Recovery Act. Demonstration of a Pilot Integrated Biorefinery for the Efficient, Direct Conversion of Biomass to Diesel Fuel

Schuetzle, Dennis; Tamblyn, Greg; Caldwell, Matt; Hanbury, Orion; Schuetzle, Robert; Rodriguez, Ramer; Johnson, Alex; Deichert, Fred; Jorgensen, Roger; Struble, Doug

doi:10.2172/1179256

Title: Recovery Act. Demonstration of a Pilot Integrated Biorefinery for the Efficient, Direct Conversion of Biomass to Diesel Fuel

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The Renewable Energy Institute International, in collaboration with Greyrock Energy and Red Lion Bio-Energy (RLB) has successfully demonstrated operation of a 25 ton per day (tpd) nameplate capacity, pilot, pre-commercial-scale integrated biorefinery (IBR) plant for the direct production of premium, “drop-in”, synthetic fuels from agriculture and forest waste feedstocks using next-generation thermochemical and catalytic conversion technologies. The IBR plant was built and tested at the Energy Center, which is located in the University of Toledo Medical Campus in Toledo, Ohio.

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Schuetzle, Dennis ^[1]; Tamblyn, Greg ^[1]; Caldwell, Matt ^[1]; Hanbury, Orion ^[1]; Schuetzle, Robert ^[2]; Rodriguez, Ramer ^[2]; Johnson, Alex ^[3]; Deichert, Fred ^[3]; Jorgensen, Roger ^[3]; Struble, Doug ^[3]

Renewable Energy Institute International, Sacramentao, CA (United States)
Greyrock Energy, Sacramento, CA (United States)
Red Lion Bio-Energy, Toledo, OH (United States)

Publication Date:: Tue May 12 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Research Org.:: Renewable Energy Institute International, Sacramentao, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office

Contributing Org.:: Renewable Energy Institute International; Greyrock Energy; Red-Lion Bioenergy

OSTI Identifier:: 1179256

Report Number(s):: DOE-REII-02876

DOE Contract Number:: EE0002876

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 09 BIOMASS FUELS; 10 SYNTHETIC FUELS; 03 NATURAL GAS; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 42 ENGINEERING; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY; Biomass; Feedstocks; Rice Hulls; Wood; Renewable Diesel Fuel; Synthetic Diesel Fuel; Renewable Fuels; Reformulated Gasoline Blendstocks; Integrated Biorefinery; Risk Management; Mitigation Analysis; Safety; Health; Plant Engineering; Plant Design; Engineering Processes; Management Processes; Value Engineering; Concurrent Engineering; Piping and Instrument Design (P&ID); Material Science; Design for Manufacturing; Kinetics; Thermodynamics; Physics; Organic Chemistry; Analytical Chemistry; Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA); Component Manufacturing; Modular Design; Component Procurement; Feedstock Introduction; Solids Steam Reforming; Gases Steam Reforming; Slow Pyrolysis; Syngas; Syngas Purification; Purified Syngas; Catalytic Reactor; Catalytic Conversion; Fuel Synthesis; Direct Fuel Production; Syngas Catalysis; Product Separation; Fuel Storage; Fuel Distillation; Catalyst Tailgas; Control Systems; Data Acquisition Systems; Process Control; Training; Test Campaigns; Plant Stand

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                    Schuetzle, Dennis, Tamblyn, Greg, Caldwell, Matt, Hanbury, Orion, Schuetzle, Robert, Rodriguez, Ramer, Johnson, Alex, Deichert, Fred, Jorgensen, Roger, and Struble, Doug. Recovery Act. Demonstration of a Pilot Integrated Biorefinery for the Efficient, Direct Conversion of Biomass to Diesel Fuel.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Schuetzle, Dennis, Tamblyn, Greg, Caldwell, Matt, Hanbury, Orion, Schuetzle, Robert, Rodriguez, Ramer, Johnson, Alex, Deichert, Fred, Jorgensen, Roger, & Struble, Doug. Recovery Act. Demonstration of a Pilot Integrated Biorefinery for the Efficient, Direct Conversion of Biomass to Diesel Fuel.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/1179256

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                    Schuetzle, Dennis, Tamblyn, Greg, Caldwell, Matt, Hanbury, Orion, Schuetzle, Robert, Rodriguez, Ramer, Johnson, Alex, Deichert, Fred, Jorgensen, Roger, and Struble, Doug. 2015.  
        "Recovery Act. Demonstration of a Pilot Integrated Biorefinery for the Efficient, Direct Conversion of Biomass to Diesel Fuel".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/1179256.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1179256.

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