On June 21st we held our 4th webinar titled Conceptual Process Design Of An Optimized and Integrated Biorefinery.

You can now watch the webinar in its entirety here:

In this webinar you will hear insights on Conceptual Process Design.

The webinar features the following presentations:

• Welcoming words by the host Stanislava Petrova, Avantium
• PART 1: Conceptual design of downstream biorefining processes using structured methods and tools
  • Hank Vleeming, PDC:
    - Introduction to Conceptual Process Design (CPD) and available methods/tools
    - General design aspects to be considered in CPD 
    - Selection of separation technologies
    - Process integration and optimization of resources, heat, and water streams
     
• PART 2: Conceptual design and techno-economic evaluation of membrane and adsorption technology for sugar deashing/deacidification, Lenntech & PDC
  • Pooja Halvawala & Monique Woen, Lenntech:
    - Introduction to the need for deashing/deacidification of 2G sugar streams
    - State-of-the-art technology for sugar deashing/deacidification
    - Electrodialysis as viable alternative technology
    - Membrane technology developed in IMPRESS
     
  • Wei Zhao, PDC:
    - General requirements for deashing/deacidification of Dawn hydrolysates
    - Limitations of ion-exchange (IEX) and electrodialysis (ED)
    - Alternative process concepts
    - Techno-economics
• Closing words

Did you miss our previous webinars? Don’t worry, you can find the recordings here:
Catch up with our first webinar (IMPRESS - Revolutionising the Chemical Industry for a Fossil Free Future?)
Catch up with our second webinar (New high value plant-based products from IMPRESS)
Catch up with our third webinar (Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) – Your Path To Sustainability)