Building Blocks from Biocrude: High Value Methoxyphenols Award Number: DE-EE0007730 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6 Bioenergy Technologies Office Date: 9/14/2016 Location(s): NC Office(s): Golden Field Office
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September 16, 2016
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Building Blocks from Biocrude: High Value Methoxyphenols
Award Number: DE-EE0007730
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Bioenergy Technologies Office
Date: 9/14/2016
Location(s): NC
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International to develop a comprehensive separation strategy to efficiently and economically recover valuable methoxyphenols (MPs) as building blocks to demonstrate that bioproducts could enable cost-effective production of biofuels via integrated catalytic pyrolysis and hydroprocessing. Activities associated with the proposed project would include initial validations (Task 1), development of separation strategy (Task 2), market assessments and techno-economic (TEA) and life-cycle analyses (LCA) (Tasks 3, 5 & 7), in-lab separations (Task 4), and pathway validation (Task 6).
DOE intends to conduct a go/no-go review and decision prior to authorizing tasks in Budget Period 2. While this NEPA determination applies to the entire Statement of Project Objectives, it does not authorize the recipient to conduct Budget Period 2 activities.