BioCycle

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Next Year's Conference:
October 21-23, 2013 • Columbus, Ohio

BioCycle Renewable Energy from Organics Recycling Conference

Program: Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Updated 10.12

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Presentation previews:   Monday: Plenary | Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 3   Tuesday: Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 3


Track 1

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Track 2

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Track 3

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012 | | 8:30 AM — 10:15 AM

Digester System Optimization, Selection

System Failure Analysis,
Corrective Actions and BMPs

Joe Tesar, Quantalux, LLC
Dana Kirk, Michigan State University

Analysis, Troubleshooting
To Put Digester Back On Track

Bernie Sheff, UTS Residual Processing, LLC

Lessons Learned In System Procurement, Start-Up
Jimmy Daniels and Terry Smith, Hampton Feedlot

Large-Scale AD Integration Optimizes Project Success
Shane Chrapko, Himark BioGas

 

Utilities And Power Markets

Purchasing Power From On-Farm Digesters
Neil Kennebeck, Dairyland Power Cooperative

Facilitating Digester Development In
Sacramento County

Marco Lemes, Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Bio-Sourced Electricity: Utilities' Perspective
Jay Hasheider, Columbia Water and Light

 

Legislative And Regulatory Developments, Permitting

Legislative Climate For AD, Biogas Industry
Patrick Serfass, American Biogas Council

State Digester Rule Development
Ken Powell, Kansas Department of Health & Environment

Pitfalls Of Permits
Margaret McCauley, USEPA

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 | | 11:00 AM — 12:15 PM

Biogas Utilization: Municipal, Industrial Wastewater Treatment

National WWTP Biogas Data Project
Yinan Qi, Black & Veatch

Lessons Learned In Biogas Utilization
Kenneth Gambaro, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District

AD Treatment of Brewery Wastewater
Steve Pennington, Anheuser-Busch

 

Biomass Assessments

Strategic Bioenergy Feedstock Assessment
Gary Radloff, Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative

Evaluation of Sustainable Biomass Sources To Produce Fuel and Power
Ferman Milster, University of Iowa

Livestock Manure Production
And Utilization Data Analysis

Mark Jenner, Biomass Rules


 

Codigestion And High Solids AD

Codigestion Update — Trends, Systems, Projects
Dennis Totzke, Applied Technologies, Inc.

New Feedstocks For Industrial AD Systems
Ruihong Zhang, Clean World Partners

Codigestion Substrate Challenges
Richard Mattocks, Biothane
Barb Culton, Kline's Services, Inc.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 | | 1:45 PM — 3:30 PM

Managing Anaerobic Digestion Systems

Managing AD Systems
For Profitable Performance

Dennis Totzke, Applied Technologies, Inc.

Substrate Testing, Tracking Influent Streams For Acceptable Digestibility
Fred Roland, Agresource, Inc.

Case Study 1: Dane County
(WI) Community Digester

Monte Lamer, Clear Horizons

Case Study 2: Vir-Clar Farms, Fond du Lac, WI
Grant Grinstead, Northern Biogas

 

European Experience
And Insights

Integrating Partial Digestion Into Composting Operation
Norma McDonald, Organic Waste Systems, Inc.

Anaerobic Digestion of SSO —
Lessons Learned from Europe

Ljupka Arsova, Gershman, Brickner & Bratton Inc.

Compostable Bags At European AD Facilities — Technologies, Pretreatment
Rhodes Yepsen, Novamont N.A.

Managing Urban Organics Via Anaerobic Digestion
Michael Niederbacher, B.T.S. Italia

 

Food And FOG Preprocessing

FOG Delivery Agreements
For Digester Gas Enhancement

Ari Elden, Liquid Environmental Solutions

Depackaging Systems Impact
On AD Water Balance

Thomas Ferencevic, Yield Energy Inc.

Food Waste Preprocessing
For Anaerobic Digestion

Klaus Ruhmer, BDI-BioEnergy International

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 | | 4:15 PM — 6:00 PM

University Codigestion Systems

Plug Flow Digester Operations Utilizing Dairy Manure and Food Waste
Louis Faivora, Michigan State University

Codigestion Project Evolution And Design
Donna Barlow Casey, Vermont Technical College

Dry Fermentation On University Campus — First Year Analysis
Brian Langolf, University of Wisconsin — Oshkosh

 

Community Energy Systems

Creating Clean Energy Innovation Park
Serpil Guran, Rutgers EcoComplex

Anaerobic Digester Installation On Urban Farm
Thomas Gratz, Eisenmann Corporation

Community District Heating with AD Biogas
Representative, Austep

 

Organics And Energy Recovery

Managing Organics Through Renewable Energy Project: Case Study
JD Lindeberg, Resource Recycling Systems

Minimizing Emissions From
Biological Waste Treatment Processes

Matthias Kuehle-Weidemeier, Wasteconsult International

Emerging Strategies
For Managing Organic Waste Streams

John G. Carlton, Gershman, Brickner & Bratton Inc.

Food Scraps Management
And Resource Recovery

Michael Keleman, InSinkErator