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Title: Supply Chain Sustainability Analysis of Fast Pyrolysis and Hydrotreating Bio-Oil to Produce Hydrocarbon Fuels

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1249552· OSTI ID:1249552
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  1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  2. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
  3. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
  4. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technology Office (BETO) aims at developing and deploying technologies to transform renewable biomass resources into commercially viable, high-performance biofuels, bioproducts and biopower through public and private partnerships (DOE, 2015). BETO and its national laboratory teams conduct in-depth techno-economic assessments (TEA) of technologies to produce biofuels. These assessments evaluate feedstock production, logistics of transporting the feedstock, and conversion of the feedstock to biofuel. There are two general types of TEAs. A design case is a TEA that outlines a target case for a particular biofuel pathway. It enables identification of data gaps and research and development needs, and provides goals and targets against which technology progress is assessed. On the other hand, a state of technology (SOT) analysis assesses progress within and across relevant technology areas based on actual experimental results relative to technical targets and cost goals from design cases, and includes technical, economic, and environmental criteria as available.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1249552
Report Number(s):
ANL/ESD-15/2 Revision 1; 126700
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English