Catalytic Processing of Biomass to Liquid Fuels

Award Information

Agency: Department of Energy	Branch: N/A	Award ID: 94469	Program Year/Program: 2010 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 90336	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: 13 b	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: Exelus, Inc.
110 Dorsa Ave Livingston, NJ 07039-1037
View profile »

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 2: Fiscal Year: 2010

Title: Catalytic Processing of Biomass to Liquid Fuels

Agency: DOE

Contract: DE-FG02-09ER85372

Award Amount: $1,000,000.00

Abstract:
The U.S. has abundant biomass resources and with the right technology, has the potential to convert these renewable resources into valuable industrial products and bio-fuels. However, current high temperature thermochemical processes to convert renewable feedstocks to fuels or chemicals such as pyrolysis and gasification or low temperature enzymatic processes are simply not cost-competitive with conventional fossil-fuel based processes. This SBIR project seeks to produce large volume monomers such as ethylene and propylene from bio-mass, thereby reducing the use of non-renewable raw materials in plastics manufacturing. This project applies novel reaction and reactor concepts with environmentally benign homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts in a multi-step process that deconstructs and stabilizes biomass before conversion to light olefins

Principal Investigator:
Mitrajit Mukherjee
Mr.
9737402350
mmukherjee@exelusinc.com

Business Contact:
Mitrajit Mukherjee
Mr.
9737402350
mmukherjee@exelusinc.com

Small Business Information at Submission:

Exelus, Inc.
110 Dorsa Avenue Livingston, NJ 07039

EIN/Tax ID: 112437384

DUNS: N/A

Number of Employees:

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No