Bio-Blendstock/Fuel Production
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Feedstock Selection and Formulation
Bench top and pilot scale facilities for process development, scale up and for the production of conversion ready feedstocks from renewable resources, needed in the production of sufficient volumes of biofuels and bioblendstocks for performance characterization. Read More
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Fully Equipped Organic Synthesis Capabilities
Biofuel and bioblendstock evaluation is enabled by expertise in the design and organic synthesis of candidate biofuels under batch and flow conditions up to 10L scale. Read More
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Catalytic Process Development and Blendstock Production
Researchers have access to a broad range of catalyst design, synthesis and testing capabilities, coupled to batch and flow reactors for small scale process design and bio-blendstock production suitable for making testable quantities. Read More
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Synthetic Biology & Advanced Fermentation Strategies for Biofuels
The broad range of synthetic biology, metabolic and biochemical engineering and advanced fermentation capabilities, including computational approaches, can significantly accelerate biofuel development. Read More
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Thermochemical Process Development
NREL and PNNL have available engineering and pilot-scale systems to develop, test and refine processes for thermochemical conversion of biomass to liquid fuels and chemicals. Read More