The Hydrogen, Hydrocarbons, and Bioproduct Precursors from Wastewaters Workshop was held March 18–19, 2015, hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Washington D.C. offices. Sponsored by the DOE's Bioenergy and Fuel Cell Technologies Offices, the workshop gathered 30 experts from academia, government, and industry to share information and identify the current status and potential research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) possibilities for production of hydrogen and higher hydrocarbons (containing four or more carbon molecules) from wastewaters using biological, biochemical, and other techniques.
Hydrogen, Hydrocarbons, and Bioproduct Precursors from Wastewaters Workshop Report
Workshop Agenda and Objectives
Introductory Presentations
- Fuel Cell Technologies Office Overview, Sunita Satyapal, Director, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, DOE
- "Wet" Waste-to-Energy in the Bioenergy Technologies Office, Jonathan Male, Director, Bioenergy Technologies Office, DOE
Technological State of the Art Panel Presentations
- Microbial Electrochemical Technology (MxCs): Challenges and Opportunities, Jason Ren, University of Colorado Boulder
- Anaerobic MBR: Challenges and Opportunities, Art Umble, MWH Americas
- Microbial Fuel Cell Technologies—MxCs: Can They Scale? Bruce Logan, Penn State University
- Report from the Field: Nutrient and Energy Recovery at DC Water, Mark Ramirez, DC Water
Targeting High-Value Challenges Panel Presentations
- The Anaerobic Fluidized Bed Membrane Bioreactor for Energy-Efficient Wastewater Reuse, Perry McCarty, Stanford University
- Electrobiocommodities from Carbon Dioxide: Enhancing Microbial Electrosynthesis with Synthetic Electromicrobiology and System Design, Derek Lovley, UMass Amherst
- Synergy between Membranes and Microbial Fuel Cells, Jason He, Virginia Tech
- Enhanced Anaerobic Digestion and Hydrocarbon Precursor Production, Meltem Urgun-Demirtas, Argonne National Laboratory