A partnership between the Port of Benton, WSU, CleanVantage , LLC and PNNL
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US DOE funded project: BioChemCat Dr. Birgitte Ahring, Director & Principal Investigator Presented by: Dr. Keith Thomsen, Asst. Director A partnership between the Port of Benton, WSU, CleanVantage, LLC and PNNL
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US DOE funded project: BioChemCat Dr. Birgitte Ahring, Director & Principal Investigator Presented by: Dr. Keith Thomsen, Asst. Director. A partnership between the Port of Benton, WSU, CleanVantage , LLC and PNNL. Role of Partners. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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US DOE funded project: BioChemCatDr. Birgitte Ahring, Director & Principal Investigator
Presented by: Dr. Keith Thomsen, Asst. Director
A partnership between the Port of Benton, WSU, CleanVantage, LLC and PNNL
Role of PartnersPort of Benton:Project holder, Delivery of biomasses, Outreach
WSU:Pilot plant operations & outreach
CleanVantage, LLC: Research Lead, IP Holder, Pretreatment, Fermentation, High-temperature Lignin Conversion
PNNL:Sub-contractor, Upgrading into fuel and chemicals
Catalytic Upgrading to
drop-in Fuels
Solid Fuel Salt Removal
The BioChemCat Process A hydrolysate platform
Biomass Feedstocks
(Corn stover, wood, wastes, energy crops, etc)
Pretreatment Separation C2-C5
Molecules
Hydrolysis & Fermentation
Biogas Production
High Value Products
Production of Specialty and
Industrial Chemicals
WSU Biomass Pretreatment &CV BioChemCat Fermentation System
PretreatmentReactor
10 Liter PretreatmentReactor
100 Liter PretreatmentReactor (NEW)
400 LiterFermentation
Vessels (NEW)
Screw PressLiquid/Solid Separation
(NEW)
High Speed CentrifugeLiquid/Solid Separation
(NEW)
Softwood to Hydrolysate and Sugars
Raw Softwood
Milling
Pretreatment
Full Biomass Utilization& Feedstock Flexibility
Integrated biorefinery process concept maximizes the utilization of the biomass resource (i.e., converting
the biomass available into a number of high energy products). We call it the:
”THE CARBON SLAUGHTERHOUSE ”
Corn StoverGrape Pommace
Hop Wastes Paper and Food Waste Yard Wastes
Wheat Straw
The Integrated Biorefinery concept can usemany different types of biomass materials
Hub & Spoke Non-enzymatic Hydrolysate Platform
Spokes HubBiomass
Feedstocks
• Forest Residues• Crop Residues
• Manures• Food Process
Waste• Municipal Solid
Waste• Grasses
PRETREATMENT&
BIO-PROCESSINGPLATFORM
MOLECULES Catalytic Upgrading to
Fuels
Production of Specialty and
Industrial Chemicals
High Value ProductsDecentralization of Processing Spokes AllowsDeployment Regionwide Near Biomass Sources
Centralization of Upgrading (Hub) Allows
Fuel Upgrading Near High Demand Centers
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Special thanks to my group and collegues at BSELDr. Birgitte K. AhringDirector and Battelle Distinguished Professor
Washington State UniversityCenter for Bioproducts and Bioenergy
Phone: 509.372.7683Email: [email protected]: www.tricity.wsu.edu/bsel
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