The Feedstock-Conversion Interface Consortium (FCIC) has several capabilities to help researchers and industry understand biomass and feedstock variability.
Bioenergy Feedstock Library
Idaho National Laboratory’s (INL’s) Bioenergy Feedstock Library is a biomass repository and research tool that contains information about the chemical, physical, and conversion performance properties of more than 90 crop types and fractions from across the United States.
The library provides tools to store, record, track, retrieve, and analyze data to help researchers and industry overcome challenges posed by feedstock variability. INL’s library team has curated 30,000+ physical biomass samples and data for an additional 50,000+ samples.
The library offers a range of fully characterized biomass samples to researchers and industry. These materials can be requested using the updated Biomass Request Page. Each sample comes with a reference sheet of extensive analytical data. The project portal, available to registered users, makes tracking and managing your own samples easier.
Learn more about the INL’s Bioenergy Feedstock Library.
Biomass Compositional Analysis
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) maintains a collection of Laboratory Analytical Procedures that are widely used by industry, academic, and national laboratory stakeholders to characterize biomass resources and feedstocks.
FCIC researchers use these standardized, repeatable laboratory techniques to characterize biomass along with advanced capabilities for sample preparation, characterization, and storage analysis to generate high-quality data on biomass feedstocks. These data allow researchers with expertise in integration and startup of bioenergy plants to evaluate the impact of biomass characteristics on storage, processing, conversion, and yield.
Learn more about biomass compositional analysis capabilities at INL and NREL.
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Other FCIC Research and Capabilities
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