For more than 90 years, UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, has been a leader in developing and commercializing technology to the oil refining, petrochemical and gas processing industries. UOP’s principal products offered to these industries are catalysts, molecular sieve adsorbents, licensed processes, packaged plants and key mechanical equipment. Supporting these products is a broad array of engineering and technical services that facilitate successful installation and operations. UOP currently holds more than 2,500 active patents as a result of its dedicated research and development commitment.
In November 2006, as one more step in this effort, UOP announced the formation of its Renewable Energy & Chemicals business unit. UOP Renewable Energy & Chemicals is focused on the developing profitable and efficient ways to convert biofeedstocks, such as oils from plants and algae, greases and certain waste products into valuable fuel and chemicals. We are developing the best and most efficient solutions to support the growing need for biologically derived fuels and chemicals. Our solutions are focused on the technologies that will produce superior, high-quality products that maximize the use of exiting infrastructure and whose production does not compete with valuable land and water resources.
Today, UOP is working on many initiatives to develop the best renewable energy solutions.
UOP/Eni Ecofining™ Process for Green Diesel Fuel
Green Jet Fuel
Pyrolysis Oil Technology for Power & Fuels
Renewable Chemicals
Second Generation Feedstock Technologies
In November 2008, UOP and Ensyn Technologies of Canada established a JV to develop a technology pathway to convert cellulosic wastes to transport fuel via a Pyrolysis intermediate. The Pyrolysis Oil production technology is already commercial enabling the production of renewable power and heat.
For more info on UOP, visit its website at www.uop.com
Speaker Profile
Prabhakar Nair has spent his entire professional career spanning 30 years with UOP LLC, a leading Refining and Petrochemical Technology development and licensing company, headquartered in Des Plaines, Illinois. Nair is a chemical engineer by training and has served in a variety of roles for UOP including process development, engineering, sales and marketing and technical services. He spent a considerable portion of his career in UOP’s Asian operations in Indonesia, Singapore and India. Since mid-2007, Mr Nair has been associated with UOP’s newly established Renewables & Chemicals Business Unit and is responsible for marketing and planning functions. Nair holds a BChE from City Univ of NY, an MChE from Illinois Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University.
Overview of Presentation
Government policy is driving substitution of petroleum feedstocks with biologically derived feedstocks. However, as biofuels become increasingly pervasive, the debate over the potential of biofuels to become a sustainable source of liquid transportation fuels continues. Much of this debate is accentuated by life cycle analyses of biofuel production routes, including low yields of biofuels from crops that would otherwise be used for food production, the poor energy balance for producing biofuels and a lack of production and distribution networks. Consequently, there are intensive efforts underway to develop technologies that can process 2nd generation feedstocks such as agro & forest wastes and inedible& algal oils into transportation fuels. The long term sustainability of the biofuels industry will be largely driven by the availability of these 2nd generation feedstocks and the technologies to process them. This presentation will focus on UOP’s efforts to convert 2nd generation feedstocks such as jatropha, camelina and algal oils to a renewable jet fuel. The following key points will be addressed:
- Energy Macro-market Summary
- UOP Renewables vision
- Market Drivers for Renewable Jet
- UOP’s Renewable Jet Development Program
- Renewable Jet Economics
- Life cycle analysis of renewable jet
JatrophaWorld 2009 Miami Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, June 11
11:45 COMMERCIALIZATION OF BIO-JET FUEL WITH 2ND GENERATION FEEDSTOCKS
JATROPHAWORLD 2009 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Jatropha value chain, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Jatropha from a technological and socio-economic angle. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Maimi from June 10 to 11, 2009, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.