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Biochemical Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Hydrocarbon Fuels and Products: 2019 State of Technology and Future Research

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1659894· OSTI ID:1659894
The purpose of this report is to benchmark the latest experimental developments across a number of potential bioconversion pathways as quantified by modeled minimum fuel selling prices (MFSPs), as a measure of current status relative to those final targets. For this state of technology, TEA models were run for two separate biological conversion pathways to fuels, based on available data for integrated biomass deconstruction and hydrolysate processing; namely carboxylic acids (primarily butyric acid) and diols (2,3-butanediol [BDO]), reflecting NREL’s recently-published 2018 biochemical design report focused on those two pathways. The models were run across three scenarios for lignin utilization, namely combustion, conversion to coproducts based on “base case” performance with biomass hydrolysate, and conversion to coproducts based on “high” performance demonstrated with model lignin monomer components.
Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1659894
Report Number(s):
NREL/TP--5100-76567; MainId:7241; UUID:0610b1ed-b9eb-47ab-b56b-51541a324847; MainAdminID:13591
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English