Programme - Day 1
9th Expert Forum on Hydrothermal Processes
09-10 June 2026 | On-site event at DBFZ in Leipzig, Germany
| Time | Content |
08:30 AM | Arrival |
09:00 AM | Tour 1 |
09:45 AM | Pause |
10:00 AM | Welcoming |
10:15 AM | Keynote |
| Session 1 – Hydrothermal liquefaction towards renewable fuels and chemicals |
10:45 AM | From pulp mill side streams to renewable fuels: Process modelling and feasibility of integrated hydrothermal liquefaction |
11:00 AM | Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Polyethylene-rich Food Wastes: Process Optimization and Intensification |
11:15 AM | Sustainable aviation fuels from algae via HTL: The search for economically viable scaling |
11:30 AM | Techno-economic evaluation of hydrothermal liquefaction for chemical recycling of synthetic textile waste |
11:45 AM | TBA |
12:00 PM | Mittagspause |
1:30 PM | Diskussionsrunde |
2:30 PM | Postersession |
2:45 PM | Kaffeepause |
| Session 2 – Hydrothermal biomass fractionation and chemical synthesis |
3:30 PM | Fractionation of corn stover through Sequential alkali/acid hydrothermal treatment for lignin, hemicellulose extraction leading to augmenting cellulose enrichment and ethanol production |
3:45 PM | Biphasic Hydrothermal Fractionation of Alternative Feedstocks for Man-Made Cellulose Fibers and Platform Chemicals: Process and Scale-Up Perspectives |
4:00 PM | Hydrothermal pretreatment of difficult-to-digest biomass: Influence of pH and optimisation of processing parameters |
4:15 PM | Insights on the “fast” HTC of sewage sludge for energy efficiency improvement |
4:30 PM | Enhancement of hydrothermal lignocellulose pretreatment with carbocation scavengers for holistic biomass valorization |
7:00 PM | Network evening |
11:00 PM | End of Day 1 |