Abraham Gutman Romero

Presentation Title:

Scale-up and Demonstration of Waste Conversion Technologies

Abraham Gutman Romero, Research Engineer, Southwest Research Institute

Abstract:

SwRI has prior experience in producing chemicals from feedstocks like biomass, municipal solid waste and plastics as well as upgrading from petroleum sources through process improvements in areas like solids feeding and pumping, energy savings and associated engineering solutions. Through numerous and diverse projects completed over decades SwRI promotes an achievable and sustainable energy and material economy. This presentation will cover the different facets of scaling-up and upgrading different feedstocks to renewable fuels chemicals while competing with fossil-based petrochemicals.

Bio:

Abraham Gutman is a chemical engineer with experience in designing process systems and conducting research across the chemical, gas, and petroleum industries. He has played a key role in the development and scale-up of pyrolysis-based technologies for converting biomass and other feedstocks into fuels and chemical intermediates. His work also supports broader decarbonization and waste conversion efforts. Abraham holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University.