20th EU BC&E Call for Papers

Institutional support:European CommissionUNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Natural Sciences SectorRegione LombardiaWCRE - World Council for Renewable EnergyEUBIA - European Biomass Industry AssociationCoordination of the Technical Programme:European Commission DG Joint Research CentreJointly realised by:ETA-Florence Renewable EnergiesWIP-Renewable EnergiesWhere Biomass ScienceMeets Industrial ApplicationFURTHER INFORMATION:ETA-Florence Renewable EnergiesStefano CapaccioliTel: +39 055 500 21 74 Fax: +39 055 57 34 25E-mail: biomass.conference@etaflorence.itWIP-Renewable EnergiesWolfgang HieglTel: +49 89 720 12 731Fax: +49 89 720 12 791E-mail: biomass.conference@wip-munich.deCall for Papersabstracts to be submitted by 30 January 2012EU BC&E 20122012 a special focus on: Biogas, Biowaste, Bioenergy in Smart GridsMilano Convention Centre - MiCoMilan, ItalySetting the course for a biobased economy20th European BiomassConference and ExhibitionCHAIRMAN’S MESSAGEDear Colleagues of the Global Scientific Biomass Community,Biomass is a raw material with a multitude of applications, suitable to replace fossil resources, for use both as an energy source as well as for material utilization. For a sustainable energy supply, biomass is indispensable; but it is also limited, is not sufficient for all applications, and it ranks in prior-ity after food and feed.Biomass technology has changed from an ancient but newly discov-ered technology to a serious, modern form of supply for the society of today and tomorrow, a key element of sustainability and a signifi-cant economic factor. Thus the tasks of the biomass community include finding solutions to overcome the competition between the different methods of uti-lization, identifying conversion paths with the highest degree of sustainability and bringing together bioenergy concepts with other renewable energies. These tasks, in their full spectrum, also will be reflected in the 20th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition and its motto: “Setting the course for a biobased economy”. The variety of topics linked to these tasks is manifold, leading to the horizontal approach of the Conference, which is typical for the bio-mass sector and essential for finding concepts with a holistic back-ground. Nevertheless the problems to be solved need highly sophis-ticated approaches. This evokes the need for dedicated events with a high degree of thematical profundity. This is the reason why we decided to complement the proven horizontal concept of the Con-ference with new vertically-oriented elements dedicated to the fol-lowing topics: “Biogas Upgrading and Grid Injection”, “Biogas goes Europe”, “Biowaste to Energy” and “Bioenergy in Smart Grids”.With this “Conference-in-Conference” concept, we enable the del-egates to gather information on a special topic presented by se-lected experts in a very condensed form and discuss such with the essential stakeholders during the course of only one day. It is our great pleasure to welcome the global biomass community in June 2012 to the marvelous City of Milan, which is the capital of Lombardy, the heart of Italy’s bioenergy industry. The city will also host the World Expo 2015 with the theme: “Feeding the Planet, En-ergy for Life”, that obviously brings our challenge to the point and will mobilize the region’s efforts towards achieving our targets. I look forward to welcoming you to the 20th European Biomass Confer-ence and Exhibition from 18th - 22nd June 2012. Let us face the challenge and confront together one of the greatest tasks of our century: the transformation towards sustainability. Let us together set the course for a biobased economyDr.-Ing. B. KrautkremerFraunhofer Institute IWESHead of Bioenergy System TechnologyDr.-Ing. B. KrautkremerFraunhofer Institute IWES Head of Bioenergy System TechnologyConference General Chairman:Conference 18 - 22 June 2012Exhibition 18 - 21 June 2012European Biomass Industry Association© Guglielmo de’ MicheliDr.-Ing. B. KrautkremerFraunhofer Institute IWES Head of Bioenergy System TechnologyConference General Chairman:Dr. H. Ossenbrink / D. Baxter / J.-F. DallemandEuropean CommissionDG Joint Research CentreInstitute for Energy and TransportCoordination of the Technical Programme:ETA-Florence Renewable EnergiesWIP-Renewable EnergiesJointly realised by:biomass.conference@etaflorence.it papers@etaflorence.it www.conference-biomass.comCONFERENCE SUBJECTSPROGRAMMEThe international science and technology Conference of the 20th EU BC&E is the leading Conference in the field of Biomass, comprising more than 800 presentations, in plenary, oral and visual sessions. The 20th EU BC&E attracts policy and industry decision makers through several parallel events addressing special topics which are currently in the centre of discussion.NEWIn addition to the Conference Programme, the 20th EU BC&E fea-tures four thematic highlights with strong industry relevance. These are “conference-in-conference” events that focus on current “hot topics” in the biomass sector:• A parallel event on “Biogas upgrading and grid injection”• A special industry show on “Biogas goes Europe”• A further side event on “Biowaste to Energy”• A forum on “Bioenergy in Smart Grids”Papers will be presented in plenary, oral and poster sessions and all presented papers will be published in the Proceedings. Authors wishing to submit a contribution should read the following instructions carefully and send an abstract by using the Online Submission Form on www.conference-biomass.com by 30 January 2012.The abstract, single spaced and in English, should include:• Applicable subject number (1 to 5) and subsection (e.g. 1.2)• Full title• Full name and address of one author for all correspondence• For each author and co-authors, full name, affiliation, address, phone/fax/e-mail• Purpose of the work• Approach• Scientific innovation and relevance• Results• ConclusionsThe abstract should be one full page (size A4, 210 x 297 mm) plus 1 to 3 explanatory pages, which will facilitate the reviewers’ assessment. Each abstract will be reviewed by several independent experts from the global biomass community.REVIEW PROCEDUREOnly contributions complying with the above specifications will be considered. Please send one copy of this complete information (abstract plus 1 to 3 explanatory pages) as a *.pdf file by using the Online Submission Form on www.conference-biomass.com.For questions concerning abstract submission please contact:ETA-Florence Renewable Energies or WIP - Renewable EnergiesE-mail: papers@etaflorence.itStefano CapaccioliTel.: +39-055-500 21 74Wolfgang HieglTel.: +49-89-720 12 731 All authors will be notified of the decision of the Programme Scientific Committee. Authors of accepted abstracts will receive special guideli-nes for the preparation of the final papers for the Proceedings.DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: 30 January 2012Peer Review: A selected number of submitted papers will be invited for a Peer Review Process for publication in a renowned scientific journal. Please indicate if you would be interested to submit a final scientific paper for Peer Review.EU BC&E Student Awards: To encourage high-quality work amongst young researchers, the EU BC&E Student Awards will be given on the occasion of the 20th EU BC&E in recognition of outstanding students’ research in the field of biomass.Citability of papers: All submitted final papers of plenary, oral and visual presentations will be published online and coded by a digital identifier (DOI code) provided by the German National Library of Science and Technology. This guarantees an unequivocal and per-manent identification and citability of all papers of the Conference Proceedings.NEWS FOR AUTHORSEmission control; Auxiliary equipment; Tri-generation (power, heat and cooling).2.2 Solid biofuel combustion for large utilityCo-firing plants; Process monitoring; Control systems; Abatement of corrosion and sintering; Emission control.2.3 Gasification for power, CHP and polygenerationFundamentals and studies; Technology development; Gas cleaning and upgrading; Gas utilisation and engine innovations; By-product utilisa-tion.2.4 Gasification for synthesis gas productionFundamentals and studies; Technology development; Gas cleaning and upgrading; By-product utilisation.2.5 Pyrolysis and other biomass liquefaction technologiesProduction of liquid bioenergy carriers from solid biomass: Fundamen-tals and studies; Technology development; Process characterisation and modelling; Bio-crude-oil upgrading and utilisation (combustion tests, chemical extraction, gasification, etc.); By-product utilisation.2.6 Anaerobic digestion for biogas productionCharacterisation and optimisation of anaerobic digestion; Plant and fermenter concepts; Anaerobic fermentation of innovative feedstocks; Biogas utilisation for power, CHP and poly-generation.2.7 BiorefineriesIntegrated multi-product approaches; (Combined) production of fuels, chemicals and materials from biomass; Sugar fermentation to other chemicals than ethanol; Drop in fuels, bioplastics, hydrogen, etc.SUBJECT 3:R&D ON PROCESSES FOR SOLID, LIQUID AND GASEOUS FUELS FROM BIOMASS3.1 Production and supply of solid biofuelsTechnologies for solid biofuel production: chipping, pelletising, briquet-ting, etc.; Production, characterisation, and combustion properties of solid biofuels from innovative feedstocks; Solid biofuel logistics and storage.3.2 Advanced solid biofuelsThermal upgrading of solid biofuels: torrefaction, (hydrothermal) car-bonisation, charcoal production, etc.3.3 Oil-based biofuelsInnovative processes for the production of oil-based fuels (biodiesel, jet fuel, etc.) from oilseeds, algae, wastes, etc.3.4 Production and supply of biomethaneUpgrading of methane rich gases (biologically and thermochemically produced) and biomethane grid injection.3.5 Bioethanol production and sugar release from lignocellulosic biomassLignocellulosic ethanol: Pre-treatment of lignocellulosic biomass, cel-lulose hydrolysis, C6 and C5 fermentation; Innovations in bioethanol production from starch / sugar plants.3.6 Biofuel production from synthesis gasProduction of fuels (FT-diesel, aviation fuels, etc.) and chemicals from syngas.SUBJECT 1:BIOMASS RESOURCES1.1 Biomass potentials and biomass mobilisationAssessments of biomass potentials and land availability at regional / national / international levels; Biomass mobilisation; Biomass logistics; Spatial modelling and remote sensing.1.2 Biomass feedstock, residues and by-productsSupply of bio-wastes, residues and by-products from agriculture and forestry: mobilisation, characterisation, harvest technologies, logistics and storage.1.3 Energy crops and energy grassesAgricultural production of non-woody plant biomass: plant breeding, cultivation, characterisation, harvest technologies, logistics and storage; Novel crops and alternative cropping systems.1.4 Short rotation forestry and short rotation coppiceAgricultural production of woody biomass: plant breeding, cultivation, characterisation, harvest technologies, logistics and storage.1.5 Algae production systemsIdentification, assessment and optimisation of algae strains; Technolo-gies and systems for algae cultivation, nutrition and harvesting; Oil and chemical extraction.SUBJECT 2:R&D ON BIOMASS CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEATING, ELECTRICITY AND CHEMICALS2.1 Solid biofuel combustion for small and medium scale applicationsInnovative concepts for stoves, boilers, micro-CHP, steam and stirling en-gines, organic rankine cycles, etc; Abatement of corrosion and sintering; SUBJECT 4:INDUSTRIAL DEMONSTRATION AND BUSINESS CONCEPTS4.1 Biofuels utilisation for heating and coolingBio-heat integration into household heating; District heating; Heat and cool supply to industry; Recovery of process heat and waste heat.4.2 Biofuels utilisation for power generationBiomass use by utilities; CHP projects; Innovative business concepts such as virtual power plants pooling decentralised micro-CHP plants and stationary engines.4.3 Biofuels for transportLiquid and gaseous biofuel utilisation in cars, heavy transport, aviation; Transportation fuel markets; Biofuel blending, distribution and logistics.4.4 Industrial biorefineries and bio-productsIndustrial initiatives on biorefineries and utilisation of lignocellulosic bio-mass; Integration into existing industrial processes; (Combined) produc-tion of fuels, chemicals, materials, bioplastics, fertilizers, etc.SUBJECT 5:BIOMASS POLICIES, MARKETS AND SUSTAINABILITY5.1 International bioenergy tradeGlobal bioenergy markets; Bioenergy commodities trading, contract-ing and long distance transports; Externalities assessment; Impacts on markets.5.2 Sustainability assessment and criteriaLife cycle analyses, sustainability certification, standardisation, and la-belling for bioenergy and bio-products; Support programmes; Scientific monitoring; Sustainable resource management.5.3 StandardisationNational and international standards.5.4 Assessment of bioenergy effectsIndirect land use change (ILUC); Agricultural intensification; Assess-ment of GHG reduction and carbon capture; Estimated contribution to the mitigation of climate change; Agro-environmental assessments in temperate and tropical regions.5.5 Investments and financing of bioenergy projectsEconomic viability of bioenergy projects; Availability of funding and fi-nancing instruments (Venture capital, Clean Development and Joint Im-plementation Mechanisms; etc); Financial support schemes.5.6 International cooperationCooperation for supply security, knowledge and technology transfer; Bioenergy for poverty reduction, rural development and energy secu-rity.5.7 Competition between various types of biomass useUse of biomass for food, feed, fiber, fuel, biomaterials and green chem-istry.5.8 Biomass strategies and policiesNational, regional, local bioenergy strategies; Biomass utilisation con-cepts for bioenergy and biobased products; National Renewable Energy Action Plans; Integration of bioenergy with other renewable energies; Support policies; Public perception and acceptance.