tcbiomass 2026 Conference Proceedings
Below are the presentations and posters that authors gave GTI Energy permission to make available to the public. Please Note: Not all authors gave permission for their oral or poster presentations to be distributed so some presentations that were listed on the agenda and presented at the conference may not be part of this collection. The following presentations and posters were presented at the tcbiomass 2026 conference on August 25-27, 2026.
Keynote Presentations
- Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office (AFFO) –Overview and Priorities
Dr. Valerie Reed, AFFO Director, U.S. Department of Energy - SAF Today and Tomorrow: Perspectives from a Technology Licensor
Jostein Gabrielsen, Topsoe
Plenary Session 1(a) Presentations
- Fast Pyrolysis Technology Enables Commercial Scale Production of SAF, Marine Fuels and Chemicals
Gerhard Muggen, BTG Bioliquids - A Take-Off into US and Global SAF Policy
Jim Spaeth, Aerovida Bio - Use of Data-Informed Simulation as a Scale-Up Tool: From Pilot to Commercial Scale
Peter Blaser, CPFD Software - Accelerating Emerging Technology Innovators Through Lab to Launch Partnership Approach
Cody Lockhart, Nexceris - Optimizing SAF: Technology and Economics — More Options = More Decisions
Andrew Palermo, Honeywell Technologies - Why Prairie? How Restoring Native Grasslands Creates Value for Agriculture, Renewable Natural Gas, and Rural Communities
Rudi Roeslein, Roeslein Renewables
Plenary Session 1(b) Presentations
- A Structural-Level Framework for Modeling Biocrude Upgrading: From Feed Composition to Reaction Pathways
Anton Alvarez-Majmutov, Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) - SynSel Plans for a Wood to Fuel Plant in Wisconsin
Darrell Thornley, SynSel - Low-Temperature Catalytic Pyrolysis of Biomass for Sustainable Biofuel Production Using PyroFriction™ Technology
Marek Klaptocz, Ekotrend Biofuels
Conversion I (Pyrolysis, Gasification, HTL) Presentations
- Modification of Zeolite Catalysts to Boost Bio-oil Yield in Biomass Catalytic Pyrolysis
Cody Wells-Wrasman, National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) - Breaking the Dry Biomass Barrier: Extending Autothermal Pyrolysis to High-Moisture and Contaminated Waste Feedstocks
Tannon Daugaard, Iowa State University (ISU) - Frontline BioEnergy’s TarFreeGas® Technology for Gasification of Biomass
Jerod Smeenk, Frontline - Impact of Feedstock Preprocessing on Biocrude Yield
Melinda Barron, RTI International
Integrated Biorefineries/Process Integration and Intensification Presentations
- Flexible Plant Design and Fabrication for Variable Feedstocks and Feed Systems
Kaitlyn Doubrough, Zeton - Modular Cost-Effective Upgrading of Biogas to Liquid Hydrocarbons via Chemical Looping
Alon Lidor, National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) - Converting Regional Waste Streams: Biomass and MSW Blending Strategies for Bioenergy Applications
Tiasha Bhattacharjee, Idaho National Laboratory (INL) - Decarbonizing Ammonia Production via Biomass-based Chemical Looping Integrated Ammonia Synthesis
Shekhar Shinde, Ohio State University (OSU)
Other Fuels (RLPG, RNG, H2) Presentations
- Ethanol to bio-LPG and green aromatics using modified ZSM 5
Miguel Angel Sanchez Garcia, SHV Energy - Biofuels in Heating Applications
Tom Butcher, Noraweb - CO2 Upgrading to Single Cell Protein: A Comparative Assessment of Conventional Fermentation and Emerging Pathways
Alexandra Jean, Iowa State University (ISU) - Contribution to the Study of the Catalytic Process for the Conversion of Bioethanol to α-Olefins (C15–C18) and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and/or Green Diesel
Ricardo Soares, Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU)
Analysis (Modeling) Presentations
- Effects of U.S. Federal Policy Changes on Biofuels Production
Anurag Mandalika, Louisiana State University (LSU) - Life Cycle Assessment of GTI Cool-GTLSM Fuels Production
Robert Handler, Michigan Technological University (MTU) - Optimal Pathways from Alternative Carbon Feedstocks to Organic Commodity Chemicals
Taylor Uekert, National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)
Plenary Session 2(a) Presentations
- The Unexamined Life of Pyrolysis
Robert C. Brown, Iowa State University - DOE's Strategic Realignment: Thermochemical Pathways to Energy Independence and Affordable Bio-Based Products
Ben Simon, Department of Energy (DOE) - Four-Year Experience in Co-Processing Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil in an Industrial Fluid Catalytic Cracker
Olov Öhrman, VAROPreem - RNG Development in the Netherlands
Berend Vreugdenhil, TNO Netherlands - IH2® and the Electric Reformer - A Perfect Match
Terry Marker, GTI Energy
Conversion II Presentations
- From Bio-Oil to Refinery-Ready Biocrude: A Practical Path to Refinery Integration
Jayant Khambekar, Jenicke - Reaction Kinetics and Transformation of Macromolecules during Wet Air Oxidation of Aqueous Products from Sewage Sludge Hydrothermal Liquefaction
Min Soo Kim, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) - Pressurized Oxidative Pyrolysis: A Low-Temperature, Autothermal Regime for Intensified Biomass Conversion
Robert Johnson, University of Hawaii
Upgrading of Bio-Intermediates II Presentations
- Catalytic Upgrading of Hydrothermal Liquefaction Derived Biocrudes and Aqueous Phase Products
Huamin Wang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) - Impact of Feedstock on CFP Biocrude Stability for Upgrading
Anne Starace , National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) - A Predictive Framework for Thermal Instability in Pyrolysis Oils Enabling Reliable Refinery Integration
Earl Christensen, Alder Renewables
Conversion III Presentations
- Tar Formation and Mitigation in Pressurized Biomass and Cofired Gasification
Joshua Strege, Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) - Catalyst Support Effects on Tar Reforming for the Production of Renewable Natural Gas and Hydrogen
Reinhard Seiser, University of California San Diego (UCSD) - Conversion of Plastic Waste-based Pyrolysis Oil Under Entrained Flow Gasification Conditions
Sabine Fleck, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Plenary Session 3 Presentations
- Integrating Renewable Carbon into Refining Assets: Pilot‑Scale Insights into Carbon Fate During Biomass Pyrolysis Oil Upgrading
Lucas Dorazio, BASF - Advances in FCC Co-processing: Tracking Biogenic Carbon
Robert Baldwin, National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) - Conversion of Biomass to Transportation Fuels via In-situ Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis
Reinhard Seiser, National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) - Accelerating Catalyst Development for Wet Waste to Aromatic Aviation Fuels using Active Learning
Cody Wells-Wrasman, National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) - Upgrading Bio‑Derived Aromatics via Hydroalkylation to Bicycloalkane‑Rich Jet Blendstocks
Nickolas Riedel, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) - Advanced Analytical Methods to Support Biofuels Technology Development
David C. Dayton, RTI International - Highly Efficient Pathway to Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Berend Vreugdenhil, TNO Netherlands - Densification–Torrefaction–Pulverization Improves Biomass Feedstock Properties for Entrained-Flow Gasification
Nepu Saha, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)
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