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Company: ENVIRONMENTAL ENERGY & ENGINEERING COMPANY Agency/Program/Year/Phase: NSF / SBIR / 2012 / 1
Abstract: … and economical process for extracting the chemical and energy resources from lignocellulosic biomass. Existing lignocellulosic pretreatment technologies use any of a variety of chemicals, heat, and mechanical energy to separate the poorly hydrolyzed lignin from the… more
Company: Suganit Systems Inc Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOE / SBIR / 2012 / 1
Abstract: Large quantities of lignin are currently being generated and processed by the pulp and paper industry and with the development of Biorefineries the amount of lignin produced will dramatically increase. Lignin accounts for about 15-30% of lignocellulosic biomass, and can serve as… more
Company: InnovaTek, Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOE / SBIR / 2012 / 1
Abstract: … energy production. Identifying renewable sources of hydrogen for biomass conversion is of great interest. Hemicelluloses are heterogeneous polysaccharides which typically account for up to 30% of lignocellulosic biomass materials. Compared to cellulose and lignin,… more
Company: Trillium Fiber Fuels, Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOE / STTR / 2012 / 1
Abstract: Hydrocarbon chemicals are largely derived from the processing of petroleum, natural gas, or coal. These fossil feedstocks are not renewable and, in the case of petroleum, susceptible to international supply disruptions and severe price fluctuations. In contrast, lignin is a… more
Company: Synanomet, LLC Agency/Program/Year/Phase: EPA / SBIR / 2012 / 1
Abstract: This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will explore the synthesis and use of novel lignin-derived carbon-magnetite nanocomposites for removal of aqueous phosphate– a run off pollutant from agricultural farms that leads to eutrophication of lakes and… more
Company: Tethys Research, Llc Agency/Program/Year/Phase: NSF / SBIR / 2011 / 1
Abstract: This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project helps unlock the potential of forests to provide sustainable, carbon-neutral raw material for much of the nation?s energy needs. Tethys will search for enzymes specific for ether bonds between lignin and the hardwood… more
Company: Houghton Cascade Holdings, Llc Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOE / SBIR / 2010 / 1
Abstract: … kilns to produce lime for the pulping process. Over 98% of these kilns are fired with natural gas, oil, or petroleum coke, with a consumption equivalent to over 20 million barrels of oil per year. This equates to more than 11 million tons of CO2 emissions per year. The lignin… more
Company: Techfish, Llc Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOE / SBIR / 2010 / 1
Abstract: This project addresses the problem of increasing biomass feed to electricity-generating power furnaces with the goal of reducing GHGs. Currently wood pellets are burned, but the ash content and lower energy density limit their use. Lignin pellets have approximately the same… more
Company: Techfish, Llc Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOE / SBIR / 2010 / 2
Abstract: This project allows pulp and paper mills to extract a purified lignin stream from their recovery process. By making up the fuel value of this extracted lignin the mill remains carbon neutral. A power company that can replace coal with lignin achieves a significant GHG reduction.… more
Company: 525 Solutions, Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOE / SBIR / 2010 / 1
Abstract: Lignocellulose has a remarkable resistance against chemicals and microbial attacks due to its complex structure. For the production of biofuels and chemicals the aim is to cleanly fractionate biomass and to utilize the lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose individually. The… more
Company: BIOPULPING INTERNATIONAL, INC. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: USDA / SBIR / 2010 / 2
Abstract: …r cellulosic ethanol or biofuel production due to its strong physical integrity and chemical recalcitrance. The goal of this project in Phase II is to prove this commercially deployable technology for forest biomass bioconversion to produce cellulosic ethanol and lignin… more
Company: EDENSPACE SYSTEMS CORPORATION Agency/Program/Year/Phase: USDA / SBIR / 2010 / 1
Abstract: … and harvesting the biomass in three-year rotations. However, there are still significant challenges to producing cellulosic biofuel from woody biomass economically due to the difficulty of deconstructing the cellulose in the plant cell wall, with the cross-linked lignin… more
Feasibility of Commercialization of a Pre-Pretreatment Process for Enhanced Biomass Saccharification
Company: Suganit Systems Inc Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOE / SBIR / 2009 / 2
Abstract: … resources, plant biomass can provide a sustainable feedstock for future ¿biorefineries,¿ partially replacing conventional petrochemical refineries. Toward this objective, this project addresses the deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass to generate sugars and lignin,… more
Company: Chesapeake Perl, Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOE / SBIR / 2009 / 2
Abstract: Cost effective enzymatic lignin degradation could play a key role in enabling commercially viable processes for producing fuel ethanol from woody feedstocks, such as corn stover, switchgrass, hybrid poplar, willow, loblolly pine, and eucalyptus. This project focuses on the… more
Company: Luna Innovations Incorporated Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOD / STTR / 2009 / 1
Abstract: … biofuel production process by combining catalytic depolymerization and catalytic hydroprocessing into only a few simple unit operations. The process is not dependent on the feedstock. Glycerides from non-edible oil, waste kitchen oil and grease, cellulose and lignins from… more
Company: GREENWOOD RESOURCES, INC. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: USDA / SBIR / 2009 / 2
Abstract: …gned reciprocal recurrent selection program for inter-sectional hybridization of P. trichocarpa and P. nigra. ) A large 612-genotype collection of P. nigra has been cloned and established at two contrasting locations in the Pacific Northwest. We have sequenced the same lignin… more
Company: Menon and Associates, Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOD / STTR / 2009 / 1
Abstract: … also solves the glycerol waste problem by recycling it into the feedstock, thereby increasing process efficiency at the same time as reducing waste. It converts not only cellulose but also hemicellulose into fuel, and in future it may be developed to convert even lignin into… more
Company: Chesapeake Perl, Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOE / SBIR / 2008 / 1
Abstract: … sustainable global resource with considerable relevance to bio-ethanol production. Lignocellulose is a naturally occurring complex of plant-derived materials that includes the hydrophilic sugar polymers cellulose and hemicellulose, and the hydrophobic organic polymer … more
Company: Luna Innovations Incorporated Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOE / STTR / 2008 / 1
Abstract: …sons. This project will demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of the thermochemical conversion of biomass to chemical products. The approach will build on previous work which demonstrated the highly-efficient conversion of inexpensive renewable lignin-based… more
Company: GREENWOOD RESOURCES, INC. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: USDA / SBIR / 2008 / 1
Abstract: …o complete our understanding of how best to re-design a hybridization program using
molecular markers and bioinformatics. A large black poplar collection will be cloned and established at two contrasting locations in the Pacific Northwest. We will sequence the same lignin and… more
Company: Tethys Research, Llc Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOE / SBIR / 2008 / 2
Abstract: … sustainable, carbon-neutral raw material for much of the nation¿s energy and chemical synthesis needs. However, wood has not been used to produce chemicals and biofuels because current technology cannot efficiently separate cellulose, hemicelluloses, and … more
Company: Agrivida, Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: NSF / SBIR / 2007 / 1
Abstract: This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I research investigates the feasibility of engineering biomass with processing traits for ethanol production. Biomass will be transformed to produce lignin-degrading enzymes, modified with a biological switch to remain… more
Company: EDENSPACE SYSTEMS CORPORATION Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOE / SBIR / 2007 / 1
Abstract: …the U.S. Department of Energy released a ¿Joint Biofuels Roadmap¿ that outlines technical goals for achieving low-cost production of cellulosic ethanol. Two crucial goals are the reduction of: (1) the substantial capital and operating cost of pretreatment to remove lignin… more
Company: Frontline Bioenergy, LLC Agency/Program/Year/Phase: USDA / SBIR / 2007 / 1
Abstract: …contamination in the condensed pyrolysis liquids below a target 10
ppm threshold to prevent re-polymerization during storage.
Phase II would continue development of the pyrolysis platform biorefinery to find
improved techniques for separation of the pyrolytic lignin fraction… more
Company: Li, Yan D.B.A. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: EPA / SBIR / 2007 / 1
Abstract: This Small Business Innovation Phase I project aims at developing low-cost and fully biodegradable composites based on plant fibers and a thermoplastic lignin resin. The lignin resin will be based on chemically modified industrial byproduct lignins and will… more
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