge. The challenge is further exacerbated with constantly changing drivers (e.g. shale boom continued advances in competing technologies etc.). Leaving the policy debate around RFS2 aside this presentation will focus on the scientific engineering and economic aspects that are important within the context of research development demonstration and deployment (RD&D) activities concerning the advanced biorefineries. Central focus will be on the key aspects towards realizing ECO-friendly as well as ECOnomical biorefineries.About the speaker: Dr. Murthy Konda is currently a Sr. Research Associate at Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI). Prior to joining JBEI in 2013 he was a research fellow at National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and worked as a research associate at Imperial College London. At Imperial he worked in collaboration with the industrial partners including Shell and Scottish Power. He obtained PhD in Chemical Engineering from National University of Singapore (NUS). He has extensive experience in modeling design optimization and control of variety of energy systems including advanced biofuels carbon capture in power plants and other industrial facilities and petrochemical manufacturing processes.