Senior Engineer and Principal Scientist
ICM Inc.
Senior Engineer and Principal Scientist at ICM Inc
Dr. Albert “Bert” Bennett has more than 38 years of engineering experience with an extensive background in biosystems and thermal mechanical design, including 17 years of international experience in Mexico and South America. During his 17 years at ICM, Bert has been responsible for leading ICM’s engineering and design-build efforts in the development, and manufacture of large industrial-scale gasification systems.Bert’s design innovations have enhanced not only ICM's gasifier manufacturing capability, but also the performance of its gasification reactors and ancillary systems. More recently, Bert has led the engineering design effort for the development and successful 2020 commissioning of ICM’s first large-scale dual gasifier installation with design capacity to gasify up to 360 metric ton/day of woody biomass. The dual gasifier system was integrated into a larger CHP system that co-produces 60,000 kg/h of high-pressure steam and 7.5 MW of electrical power that is utilized by an agro-industrial plant located in Colwich, Kansas. Bert is also an expert in the process design, simulation, and integration of gasification equipment into larger thermal mechanical and CHP systems. His other accomplishments include serving as co-inventor for ICM’s patented Rotary Torrefaction Reactor and principal inventor for the patent-pending Gas Fermentation Using Multiple-Pass Trickle Bed Reactors (MP-TBR). The application of the MP-TBR technology has significant potential to reduce system CAPEX and OPEX for the thermal conversion of cellulosic biomass into valuable commodity chemicals and transportation fuels.Bert received his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University and his Master of Science in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Arizona. While attending Iowa State University for his Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, he co-majored in Biorenewable Resources and Technology with a special emphasis in Advanced Thermal Mechanical Engineering and Applications.