Award Number: DE-EE0008509CX(s) Applied: A9, B5.15Bioenergy Technologies OfficeLocation(s): NCOffice(s): Golden Field Office
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December 6, 2018
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Award Number: DE-EE0008509
CX(s) Applied: A9, B5.15
Bioenergy Technologies Office
Location(s): NC
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy is proposing to provide funding to Research Triangle Institute (RTI) to explore innovative approaches to maximize the yield of bio-crude from a catalytic biomass pyrolysis process and effectively and efficiently upgrade the bio-crude intermediate into a renewable diesel blendstock. The proposed project would be performed over three Budget Periods (BP) with a go/no-go decision after BP1 and BP2. The proposed project would focus on two objectives: (1) optimizing the physical characteristics of two biomass feedstocks (woody and herbaceous), in a commercially viable manner, to maximize bio-crude yields (independent of oxygen content) in catalytic biomass pyrolysis, and (2) improving bio-crude upgrading efficiency by fractionating the liquid intermediate and independently hydroprocessing each fraction to maximize biofuel production.