CONVERSION OF CELLULOSE

Award Information

Agency: Department of Agriculture	Branch: N/A	Award ID: 4633	Program Year/Program: 1986 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 4633	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: Power Alcohol Inc.
316 Stanley Ave Hasbrouck Height, NJ 07604
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 1: Fiscal Year: 1986

Title: CONVERSION OF CELLULOSE

Agency: USDA

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $47,000.00

Abstract:
LIGNINS OF CONSISTENT QUALITY APPEAR TO BE OBTAINED AS UNREACTED PRODUCTS OF A CATALYTIC PROCESS FOR HYDROLYSIS OF LIGNOCELLULOSICS TO FERMENTABLE SUGARS. THE CATALYTIC AGENT, AN INORGANIC SALT, HYDROLYZES BOTH HEMICELLULOSE AND ALPHACELLULOSE SO RAPIDLY AND AT SUCH RELATIVELY LOW ENERGY LEVELS THAT LIGNINS MAY BE RELATIVELY UNAFFECTED BY BY THE REACTION. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE RESULTANT LIGNINS VARY WITH TYPE OF WOOD OR OTHER LIGNOCELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCK, BUT APPEAR TO BE CONSISTENT FOR EACH FEEDSTOCK. IN GENERAL, LIGNINS EMERGE FROM HYDROLYSIS IN THREE FORMS: AS FINE GRANULES EASILY CAPTURED AS FILTER CAKE; AS MICRO SCOPIC PARTICLES DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE SUGAR-CATALYST SOLUTION; AND, TO A MINOR EXTENT, AS SOLUTE IN THE SUGAR -CATALYST SOLUTION. PROPOSED RESEARCH IS INTENDED TO DETERMINE DISTRIBUTION OF THE THREE TYPES OF LIGNIN MONOMERS AND TO MEASURE DEGREE OF PHENOLATION AND EXTENT OF POLYMERIZATION TO BE EXPECTED FROM EACH OF SEVERAL TYPES OF FEEDSTOCKS.

Principal Investigator:

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Business Contact:
Richard T. Nagle

Small Business Information at Submission:

Power Alcohol Inc.
316 Stanley Ave Hasbrouck Height, NJ 07604

EIN/Tax ID:

DUNS: N/A

Number of Employees: N/A

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No