Upgrading Lignin-containing Biorefinery Residues for Bioplastics Award Number: DE- EE-0007104 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6 Bioenergy Technologies Office Date: 10/26/2015 Location(s): TX Office(s): Golden Field Office
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October 26, 2015
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Upgrading Lignin-containing Biorefinery Residues for Bioplastics
Award Number: DE- EE-0007104
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Bioenergy Technologies Office
Date: 10/26/2015
Location(s): TX
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Texas A&M University to develop the process of upgrading lignin-containing biorefinery residues for use in bioplastics.
The proposed activities would include process enablement by engineering and optimizing microorganisms to convert biorefinery waste streams to polyhydroxalkanoates (PHA); process development by characterizing biorefinery residues; optimizing lignin treatment and fermentation; designing the novel bioprocess; process integration and optimization by biorefinery on-site scale-up; and technoeconomic and life-cycle analysis for the lignin-to-PHA upgrading process.