October 26-30, 2009
Pittsboro, North Carolina
Final Schedule

DAY 1 BIODIESEL BASICS
**today will be held @ Central Carolina Community College in Building 2, Room 108
Google 764 West Street
Pittsboro, NC 27312-8822 and go to the second building..come in the front door and you’ll find Room 108
08:30 – 09:00 am Registration: Tami
09:00 – 10:00 am Introductions with Bob
10:00 – 12:00 pm Pathways to Sustainability: Bob
12:00 – 01:00 pm LUNCH
01:00 – 02:30 pm Biodiesel 101: Caleb
02:30 – 02:45 pm BREAK
02:45 – 03:00 pm Lab Safety: Andy
03:00 – 03:30 pm Titration and Mini Batch Demonstration: Andy, with help from Scott & Holden
03:30 – 04:30 pm LAB 1: Titrations and Minibatches: Andy with help from Scott and Holden
04:30 – 06:00 pm Biodiesel Chemistry: Bob

CITY TAP NIGHT meet at City Tap for a cold drink!  DOWNTOWN PITTSBORO.

DAY 2 PRODUCTION
Room 108, Building 2

09:00 – 10:00 am Post-production – Glycerin Prewash, MeOH recovery, Washing and Drying, Additives, etc.: Jeremy
10:00 – 10:15 am BREAK
10:15 – 11:15 am Fuel Quality: Greg
11:15 – 12:30 pm LAB 2: Drain Glycerin, 27/3 tests, lab washing, lab drying: Caleb
12:30 – 01:30 pm LUNCH
01:30 – 02:30 pm Acid Esterification: Nick
02:30 – 02:45 pm BREAK
02:45 – 04:00 pm Handling Co-Products: Glycerin Fatty Acids, Off-Spec Biodiesel, Methanol: Leif
04:00 – 05:00 pm Environmental and Sidestreams: Simon

Evening Agenda:  Spooky Shorts @ Fearrington Barn 7:00pm

DAY 3 BUILDING THE RIGHT SCALE BIODIESEL BUSINESS
Moving to the Plant Kitchen (220 Lorax Lane) Pittsboro NC

09:30 – 10:30 am Biodiesel Business: Bob
10:30 – 11:30 am Oil Collection, Moya
11:30 – 12:00 pm Tour Vacuum Truck: Moya
12:00 – 01:00 pm LUNCH
01:00 – 02:30 pm Getting Right with the Man: Taxes, Credits and RINs: Amanda
02:00 – 02:45 pm Distribution, Caleb
02:45 – 03:00 pm Break
03:00 – 04:15 pm Quality Control: Leif
04:15 – 05:15 pm Plant Safety: Chris

6:30 PM PECHA KUCHA NIGHT @ Bynum General Store What the heck is this? click here

DAY 4 Feedstocks and Advanced Topics
Multi-purpose Room, Building 2   9-2m
2-5pm in either Room 109 or LAB
I.E. ROCK STAR DAY!

09.00am – 10.00 am    Multifeedstock Quality:    Shaine Tyson
10.00 – 11:30 am Multifeedstock Technologies:    Shaine Tyson
11:30 – 12:30 pm LUNCH
12.30 – 03:30 pm    Biodiesel Industry Issues, Algae, Open Discussion:    Shaine Tyson
03.30- 04.30 Oil Extraction and Crushing Presentation: Matt Rudolf
Go to Piedmont Biofuels
4.30-5.30 Oil Crushing Demonstration:    Matt Rudolf

Thursday night is a free night…you all can figure out something FUN!

DAY 5 PLANT TOUR DAY
Building 2 Multi-purpose Room

08:30 – 10:30 am Biodiesel Plant Design Criteria (clean tech): David
10:45 – 12:00 pm Industrial Tour: Lyle/Russell
12:00 – 01:15pm Local Lunch
01:30 – 02:30 pm Beyond Biodiesel & New Technologies: Greg
02:30-  03:30pm Plant Design Exercise:  David
03:30-   04:00pm  Closing and Evaluations